Linux compatibility, synchronization and configuration guides for mobile (cellular) phones made by First International Computer, Inc. - FIC
Neo 1973, Neo FreeRunner.
The general resource section at the bottom, contains links
to helpful Linux utilities (mostly available under GPL
), community efforts, HOWTOs and FAQs.
Have you written a documentation yourself? Then please feel free to
submit a new entry.
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Applications, Drivers, HOWTOs, Community
SHR a GNU/Linux Based Operating System for SmartPhones
"SHR
is a GNU/Linux based operating system for smartphones and similar mobile devices. It integrates various Free and Open Source Software projects into a versatile platform - flexible enough to run on a vast selection of mobile hardware such as the Freerunner Phone, Nokia N900, Palm Pre (and variants), T-Mobile G1, HTC HD2, iPhone 3Gs and more. SHR is based on OpenEmbedded and uses GNU/Linux at its core. It integrates the freesmartphone.org framework for telephony, networking, etc. and a user friendly garphical interface for phone calls, messaging and pim, based on Enlightenment libraries. A growing amount of available applications offers SHR users with web browsers, microblogging clients, games and everything else expected on a smartphone platform."
qwo
qwo
is an implementation of Quikwriting, an efficient way to input text for hand-held devices almost without picking your finger off the screen.
Podcast: Tim Pritlove and Harald Welte
Chaos Radio Express: podcast interview between Tim Pritlove and Harald Welte
(in German).
Podcast: Mobile Phones as "Platforms"
LinuxDevices: "OpenMoko founder
Sean Moss-Pultz moderates a panel discussion
about the
future of the mobile phone, in this hour-long podcast. Originally held
on Valentine's day, and entitled "Mobile Linux Grows Up," the
discussion revolves around how and why Linux-based mobile phones might
evolve to support user-installable applications."
U-Boot Bootloader
The u-boot
Universal Bootloader project provides firmware for many CPU architectures and boards with full source code under GPL.
Funambol Sync Software
Funambol
is open source mobile application server software that provides push email, address book and calendar (PIM) data synchronization, application provisioning, and device management for wireless devices and PCs, leveraging standard protocols. For users, this means BlackBerry-like capabilities on commodity handsets.
Funambol is also a software development platform for mobile applications. It provides client and server side Java APIs, and facilitates the development, deployment and management of any mobile project. Funambol is the de facto standard implementation of the Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization and Device Management protocols (OMA DS and DM, formerly known as SyncML).
OpenMoko Product Site
OpenMoko development platform
OpenMoko Community Portal
The
official portal for development of the OpenMoko platform
. Here, developers and end users alike, can learn about and contribute to building the platform designed to Free Your Phone
neo1973-germany collaborative trac wiki+svn
This place collects all those
tiny projects and code snippets
written in the #neo1973-germany irc channel on freenode.
Planet OpenMoko
Planet OpenMoko
:
community blog aggregator.
Openmoko's Freerunner gets Android source repository and binaries
The Canadian vendor Koolu, the global wholesaler for Openmoko's open Freerunner smartphone for Linux, has released a
GIT repository
containing the current Android sources and the patches required for the smartphone. Previously, interested users had to collect the sources and patches themselves.
Resources
- back to Linux mobile phone survey
- manufacturer site: First International Computer, Inc. - FIC

- Linux Mobile Guide - Installing, Maintaining and Tuning of Linux on Mobile Computers
- JAVA Applications for (Linux) PDAs and cell phones
- Debian Packages for mobile phones
- Linux and Cell Phones - Connectivity (IrDA, BlueTooth, GSM, GPRS, ..)
- Linux applications for BlueTooth cell phones
- Linux SMS applications
- Miscellaneous Linux applications for mobile (cellular) phones.
- free logos for mobile (cell) phones - mostly GPLed
- free ringtones for mobile (cell) phones - mostly GPLed
- free themes for mobile (cell) phones and PDAs - mostly GPLed
- do-it-yourself FIC mobile (cell) phone repairing, upgrading and modding

- conversion and migration of data for mobile (cell) phones (contacts, calendars, addresses, ...)

- conversion and migration of vCards

- FCC ID: EUN