release date

[admin at mmri.us]

I dont mind having a FIC NEO 1973, phone that I can only call with and 
receive calls initially.
No problem. I think FIC & developers underestimates this. there a re a 
lot of us in companies want to use the phone platform for other markets 
anyway.
Open Source is the only way we can create derivative applications for it 
to even distribute with our products.

If the hardware is fixed right now and will not be upgraded severely, it 
would be great to have one now and continually upgrade and add software 
as it develops.
This is anyway how most open source folks work and it is part of the fun.

As Steve Jobs said in his keynote speech with the release of the iphone, 
"making a call is the killer app"
He is right and we must not forget that.

I think you guys need to get this out asap.
The only reason I do not buy the iphone right now is because it does not 
have GPS.

To me there are three killer aps in order of importance
1) Make a call (thanks Steve you're right)
2) GPS
3) Open source.
3) Internet/mail etc.

L Venter
MMRI

Ian Stirling wrote:
> admin at mmri.us wrote:
>> What is the latest release date for the FIC NEO 1973, and where will 
>> I be able to buy it?
>> I am holding off on company cellphone purchases until I see what the 
>> neo can do as my company is Unix only which makes it very attractive.
>> If it will take till next year it will be lights out and I will buy 
>> something else.
>>
>
> For end-users, it's still September.
> For developers, a couple of weeks, hopefully.
> This will _NOT_ be a workable phone you want to distribute to 
> employees in a couple of weeks.
>
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