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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org
[mailto:community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>doron<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 09, 2008 6:44 AM<BR><B>To:</B> List
for Openmoko community discussion<BR><B>Cc:</B> Michael
Shiloh<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Not just a phone<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Hi Michael / all,<BR><BR>Sorry
for my late response.<BR><BR>I think that innovation is the big and the first
challenge that the Openmoko and the community have.<BR><BR>After 35 years of
property industry (the cellular industry) it is easy to talk about
innovation but it is not easy to be innovative - we all have some "imagination
blocking".<BR><BR>To be innovative the first thing to do is define what is the
FreeRunner device.<BR><BR>some of us talk about "phone" or "cellphone", my
Freerunner is not phone or cellphone. as far as I know cellphones have a limited
OS with a limited functionality, I didn't see any of those in my Freerunner (it
use cellular network) .<BR><BR>It's also not a "smart phone", smartphones is a
phone that the manufacturer add it some extra functionality, smartphone was plan
to be an extension of my computer, but my smartphone did't do it, the reason is
the limitation of the property software.<BR>Basically, the manufacturer defined
what is the extensions - and thats all.<BR><BR>so, my Freerunner is not a
cellphone and is not a smartphone and it definitely not a pda .<BR><BR>It is a
personal communication device (or center) that connecting my with the rest of
the world, on the other side it is an extension of my computer.<BR><BR>so
basically, I am looking for a new ways to connect me to the world from one side
and from the other side I am looking for a new way to connect with my
computer.<BR><BR>for example, we can check what is the blackberry. Rim, didn't
build a new way to communicate, they just think different and build a device
that use a regular tools to connect me to the world - this is innovation of the
connection process between people based on regular tools.<BR><BR>I don't know
what's about your freerunner - but I want that my freerunner will be more then
that.<BR><BR>but, first of all, we need to think different.<BR>location aware
services - it easy .. voip - also easy (etc) - all this services and tools it's
great (must to have)(and of course, we can improve this services for better
live), but I hope that we can do more then that , I think that this is the real
challenge.<BR><BR>also, I hope that the next hardware version have a bigger
screen (I need to communicate with the device ) and a wimax chip ..it will make
my life easier.<BR>:-)</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">- doron</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Michael Shiloh wrote:</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:4872525D.5010303@openmoko.org type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Peter, your email below is the one I've been trying to write for the
past few months.
Like you, what got me excited about this project was NOT the possibility
of building better cellphone applications, but rather the possibility of
creating radically new uses for a general purpose, location aware,
connected handheld computer.
I'd like a phone that syncs seamlessly with Thunderbird and the rest of
my Linux workstyle. But what really turns me on is the potential uses
that I can't even imagine yet.
It is that innovation that I hope to see come out of this community, and
I hope that in some way I can help make it happen.
Michael
Peter Harrison wrote:
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap="">I wouldn't focus on the age of the hardware at all.
The real question is whether this will be a hardware platform that
others will be able to build innovation on top of. With phone companies
making available only applications which earn them money you have not
really seen the same kind of innovation that we saw in the PC space in
the early 90's.
It will no doubt be a success in its own right, but what about other
ideas...
* IP phone over Wifi and integrate with Asterisk IP phone systems -
changes to GSM outside the office.
* In car navigation system.
* Low cost taxi fare system.
* Courier driver system that minimizes route time and allows dispatch to
communicate.
* Robotic platform and robotic control
* Hospitals - used by nurses and doctors for prescriptions and
observations as low cost tablet.
The Neo could open up hundreds of vertical market opportunities that the
Telco's currently have no interest in tapping. If you think that the Neo
is simply a different kind of iPhone you are missing the point. Many
applications may use GPRS, but may not even implement phone
functionality. Some may not even use GSM. To me the attraction is that
it has been designed from the ground up to run Linux, and there is a
dedicated team working on the frameworks that will make delivery of
these applications possible.
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