Comments on: Momentum http://www.vanille-media.de/site/index.php/2008/06/16/momentum/ Software Engineer - Author - Open Source Enthusiast Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:45:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tony http://www.vanille-media.de/site/index.php/2008/06/16/momentum/#comment-93954 Tony Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:51:57 +0000 http://www.vanille-media.de/site/index.php/2008/06/16/momentum/#comment-93954 It looks like you got FreeSmartphone running on a motorola A780 - was that difficult to do? I'm looking for a truly Open Source mobile development platform to start playing with - but I can't afford the OpenMoko hardware at the moment. Do you think it makes sense to get an old A780 or E680i and put FreeSmartphone on it? I would like something that I can at least get to send/receive calls on a GPS network like T-mobile - and then maybe play with some app development when I have some free time. I've been looking at the stuff people are doing with motorola phones on Motorolafans.com - but it looks like they have to use a Windows application to modify the phones - which I'm not interested in. Any suggestions on a cheap HW platform and OS development platform to get started with? I've never done anything embedded, so I'm totally new, but fascinated with the idea. Thanks. It looks like you got FreeSmartphone running on a motorola A780 - was that difficult to do? I’m looking for a truly Open Source mobile development platform to start playing with - but I can’t afford the OpenMoko hardware at the moment. Do you think it makes sense to get an old A780 or E680i and put FreeSmartphone on it? I would like something that I can at least get to send/receive calls on a GPS network like T-mobile - and then maybe play with some app development when I have some free time. I’ve been looking at the stuff people are doing with motorola phones on Motorolafans.com - but it looks like they have to use a Windows application to modify the phones - which I’m not interested in.

Any suggestions on a cheap HW platform and OS development platform to get started with? I’ve never done anything embedded, so I’m totally new, but fascinated with the idea.

Thanks.

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