> Coverage of the FR gives one the impression that it's a phone for general > use and not a development phone. You have > to look at the wiki before you find out the phone software isn't ready for > primetime. >
No one can control the coverage. I do think they should put a large warning on the ordering page that the software won't be stable, possibly, for months. > Yes, I agree, but people that bought one without knowing the full extent are > going to be mad. It's essentially a > $400 mistake....the only real return policy stated is against the hardware > being > DOA and not buyer's regret. With that being the case I think you really > need to manage expectations of what's coming in the box. I'm sure you could resell it at a very small loss quite easily. Othewise, like a post products, there is no return policy. > And we especially need to get rid of this "Well FINE, go buy an IPHONE > then!" attitude. It's not so much telling someone they'd > be happier with an iphone as it the fact that one would imagine it being > said in the same tone you would use to go tell someone to jump > in a lake. I only see that happening in threads that start out like this one: very unhelpfully unconstructive criticisms, bordering on juvenile bitching. To be polite. > I think managing expectations is the crucial part...even slashdot had a > pretty lukewarm response to the FR, going by the comments. > Most of the discussion I've seen around the web seems to focus on the > preliminary state of the software rather than then openness of > the phone. I expected an expensive paper weight which will eventually replace my blackberry. Perhaps thats why I'm very happy with my FR. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community