Developers phone also fit for early adopters?

[Jason Elwell]

I'd also like to know if the hardware is likely to change between March and 
September.   I *am* a developer, but that doesn't mean I want to buy another 
phone is 6-8 months :)

-Jason


On Thursday 25 January 2007 19:49, Pranav Desai wrote:
> On 1/25/07, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey at openmoko.org> wrote:
> > Marcel de Jong wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I was wondering. I'm not a developer, at least not by profession; I do
> > > have a degree in it but my coding skills are very rusty, I'm a
> > > software tester (TMAP, but not yet certified).
> > >
> > > So I'm not really a developer, but  I'd still like to get me a phone
> > > in March. (can't wait till November or what was it again) :)
> > >
> > > Will the developers phone be ready for usage for non-developers too?
> >
> > Absolutely not, sorry. This is really "release early and often". It
> > will definitely be too rough for non-developers -- that's why we are
> > targetting September for mass market.
>
> What about the hardware, will that be the same for March and September
> ? or can that also change, due to some issue with the developer
> phones.
> I am not a developer in the embedded space, but I dont mind updating
> the phone with new software (kernel, apps, etc.), whenever one is
> released. And I am also fine with it not working sometimes, but it
> will be difficult to buy a new phone in September, coz some chip in
> the developer version doesnt work as expected.
>
> Thanks
> -- Pranav
>
> > Regards,
> >
> > :M:
> >
> > --
> > Michael 'Mickey' Lauer | IT-Freelancer | http://www.vanille-media.de
> >
> >
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