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GSM Palm Pre on the horizon

written by Mickey on 2009-09-24

As mentioned, the freesmartphone.org team and community has taken the challenge to put the FSO stack on the Palm Pre which is out next month. The goal is to manage a voice call with the FSO stack within four weeks.

The idea behind this is a very important one. With only the Openmoko FreeRunner as a platform, the FSO stack is doomed into oblivion sooner or later, since its a very limited hardware platform -- in quantity, but considering the closed alternatives also in quality. Hence, we need to proof that FSO can run on current, competitive hardware -- to embrace companies that want to adopt FSO in their niche.

The Palm Pre is currently our major hope -- all other hardware being either too closed (yes, this includes the Nokia N900) or already outdated.