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Re: One specific idea, pre-approved for Y Combinator funding

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Post by lindsayrgwatt » Tue, Apr 17, 2007, 6:30 PM UTC

budu3 wrote: post #9

Check out OpenMoko http://openmoko.com/press/index.html. I think most phone companies have a vested interest in keeping their phones closed but OpenMoko might be a good alternative. It might be the 'firefox' of mobile phones.

It'll be interesting to see if OpenMoko can make a start of it. I used to work in the wireless business and nobody is going to put their operating systems on their phone.

What will be interesting is whether they can be the operating system that a bunch of the Taiwanese ODMs use to become serious players in branded handsets (rather than just making them for other people).

Re: One specific idea, pre-approved for Y Combinator funding

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Post by lindsayrgwatt » Tue, Apr 17, 2007, 6:32 PM UTC

I love my Blackberry interace-and it does multi app support no problem (I frequently flip between GMail, my browser, Google Maps and my email inbox).

Anyone else here love their Blackberry interace or hate it? Anyone here have an interface they like (and why)?

Re: One specific idea, pre-approved for Y Combinator funding

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Post by gyro_robo » Tue, Apr 17, 2007, 8:26 PM UTC

danw wrote: post #18

gyro_robo wrote: post #12

Next funding round? So you plan on waiting until 2008 for someone to even start on it?

This page has been up since the application form for the first wfp was announced if my memory is correct. Very little progress has been done in mobile user experience in 5-7 years so a few more months wont harm anyone.

Imagine if someone had jumped in 5-7 years ago...

Re: One specific idea, pre-approved for Y Combinator funding

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Post by danw » Tue, Apr 17, 2007, 9:34 PM UTC

gyro_robo wrote: post #23

danw wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This page has been up since the application form for the first wfp was announced if my memory is correct. Very little progress has been done in mobile user experience in 5-7 years so a few more months wont harm anyone.

Imagine if someone had jumped in 5-7 years ago...

I would imagine they would still be trying to get operators to adopt the OS. Mobile is tricky and slow, it's only now starting to open up.

Re: One specific idea, pre-approved for Y Combinator funding

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Post by akkartik » Wed, Apr 18, 2007, 2:58 AM UTC

rms wrote: post #15

akkartik wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

rms: how did you find out about this page?

It's on pg's index.

You mean a manual crawl through http://paulgraham.com/ind.html ? I've often wondered how all the stuff there is organized. New essays we can find out about, but how is one to know when something else is added to this index?

There's no date on the link, so it's not clear how recent it is.

Re: One specific idea, pre-approved for Y Combinator funding

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Post by rms » Wed, Apr 18, 2007, 4:07 AM UTC

akkartik wrote: post #25

rms wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's on pg's index.

You mean a manual crawl through http://paulgraham.com/ind.html ? I've often wondered how all the stuff there is organized. New essays we can find out about, but how is one to know when something else is added to this index? There's no date on the link, so it's not clear how recent it is.

Yeah, I just went through most of the index by hand, mostly for the purpose of submitting here. I'm an addict.

Re: One specific idea, pre-approved for Y Combinator funding

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Post by gyro_robo » Thu, Apr 19, 2007, 12:12 AM UTC

This article sure makes the OpenMoko look good: http://research.operationaldynamics.com/blogs/andrew/software/openmoko/doing-open-the-right-way.html

Re: One specific idea, pre-approved for Y Combinator funding

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Post by budu3 » Sat, Apr 21, 2007, 4:23 AM UTC

lindsayrgwatt wrote: post #21

budu3 wrote: post #9

Check out OpenMoko http://openmoko.com/press/index.html. I think most phone companies have a vested interest in keeping their phones closed but OpenMoko might be a good alternative. It might be the 'firefox' of mobile phones.

It'll be interesting to see if OpenMoko can make a start of it. I used to work in the wireless business and nobody is going to put their operating systems on their phone. What will be interesting is whether they can be the operating system that a bunch of the Taiwanese ODMs use to become serious players in branded handsets (rather than just making them for other people).

You're right. The big players might be hesitant to open up their OSs but from what I hear even they know how bad their platforms are. I think some crazy team will take OpenMoko and run with it which will cause the big guys to sit up and take notice.