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<div><span id=""></span>From a commercial point of view, this would allow OpenMoko to enter a new market that is considerably less crowded than the GSM handset market. Thuraya only sells 2 terminals: the SO-2510 (the smallest satellite terminal in the world) and the SG-2520 (dubbed a "satellite smartphone" but it's really just a Windows CE device with no possibility to install custom applications). This would also open new opportunities for custom hardware such as the Dash Express. Having an open satellite terminal with a builtin GPS receiver would be great for a lot of applications (IMHO).</div>
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<div>Finally, Thuraya seems to be very open to new developments, they have helped us a lot during the development process. The only problem is getting the other components (antennas, cables, development boards, SIM cards, prepaid scratch cards, etc) but we've become quite good at it so I can help with that if anyone is interested.</div>
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<div>Please let me know what you think. I will answer any questions you might have, provided they are not covered by the NDA we have signed with Thuraya. Once again, I do not work for Thuraya, I just own a small company in Romania and we have successfully used them in the past 1.5 years.</div>
</div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Razvan Dragomirescu<br>Chief Technology Officer<br>Cayenne Graphics SRL<br></div>