Motorola MotoZine ZN5
Following up Russell Beattie, I recently posted about the hypocrisy of open source protagonists using closed, proprietary Apple iPhones, while conceding that "the whole mobile phone business is based on proprietary handsets and lock-down contracts. It's not like a RIM BlackBerry or Danger Sidekick offered a competitive open source alternative."
However, LiMo, the Linux Mobile foundation, is attempting to redress that, and now tells me that there are "seven new devices from Motorola, NEC and Panasonic Mobile Communications," which brings the "Total of LiMo Handsets Available Today to 21".
The new ones are:
* MOTOZINE ZN5 from Motorola; * FOMA N906i, FOMA N906i?, FOMA N906iL and FOMA N706i from NEC and * FOMA P906i and FOMA P706i? from Panasonic Mobile Communications.
The catch is that the NEC and Panasonic models are only available in Japan. And while I know Motorola sells Linux-based phones in China, I'm not sure where else I'd find one.
So my question for today is: have you ever seen or bought a LiMo phone, and how did you like it?
