[CUWiN-Dev] unlocked wifi/gsm phone?

David Young dyoung at pobox.com
Wed Oct 4 10:12:40 CDT 2006


On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 09:20:56AM -0500, Brandon Bowersox wrote:
> According to this news story also Slashdotted, D-Link is releasing an  
> unlocked dual-mode WiFi/GSM phone that runs linux in early 2007.   
> Read more here:
> 
> http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?ContentId=6731
> 
> Doesn't this mean that (a) we should port CUWiN-NetBSD to this  
> device, and

Yes, we should port.  I've been waiting for such a phone for a long time!
I just hope we can get adequate docs on the GSM & WiFi parts.

> (b) then when I make a call to my friend Dave Young down  
> the street, my call can go through the CUWiN network, but when I  
> telephone my uncle in Pennsylvania my call goes through my cellular  
> provider?

Yes!

Dave

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