> My hope is that this marks the end of closed phones. Not a chance. The providers want custom firmware that leads you to their pay per use service, pay per item content, the recurring charge subscriptions, and the associated data charges.
The relationship between providers and phone manufacturers is much like between PC hardware manufacturers and the software and integrators. They together force consumers to need more RAM, more this, new mobo, etc. Installing linux on motherboards tends to void warranties, which makes no sense, but is the way of the world. Nokia et al have no business without providers and will never stray too far from a very controlled software build. They dabble in linux with the 770 but do you really think service providers will sign onto full open source? _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
