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ZTE Open Firefox OS phone is available on eBay

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Re: ZTE Open Firefox OS phone is available on eBay

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Post by Zigurd »

aroch wrote: post #15
ToastyMallows wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So how would I go about using this phone to call someone or text someone, I'd have to get a plan through AT&T first? Would they even support my phone? Or am I understanding this wrong.

Since you're binging your own phone and its 3G limited, your best bets for cheap plans is an ATT PAYG plan [0] and I would forgo the data plan or StraightTalk [1]. If you want data, you can probably get away with ATT's 'basic' phone unlimited data plan (Honestly, I would consider a FfOS a feature phone and not a smartphone) for $35 a month. Or a StraightTalk ~$44 a month unlimited plan that doesn't care about feature…

The Straight Talk plans on AT&T's network have a hidden 100MB/day limit, after which your data gets effectively shut off (you still get miniscule bandwidth, but it's unusable) and their policy for how long you get shut off is completely opaque. Customer "service" switches you to a recording if you ask about it. VERY not recommended. T-mo doesn't have daily limits as far as I know.

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Post by dendory »

johnchristopher wrote: post #18

From Belgium: Unfortunately, access to this particular item has been blocked due to legal restrictions in some countries. We are blocking your viewing in an effort to prevent restricted items from being displayed. Regrettably, in some cases, we may prevent users from accessing items that are not within the scope of said restrictions because of limitations of existing technology. Please accept our apologies for any in…

I can see it from Canada, but I can't buy it, they only ship to the US.

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Post by kleiba »

wslh wrote: post #7

I hope other organizations related to free software follow this route. Where is GNU Mobile? Debian Mobile? FreeBSD Mobile? etc, etc. In six days ends the Ubuntu Edge "fundraising" but I don't think this is the way to go. If few people like Linus Torvalds ignited a revolution why the same is not happening on the mobile space with less than $ 32mm? Even starting without big expectations about the market penetration bec…

Generally, rms does not advocate free hardware (free as in freedom). You might be interested in this article from 1999:

http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/1999062200505NWLF

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Post by ramy_d »

dendory wrote: post #22
johnchristopher wrote: post #18

From Belgium: Unfortunately, access to this particular item has been blocked due to legal restrictions in some countries. We are blocking your viewing in an effort to prevent restricted items from being displayed. Regrettably, in some cases, we may prevent users from accessing items that are not within the scope of said restrictions because of limitations of existing technology. Please accept our apologies for any in…

I can see it from Canada, but I can't buy it, they only ship to the US.

Same here, Canadian as well. It's really too bad, I was looking forward to get my hands on it.

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Post by thecodeore »

wslh wrote: post #7

I hope other organizations related to free software follow this route. Where is GNU Mobile? Debian Mobile? FreeBSD Mobile? etc, etc. In six days ends the Ubuntu Edge "fundraising" but I don't think this is the way to go. If few people like Linus Torvalds ignited a revolution why the same is not happening on the mobile space with less than $ 32mm? Even starting without big expectations about the market penetration bec…

Tizen..........?

That is the Linux Foundation Mobile OS

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Post by TsiCClawOfLight »

dagw wrote: post #20
reidrac wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not an expert, but £59.99 is a very competitive price for an unlocked smartphone.

It's the same price as the low end Samsung android phones with comparable specs. If you're willing to roll the dice with no-name phones imported directly from China, you can get an unlocked smartphone for around $50

FFOS will almost certainly be more usable on low-spec than Android... have you tried the category you mentioned? It's horrible.

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Post by rdtsc »

reidrac wrote: post #19
foz wrote: post #16

The specs say 320x480 px screen, which is a bit disappointing.

I'm not an expert, but £59.99 is a very competitive price for an unlocked smartphone.

A smartphone to be useful has to have applications and a market to get more applications. A smart-phone that doesn't is no better than a an older locked down brick or flip phone with pre-loaded vendor supplied 'apps'

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Post by zeckalpha »

aroch wrote: post #8
brianbreslin wrote: post #5

What carriers does it support in the US?

You couldn't scrolled down a few inches to see: Support US 3G NETWORK 2G NETWORK:GSM 850/900/1800/1900 3G NETWORK:UMTS 850/1900 Which is any GSM carrier and, depending on your area, 3G from ATT and Tmo or just ATT + all the MVNO's, US Cellular and other smaller regionals that lease from ATT

Any timeline for a CDMA phone? ... googling.
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