OpenMoko: Linux-based $300 open smartphone

The OpenMoko is a cellphone platform for those who are tired of being pushed around by the big manufactures and the carriers. The Neo 1973 is a $300, Linux-based open smartphone. Unlike the iPhone, it doesn't come locked to any provider, it doesn't come with DRM, and it allows you to install any third party app you like, even if Steve Jobs worries that it might spoil your experience. It's still in "developer preview," but this will be my next phone.

The Neo 1973 boasts the following hardware specifications

* 2.8" VGA TFT color display
* Touchscreen, usable with stylus or fingers
* 266MHz Samsung System on a Chip (SOC)
* USB 1.1, switchable between Client and Host (unpowered)
* Integrated AGPS
* 2.5G GSM – quad band, voice, CSD, GPRS
* Bluetooth 2.0
* Micro SD slot
* High Quality audio codec

iPhone?

Maybe it's just me, but it looks like Apple is trying to grab a hold of any market that Microsoft doesn't already have their toes in. Since the iPod, Apple has been thinking of more and more ways to earn a dollar. First the iPod, then the iTV and now the iPhone! That's where I draw the line. The iPhone is an MP3 player, web browser, camera, movie player and of coarse a phone. That's just giving nerds a reason to get off their ass and do things. How dare they! Having saying that, all I want to know is: Where can I get one!?