OpenMoko and H.323 or SIP - now that's something. Cheeni
On 7/10/07, Aditya Chadha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Has anyone seen/used one of the FIC 1973 / OpenMoko phones? It sounds like a very viable alternative to the closed apple/att hell. Cheers, Aditya On 7/9/07, VaibhaV Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 7, 2007, at 1:36 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: > > > Unlocking an iphone doesn't get you the whole package iirc. There are > > features such as visual voice mail that require special iphone support > > on the telco side. Have your friends in India thought that one out? > > Yes I know the details. People don't care as long as they can show > off "the iPhone" and can make / receive calls on it. > > > Also, are they willing to pay the contract early termination fee that > > must be at least another 200 bucks? > > What contract? You walk into any apple / ATT store and buy an iPhone. > Bring it home, unlock it and do whatever you want with it. The > contract / termination fee comes in the picture if you activate it > with an ATT plan. > > As of now, people have figured out how to use the media player (ala > iPod) part of the phone without activating the phone part of it. > There was a slashdot story on that today? > > BTW, there seems to be some problem with ATT for the past two days. > People leave voicemails for me and I never get a notification. Also, > through the weekend, it took me atleast 5 tries to make each phone > call. There is definitely something going on with ATT's network. > Maybe its just a NW US thing. > > -- > VaibhaV Sharma > http://vsharma.net > > > > > -- Aditya (http://aditya.sublucid.com/)
