<div dir="ltr">how does installing new apps on this work? like synaptic in ubuntu? I think for the uptake of any technology by the masses...the hardware has to be available...cheap-ish! How many people do you know that are willing to fork Ł200plus for a phone! I know no one who has forked out on a iphone...and thats supposed be the cool thing to have!!!.... fanboys are an exception to this rule! <div class="gmail_quote">2008/8/5 Tim Dobson <<a href="mailto:personalwebsite@army.com">personalwebsite@army.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Javad Ayaz wrote: > how is it network support and price wise though? It's completely SIM free. It should work on all UK networks, with the possible exception of "3". If you are on 3 you might need to do some research. (Like putting your SIM in a non-3g unlocked phone and seeing whether it works - I'm not sure how 3 works - whether they have normal gsm coverage) > i dont think the  networks in the UK support it. I have it working on o2 and my russian MTS sim cards work in it, in addition I have two deactivated prepay vodafone & orange sims who seem to work. > And Ł200 plus i doubt if anyone wants to buy it specially if free-er versions that do the same thing are available! <a href="https://www.truebox.co.uk/trueboxportal/index.php?wk=Openmoko" target="_blank">https://www.truebox.co.uk/trueboxportal/index.php?wk=Openmoko</a> ~Ł270 - I think one of great things about the phone is knowing you are part of a community making GNU/Linux on the mobile a reality. Sure manufacturers have based some phone on GNU/Linux for a while, but none have really offered many options about what you can do with it. In my opinion, it is a nice piece of kit (hardware) with massive potential (software) and a great starting point (the version of openmoko i'm currently running) :) Tim -- <a href="http://www.tdobson.net" target="_blank">www.tdobson.net</a> ---- If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us still has one object. If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now has two ideas.   -  George Bernard Shaw -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div> </div>