U also have to know that running linux doesn't mean it's open. Some Telenet
digiboxes (The onlything in Belgium that can receive the encrypted DBV-C) run
Linux, but they are the most closed devices I've ever seen, and they also
fail in what they are designed to do. I assume they where designed to receive
DVB-C and not to empty peoples pockets, as how Telenet actually uses them.
But that's another story.
I don't know what the situation is with these iRivers and Meizus. A device
doesn't get my attention by running Linux. It gets my attention by being
open.
Peter
Op Wednesday 11 June 2008 00:58:01 schreef cdr:
On Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 08:38:30PM +0200, Ortwin Regel wrote:
There are cheaper contracts if you don't get a phone with them in
Germany. No idea what the situation in the US is. (It's probably
godawful... :-/) Personally, I use a prepaid SIM card so I pay no
monthly fees at all. Much cheaper for me than any contract. So for me
the price advantage over an iPhone is very real.
although both vapor, iRiver and Meizu both have phones in the pipeline
at least iRivers 'runs linux' as well.
apple is nowhere near as cost competitive as either of them..
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