OK, I see that FreeRunner doesn't have the case, or the stand, and currently doesn't have the software.<br><br>How else is FreeRunner "not close" to hitting the mark? There is a TON of work to be done on the software side, and I'm not entirely convinced openmoko is the answer, but what's wrong with the device? The lack of a case & a stand seems like it's pretty trivially correctable...<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Bobby aka wurp<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <<a href="mailto:alan@rotorgraphics.com">alan@rotorgraphics.com</a>><br>To: "List for OpenMoko community discussion" <<a href="mailto:community@lists.openmoko.org">community@lists.openmoko.org</a>><br>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:31:00 -0800<br>Subject: Re: Any OS X developers out there working with OpenMoko?<br><br>> Is my impression wrong or have you all already bought an iPodTouch or<br>> iPhone and waits for the SDK?<br>
><br>> Please raise your hands...<br>><br>> Nikolaus (hns)<br><br><br>(Hand is raised.)<br><br>Guilty as charged. As I have mentioned before, the iPhone is a "Golden<br>Form Factor" device. I think of it more as a "Quarter Tablet Personal<br>
Computer" than as a phone these days.<br><br>Then why do I stay subscribed to the OpenMoko list you ask?<br><br>I dream.<br><br>I dream of the day that some company will realise that I (and about 6<br>billion other guys) are willing to pay many hundreds of dollars for a device<br>
that:<br><br>...duplicates the iPhone's form factor, screen resolution, control layout<br>and other basic features and functionality.<br>...duplicates or betters the iPhone's battery performance.<br>...has an integrated non-slip silicone jacketed case.<br>
...has and integrated GPS receiver, or comes with a Bluetooth remote one.<br>...supports an IR or Bluetooth portable keyboard.<br>...has an integrated "Picture Frame" type angle stand that will let you sit<br>the device on a flat surface in portrait or landscape mode securely.<br>
...runs open software like OpenMoko.<br><br>Sorry, but FreeRunner does not come close to hitting this mark.<br><br>Hopefully, FIC has secretly squirreled dozens of engineers away in bomb<br>proof caverns deep inside the mighty Swiss alps who are feverishly slaving<br>
away on thier iPhone killer at this very moment and are mere minutes away<br>from stunning the whole world with their amazing achievement.<br><br>Or maybe not.<br><br>So I continue to dream my dreamy little dreams.<br><br>
Alan<br><br></blockquote></div><br>