Topic: Why Open Source Phones Still Fail

[sam]

The ultimate hacker phone, the Nokia N900 is the truest expression of Linux—the OS and the philosophy—that you'll find on mobile this year. It's a great niche gadget. But the idea that free, open-source solutions will sweep the mobile world is just as doomed in the U.S. as the idea of popular, open-source desktop PCs—in this case, because mobile networks don't welcome the unexpected, and they don't welcome geeks.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2356603,00.asp

[Simon]

Bugger!  I was looking at those.

[sam]

well it doesnt say there is anything wrong with it... its just that the carriers dont like you f***ing around with it..

[Simon]

Half the fun is the f***ing around with it! 

[sam]

Half the fun is the f***ing around with it! 

exactly!

[Rik]

Yes, it no fun f***ing around without it.