US only shipping for now.
For EU: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ZTE-Open-3G-Unlocked-Firefox-OS-Ce...
Only a (seemingly arbitrary) subset of EU. Denmark is in, but Sweden is out for example.
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Maybe you could make a phone call to someone.
It is certainly a phone.
You never heard of the Openmoko? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openmoko)
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#34I 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…
Gnu mobile is still waiting on HURD.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
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'
No. A smartphone has a fully competent web browser, which instantly places it far, far higher than a brick or flip phone.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
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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#38I'm very positive about FFOSes future, but if you're thinking of buying one today, bear in mind that you will be buying into an ecosystem that is under very heavy development.
My dev phone is very, very slow. I couldn't use it as my daily driver. But I look forward to the time when I can.
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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…
"(Honestly, I would consider a FfOS a feature phone and not a smartphone.)"
You would. I hope to God that AT&T will, too. The whole "you -must- have a data plan if you have a smartphone" is ridiculous.
In any case, I don't think they have automatic 'smartphone' detection, and if they do, they probably won't add ZTE Open to their list any time soon.
By the way, I didn't know AT&T had a 'basic' phone data plan. Will have to look into that. I -do- happen to have a feature phone now, so it won't be hard to convince them to give me that option.
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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
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.
If you want to use it as a secondary phone and use it infrequently you might want to look at the pay by the day plans from T-mobile.
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/pay-by-the-day-cell-phone...
This is what I plan on getting when I buy one of these phones.