Re: InvibleShield at ZAGG : swindling ?!?
BestSkinsEver is the same type of material as InvisibleShield, only much cheaper. Dunno if they have anything suitable for the OM though. On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Thomas Bertani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/8/11 Geoff Ruscoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Ilja O. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got confirmation @ Jul 24 Your item has been shipped message @ Jul 28 And received it today (11 Aug). That's in Europe. Quite slow, but you'll eventually get it. I got mine too. About the same time frame (here in the U.S.) how it is? usefull? some photos of the pack you received? ___ 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
Re: 2008 WTF??
Or get a phone from some generic vendor. Apple has a cool and slick one called iPhone. Might suite you just fine. The iPhone can at least make and receive phone calls reliably, which seems to put it ahead of the FreeRunner at this point. Telling people to buy another phone if they want one that makes phone calls is not exactly the kind of product endorsement most people are looking for. It's like saying Well, what do you mean you don't want this open-source patent free hammer? I mean sure, if you want to get /technical/ about it, it's actually a jelly donut that can't be used to hammer a nail, but I'm charging the same price as the hardware store and you get the recipe too! ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
FR GPRS speed
What's the highest internet speed the GRPS modem on the FR is capable of? Wikipedia gives a very broad range for sub-EDGE technology. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: 2008 WTF??
The smartphone is both hardware and software - it's not as trivial as a hammer that you compared it with. Few analogies fit 1:1. It was just an example. Coverage of the FR gives one the impression that it's a phone for general use and not a development phone. You have to look at the wiki before you find out the phone software isn't ready for primetime. The software is not finished yet. This is stated almost everywhere. It's not stated on the ordering page or in a lot of the news coverage where people find out about these things. Hence - if a person wants a ready to use phone, openmoko is not the way to go. I'm pretty sure you'd agree (at it's present state). Yes, I agree, but people that bought one without knowing the full extent are going to be mad. It's essentially a $400 mistakethe only real return policy stated is against the hardware being DOA and not buyer's regret. With that being the case I think you really need to manage expectations of what's coming in the box. And we especially need to get rid of this Well FINE, go buy an IPHONE then! attitude. It's not so much telling someone they'd be happier with an iphone as it the fact that one would imagine it being said in the same tone you would use to go tell someone to jump in a lake. I think managing expectations is the crucial part...even slashdot had a pretty lukewarm response to the FR, going by the comments. Most of the discussion I've seen around the web seems to focus on the preliminary state of the software rather than then openness of the phone. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
