Neo 1973
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| Manufacturer | FIC |
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| Type | smartphone |
| Release date | July 9, 2007 |
| Media | microSD, SDHC capable |
| Operating system | Openmoko Linux, Qtopia (both Linux-based) |
| CPU | Samsung s3c2410 SoC @ 266 MHz |
| Memory | 128 MB SDRAM 64 MB NAND flash |
| Display | 2.8 in. VGA (480×640) TFT, 282 pixels/in. |
| Input |
touchscreen buttons |
| Connectivity |
GSM GPRS Bluetooth 2.0 AGPS USB 1.1 slave and host 2.5-mm audio jack |
| Power | 1200-mAh battery |
| Dimensions | 120.7 × 62 × 18.5 (mm) |
| Successor | Neo FreeRunner |
The Neo 1973 (development code name GTA01) is an open source software and open source hardware smartphone developed by the Openmoko project to run the Openmoko Linux software platform, released 2007. The CAD files have been released in 2008 under a ShareAlike Creative Commons license, and the schematics are available for download from OpenMoko and under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.
The Neo 1973 was designed as open source hardware and it is mostly using hardware components with open source drivers,
The device is named after the first year of mobile telephone communication: the inventor of the mobile phone, Martin Cooper, made the first call in 1973. The phone released was inconsistently-named Neo 1973 or Neo1973.
The Neo 1973 was sold from July 9, 2007 to February 2008. It was priced at US$300 for the basic model, or US$450 for a kit including more tools for hardware work.
The initial releases of the Neo 1973 were hampered by supplier shortages, which forced the shipping date to slip, and hardware development difficulties exacerbated by the small size of the core team.
Furthermore, other platforms have been ported to the Neo 1973, including Qt Extended, Debian and Android.
Shortly before the shipping of the successor, the Neo Freerunner, the OpenMoko project released the CAD files, the schematics and other development resources of the Neo 1973 and Freerunner under a Creative Commons license, the CC BY-SA 3.0.
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