for that purpose, you can use the www.openmoko.com runs full blown debian already. (and Doom)
and with a marketing budget that sells them like this: http://openmoko.kd85.com/ you know you get hardware for your money, no slick PR. ah, and no vendor lockin either! Eh, these machines are - cheap - open - slick have * Wi-Fi (802.1 1b/g) * AGPS * GPRS (2.5G not EDGE) * Bluetooth 2.0 * 3axis Motion Sensors (2) Why would you need to wait for an iPhone/GPhone to maybe perhaps come to africa? serious question: Would the * GPRS (2.5G not EDGE) work on MTN/UTL/ZAIN/Warid networks? rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Thursday 25 September 2008 17:13:07 J.Gosier wrote: > I'm going off topic here but wouldn't releasing a failed product warrant > a little skepticism? Especially considering Vista costs like $250 > dollars (or more) in the U.S., If I had just dropped that kind of cash > only to have to wait three years for something that's only moderately > improved I'd be more than a little disgruntled about it. > > Meanwhile, things that work out of the box may have flaws, but they > still work out of the box. That's going to earn whoever it is some > points and customer loyalty. I mean, we could apply that same logic to > bungee jumping and I think you'd change your mind. ;-) > > Okay back to the Gphone, I think the biggest selling point is the open > source engine behind it. Look at the App store and the iPhone, or go > even a step further to the 'jailbreak' apps. The fact of the matter is > people want to customize their phones, especially people who have the > knowledge and skill to do so. > > Jonathan D. Gosier > Appfrica International > P.O. Box 1420 Kampala, Uganda > http://appfrica.org (Conferences) > http://appfrica.net (Blog) > > Uganda +256.773806071 > USA +1.520.318.0828 ext 145 > UK +44.2032398156 > Skype j.gosier > > Sanga M. Collins wrote: > > the only thing the g1 brings is open-source. The problem in the states > > is the consumers never forget. If you release a crap product, it gets > > tainted and all future releases are met with skepticism. > > > > Take the iphone for example. It has a lot of things that could be done > > better. But since the initial release blew people away, the consumers > > feel like they can look past what I consider obvious flaws. > > > > The other example is windows vista, which anyone who has used it > > extensively will say is a very good product (I use it on my work pc). > > But because the initial release completely bombed for various reasons. > > MS is forced to spend $200 million on advertising campaign to correct > > the general impression as well as focus on the release of windows 7 next > > year to try and recover > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
