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For all it seems, Miguel de Icaza and his followers continue to put the Microsoft venom not only inside Linux but also inside some BSDs. In his blog, over the past week, Miguel even bragged about Mono running on the Apple iPhone. Similarly, he once pondered Google’s Android.

Sure the iPhone is sexy, and Windows Mobile is functional - but OpenMoko could offer so much more…at a lower cost! This Linux distro for mobile phones looks sweet and should free up the airwaves…

A article published in the most recent issue of Discover has slammed Open Source and stated that only closed development can produce radical, new, technology such as the iPhone. Jim Hutchinson cuts right through the grossly inaccurate statements and hands them what they deserve.

Using Linux as a starting point, the OpenMoko developers have built a system which, although not everyday-usable yet, can be successfully installed and run on a variety of ordinary smartphone hardware: Treos, Motorolas, JasJars and so forth.

>>>>>>>> This is the Best Damn Guide EVER written to stream media from your iPhone to your Ubuntu PC using Rythmbox.

Choosing to purchase an iPhone will not only cost you a premium on initial price (though now substantially less than on release) but also a $20 per month price increase on any given plan. AT&T and Apple’s decision to not only lock the phone but also actively discourage users from unlocking has led me to: The OpenMoko

Wendy Seltzer asks, Which is more open: the Nokia N95 or the iPhone? Regardless of the answer, I’m wondering if there’s an objective way to score openness… perhaps a kind of in-the-wild folksonomic list of deal-makers and deal-killers.

If you’re interested in transforming you’re favourite mp3 songs into a ringtone for your cell phone or newly hacked iPhone then make use of this video provided by video maker Jimmycron. Using the Open Source sound editor Audacity, Jimmycron explicitly explains how to get rid of vocals on Mp3 tracks, that then become instrumentals.

Okay, it’s not really a phone — but Nokia’s open source N800 tablet has a lot of great things going for it, not least of which is it’s $100 cheaper than the iPhone and better still, it’s not part of the AT&T network.

During this years GUADEC Andreas Proschofsky had the chance to sit down with Carlos Guerreiro, Nokias Manager for Open Source Software, to talk - amidst other things - about the not so different needs of personal computers and mobile devices, about the necessity for GTK+ 3.0 and the impact of the iPhone launch.

A slick web 2.0 SSH client for you iPhone with that nice iPhone look and feel. Give it a try. Works great in a normal web browser too. Contains helpful security tips.

The iPhone does not run Linux, but Intel has begun work to help improve the operating system for future devices of its ilk.

It may not be as fancy-schmancy as Microsoft Surface or Jeff Han’s demos but this video of a Linux-based MPX multi-touch table shows that things are moving full speed ahead in the land of the free penguins. We talked with developer Peter Hutterer, who gave us his insight on the project, the iPhone and the ongoing multi-tou

Hackers have successfully enabled a shell on the iPhone. With the shell you access to the underlying Unix layer of the iPhone. it means you have complete administrative access to all the files inside the iphone. This is the first step into tinkering with the applications inside the iPhone to make it do whatever you want.

After seemingly endless delays, the OpenMoko phone is here. The first version of the NEO 1973 mobile phone, which carries the Linux kernel inside and is not locked to a specific network, is available for purchase from OpenMoko.com.

OpenMoko.com has just launched and are now selling their Neo1973 phone. It is a fully open device running a full GNU/Linux stack. Cell phone, GPS, 480×640 screen, Quadband GSM, Bluetooth 2.0, completely hackable, not locked to any network. This is the start of a new cell phone revolution.

Not everyone in the continental U.S. will be waiting in line to purchase a $500 iPhone. In fact, hundreds of thousands of digital aficionados around the globe won’t be standing in line at all, for June 29 marks the release of version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

“Tivoization” is a term coined by the FSF to describe devices that are built with free software, but that use technical measures to prevent the user from making modifications to the software —a fundamental freedom for free software users—and an attack on free software that the GPLv3 will put a stop to.

The OpenMoko Neo 1973 has a touchscreen, WiFi, GPS and runs Linux. Unlike the iPhone, it is completely open for developers. They even include a guitar pick so you can ply open the case. Developer version goes on sale for $300 on July 9th.

Sun revealed at JavaOne today that it is developing a Linux- and Java-based operating system for mobile phones. “JavaFX Mobile” will compete with half a dozen flavors of mobile Linux, Windows Mobile, Symbian, RIM’s Blackberry, and Apple’s iPhone. It will available for license under the GPL.

This fully programmable phone does what you-not Apple or Verizon-want it to do. It’s sleek and has a giant touchscreen. Oh and it runs OpenMoko Linux.