I also agree that we need to wait with the actual hype and public marketing efforts. What I meant was to simply start quiet preparations and discussions for when the time comes to start promoting.
Best Danijel On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 16:04:50 -0600 "mathew davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think we need to wait. When the neo1973 has matured a bit and has worked > out the mojor kinks it will generate attention on it's own, which we can > then strengthen. But right now I don't think it would really have an > impact. We don't know the final release date, the software on it which is > the biggest part of the phone is not worked out yet. And when the phone is > released that's when the magic happens. The community will come alive. > Programs will be developed for the phone that we haven't even thought of > yet. And then interest will be generated. Plus we will be excited about > our phone, we will be excited about moding them and doing what we want with > the phone, in essance freeing our phone. Then I believe it will explode. I > think it's a good idea to spread the word about the neo1973 but I don't > think getting or starting hype now is important or needed. I just don't see > the usefulness of it now. But that's just my opinion. > > Matt > > > On 6/4/07, Danijel Orsolic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'll chip in here for once. :) > > > > I agree with what some have said that we should better wait before the > > phone is actually a finished product we can point to (including a web site > > or store where people can easily buy it). > > > > However in the meantime I think we should think about the marketing > > subject, build up the marketing machine, so to speak, which we will use once > > the phone is out. It's basically just preparation. > > > > I've recently started a web site (http://www.mobiliberty.com) which was to > > focus on phones like Neo1973, open in nature, powered by Free Software and > > Free Standards, but guess what, it hasn't been such a big success and there > > just aren't enough stories around for the site to really have much meat to > > chew on. Right now I'm basically working away on my other projects and > > leaving that site for some sort of a revision until a day comes when the > > world of open mobiles will really be interesting enough for one news/blog > > site to prosper out of it (and a day when I will own one to talk about first > > hand too ;) ). In other words, I'm waiting for Neo1973 to come out and make > > a mark. > > > > And I would be willing to help that happen. Someone mentioned an OpenMoko > > site in Hungary. I think that's a very good idea. We should have as many > > countries covered as possible. I'm from Croatia (neighbouring Hungary) and > > perhaps opening a Croatian OpenMoko site would be a good idea too, though > > that would depend on the market here I suppose, which might not be as big on > > FOSS related stuff as Hungary. > > > > Anyway, the overall point is, we can start thinking about it, making plans > > and preparations, laying out the structure we need to make Neo1973 a > > worldwide hit once it comes out. > > > > I also hope and expect FIC will invest considerable effort in this regard. > > They are making and selling these phones after all. It's their brand on it! > > > > Cheers > > > > Danijel > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 11:27:38 -0500 > > "el jefe delito" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Regardless of where the hardware and software are right now, I would > > imagine > > > that they both will be further along come release date. But, outside of > > > this community and the few people that remember us telling them about > > the > > > FIC Neo1973 and the OpenMoko platform, who knows about this phone or > > > platform? > > > > > > Slashdot and NYTimes and many other sites have articles about the Apple > > > iPhone, but very rarely is the Neo1973 mentioned. We, the OpenMoko > > > community, are interested in these articles too (I would imagine), and > > yet > > > no one ever posts a comment about the Neo1973 (except me, it seems). If > > we > > > don't get the mainstream press to write about the Neo1973, we (or FIC) > > are > > > going to have a difficult time selling devices and getting out > > there. If > > > they (press) won't write about the Neo1973, the least we can do is > > mention > > > the Neo1973 in the reader comments, with a link to the wiki. > > > > > > Here is one such article from just this weekend. The iPhone will be > > getting > > > a lot of coverage, and as different as the two philosophies may be, the > > > average person on the street will see the two phones as very > > similar. If we > > > have a great feature comparison, why not let people know?? > > > > > http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/fever-builds-for-iphone-anxiety-too/ > > > > > > I hope that we can start to create some buzz about this product! Being > > > open, being able to work with multiple service providers, being > > unlocked, > > > being cheaper, being higher-resolution... all of these are benefits that > > we > > > must PROMOTE. The quicker we can post on an article, the higher on the > > > Comments list we will be and the more reads that comment will get. No > > one > > > reads Comment #154267.... > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > -- > > > start using Free software > > > http://www.linux.org > > > http://www.fsf.org > > > It's a matter of Liberty not Price: > > > "Free Software exists to free you from the artificial constraints set > > by > > > Apple and Microsoft. Free software is Unrestricted software. Get > > Free." > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
