Open Source Cellphones

This page is about Open Source Cellphones and the lack therof...

= Proposals =

Open Phone Proposal

 * link to proposal
 * project that sparked the homebrew mobile club

= Projects =

website
http://telefono.revejo.org/

news

 * Article about DIY phone project
 * their successor to the razr is scpl

website
http://www.opencellphone.org

TuxPhone
This project is really the same as opencellphone.org

website
http://www.opencellphone.org

Xanadux
This project is for getting linux onto HTC's smartphones. These phones are everywhere, but branded differently.

website
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Xanadux

pros

 * farthest along in getting these HTC phones to work
 * lots of documentation on each phone and code released
 * decent sized community

cons

 * still not standard enough for anyone to install on
 * the HTC phones are not that nice spec-wise
 * working on many different phones
 * hard to find information on their website

website

 * http://openezx.org/
 * http://wiki.openezx.org
 * http://planet.openezx.org

pros

 * Motorola has released packages for certain phones already
 * Motorola phones are designed well
 * led by large figures in Free Software and Open Source

cons

 * still at an early stage

website

 * http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/PalmTreo650

Handhelds.org
Of course this project is huge and encompasses several different projects.

website

 * http://www.handhelds.org

iPAQ phone
This is for an ipaq6315. It sounds very sorted out actually.

website
http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH6315

HTC BlueAngel
This is a project similar to XDA developers, but on handhelds.org

website

 * http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/BlueAngel

Mobile Linux Platform Foundation
This is a plan by 6 companies to develop this shared software. Read about the news of this.

OSDL Mobile Linux Initiative
Yet again, this looks like it is incubating.

= Cellphones =

Trolltech Green Phone

 * http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5201088922.html
 * http://www.trolltech.com/products/qtopia/phone_edition/greenphone/

XDA Developers
Information for people to hack on HTC cellphones.

website
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/

website

 * http://opensource.motorola.com/
 * http://www.motorolafans.com/i