Openmoko discontinues development of next FreeRunner Linux handset

Openmoko CEO Sean Moss-Pultz has said, at a conference in Switzerland, that his company has discontinued the development of the next iteration of its FreeRunner open-source Linux mobile smartphone.

Having only sold 10,000 units of the current Neo FreeRunner device, and in a bid to remain solvent, the company has already reduced its staff by 50 percent. The company is re-focusing its efforts on a new product, which is not a mobile phone. [via Phone Scoop]

[Originally we had mistakenly noted that the Neo FreeRunner had been canceled. That was not the case. You have our apologies. -editor]