9/1/2023 0 Comments Phoneme media freedom factory![]() ![]() ![]() Arseniev, Pavel: Reported Speech, translated by Thomas Campbell, Cement Collective, Jason Cieply, Ian Dreiblatt, Ronald Meyer, Ainsley Morse, Ingrid Nordgaard, Anastasiya Osipova, and Lia Na’ama Ten Brink Cicada Press, late 2018.Amelin, Maxim: The Joyous Science: Selected Poems of Maxim Amelin, translated by Derek Mong and Anne O.When can you expect to be able to buy the Freedom Phone from the stores? The manufacturer says August 2021 is the expected shipping date. ![]() But we will get them eventually, as soon as a unit of the phone gets into someone’s hands. I would really love to see what technologies and standards have been deployed here. I wish we had more details, especially the specifications, so we can have a fairer view of where this stands. Will it support all bands? Is it a 4G or 5G phone? This suggests that it is compatible with both GSM and CDMA carriers. The Freedom Phone is being offered as an unlocked smartphone that you can use on any network by just popping in the SIM card of your choice and that it works on “Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and all other domestic and international carriers”. Most other brands have their address in countries different from the country of manufacture. We do know that the official website lists Wyoming in the United States as the address of the manufacturer. One thing is sure: if it is not made in China, the price will be steep for whatever specs it offers. But without any details of the specifications, we cannot tell at this time whether this is a steep price. The Freedom Phone website lists it as available for $500. Manufacturing in China is a question of economy of scale, and if the Freedom Phone is made elsewhere, there are sacrifices to be made, especially in price. China is where most of the world’s mobile phones are now made. There is some discomfort among the “Make America Great” movement about the fact that there are no mainstream smartphones made in the USA any more, and a frown against phones that are made in China. Place of production is a key factor in the discussions about making a great smartphone for America, but there was no immediate mention of where the Freedom Phone is being manufactured. ![]() We really have to wait to see how that works too. The Freedom Phone also offers tracking blockers, so you can avoid being tracked by your phone. Amazon has its own app store for its devices. We are not new to the concept of 3rd party app stores. It will likely be called Freedom AppStore, and will give you access to all available Android apps. Hopefully, you will also have the liberty to uninstall the one you do not want to use.ĭoes it have an app store? Yes it does. What else do we know about the Freedom Phone? We are told that it has “some of the most popular banned and unbanned conservative sites and apps” pre-loaded directly on it. So, Freedom OS is likely built on AOSP and so is a fork of Android. All regular Android apps are compatible with it, except for those that depend on Google services to function. The regular Android OS that most other manufacturers use is the version that Google has integrated its services and apps into. It is devoid of Google services and apps. Which is why every new mobile operating system offering “freedom” or “privacy” is built on Android Open Source.Īs the name suggests, Android Open Source Project is the open source base of Android, and it is free for everyone and anyone to use. There is no other mobile platform that offers the catalogue of apps that Android does. Is it a fork of Android with Google services stripped off? That isn’t mentioned, but that is what it likely is. Freedom OS is described as “the first mass-marketable mobile phone operating system based on free speech.” The Freedom Phone The Freedom Phone’s official website does not offer any details, except that it has a 6-inch display and runs “Freedom OS”. So, how does it work? Nobody knows for now. ![]()
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