Perpetual quest for GNU smartphone

[Arie Skliarouk]

Hi,

For a long time I find myself looking for an open smartphone, with
Linux and GPS.

Initially I had high hopes for OpenMoko's platform, but now I think it
is dying for several reasons:
 * their's latests phone model Freerunner has audio issues
 * It has weak connectivity (GPRS)
 * There is no quality applications for it (like GPS turn-by-turn
navigation) due to chicken-egg problem and lack of DRM.

This makes me look into direction of Android G1. It is too young to
have elaborated applications support, but it already has
http://www.andnav.org/ that uses OpenStreetMap data.

Currently there is no coverage for Israel though:
http://www.andnav.org/images/stories/news/coverage/

Do anybody knows more about andnav2 and Israel support?

Also, do any of the Israeli phone carriers plan to import Android-based phones?

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Arie