You see, here is a difference in needs. There is no way a phone could contein a QUERTY keyboard with buttons big enough for my fingers so I'm trying to avoid even seeing that kind of phone:-) Anyway a 5 direction key would be nice to have..
Carlo E. Prelz wrote: > Subject: OpenMoko ON the iPhone > Date: Fri 12 Jan 07 10:19:36AM +0000 > > Quoting Kenshin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > >> If someone does indeed get Linux running on the iPhone, can we also >> expect to have the freedom to install anything we want, including >> OpenMoko? (it's FOSS right?) >> > > I have a related question. I am quite happy about the development that > is bringing to the production of the neo1973, because I am eager to > own a phone for which I can comfortably develop apps. Openmoko is > going in the right direction, from my point of view. > > But I am used to have a phone with QWERTY keyboard together with a > touchscreen (currently, a treo 650). There are lots of cute models > around which sport a keyboard, from the Motorola Q, to the Nokia E61, > to this new Samsung model (SCH-i760) which can be seen on a page on > mobile-review.com whose URL was posted yesterday on this list. Or even > the Sharp PV-200 (AKA T-Mobile Sidekick 3). I am used to write SMS > messages with my thumbs while walking. I hated palm graffiti - way too > many errors: writing was painfully slow. And if, as I expect, text > input on the neo will be from a virtual keyboard on the touchscreen, > with a stylus, walking and typing will simply not be possible. > > My question is: are there plans for FIC to produce a QWERTY keyboard > model with native openmoko? (Possibly with wifi in place of gps, and > with real mini-sd instead of micro-sd - but these are my personal > preferences) No matter if the phone comes to be somewhat larger! > > Carlo > >
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