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You see, here is a difference in needs. There is no way a phone could
contein a QUERTY keyboard with buttons big enough for my fingers so I'm
trying to avoid even seeing that kind of phone:-) Anyway a 5 direction
key would be nice to have..<br>
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Carlo E. Prelz wrote:
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Date: Fri 12 Jan 07 10:19:36AM +0000
Quoting Kenshin (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sugoi.sama@gmail.com">sugoi.sama@gmail.com</a>):
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<pre wrap="">If someone does indeed get Linux running on the iPhone, can we also
expect to have the freedom to install anything we want, including
OpenMoko? (it's FOSS right?)
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I have a related question. I am quite happy about the development that
is bringing to the production of the neo1973, because I am eager to
own a phone for which I can comfortably develop apps. Openmoko is
going in the right direction, from my point of view.
But I am used to have a phone with QWERTY keyboard together with a
touchscreen (currently, a treo 650). There are lots of cute models
around which sport a keyboard, from the Motorola Q, to the Nokia E61,
to this new Samsung model (SCH-i760) which can be seen on a page on
mobile-review.com whose URL was posted yesterday on this list. Or even
the Sharp PV-200 (AKA T-Mobile Sidekick 3). I am used to write SMS
messages with my thumbs while walking. I hated palm graffiti - way too
many errors: writing was painfully slow. And if, as I expect, text
input on the neo will be from a virtual keyboard on the touchscreen,
with a stylus, walking and typing will simply not be possible.
My question is: are there plans for FIC to produce a QWERTY keyboard
model with native openmoko? (Possibly with wifi in place of gps, and
with real mini-sd instead of micro-sd - but these are my personal
preferences) No matter if the phone comes to be somewhat larger!
Carlo
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