Resident coffee Geek Brenda waxes poetic about shiny open source mobile devices – the list of things talked about is long and arduous;
- Android
- OpenMoko
- Trolltech
- Rockbox
- ALP
- Open Pandora
- GPX2
- SymbianOS
- Arduino
- Zigbee
- OLPC
Some really interesting thoughts around building non-production testing sites so caffeine-fueled hackers can play around and do some crazy developing on mobile platforms. Non-prob is a fantastic resource – it’s the perfect combination of mutual benefit, fostering of IP, problem solving and talent creation – nice!
The Diversity pick for the seriously smart man to watch in the years ahead? David Ten-Have of Ponoko.

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