Re: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe

2007-08-23 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
I am quite sure that there will be others who are longer in the business (like http://www.handheld-linux.com to name one I know very well) to resell the GTA02 from within Europe. But we must be aware that reselling needs some more margin for handling all these duties, tax, repacking,

Re: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe

2007-08-23 Thread Raphaël Jacquot
Le jeudi 23 août 2007 à 08:58 +0200, Daniel Spies a écrit : 450USD are better than 500+ USD, and I would prefer a shop where I could bring my phone to, if there are reasons for warranty usage. Daniel (previously known as [EMAIL PROTECTED]) the main issue here are the following : * using a

Re: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe

2007-08-23 Thread Jay Vaughan
As a programmer, even *I* might be selling them, directly, from the factory .. j. On Aug 23, 2007, at 8:27 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: I am quite sure that there will be others who are longer in the business (like http://www.handheld-linux.com to name one I know very well) to

RE: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe

2007-08-23 Thread Andrew Loughran
to accept/discuss. Regards, Andy Loughran -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Vaughan Sent: 23 August 2007 11:16 To: List for OpenMoko community discussion Subject: Re: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe As a programmer, even *I* might

Re: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe

2007-08-23 Thread Andy Loughran
to accept/discuss. Regards, Andy Loughran -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Vaughan Sent: 23 August 2007 11:16 To: List for OpenMoko community discussion Subject: Re: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe As a programmer, even *I* might

Re: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe

2007-08-23 Thread Giles Jones
Andy Loughran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : My gut feeling was that Vodafone would probably be one of the last providers to support/distribute a linux-based 'open' phone given their reputation fro crippling devices with their own version of the software, none the less I also felt that the

Re: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe

2007-08-23 Thread AVee
On Thursday 23 August 2007 13:27, Andy Loughran wrote: Hi Guys, My gut feeling was that Vodafone would probably be one of the last providers to support/distribute a linux-based 'open' phone given their reputation fro crippling devices with their own version of the software, none the less I

Re: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe

2007-08-23 Thread Ilja O.
2007/8/22, Jean-Eric Cuendet (ML) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, It seems that a big problem we have here in Europe to get Openmoko devices is that the shiping costs are quite high: around 80-100USD !! I've opened a website that will sell GTA02 devices when they are available, to other Europe

Re: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe

2007-08-23 Thread Andy Loughran
community@lists.openmoko.org Sent: 23 August 2007 12:53:09 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London Subject: Re: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe On Thursday 23 August 2007 13:27, Andy Loughran wrote: Hi Guys, My gut feeling was that Vodafone would probably be one of the last providers to support/distribute

Re: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe

2007-08-23 Thread Mikko J Rauhala
On to, 2007-08-23 at 15:15 +0300, Ilja O. wrote: 2007/8/22, Jean-Eric Cuendet (ML) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've opened a website that will sell GTA02 devices when they are available, to other Europe countries. I'll buy quantities of devices from FIC and resell them from here, in Switzerland,

Re: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe

2007-08-23 Thread Jeff Andros
On 8/23/07, Andy Loughran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip 3) Vodafone can install their own 'branded' openmoko on the phone for mass distribution, but this doesn't stop the 'hardcore' geeks or 'educated n00bs' from changing the software over the the original openmoko. /snip um, all they'd

Re: Buying Openmoko GTA02 from Europe

2007-08-22 Thread David Pottage
Jean-Eric Cuendet (ML) wrote: Hi, It seems that a big problem we have here in Europe to get Openmoko devices is that the shiping costs are quite high: around 80-100USD !! I've opened a website that will sell GTA02 devices when they are available, to other Europe countries. I'll buy