Well, antidote is a strong word, but OpenMoko powered phone really beats the closed iPhone and can become a strong competitor in future.
OpenMoko is an open source mobile communications platform that takes the mobile domain where others have not ventured yet - standardization and openness. I have long wondered, why in spite of so many advancements, I do not like to use the mobile as my laptop. Apart from other reasons, one is that everything is proprietary. OpenMoko can take us out of this and free us from vendor lock-ins.
In recent times, secrecy has created hype, but giving more control to users has served longer. OpenMoko phones can boast of features comparable to iPhone. They might soon boast of a developer community that iPhone cannot have.
Will OpenMoko revolutionize the mobile world? I sure hope so, and will truly make the mobile a computer.
September 21st, 2007 at 9:49 am
[...] sourced it, but even OpenMoko’d it! OpenMoko, along with its open hardware platform, is an iPhone antidote, and goes to the other extreme by inviting users to hack into it. The Qtopia Phone Edition has a [...]
November 13th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
[...] wonder whether using Java syntax was worth all this trouble. Would it have been difficult with OpenMoko and their already open sourced platform? Maybe it was not built for multiple phones, but could it [...]
December 12th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
[...] Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) forum has released 1.0 specification with the intention to achieve interoperability for applications and services for Linux phones (via ITWorld). The group comprising of members serving various aspects might make a case, even though it has been late when compared to earlier efforts like Open Handset Alliance and OpenMoko. [...]