Sarton, this is a great mail, spot on, thank you very much. Wolfgang On Feb 2, 2009, at 1:27 PM, roguem...@roguewrt.org wrote:
> Gothnet wrote: >> >> >> Rask Ingemann Lambertsen wrote: >>> Why? What is it that you expect the Neo Freerunner to do that the >>> other >>> handheld devices out there won't? You will have noticed that >>> pretty much >>> all >>> the unhappy users are those expecting the Neo Freerunner to be just >>> another >>> well polished smartphone. If you buy a Neo Freerunner, do it for >>> the right >>> reasons so you avoid disappointment. >>> >>> >> >> I take issue with that a bit. > > Maybe it's better stated as "The people who expected reliable basic > functionality as a phone" were disappointed. You can surely obtain it, > but just don't expect it. > > I think the main point was to make sure it meets your extended needs > as > a mobile device, just not as a phone. The phone part seems to be > further > down the track for 'out-of-the-box' functionality. > > I don't think we should dance around the learning curve, especially > when > someone says they are relatively new to linux. We can all debate the > phone capabilities and reliability but in the end, some people are > going > to have as much success using the freerunner as a phone as they have > their desktop with comparable hardware. I think for now, we should > make > it blatantly obvious that this is first and foremost, at this point in > time, a portable linux computer and there is firmware yet to be > developed to take full advantage of the freerunner as a reliable phone > (TBA). Third party firmware should not be taken into consideration > when > pitching the device as a phone, that should be something the user > explores once OM can completely support their own device. > > Currently there are very few users, we are all QA/devs/coders/ > hobbyists. > I do become a user now an then between battery removals :) > > Saying anything less is a little deceptive with regards to sales. > Saying > anything more can get a little convoluted to the non-technical or > linux > newbie. > > Don't get me wrong, I love my freerunner ... I really wish I could > pimp > it as a phone rather than just exclaiming "look! it works!" ... when > quite often I realise I'm wrong ... after hitting answer 50 times and > yelling at it to shutup :) > > There really are some moments I can't help but giggle about ... but > that's me and I know I have a wierd sense of humour :) > > Sarton > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community