9 october 2009 2009 10 09 founder javier ag era rodrigo silva ramos headquarters madrid spain products smartphones website www.geeksphone.com geeksphone is a spanish smartphone company founded in 2009 . geeksphone s most notable products are open android phones and developer devices of firefox os . contents 1 history 2 locked firmware 3 philosophy 4 certified community release program 5 products 6 see also 7 references 8 further reading 9 external links history edit geeksphone was founded in early 2009 by javier ag era and rodrigo silva ramos . 1 its first product the geeksphone one was announced in 2009 2 3 and started shipping in early 2010 4 becoming the first european brand to launch an android smartphone to the mass market . it subsequently manufactured the keon and peak smartphone models the first developer preview devices running firefox os . a consumer model the peak was announced later . it was thought to be a refinement of the peak model geared towards a non developer audience but problems concerning the availability of batteries from the chinese odm led to the discontinuation of the project without a single unit being marketed . on november 2013 the company announced a new model of smartphone called revolution . it was thought to be a high end model but it was then revealed to be a slight improvement from the peak model . the customers who already preordered and paid for the unreleased peak model were offered to get a revolution phone for the same price but many cancelled their order when they knew more detailed specifics of the revolution citation needed . the company announced in january 2014 a new model of smartphone called blackphone . 5 designed with the founders of silent circle and pgp in the wake of the 2013 mass surveillance revelations the android based device is said to be the first nsa proof smartphone . 6 7 it was produced by sgp technologies a joint venture of geeksphone and the software firm silent circle . in early 2015 geeksphone sold its part of sgp technologies to silent circle to focus on wearables sold under the brand geeksme . 14 engineers from geeksphone including javier ag era remained in sgp . 8 locked firmware edit geeksphone has claimed to let the users install alternative os on their mobile platforms but this has turned out not being the case since with their phone revolution as they have locked the boot.img with a secret signed key that is there to prevent the user from installing any alternative firmware and also refused sharing that key . 9 they have also stopped development of firefox os for the device at version 2.0 making their phones useless for that operating system . philosophy edit geeksphone specializes in the development promotion and commercialization of open source mobile telephony solutions . the company considers the one smartphone and its successors announced in late 2010 the first stage of its initiative 10 without making any statements about planned future stages . the company claims to be the first to provide an android powered handset which allows the user to modify operating system components without having to root the device first . new os images can easily be installed on the device ; the company operates a wiki and a forum for users to share knowledge . as of july 2010 the geeksphone one is not available through any of the big mobile operators . while geeksphone does not rule out cooperation with operators for the future ceo javier ag era has stated that the freedom based business model would have priority over any such agreement . 11 although its philosophy is somewhat similar to that of openmoko geeksphone does not publish hardware specifications for its devices beyond a data sheet . another difference is that geeksphone aims to provide a stable device suitable for everyday use and capable of competing with other commercial devices on the market . the geeksphone one ships with an android version which has undergone quality tests and passed android open source project aosp code compliance certification allowing it to include closed source android components and participate in android market . about emerging competitor synapse phones s strategy to offer smartphones with customizable hardware rodrigo silva ramos stated that geeksphone had tried the same but found it impossible . he noted however that the existence of a competitor confirmed the viability of the company s business model . 12 synapse failed in its attempt and went out of business shortly afterwards . certified community release program edit in july 2010 geeksphone announced their certified community release ccr program . ccrs are android ports developed by the community and subsequently certified by geeksphone . releases may be certified as stable or beta . while full credit is given to the developer geeksphone will provide technical support to users of these builds and flash phones with a ccr if requested by the customer . use of a ccr will not void the warranty of the phone . developers can get technical support from geeksphone and major contributors may receive an additional free handset for development from geeksphone and in some cases sponsorships . 11 geeksphone initially announced that phones would not yet ship with ccrs preinstalled ; however as of at least october 2010 phones have been shipped with rcmod 3 a ccr based on android 2.2 froyo . products edit model type os mhz ram flash screen mp sold in availability one smartphone android 2009 2010 out of stock zero smartphone android 2011 not sold anymore two smartphone android announced for 2011 fate unknown not yet available keon developer preview smartphone firefox os 1000 512 mb 4 gb 3.5 hvga 3.0 announced january 2013 out of stock peak developer preview smartphone firefox os 1200 x2 512 mb 4 gb 4.3 qhd 8 2 announced january 2013 out of stock peak smartphone firefox os 1200 x2 1 gb 4 gb 4.3 qhd 8 2 announced 2013 not produced revolution smartphone firefox os android 1600 x2 intel atom soc z2560 x86 1 gb 4 gb 4.7 qhd 8 1.3 announced 29 november 2013 on sale since 20 february 2014 blackphone smartphone privatos 2 ghz x4 1 gb 16 gb 4.7 inch hd 8 5 announced 10 january 2014 pre order from 24 february 2014 there were speculations that the third yet unnamed product announced for 2011 would be a tablet computer . 13 14 however no new phones were released in 2011 . geeksphone works or has worked in the past with odms such as foxconn sim cellon and quanta . in november 2013 geeksphone cancelled any plan for producing peak citing component manufacturer problems and announced a new model of phone called revolution . as of 10 january 2014 the company announced a new phone called blackphone . 15 see also edit google nexus galaxy nexus comparison of firefox os devices references edit team . geeksphone . 2011 01 05 . geeksphone google handy auf omnia basis in german . chip . retrieved 2010 01 08 . spanish firm geeksphgone launches one android set . engadget . 2011 01 06 . one status tracking . geeksphone forum . retrieved 2011 01 06 . blackphone . retrieved 2014 11 21 . silent circle & geeksphone join forces to build blackphone a pro privacy android based smartphone . techcrunch . 2014 01 15 . retrieved 2014 11 21 . blackphone could be the first nsa proof phone . 2014 01 15 . retrieved 2014 11 21 . la espa ola geeksphone sale del proyecto blackphone el m vil antiesp as marimar jim nez cinco d as 27 february 2015 why i think geeksphone revolution is not a developer friendly phone . 2015 06 10 . retrieved 2015 06 16 . company . geeksphone . 2011 01 05 . a b geeks phone s ccr program a real open source phone . android guys . retrieved 18 october 2010 . the vision approximative translation . geeksphone forum . retrieved 2011 01 07 . 2010 endings . geeksphone blog . retrieved 2011 01 06 . tablet pc de geeksphone in spanish . geeksphone forum . retrieved 2011 01 06 . next week we will announce blackphone project . geeksphone forum . retrieved 2014 01 11 . further reading edit fox brewster thomas 6 july 2016 . sorry privacy lovers the blackphone is flirting with failure . forbes . forbes inc. external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title geeksphone & oldid 728871401 categories mobile phone manufacturerstelecommunications in spainmanufacturing companies based in madridtelecommunications companies established in 20092009 establishments in spainhidden categories cs1 german language sources de cs1 spanish language sources es all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages espa olfran aispolskisuomiti ng vi t edit links this page was last modified on 8 july 2016 at 06 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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