Linux Smartphone ( with GSM )
Our freedom in the desktop/notebook world has always been threatened, but we have free operating systems that can compete with any closed solution, however when it comes to the phone industry we are mostly jailed to closed systems, specifications are rarely published and there does not seems to be any hope that this will change.
After seeing Pof’s smartphone ( Blueangel ) running Linux I was so amazed that decided to start looking for a nice one capable of running a decent Linux. What follows is a list of the smartphones that have a GSM phone, and for which exists some kind of free operating system port, the list is not complete and is based on Linux kernel phones, please leave comments on phones not included here I hope there is a phone which I don’t know that can run a free OS perfectly.
Not Native Free Phones
Those are phones that come with some closed operating system, but where linux can be booted somehow. Most times a loader program such as Haret or Linexec is used as windows gate to boot Linux.
HP iPAQ h6340
This is a quite old smartphone with WiFi and GSM support
- Name: h6340 ( Europe ) , h6315 (USA ), h6340 ( Asia ).
- Price (aprox.):
January 9th, 2006 at 2:27 pm
Nice article Esteve :)
For the linux running on BlueAngel, you can have a look at these screenshots, using GPE and OPIE. However, although the BlueAngel Linux port is one of the most advanced ports in PocketPC Phones, it is also far from usable on a day-to-day basis and still needs some work.