Quoting Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 11:43:47AM +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: >> @ £227 ex VAT per unit, I think I'll stick with my freebie that came >> with my contract for now. >> > > "freebie" you say? How long a contract did you sign to get that "free" phone > and how much will that contract cost you over that period?
Slightly more than £227 (£15pcm over 18months), but still less than a £15pcm contract _plus_ £227 for the Open Moko. > The thing I like about the openmoko is the flexibility and openness. No > sim-locking, no proprietary firmware preventing me doing stuff, and yeah, > ssh to the phone over usb is "cool". Agreed, it's a great idea and I'm all in favour of it, my argument was that the providers/carriers have no real commercial reason to switch - a lot of people don't care what runs on their phone, as long as it looks nice and allows them to upload happy-slapping vids to YouTube! :o) > The one thing missing from the openmoko is 3g, but there's plenty of other > features that make it a neat device. > > Look at the massive community of people developing stuff for the iPhone, > there's no reason (other than market share) that people wont develop for > openmoko. And I look forward to being part of that community when I can afford the hardware! Cheers, M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
