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Re:Intel cuts Atom chips, basically giving up on the smartph... by gioele on Saturday April 30, 2016 @10:30AM (#11601817)
> I really hope someone manages to ship an open source handheld one day.

100% FLOSS mobile phones are available for sale since 2007 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openmoko

The current revision (GTA04A5, ARM Cortex A8 1GHz) can be ordered at http://shop.goldelico.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04

The Nokia N950 was also very open https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N950

There are also other also-run phones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_mobile_pho...

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Re:Intel cuts Atom chips, basically giving up on the smartph... by continuations on Saturday April 30, 2016 @05:40PM (#11603736)
Cortex A8 is a proprietary design, no? How is that open source?
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