Vinh, I really agree with you, personally I'm a fan of flip phones (I hate the idea of the screen being exposed... and it just seems easier to answer a phone by opening it than finding a little button). Early on, Sean set the goal of OpenMoko being a platform... that the neo is just the first of a line of phones... even those from other manufacturers. until it really takes off, the neo is a cool looking little device, and I'm happy that if I'm saddled with a candybar, at least it's pretty interesting.
keeping my fingers crossed, Jeff On 2/1/07, Vinh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi everyone, seems like the mailing list is slowly taking off, having much more messages now than couple of months ago! Great stuff!! I was wondering how far OpenMoko itself is tied to the underlying hardware? OpenMoko gives us a great new way to write purely native software on an open platform. But how about hardware? During talks I had with my collegues and friends (non-geeks included), it seems that looks of the hardware is an important criteria when buying a phone. Some like it slim, some like bars, some others flip phones, some again prefer sliding phones. So the question arises in how far other companies could pick up the OpenMoko platform and port it for another hardware. Is the project obliged to FIC in any way? I mean the core developer is being paid by them! Let's say I love the OpenMoko idea, but would like the phone itself to look nicer. What could I do? (Maybe Sean can give us some ideas what it takes to build the phone hardware and convince me that it's pretty impossible for a "normal" person or a small business to do so?) Vinh _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
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