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  • 07.23.08
    OpenMoko Versus Android: Open Source Mobile Roundup gadgets, on the go | (2)
    Both Google and OpenMoko have been making strides towards an open source handset for the mass market, though they've taken drastically different approaches thus far. Google has been working with handset manufacturers and mobile carriers to launch the Android mobile OS, a daunting process for any nimble web company. Openmoko has opted to design their OS around their own hardware, which makes it easier to develop the handset, but much harder to use on the carrier networks. So let's take a look at how far each has come in the last year since I pleaded with Google to open source my ...
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  • 04.11.08
    Get your Zimbra Mail anywhere with ZimbraME on the go | (1)
    As if the ability to build your own scalable webmail infrastructure on the open source Zimbra platform wasn't enough, now you can also access your mail from virtually any phone. They already had a mobile web interface and clients for Windows Mobile, Palm and for Symbian. Zimbra Mobile Connector will allow you to connect with a Blackberry, though it's a server-based proxy. The newly released ZimbraME is an open source email client for mobile phones that was built on J2ME. This means that you can access email from virtually any phone on the market today. They have Over-the-air (OTA) downloads ...
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