[Arm-netbook] "smarter" phone

[Alexey Eromenko]

While nice idea, I fail to see myself trading my Galaxy S III to this item
anytime soon.


On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Oliver Schinagl
<oliver+list at schinagl.nl>wrote:

> On 28-05-13 11:33, Philip Hands wrote:
>
>> Vladimir Pantelic <vladoman at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>  Philip Hands wrote:
>>>
>>>> "luke.leighton" <luke.leighton at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>  http://www.c2mtl.com/eye50/**ideas/smarter-phone/<http://www.c2mtl.com/eye50/ideas/smarter-phone/>
>>>>>
>>>>> wooow.  i love it.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nice.
>>>>
>>>> Not _very_ related, but another phone that someone mentioned on Planet
>>>> Debian recently, that might pique interest here:
>>>>
>>>>     http://www.fairphone.com/
>>>>
>>>> in particular their attempts to find manufacturer's that don't rub their
>>>> ethics up the wrong way.
>>>>
>>>
>>> given the very closed and protective nature of MTK, I fail to see how
>>> a phone using their SoC can be "fair"...
>>>
>>
>> Ah, I suppose they were concentrating on fairness to the workers in the
>> supply chain for the hardware -- I'm not sure.  I only glanced at their
>> site really. I suppose they might appreciate a heads up about the
>> non-freeness of the hardware, and how that might cause them grief down
>> the line.
>>
> On the FAQ it states they are looking for ubuntu/mozilla open-source
> developers and that it comes pre-rooted.
>
> It doesn't mention if they are GPL violating, use closed blobs etc etc.
>
>>
>> Cheers, Phil.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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