Comments on: LinuxPhone, For Mobile DIY http://gigaom.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/ The Business of Technology Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:27:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: GigaOM » Skype calls Trolltech for Wi-Fi phones http://gigaom.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69787 GigaOM » Skype calls Trolltech for Wi-Fi phones Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:23:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69787 <p>[...] (those Greenphone guys) says Skype has chosen its Linux development technology Qtopia as the “prefered [...]</p> [...] (those Greenphone guys) says Skype has chosen its Linux development technology Qtopia as the “prefered [...]

]]> By: Ol' Yeller http://gigaom.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69785 Ol' Yeller Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:26:40 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69785 <p>This will have the same fate as BeOS. Not because it's a bad idea, but because the carriers that finally do decide to go with a platform approach will follow Apple's lead in the mobile space. They'll realize that they can create a platform, charge reasonable fees to use it and have all kinds of great content and applications. The DoCoMo model, or the Apple model applied to mobile - not Linux…</p> <p>Open source, open platform phones? Only if it's using WiFi!</p> This will have the same fate as BeOS. Not because it’s a bad idea, but because the carriers that finally do decide to go with a platform approach will follow Apple’s lead in the mobile space. They’ll realize that they can create a platform, charge reasonable fees to use it and have all kinds of great content and applications. The DoCoMo model, or the Apple model applied to mobile - not Linux…

Open source, open platform phones? Only if it’s using WiFi!

]]> By: eddie http://gigaom.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69783 eddie Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:49:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69783 <p>Rajiv4,</p> <p>I bet many naysayers like you said the same thing about the first Apple and Mac when Steve Jobs and Woz were working on it in their garages in the 1970s. In fact, PARC must have totally agreed with your sentiments echoed today about "radicals" and "conservatives". Anyway, if the telecos want to make more money by pushing more bits around (not just voice calls), they have no choice but to open up and allow for creativity to push the envelope forward. This isn't to say that the first Greenphone implementation is going to take the world by storm, but it is to say that Trolltech is making a dent in the world which others missed the boat on (e.g., look at Palm's problems on the Treo and how they dropped the next generation of their OS … look at the death of the Clie because Sony didn't understand about creating an ecology which would allow development to flourish).</p> Rajiv4,

I bet many naysayers like you said the same thing about the first Apple and Mac when Steve Jobs and Woz were working on it in their garages in the 1970s. In fact, PARC must have totally agreed with your sentiments echoed today about “radicals” and “conservatives”. Anyway, if the telecos want to make more money by pushing more bits around (not just voice calls), they have no choice but to open up and allow for creativity to push the envelope forward. This isn’t to say that the first Greenphone implementation is going to take the world by storm, but it is to say that Trolltech is making a dent in the world which others missed the boat on (e.g., look at Palm’s problems on the Treo and how they dropped the next generation of their OS … look at the death of the Clie because Sony didn’t understand about creating an ecology which would allow development to flourish).

]]> By: hayslizzle http://gigaom.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69781 hayslizzle Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:47:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69781 <p>Katie is the smartest person alive.</p> Katie is the smartest person alive.

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69780 Jesse Kopelman Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:18:15 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69780 <p>Any potential intersection with Moto's (and other vendors large and small) use of Linux for some future phones?</p> Any potential intersection with Moto’s (and other vendors large and small) use of Linux for some future phones?

]]> By: Rajiv http://gigaom.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69771 Rajiv Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:43:29 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69771 <p>IMHO its not going to be accepted by the Open Source community. The radicals will refuse it, the conservaties will question it, the carriers wont accept it. Its not tuly open.</p> <p>The community wants real freedom! Not a hackable Phone. If we want, we can hack any phone available in the market today.</p> <p>:)</p> IMHO its not going to be accepted by the Open Source community. The radicals will refuse it, the conservaties will question it, the carriers wont accept it. Its not tuly open.

The community wants real freedom! Not a hackable Phone. If we want, we can hack any phone available in the market today.

:)

]]> By: Chubbs http://gigaom.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69770 Chubbs Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:29:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69770 <p>I admit it, but I get a little moist when I hear the terms linux, hackable, and cellphone in the same post.</p> <p>Nice find Katie.</p> I admit it, but I get a little moist when I hear the terms linux, hackable, and cellphone in the same post.

Nice find Katie.

]]> By: Aaron Johnson http://gigaom.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69768 Aaron Johnson Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:27:20 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/greenphone/#comment-69768 <p>I feel Schillings has something good here, definitely when considering a lot of light in the most recent major commercial consumer electronics are\were influenced by open source development. Creating a platform for developers in a pile on environment is just dangerous – in a good way. I will comment more but my CLIE typing skills are bad, ahh, which reminds me of PALM. Their Palm OS perception could have took the platform to a new level from opening up options for developers of all kind. Even started a nice community of devs that are anticipating new hardware innovations even now (they are really waiting too, long that is), but most of all they are bonded by a profitable state of mind. We all know why it failed but it was a strong community – just not that publicized. </p> <p>The method forces the open source teams and theorists to elaborate to the extreme. As I said before Trolltech is on a role here because they are providing something to work for. It pushes efforts on the developers and a goal, some projects are never ending projects in open source but by providing this ethic in a commercial standpoint, it can happen and fast if done well. I will comment more when I get back to the PC. Good Article!</p> <p>CyKiller</p> I feel Schillings has something good here, definitely when considering a lot of light in the most recent major commercial consumer electronics are\were influenced by open source development. Creating a platform for developers in a pile on environment is just dangerous – in a good way. I will comment more but my CLIE typing skills are bad, ahh, which reminds me of PALM. Their Palm OS perception could have took the platform to a new level from opening up options for developers of all kind. Even started a nice community of devs that are anticipating new hardware innovations even now (they are really waiting too, long that is), but most of all they are bonded by a profitable state of mind. We all know why it failed but it was a strong community – just not that publicized.

The method forces the open source teams and theorists to elaborate to the extreme. As I said before Trolltech is on a role here because they are providing something to work for. It pushes efforts on the developers and a goal, some projects are never ending projects in open source but by providing this ethic in a commercial standpoint, it can happen and fast if done well. I will comment more when I get back to the PC. Good Article!

CyKiller

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