Re: trying to buy a freerunner in taipei?

2008-07-28 Thread Fred Janon
There is a group sales organized in Australia, the group just got the first 60 devices in. The final price in Australia was AUD$440 I think.. There is a second group buy getting organized now. See the group page on the Openmoko wiki. Fred On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 07:32, david varnes [EMAIL

Re: 3G? What about CDMA?

2008-04-17 Thread Fred Janon
CDMA is being phased out: end of April in Australia, began a few years ago in the US. Carriers are switching to GSM. Pack more subscribers on a cell, even if they need more cells. GSM allowed Europe to unify their mobile network before the US even realized that they had to do it for

Re: Wrist Computing

2008-03-29 Thread Fred Janon
I think it's a good idea. Not only on a bicycle but also for applications in warehouse where people use a vertical application running on the device and can also be on the phone with an ear piece. Fred On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Lally Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thinking of something

Re: FreeRunner delayed a further 6 months?!?!??

2008-03-16 Thread Fred Janon
I'd rather have a solid device 6 months down the line than a faulty device in 1 month. I agree 100% with Andy. I don't want to buy a device and discover a major issue a month after that. I don't want to have to wait for GTA02.1 or to have to buy a new GTA03 3 months after GTA02 comes out You are

Re: proprietary firmware

2008-02-07 Thread Fred Janon
+1 Good and smart decision from my point of view. On Feb 8, 2008 11:58 AM, Paul Jimenez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +1 Software by its nature is easier to fix than hardware or even firmware; this approach does the Right Thing: vendors win because the firmware layer just got a whole lot easier

Any update for the October release?

2007-10-22 Thread Fred Janon
Hi, I know everyone is working hard on the project, I just wonder if there is any update on the new version originally planned for October? I didn't see any update on the road map. Will there be an advanced kit as well? Thanks, keep up the good work, looking forward to see (and buy) the new