Mason...
I think we are all terribly frustrated with the events of the last few
days and I think this frustration is amplified by how much we all
desire to see OpenMoko to succeed.
We all want the perfect smartphone.
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 8, 2007, at 9:08 AM, "Randall Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I want to apologize for this post. This post has nothing to do with
community. It is just insulting to many people. I was wrong to
post this and I hope the people who felt insulted will accept my
apology. Stupid posts like mine are something that just drive
people apart and that is NOT community. Sometimes I wish I could
have never said something. Now is one of those times.
Randall
On 11/8/07, Randall Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
iPhone doesn't have GPS, so how does that fit your mythical project?
GPS works in the US. It is a US invention. It is owned by the US.
It is run by the US. We donate it to the world. Why would it not
work in the US? It works EVERYWHERE, that's why it's called Global
Positioning System.
How are there so many people who know so little about cell phones,
GPS, and PDAs that claim to be supporting projects on this phone?
How did you convince your company to start these projects? Why was
Michael's initial post saying that 850MHz is not supported because
of hardware layout not enough? How do people decide that they want
quad band phones without knowing what they really are and why they
would want them (besides "wow, quad band works everywhere, right?
Great, I'll just get quad band so I never have to think!")?
On 11/8/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
We were willing to wait for the commercial version to start our
development, but if that is not going to be functional in the USA in
remote areas like other cellphones, then it is lights-out for any
possible future vendor here in the USA who want to incorporate this in
to an existing product line.
Thats a fact not a wine.
I will get a development kit from Apple and live with it.
Our products need a gps/phone/computer system as an add-on and it
cant
wait past January 2008.
If the GPS works great I will buy it as a PDA in future once it is
released.
This morning the project using the NEO was canned, reasons are, ever
shifting timetables and secondly, too much risk when the rug is
pulled
from under your feet by FIC suddenly not supporting US frequency
bands,
while there are other alternatives such as Iphone available with a
development kit that might meet our development scenario -- (about
just).
Unfortunately rural access is crucial for our applications, so it just
became a no-no.
Anyway thanks to all for the input, and the NEO was a great idea till
now, unfortunately it does not seem if it will be available in a
working
state within the next year here in the USA.
All of luck with OpenMoko.
Bye.
Pietro "m0nt0" Montorfano wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto:
>> In this case it is a very valid issue and definitely not a
complaint
>> or a whine.
>> It basically tanks one of the largest consumer bases and it tanks
my
>> project in my company until I find something else.
> Well the man at FIC (Michael) said that this issue is being
evaluated,
> i'm not associated with fic in any way so anything i'm writing is
> because i've read the mails coming from this mailing list.
>
>> You left out one important part in your mail below.
> No, i've left anything because the subject of this mail is regarding
> the 850MHz issue, GPS is not involved with it.
Well, then add in the WIKI that GPS will still work in NA, else it
only
makes matters worse for marketing and is misleading by not disclosing
all the features that will work..
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