These days I'm afraid I'd only buy an OpenMoko as a techie wanting to fiddle, rather than a serious consumer user. If I hadn't forgotten almost all of my C it would be an interesting project to help out on one of the ongoing Java SE ports for this phone.
Unfortunately I think the project has already lost its way - after all, you can't have a commercial launch of a handset without having a half-decent consumer stack available. I wonder to what degree HTC, who have bankrolled the hardware side of the project to date, has been distracted by its work on Android - and how much longer they will fund what at the moment is very much a niche market. Maybe somebody should look at how viable an Android port would be... Phil. On Sep 18, 4:29 am, Reinier Zwitserloot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 17, 2:26 pm, Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I agree in principal with what the Posse have said previously about > > being able to install what you want on a device you have paid for. > > That said, my phone is not jailbroken and I have nothing I need to do > > that requires software I can't already get or isn't already on the > > phone. Except maybe ssh for emergency support work. > > From a consumer standpoint I get your point entirely. It's a nice > device, certainly better than anything else on the market, so who > cares about the developer's troubles? > > However, we're also developers. And for developers, this is > fundamentally unfair. The battle for them is to give in now, thereby > showing they can be trampled, and setting themselves up for an even > worse future, accepting long term term loss to get short term gain. > And, part of the reason the iPhone is pretty neat is because of third > party apps. So as consumers it might help if you stood with the > developers and made a bit of a stink about it. > > In a related note: The last openmoko phone really completely sucked. > I'd love it if openmoko became something nice - competition is great, > but I wouldn't keep my hopes up. Or, do keep your hopes up, but check > a demo before you buy. That's always good advice. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
