On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:09:28AM -0400, Aditya Chadha wrote: > like this: http://www.darwinsys.com/tmp/contacts1.png > and this: http://people.openmoko.org/ninjutsu/freerunner1.4.swf
Looks are secondary for me, this isn't an iPhone. Usability is more important. I presume it would suck in that, possibly suck a lot. > But why? Nokia bought Symbian and open-sourced it > (http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/06/nokia_takes_ini.html). > So, why not develop for that? I'm interested in a known trusted firmware in an open system, preferrably one I installed myself (given EUs track record, we're heading for hyperfascist surveillance state soonish). Also, I've heard bad things about Symbian and their toolchain, and subjectively, the Nokia I have blows chunks. It has an IMAP-capable mail client and a rather usable (but ridiculously unstable) Wayfinder application which works with a Bluetooth GPS (Holux). > Not sure if I have enough faith in the OM people anymore, but then I > haven't really been following it actively. One of the reasons I'm going to wait until late winter is to see how well it sells (user base!), and what the development dynamics is. > > The GPS is probably not comparable to SirfStar III, and there's no > > navigation application yet. Will wait until winter, since I'm too broke > > to buy one anyway. > > But seriously, if you're not going to write code for the device, is > the only reason you want it over the {apple,google}phone is that it > claims to be 'truly open'? I'm just professionally paranoid, and I would like to have an open system which is also borderline usable. VPN and GPS navigation is definitely on the wish shortlist. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
