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hassan_badredin
07-13-2010, 11:57 AM
Check this out:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/12/aava-mobile-reveals-virta-2-smartphone-development-kit-we-go-ha/
Rauha
07-13-2010, 12:05 PM
Love the names Aava gives to their phones.


aava = Open

virta = Stream, current or (electrical) power.

Aava Virta = Open Stream/Power.

Sounds lovely in finnish plus nice wordplay on open source.
gerbick
07-13-2010, 12:07 PM
1900 Euro too.
Ayle
07-13-2010, 12:20 PM
1900 Euro too.

Isn't it pretty much always like that for dev kits?
wmarone
07-13-2010, 12:32 PM
Isn't it pretty much always like that for dev kits?

Pretty much. The Zoom2 is up in the $1200 range, I know the PXA270 kits were several thousand.

However for ARM platforms we have cheap kits like the Beagleboard, though for MeeGo it'll need a capacitive input addon. Technically any ATOM netbook could serve, but none have capacitive screens and I don't know of any that have 3G cellular.