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Openmoko Neo FreeRunner *sequel* gets canceled

by on April 6, 2009 11:02 am
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openmoko freerunner neo1973CORRECTION: It is only the follow-up device that has been killed off.  The Neo FreeRunner will continue to be sold.

It appears that the open source smartphone known as the Neo FreeRunner made by Openmoko has breathed its last breath (in German).  Openmoko’s CEO, Sean Moss-Pultz, announced that he has killed the product and that his company was reducing staff by 50% while he was speaking at an event in Bern, Switzerland.

Moss-Pultz said that the FreeRunner had only sold 10,000 units and that the company would now focus on a non-cell phone related product in an effort to stay alive.

Koolu had previously announced that it would be making Android available for the FreeRunner.

I apologize for the confusion.  My German is a bit rusty these days, and I didn’t read the story as thoroughly as I should have.  Thanks to P3t3r for pointing it out.

[via Phone Scoop]

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  • http://linmob.blogspot.com p3t3r

    You are so wrong. I will just copy what I commented over at Engadget (btw: PhoneScoop has the right news, “Berner Zeitung” which isn’t IT Media, just a Bern, Switzerland newspaper (where OpenExpo and Sean Moss-Pultz announcements to postphone the follow up of the FreeRunner (while announcing a non-phone-gadget) took place got something wrong due to understanding nothing and doing bad recherche). Well, now I will quote myself:

    As “spam_from_engadget” already said, the FreeRunner isn’t cancelled, it is on sale since Q2 2008 and stays on sale. The device that was the planned successor has been cancelled lately, due to the fact Openmoko wanted to make it a mass-market device and they currently lack the ressources to do so. Please correct this misinformation, as you have to imagine OpenMoko as a weak flower, that needs some sunlight and water. What you do to it with this misinformation is putting it into a dark room without windows.

    (If you have some Openmoko news, and are unsure whether they’re correct (as there have been lots of press errors in the past) and have no time for in dept research, feel free to contact me (or read my blog). I am no part of Openmoko, but a involved and usually well informed person.)

  • http://www.mobileburn.com/ Michael Oryl

    Actually Phone Scoop had it wrong before, too. They have since updated their story to reflect what you are saying.

  • Daemon

    p3t3r, I just orderd my Neo Freerunner and was told the sale would last 30 days, so I’m not sure about it “staying on sale.” By the way, thank you for correcting this information. I would’ve freaked.

  • Daemon

    Oh, you meant. For sale, not on sale. Oops.

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