You may remember the Open Source community touting the 'OpenMoko' neo1973 handset as their answer to the proprietary Apple iPhone throughout last year. Well almost a year has passed and there has been quite some movement on the device, but unfortunately it is neither looking like an equivalent to the iPhone, nor an iPhone killer - as the following videos show. Hopefully the competition heats up soon, but at the moment it still looks like iPhone is the phone to beat. Even with its own bugs.
Video: OpenMoko Train Wreck by Dave Fayram (Vimeo) Video: More OpenMoko Train Wrecking by Dave Fayram (Vimeo)
Source: 9to5mac.com
Thats not even a wet paper bag killer never mind an iphone killer.
While the iPhone has it's own set of quirks and iTunes still sucks a big pile of donkey poo, iPhone is still the best phone I've had my paws on so far and the competition will have to work hard to match Apple in the UI design stakes.
Many sites/forums recommended some registry tweaks to make it feel "normal"
Hated 2-handed action on the iPhone, I prefer having my other hand free for... something more important...
I'll stick with my linux phone for a while. Hello Moto
To quote a blog entry from earlier this year:
I thought the news was important to post, simply because of all those fanboys last year who said OpenMoko was the next big thing, it simply isn't and wont be.
How can you make such a judgment when you only have the non-finished product to base it on!?
Nowhere in your post do you mention the fact that this is a work in progress.
You're basically saying "Yes people, this is it, this is the phone they want you to use, with this software, isn't it pathetic?"
Maybe you could also create a review of Ubuntu 8.10 running Alpha 3, claiming it to be the finished product.
In your comment you're even claiming Android is going to be much better then anything else: based on what?
I can't understand how something SO biased, something so subjective, made it on to the front page of Neowin.
This is just a textbook definition of trolling.
In your comment you're even claiming Android is going to be much better then anything else: based on what?
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Darran never said Andoroid would be "much better then anything else". He just said it would likely be better than Openmoko. No need to jump all over anyone with an opinion that differs from your own.
Article :"OpenMoko compares unfavorably to the iPhone"
Source :9 to 5 Mac, Apple Intelligent.
Conclusion, this article is not biased at all.
Article :"OpenMoko compares unfavorably to the iPhone"
Source :9 to 5 Mac, Apple Intelligent.
Conclusion, this article is not biased at all.
That site simply pointed to the video, I wrote the neowin report from scratch based on the video. My comment may have expressed my opinion but my REPORT did not.
And the iPhone has like a 1 GHz mobile processor, does it not? Most mobile phones are in the 200-400 MHz range IIRC. My Nokia e62 is slow, but part of that is AT&T's fault for preventlng the phone from being updated, and the fact that's it' only 235 MHz. But's it's never crashed though, and it can C&P. Takes great phone calls too.
And I think the OpenMoko is ugly as sin as well.
sure sure.. make that 2GHz mate..
It's less than that. They underclocked it.
It's less than that. They underclocked it.
Of course like every cellphone to keep the batery running at least for a whole day, but for intensive task iphone utilize all the power, after all the iphone's chip is the fastest of the cellphone mobile in the market (S3C6400 666mhz) followed by the omap2420 (Nokia N serie) with 330mhz.
It's less than that. They underclocked it.
Of course like every cellphone to keep the batery running at least for a whole day, but for intensive task iphone utilize all the power, after all the iphone's chip is the fastest of the cellphone mobile in the market (S3C6400 666mhz) followed by the omap2420 (Nokia N serie) with 330mhz.
Personally I've yet to experience anything but a temporary few second slowdown (no data shown on screen, just the background of the app) sometimes when opening a program. Also one 3rd party app (LocalPicks, an app that shows restaurants nearby based on GPS location) is noticeably slow but I blame it on crap programming. Haven't had Safari or anything else crash yet.
Yea like it's a proof of concept phone and not a retail product, that it's still in testing phase, that unlike mentioned the OpenMoko was never intended to be an iPhone killer or replacement
Yea like it's a proof of concept phone and not a retail product, that it's still in testing phase, that unlike mentioned the OpenMoko was never intended to be an iPhone killer or replacement
It was meant as the ugly red-headed stepchild of an iPhone killer made by monkeys in a factory located in Indonesia.
Yea like it's a proof of concept phone and not a retail product, that it's still in testing phase, that unlike mentioned the OpenMoko was never intended to be an iPhone killer or replacement
That as may be, but why did we endure so much ink spilt by fanboys that it would be?
Yea like it's a proof of concept phone and not a retail product, that it's still in testing phase, that unlike mentioned the OpenMoko was never intended to be an iPhone killer or replacement
That as may be, but why did we endure so much ink spilt by fanboys that it would be?
Fanboys being fanboys are generally speaking fing stupid is why
The FreeRunner is a true hackers phone. You can do what you like with it . . . Can you do that with the Iphone?
Granted out of the box the software is still very basic however it is still been developed. There are currently 4 different versions of the phones software out there. (1 is still in the ideas stage) Having used all three I can honestly say I am smitten with the Qtopia version software.
http://qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/
At the end of the day I know people have their own preferences but I really cannot stand ignorant people who think because the iPhone 'looks cool' then everything else is crap.
I applaud OpenMoko for this phone.
The FreeRunner is a true hackers phone. You can do what you like with it . . . Can you do that with the Iphone?
Granted out of the box the software is still very basic however it is still been developed. There are currently 4 different versions of the phones software out there. (1 is still in the ideas stage) Having used all three I can honestly say I am smitten with the Qtopia version software.
http://qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/
At the end of the day I know people have their own preferences but I really cannot stand ignorant people who think because the iPhone 'looks cool' then everything else is crap.
I applaud OpenMoko for this phone.
iPhone supplies a full SDK for developing applications. Yeah, it's not a hackers phone at all...
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