I got to play with one of these at linuxworld today, and it was pretty high quality. I'd seen the article linked here, but hadn't read anything about it in depth, so this may not be news to anyone. The software they had running seemed fine, but wasn't anything special, but I guess that's why it's a dev kit. The bluetooth module didn't seem to be present on the one that had on the show floor, as it was on the menu but complained if you tried to use the bluetooth function. The camera was the same way, though it was physically there and labled 1.3mp or something.

The one thing that surprised me for a phone of the size was the touch screen. It might be useful, but I'm not really sure what for in my daily phone use. I assume as a dev kit they threw everything in, and expect the final product to be a stripped down version without all the bells and wistles.

It was a reasonable size, but larger than my current samsung A900. It seemed to be GSM/GPRS, which means I'd never buy one as I can't imagine life without 3g data speeds any more. It also seemed to have USB Master capabilities, but I was just infering that from the menu. I can't imagine what I'd do with a phone with USB master capabilities, but it seems like it might come in useful.

A neat idea, and I'd love a phone with real user created apps and OS. Is it "legal" to have an open GSM phone that allows anyone to mess with the cool bits of the OS?

Matthew