Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-09-28 Thread Richard Franks
On 8/31/07, Mike Hodson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Where on any official blogs/websites have you seen the OpenMoko team or FIC say that they were making an iPhone killer or anti-iPhone? It looks like Apple have beaten FIC to the punch anyway:

Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-09-06 Thread Clinton Ebadi
Daniel Eran [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: TMobile only owns 1900 MHz transponders, which are high enough to be problematic. That means subscribers have to roam on ATT to use 850 MHz. 1900 is the standard US frequency, and 850 is the non-standard. My nearly four year old tri-band European phone

Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-09-06 Thread openmoko
second revision. A few thousand devices being sold in a month shows that there is some demand for a real GNU/Linux running phone, does it not? I think there was demand, but if you look at how the number of posts on this list has been downhill since a little after its release, I think people

Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-09-06 Thread Giles Jones
On 6 Sep 2007, at 18:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think there was demand, but if you look at how the number of posts on this list has been downhill since a little after its release, I think people might have changed their minds.. This is why I changed my mind - I have no interest in

Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-08-31 Thread Ian Stirling
Jeremy G wrote: Excellent, very well written rebuttal! Please let us know if you get any sort of response. :-) Probably worth a cc to the forum on the site. ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-08-31 Thread Jeremy G
Excellent, very well written rebuttal! Please let us know if you get any sort of response. :-) J. ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-08-31 Thread Thomas Gstädtner
Great work - but somehow I don't believe that Daniel will publish a full correction on his page. Nevertheless, this could help to reduce the confusions in future. ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Fwd: Myth Busting FTW

2007-08-31 Thread Mike Hodson
And what appears to be a final reply from Dan. -- Forwarded message -- From: Daniel Eran [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Aug 31, 2007 6:18 PM Subject: Re: Myth Busting FTW To: Mike Hodson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Mike, I have a dim view of providers overall. I also realize the US mobile

Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-08-31 Thread Jeremy G
* Where on any official blogs/websites have you seen the OpenMoko team or FIC say that they were making an iPhone killer or anti-iPhone? Sean Moss-Pultz, architect of OpenMoko and product manager of First International Computer's mobile communication business unit, in an e-mail... Why buy a

Re: Fwd: Myth Busting FTW

2007-08-31 Thread ian douglas
. -- Forwarded message -- From: Daniel Eran [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Aug 31, 2007 6:18 PM Subject: Re: Myth Busting FTW To: Mike Hodson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Mike, I have a dim view of providers overall. I also realize the US mobile system is really bad, and have written before detailing

Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-08-29 Thread Mohammed Musallam
for OpenMoko community discussion community@lists.openmoko.org Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:12:24 PM Subject: Myth Busting FTW Somebody really has their knickers in a bunch. http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q3.07/B10AE668-EAD3-46DC-A042-5EF3461D63EF.html All that FUD is making me woozy

Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-08-29 Thread Vincent
On 29/08/2007, Richard Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heh! It's an Apple fan site, so you can't expect any attempt at objectivity - as the forum following up the article shows: http://roughlydrafted.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=290page=1#Item_0 Given that Apple fans already have

Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-08-29 Thread Jeremy G
The free and open Anti-iPhone rhetoric surrounding the FIC phone is therefore marketing drivel to sell a Chinese Windows Mobile device as a hobbyist kit for phone hackers. Statements like that really piss me off. For one, AFAIK nobody within FIC is trying to introduce the Neo as an Anti-iPhone.

Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-08-29 Thread Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik
On 15:35:39 2007-08-29 Jeremy G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The free and open Anti-iPhone rhetoric surrounding the FIC phone is therefore marketing drivel to sell a Chinese Windows Mobile device as a hobbyist kit for phone hackers. Statements like that really piss me off. For one, AFAIK nobody

Myth Busting FTW

2007-08-28 Thread Nkoli
Somebody really has their knickers in a bunch. http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q3.07/B10AE668-EAD3-46DC-A042-5EF3461D63EF.html All that FUD is making me woozy @_@ ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-08-28 Thread Tim Erwin
Somebody really has their knickers in a bunch. http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q3.07/B10AE668-EAD3-46DC-A042-5EF3461D63EF.html All that FUD is making me woozy @_@ My favorite from the article The iPhone has twice the system RAM, but more importantly has 4 or 8 GB or Flash, compared

Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-08-28 Thread Richard Franks
Heh! It's an Apple fan site, so you can't expect any attempt at objectivity - as the forum following up the article shows: http://roughlydrafted.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=290page=1#Item_0 Given that Apple fans already have the phone of their dreams, it is quite the compliment that they

Re: Myth Busting FTW

2007-08-28 Thread Raphael Jacquot
Nkoli wrote: Somebody really has their knickers in a bunch. http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q3.07/B10AE668-EAD3-46DC-A042-5EF3461D63EF.html All that FUD is making me woozy @_@ my prefered part is : = So much for the glorious freedom of choosing your own provider. Any real