Bucky Katz <bucky@picovex.com> writes:
> "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> writes:
>
>> I am unaware of an existing smart phone that runs NetBSD. However,
>> the folks at FIC are building a GSM phone (the Neo1973) in
>> conjunction with the OpenMoko project (which they launched) to build
>> a fully open Linux smartphone, where "fully open" means no binary
>> blobs, all specifications available to third parties, etc.
>
> I understand that this is the intent of OpenMoko, but as they are
> using a third party radio, I _suspect_ that the "usual" industry
> package of the radio running on a separate processor as a "firmware
> blob" that talks a well known protocol to the main processor would be
> used.

The radio speaks to the rest of the machine through an open interface,
but it is true that the firmware for the radio itself is closed. For
most people that's okay.

Perry
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Perry E. Metzger		perry@piermont.com