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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Smartphones and freedom
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Jason Self |
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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Smartphones and freedom |
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Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:10:32 -0800 (PST) |
> Using the first google android developer phone, the ADP1 or even the
> htc dream, you could make/receive calls using only free software.
Didn't they still have the proprietary GSM firmware though?
There is a project [1] working to create a free software replacement for that,
and the Neo Freerunner is one of their target devices. I understand that it's
already possible to use it to make phone calls.
An episode of the Software Freedom Law Show talked about free software on
mobile phones, FYI.
[1] http://bb.osmocom.org/
[2] http://softwarefreedom.org/podcast/2010/jan/19/0x1F/
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