I'll Agree in part that the web shop could be clearer. So we will fix that. Shipping with Qtopia really wasn't an option, given the schedules. So, when the phone went into production qtopia was not quite ready. Trust me we considered the path of doing a launch with Qtopia.
So, We finished a basic Dialer, SMS and contacts and shipped with that. Then Qtopia becomes available Then 2008.8 becomes available Then FSO becomes available. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fredrik Wendt Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 1:46 AM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: RE: 2008 WTF?? 2008-08-09 klockan 20:02 -0700, steve: > If you want a ready to use phone you can always download the Qtopia > distrubtion onto your freerunner and get A perfectly great ready to > use phone. Then you can wait while 2008.8 matures and then download it > when It is end user ready. I agree but think you're doing it wrong. Look at the actual text at http://us.direct.openmoko.com/products/neo-freerunner - you really should ship with Qtopia or emphasize that there's a lot of work to be done to be able to use the phone reliably. Two out of four links on the start page doesn't mention that the phone isn't ready for the average phone user. ABC7 mentions that this phone is more suitable to programmers, Boing boing's third comment says that the software isn't mature. I can't and won't argue with anyone being mad about the phone not meeting their expectations - I believe OpenMoko's official web site does a pretty good job on bringing those false expectations to potential customers. Until the OM team fixes this, I'll quietly stand by while people complain about this wonderful product (I love it, I knew what I bought but that wasn't based on information from openmoko.com). / Fredrik Wendt, a happy customer _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
