On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 22:40:24 +0200 Holger Freyther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> On Sunday 08 June 2008 02:28:42 Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:19:08 -0700 Dave O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > babbled: > > > Just out of interest, why don't other countries get access to these > > > components sooner? Why do Japanese consumers get them first? Do they pay > > > significantly more than the rest on phones so they're a better market > > > for manufacturers or could openmoko steal a lead here in the rest of the > > > world? > > > > > > Might it be an idea to appeal to these component manufacturers > > > competitive sides and say "if you give us the specs to write open > > > drivers we can give you sales in the rest of the world"? > > > > japanese phones are all about tech specs - and that's it. well that and > > looking sexy (nice design/cases). usability is pretty poor. their software > > and ui's are atrocious mostly. but that doesn't matter because they can do > > the "i'm cooler than you. my phone has more pixels!" (irrespective if they > > can even use more than 10% of the features of the phone, nor see the pixels > > they have so many of...) :) > > Hehe, I was surprised that they could market products because they use one > sort of freescale's arm cores... funny people. it's japan. it's that part of the world where you say "i was surprised" ... a lot when you visit and come back... :) -- Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community