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Better data desperately needed
Better data desperately needed
Posted Aug 29, 2007 22:07 UTC (Wed) by job (subscriber, #670)Parent article: A first look at the OpenMoko Neo 1973
As desperately as I want free software based phone, I have no use for a phone without 802.11 or UMTS. I see that they will release a new model that at least has 802.11, I'll buy one as soon as it's out. But what I really want is a UMTS/HSDPA based one. This isn't 1997, mobile data is actually important now.
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Better data desperately needed
Posted Aug 30, 2007 0:02 UTC (Thu) by xtifr (subscriber, #143) [Link]
> This isn't 1997.
No, it's 1973, right? :)
But seriously, am I the only one who finds the version number a little off-putting? It kind of makes me feel like I should go back to wearing tie-dye t-shirts and bell-bottom jeans before I consider getting one of these. And, somehow, I find myself expecting a large, heavy, immobile device with a rotary dial.
1973
Posted Aug 30, 2007 1:40 UTC (Thu) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]
It's not a version number, it's a model number. It appears to be meant in homage to the year when the cellphone first appeared.
Today is a lot like 1973 in some other ways -- disastrous war based on lies, crooked president, crappy pop music, ugly shoes, expensive gas.
Better data desperately needed
Posted Aug 30, 2007 3:33 UTC (Thu) by pflugstad (subscriber, #224) [Link]
Nope, me too. I keep seeing it and thinking it's like some version of the 1970's Pinto or something.
I do realize it's the model number, but I would probably have chosen something a little less similar to our current year numbering.