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Rockbox and OpenMoko and the Neo1973

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freeway986:
FIC is releasing a phone that is supposedly 100% open sourced.  A community has grown around it called OpenMoko that is making the software for it.  I believe it has a memory card slot.

It seems to me, a phone with a GPS that was an iPod replacement would be quite something.  Has anyone in the Rockbox community looked at their project.?

Llorean:
Rockbox is a firmware, it wouldn't really be suited for a phone unless someone began working on converting the simulator into a better application.

freeway986:
I see.  Basically, when I thought about listening to music on this phone, I instantly thought of Rockbox, and how you guys might relish a chance to actually use some open  hardware, instead of having to reverse engineer everything.  Oh well.  Keep up the good work, and I'll keep recommending Rockbox to everyone I meet.

Cheers.

GodEater:
What Llorean's trying to say is, *yes* in theory we could put Rockbox on this phone - only then it wouldn't be a phone anymore - since Rockbox would have replaced the original firmware, and last time I looked, Rockbox didn't support making phone calls ;)

freeway986:
Yes, that makes sense.  Clearly, it should remain a phone.  I suppose I envisioned Rockbox as a firmware component, and a software component, and I wondered if the software component might be well adapted to the electronic paths a phone might offer.  I want a Rockbox branded player!  :)

Which gives me an idea.  Has anyone made a Rockbox Winamp skin?  Then I could feel like I was using it on my desktop too.

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