In the middle of 2007, OpenMoko made a splash by unveiling developer kits for its Neo 1973 mobile phone. The Linux-based Neo mobile phone platform is based on free and open source technologies, and shipped with the Linux kernel, the X window system, the GNU C library, the GTK+ toolkit and an OpenMoko GUI framework. Although the mobile platform world has seen a few significant developments in the meantime—like Google Android and open network pronouncments from Verizon and (sort of) AT&T, OpenMoko hasn’t been sitting still either: today, OpenMoko announced it has set itself up as its own company, separate from motherboard maker FIC, and revealed the Internet-connected Dash Express GPS unit runs OpenMoko’s Neo platform.
