I completely see where you are coming from. Comparisons are inevitable and imo your points are mostly valid here.<br>Android vs Openmoko vs iPhone OSX. You can take this comparison out of the community but you cannot escape it. I bet everyone have put their 2 cents to it already, and so some ppl are here and some there.<br>
Someone said iPhone and Freerunner are leagues apart, but why then I ask are they compared to, in our own wiki page? Surely because they deserve to.<br>Same with Android. Saying Openmoko complements Android leaves a lot more to imagine. The discussion has to be on physical merits too. I'm sure everyone would like to have it from the big guys @ Openmoko - the real deal where it gets down and dirty, the future as THEY see, any social impacts, oh. yes and the much talked about target audience too.<br>
If FreeRunner lacks in some areas, so what? Nothing is perfect and nobody should shy from that as well. There are 10 other FreeeRunner benefits worth writing about too, yes?<br><br>I personally resisted the charms of iPhone because it just didnt cut it for the mini-geek in me. Openmoko sounds perfect atm. Android.. hmm.. somehow I dont like the idea of big corporates controlling (ok, guiding) big standards which can affect day-to-day life in a big way. Cant put my thought down. evilsmell.<br>
<br>Rahul J<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Christian Benke <<a href="mailto:benkokakao@gmail.com">benkokakao@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">> Note: Yes, it's a bit melodramatic on the surface, but I think we can all<br>
> start to feel the undertow of a lot of political, social and philosophical<br>
> movements once again under way globally. I have this uneasy feeling that<br>
> our choices around freedom just may have much more significant implications<br>
> that we realize right now.<br>
<br>
</div>Yes, all off you guys are absolutely right. Its only the temptation to<br>
have a fully working product for the same money, pure end user view.<br>
But of course that's not what openmoko is about at the current state.<br>
Yesterday i was playing with an iPhone and i just thought "It works,<br>
very responsive, and the browser is usable, and it has multitouch, and<br>
there will be an even better version soon", shiny and complete. Evil<br>
temptation of "Do want" ;-)<br>
But of course there are all of your arguments, proprietary software<br>
just doesn't feel right, it is stained, i'll always be missing<br>
something, not only metaphorically due to the political and<br>
philosophical constraints and the bad conscience that comes with it -<br>
with OSS you have so much more options to get involved in the<br>
development of a product and give feedback, also if you are not a<br>
programmer, and if you don't give the feedback, someone else will have<br>
done it already. The user is the major part of OSS, not a company with<br>
marketing ideas is the strong drive behind decisions but the whishes<br>
of the people that are using it.<br>
Oh, and not to forget the choice - people are not homogenized - "We<br>
have created the software this way and this is the right way, you<br>
can't dislike it, obey" doesn't happen, hundreds of people create and<br>
recreate the software to reflect their individual choice and it's much<br>
more likely that one of the choices also comes close to your needs(I<br>
love fluxbox for instance). And there is still the option to change it<br>
your way if you know how.<br>
<br>
Well, in the end i guess i'll just wait a few more months and see how<br>
openmoko evolves, i don't really need a solution right now, currently<br>
it would only be a matter of convenience(Mobile mail, maps, http). In<br>
a year i plan to go travelling for a long time and i will really need<br>
a mobile communication solution, and the more customizable it is, the<br>
better. I hope till then there will be a OSS-solution where i don't<br>
have to think quadruple about the drawbacks and compromises(I'm one of<br>
those guys that is seeking days for the perfect, minimalistic solution<br>
with the least compromises)<br>
<br>
Regards and thanks for the moral backing<br>
<font color="#888888">Christian<br>
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