Comments on: The Free Phone http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2007/07/the-free-phone/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:42:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Greg K Nicholson http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2007/07/the-free-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-31328 Greg K Nicholson Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:56:09 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2007/07/the-free-phone/#comment-31328 Pakk99, the applications you use on OpenMoko don't have to be open source themselves. The point is that it's an open platform on top of which software can be developed and deployed by anyone. The Amsterdam presentation ( http://www.openmoko.com/files/OpenMoko_Amsterdam.pdf ) may help to explain. Pakk99, the applications you use on OpenMoko don’t have to be open source themselves. The point is that it’s an open platform on top of which software can be developed and deployed by anyone. The Amsterdam presentation ( http://www.openmoko.com/files/OpenMoko_Amsterdam.pdf ) may help to explain.

]]> By: Pakk99 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2007/07/the-free-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-31147 Pakk99 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:28:46 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2007/07/the-free-phone/#comment-31147 This DOES look pretty cool, but I'm still not sold. How will an open source phone make for better software? So far, I've only come across a very small handful of truly usable open source applications, and even those applications are underpowered next to their commercial cousins. In my experience, the quality of most open source software isn't worth the hassle it takes to make it work properly. Now granted, there is a LOT of crappy commercial software out there that isn't worth the hassle either. But I have yet to find truly competent FOSS replacements for apps like iTunes, Final Cut Studio, Aperture, and Adobe Creative Suite. So, why would I assume that an open source phone, then, would offer a truly-competent replacement for the phone I already have in my pocket? This DOES look pretty cool, but I’m still not sold. How will an open source phone make for better software? So far, I’ve only come across a very small handful of truly usable open source applications, and even those applications are underpowered next to their commercial cousins. In my experience, the quality of most open source software isn’t worth the hassle it takes to make it work properly. Now granted, there is a LOT of crappy commercial software out there that isn’t worth the hassle either. But I have yet to find truly competent FOSS replacements for apps like iTunes, Final Cut Studio, Aperture, and Adobe Creative Suite. So, why would I assume that an open source phone, then, would offer a truly-competent replacement for the phone I already have in my pocket?

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]]> By: Janko http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2007/07/the-free-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-30622 Janko Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:21:10 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2007/07/the-free-phone/#comment-30622 Sounds like a good reason to switch to a GSM network ... Sounds like a good reason to switch to a GSM network …

]]> By: greg http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2007/07/the-free-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-30595 greg Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:21:21 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2007/07/the-free-phone/#comment-30595 It looks like a great phone but only one thing im worries about, typing. The screen is only 2.5" inches which doesnt mean much space for finger typing. All screenshots I've seen are portrait and the keyboard can only be used with a stylus then. Hopefully they have landscape mode to type with the buttons spaced out as much as possible for faster texting. And yeah the phone isnt CDMA, so youll be stuck with version. It looks like a great phone but only one thing im worries about, typing. The screen is only 2.5″ inches which doesnt mean much space for finger typing. All screenshots I’ve seen are portrait and the keyboard can only be used with a stylus then. Hopefully they have landscape mode to type with the buttons spaced out as much as possible for faster texting. And yeah the phone isnt CDMA, so youll be stuck with version.

]]> By: Abraxias http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2007/07/the-free-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-30543 Abraxias Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:16:41 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2007/07/the-free-phone/#comment-30543 I heard about OpenMoko last year. I included it in a poll/thread I started, "would you be interested in a mobile Ubuntu?" if you'd like to know more, click on my name to go direct to the link of that thread. I heard about OpenMoko last year. I included it in a poll/thread I started, “would you be interested in a mobile Ubuntu?”

if you’d like to know more, click on my name to go direct to the link of that thread.

]]> By: Brad Pitcher http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2007/07/the-free-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-30526 Brad Pitcher Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:54:37 +0000 http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2007/07/the-free-phone/#comment-30526 Yes! It will be an amazing phone, mine will be in the mail soon. :) Unfortunately I don't believe you can use it with Verizon since their network doesn't work with SIM cards. Yes! It will be an amazing phone, mine will be in the mail soon. :) Unfortunately I don’t believe you can use it with Verizon since their network doesn’t work with SIM cards.

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