Maeda's SIMPLICITY

Hello? World?

I just received shipment of the new open source GSM phone from my friends at OpenMoko. It's a cute little fella, and comes in a military-style case which certainly contradicts the svelteness of the slim and curvy device. I understand that this is still the first generation of the device (doesn't have wi-fi, etc.) but form-factor wise it is where development is heading. Unfortunately I will have to give this away to the students here at the Media Lab as they will know what to do with it much better than I -- well, I could at least make one phone call before it leaves me ...