OpenMoko Developer Preview Sold Out After Unexpected Demand

Chuck Burgess

Mon Aug 06 09:31:22 -0700 2007

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Just waiting for mine to ship :)

OpenMoko Developer Preview Sold Out After Unexpected Demand

Bruce Perens

Mon Aug 06 09:53:14 -0700 2007

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I'm busy, alas, enough that it's probably best to wait for the production hardware.

OpenMoko Developer Preview Sold Out After Unexpected Demand

Chuck Burgess

Mon Aug 06 11:07:51 -0700 2007

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Well, if I had more sense, I would have too  ;)

If I can get v1 just making phone calls, it'll be good enough for me to use as my everyday phone.

I was as much intent on supporting the initiative by purchasing v1 as any other reason.  I'm expecting to pick up the v2 phone later this year also... again, mostly to throw my support to the project.  My hacking skills don't fall lower on the abstraction chain than Java, so I'm afraid I'm not much help at this point with the openmoko development itself.  Maybe later, though...

OpenMoko Developer Preview Sold Out After Unexpected Demand

Bruce Perens

Mon Aug 06 13:25:48 -0700 2007

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Well, I do have a Motorola Linux phone already. It's just not Open Source enough.

OpenMoko Developer Preview Sold Out After Unexpected Demand

Chuck Burgess

Mon Aug 06 13:37:32 -0700 2007

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... which is exactly what I wanted to avoid when it came time to replace my flaky Treo 650.  In order to avoid the several new "Linux" closed phones, I went as far as searching for a CF-based GPRS card so I could turn my Zaurus into a phone... apparently I'm the only idiot that thought of such a thing, because I didn't find anything at all. 

So, openmoko came around just in time for my situation, though I have been waiting many months now since my Treo died.

OpenMoko Developer Preview Sold Out After Unexpected Demand

Bruce Perens

Mon Aug 06 14:23:21 -0700 2007

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I bought an audiovox card to do just that once. It didn't work. There was some undocumented quirk to the interface. Anyway, the battery life would have been horrid.

OpenMoko Developer Preview Sold Out After Unexpected Demand

Improbus

Tue Aug 07 14:26:40 -0700 2007

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I am saving my pennies so I can buy a V2 phone this December.  It is my Christmas present to myself.  Plus I need a phone that isn't stuck in the 90's.

OpenMoko Developer Preview Sold Out After Unexpected Demand

Altacus

Wed Aug 22 10:50:35 -0700 2007

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Can't wait to see what other models they come out with for next year also.

OpenMoko Developer Preview Sold Out After Unexpected Demand

intangible

Mon Aug 06 10:56:54 -0700 2007

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This when they could have gone down to the Apple store for an iPhone.

Ugh, yeah, and they could cut off their feet and not worry about stubbing their toe.