OpenMoko is not a business, it's a non-profit research organization.
The new phone, when it finally will cost $400 for a tri-band GSM
phone, bluetooth, and GPS. It will have no EDGE support; no 3G
support. Basic PDA functionality will be included out of the box, but
not much else.
Compared to what you can get, even ignoring the carrier subsidies,
that's a pretty anemic feature set. Sure, open source developers will
buy the phone, but do you really think OpenMoko will be a commercial
success given its price and feature set?
Obviously, commercial success is not the point of the OpenMoko
project. But to attack Nokia because they aren't following in
OpenMoko's footsteps is also missing the point.
- Ted
Where did you get this information of OpenMoko being a non-profit? I'm definitely willing to pay more for the 1st open phone. I don't think it's an anemic feature set, if you'll remember the original iPhone also lacked those things. Granted it did come out much sooner, but the technology was available. My point is, people still bought it, and paid a hefty price. I have no idea if OM will be a commercial success, it prob won't be because no one knows about it. Even people on this list, an open source handheld community, don't know about it. But commercial success, from my point of view, seems to come mainly from marketing, not so much small differences in tech specs.
-Steve
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