September 7, 2006 12:25 PM PDT
The Greenphone will be available through Trolltech's Web site starting at the end of this month. The basic package--consisting of a phone, cables and source code on CD--will cost around $700; developers can pay extra for enhanced support.
Nord told ZDNet UK he was confident that Trolltech will have "no problem getting rid of" the first batch of about 1,000 devices, although the precise distribution channel is still to be worked out. "The idea is not to make money," he said, but rather to stimulate the development ecosystem.
"One of the responses that came after we announced the phone was from a guy who is a professional sailor and also a software developer," he said. "He wants to use it to make a phone suitable for sailors. Simple things can be done for this group, but it's been inaccessible for them so far."
Photo by David Meyer/ZDNet UK
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