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Re: The Open Source Phone Just Makes Total Sense (PC World)

On Mar 10, 10:45 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> __/ [ Robert Parsonage ] on Sunday 11 March 2007 03:36 \__
>
>
>
> > On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 02:01:35 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
> >> OpenMoko [Linux-based] makes total sense
>
> >> ,----[ Quote ]
> >> | Open Source for mobile phones is not just cool, but necessary.
> >> |
> >> | Why do I say that? Because it stands to reason. First, "smart"
> >> | phones and similar ones with PDA functionality cost a lot. You
> >> | obviously want to be able to keep it going for a few years at
> >> | least, and not dump that $1,500-$2,000 device simply because
> >> | there's no choice.
> >> `----
>
> > I got an HP mobile phone gratis from work. I gave it to my son, I am
> > happy with my Sony Eriksson K800i, who was most impressed with the
> > functionality. It was a MS 'smart phone' of course. The HP phone is
> > all looks but is so unstable my son pleads me to swap it for the
> > K800i.
>
> > The moral is, avoid anything Microsoft. We know their OS is crap.
> > Anything based on it is also crap. The mobile phone market is
> > incredibly dynamic. Microsoft just can't compete. After all it took
> > them 5+ years to update, putting it politely, Windows.
>
> You mean "daughter", not "son".
>
> Anyway, I can recall a C|Net interview with Steve Ballmer. Realising that
> mobile phones are taking off (smartphones especially), combined with the
> fact that Google is rumoured to work on its phone (think YouTube
> integration), there's plenty of reason to worry. Analysts quite consistently
> say that nobody can compete with Linux in that space. It's not just a matter
> of cost, but functionality as well. So how did Ballmer respond? They grow,
> but only in China/Asia.
>
> Right, Steve-O. Just as you said that Linux is losing the battle for the
> server... or recently said in another interview that the market share of
> Linux is declining... reverse psychology at best, and lying at worst...
>
> --
>                 ~~ Best wishes
>
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Hey Roy!  What up?


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