Robert Taylor wrote: > if we can't make the device stand out ... it is a loosing strategy.
Yup, you've hit the nail on the head ... anyone comparing "apples to apples" in a side-by-side feature list is more likely to choose the iPhone. It looks slick, it's a nice form factor, and has features the Freerunner will not have like the camera and 3G. The Freerunner will have features like USB host mode and open-source software. I think what's more likely to happen is that the Freerunner will primarily be picked up by the technology-advanced users around the world, who will then show off the phone to everyone around them, and word will spread gradually. I'm confident that the OpenMoko team know exactly what they're doing in terms of marketing, etc.. > I wonder if we have anything that unique to offer. Can the open world > come up with an identity? Our identity as a community is exactly that: openness. Use the phone how you want, update it when you want, change it when you want, upload apps when you want, write your own apps, nothing's hidden, you have complete access. You won't have anywhere close to that level of access on the iPhone without jailbreaking it and all of the risks included in that, and having to re-break the phone every time Apple upgrades the firmware, etc., plus being forced to *buy* applications from iTunes. Bleh. As I've said above, that identity is more likely to appeal to the geeks of the world than "Joe Six Pack". And I don't think OpenMoko is trying to sell millions of Freerunners like Apple/AT&T are hoping to... we'll have a carefully-carved niche market of users, and it'll start with the curious users and expand from there over time. By the time the GTA03 or GTA04 come out with cameras and (hopefully) a slimmer form factor, etc., I think it'll be more of a phone/device that will appeal to a much wider audience. My $0.02... -id _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community