release date

[Rich Goodwin]

I couldn't agree more on the first two items.  I would however up e-mail
to number 2 and include Groupware (calendar, notes, ....) and texting
(SMS or IM) in the top list.  GPS is important to me/our effort but not
as high a priority as mail, calendar & texting.  A dev environment for
corporate apps as well but that could be a parallel effort.

Rich


On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 15:37 -0400, admin at mmri.us wrote:
> 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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