Ready For Prime Time?

[Pranav Desai]

On 1/24/07, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:
> On 24/01/07, Duncan Hudson <openmoko at dunc-it.com> wrote:
> > I'm starting to get excited about the phone, and I really don't want to
> > see my hopes dashed.  Has an FCC filing been made, is the phone ready to
> > go?
>
> I believe so. From
> http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-January/001586.html
> :
>
>     2007-03-11 Phase 1: Official Developer Launch
>     We will sell the Neo1973 direct from openmoko.com for US$350 plus
>     shipping. Sales and orders will be worldwide. We are specifically
>     targeting open source community developers.
>
Does that mean that in the case of high demand or low supply
(especially for the Phase 1) ... the members of this list have a
higher priority :-)

> > What about the multi-point touch screen?  It's wonderful, but
> > doesn't Apple have a patent on that?
>
> Kinda.
>
> http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/48/new-apple-patents/
> http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/51/apple-multipoint-touchscreen/
>
> Of particular interest to OpenMoko developers will be
> http://www.fingerworks.com/gesture_guide_mouse.html
> :-)
>
> Good background story at
> http://crunchgear.com/2007/01/15/multi-touch-technology-and-where-its-going-nextoh-and-apple-didnt-invent-it-either/
>
> --
> Regards,
> Dave
>
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