OpenMoko’s FreeRunner, the original open source (hardware and software) Linux phone, made us oh so excited back in the day, before Android and the iPhone. And now it’s dead.
OpenMoko is cancelling the FreeRunner and leaving the phone business entirely for a different kind of gadget—dubbed “Plan B” if that tells you anything—hoping to eventually return to phones one day. They only sold around 10,000 FreeRunners. To survive, they’re cutting their staff by 50 percent. Sad to see a pioneer of something ahead of its time wither and die like this. [PhoneScoop]
naught101
April 24, 2009 at 9:43 PM
I think you read the phonescoop article wrong. It says that OpenMoko cancelled the FreeRunner’s succesor, not the freerunner itself. it says that OpenMoko will continue to support the FreeRunner…
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