There's a nice german saying for that (also a film title): Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier...
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 1:21 AM, Christian Benke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good evening! > > So who of you is thinking about buying the new iphone instead of an > openmoko in case the technical specs really improve(3G, better > resolution)? > I'd love to have a open smartphone, but there are so many compromises > with the openmoko project(hardware lacks, formfactor, > unfinished software) and the timing for the release is bad unfortunately > (on the other side the people interested in openmoko are not > necessarily interested in the iphone - However, i guess there will be > some people who drop the idea of buying a moko after next weeks apple > conference...) > I feel bad about this decision, i'm not willing to use proprietary > software anywhere in my environment, neither work nor private, but the > hardware side of the iphone is presumably better(3G, bigger screen) and > the software is just _ready_. I'm kind of in a dilemma right now, on > the one hand i know i'll hate the closeness of OSX at some point (Just > like it happened with Windows 7 years ago) and would love to be able to > do what i want with my smartphone, on the other hand i'm not a > developer (i do some scripting but i'm far from any serious software > hacking) and i don't have the skills to fix annoying bugs and will have > to wait another few months till the software is in a useable state > and a freerunner could get a expensive toy for me if development is not > accelerating as fast as i expect it to after the release :-( > > I guess the freerunner will not get available in the next week so i can > still decide, probably i'm lucky and all the speculations about the > iphone are untrue(only 3G is not a (OM-)dealbreaker for me) ;-) > > My favourite would still be a Nokia E70 with a useable linux-OS, i > just loved the gullwing formfactor - if just Symbian wasn't such a > crutch, and a bit more RAM would also not hurt on the E70... > > my 2 cents > Christian > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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