neo1973

There is a new exciting announcement from Sean Moss-Pultz from the OpenMoko project about the current state and the future of Neo1973 OpenMoko powered phone. Things seem to be moving in the right direction.

Here is the announcement:

"Dear Community,

Andre Gide once said, "Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the
courage to lose sight of the shore." Sexism aside, I can't think of a
better way to describe our adventures this past year.

Around the end of March, we were three months behind schedule. Critical

"OpenMoko Neo1973, the world's first open source mobile phone is on target for a September launch, reports MobileWhack.

The OpenMoko Neo173 is a mobile phone in the same vein as Apple's iPhone. The iPhone is due for launch around mid-year in the US and towards the end of the year in Europe and South Africa." -- Read more

Sean Moss Pultz updated us on the status of the OpenMoko and Neo1973. Looks like things are going well. Here is the announcement:

"Dear Community,

We owe you all an update as to our status. Here it goes...

Last week we finished 200 devices. Of these about 50 seem to have some
problems but the rest are functionally complete, tested, and ready to
go. We know the source of the problems for the 50 that failed and this
is already corrected. This is great news because it means we can finally
start to move out of engineering sample mode and into real production!

Judging from the news and rumors that circulate around the web, Google Phone might be a reality, and we already know how real Apple's iPhone is. I have no doubt that, just as Apple, Google can take the phone to new levels. In fact, I would say that Apple and Google may be among the most to blame for the trend that may replace those old keyboard phones with new multifunctional PDA-style touch screen phones.