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Had to chase the UPS truck through the neighborhood as they dropped the notice and not the package,<BR>
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it's a bit littler and nicer than what I spected,<BR>
screen resolution is fantastic,<BR>
brings<BR>
charger, usb cable, stylus with laser, led and double point (pen and stylus)<BR>
micro SD and adapter for microSD, battery <BR>
<BR>
it's charging now, (about one hour for a full charge with wall, and 4 with usb from PC)<BR>
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not a device for our graps, but for any "*nix lovah" <BR>
it is still considered "developer" release although not "hard core developer" anymore.<BR>
comes with a vanilla dialer, contact manager, and terminal <BR>
<BR>
first thing is getting into the shell through a usb network and start loading the apps you want.<BR>
including a better keyboard,<BR>
<BR>
the user needs to know at least shell, networking, /etc/* confs , and be familiar with tools like apt- or yum,<BR>
yes, there's already a bunch of apps at your fingertips, like <BR>
<BR>
$> opkg update<BR>
$> opkg install gpsd<BR>
$> /etc/init.d/gpsd start<BR>
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wifi is more friendly,<BR>
usb is easy,<BR>
<BR>
probably 3 or 4 hours to get it where I want it,<BR>
(scripts available for importing contacts)<BR>
<BR>
there's some templates for starting to develop openmoko apps,<BR>
these bring all the libs and frames so you just worry about the app,<BR>
not how the app connects to the phone internals and such.<BR>
<BR>
I expect a cascade of ports to start happening very soon,<BR>
<BR>
in a nutshell, a beautiful extension of your desk<BR>
and an unbeatable Linux way to phone home<BR>
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