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Better data desperately needed

Posted Aug 30, 2007 0:02 UTC (Thu) by xtifr (subscriber, #143)
In reply to: Better data desperately needed by job
Parent article: A first look at the OpenMoko Neo 1973

> 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.

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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.