Sean's speech at ESC about making a 3G device

[Leonti Bielski]

I've bought Freerunner because it's open. And I take it pretty seriously.

If 3G comes only with license, I don't need it.
Freerunner with fixed issues + camera for geotagged photos is an ideal
phone for me.

Leonti


On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <rms at 1407.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 06:13:36PM +0100, Justyn Butler wrote:
>> 2009/4/2 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <rms at 1407.org>:
>> > On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 05:38:42PM +0100, Justyn Butler wrote:
>> >> He also explains what it would take to put 3G in the phones, saying
>> >> that they'd do it (but the 3G part would be closed) if a customer put
>> >> in a large enough order (ie 50,000 units).
>> >
>> > You've just convinced me that, unless this changes, no OpenMoko with 3G
>> > will get my money as far as I'm concerned :)
>>
>> Why the outrage?
>
> I bought the OpenMoko to get a more Free Software phone, not one that
> gets less and less Free as new devices come up :)
>
> I seriously hope GTA3 fixes some of the most serious problems GTA2 had
> regarding that.
>
> Rui
>
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