Comments on: Openmoko First Run http://www.tigoe.net/blog/category/physicalcomputing/124/ notes on physical interaction, sustainability, networks, simians, cats, and more. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:13:11 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Michael Sharon http://www.tigoe.net/blog/category/physicalcomputing/124/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Michael Sharon Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:21:40 +0000 http://www.tigoe.net/blog/category/physical-computing/124/#comment-65 Yech. This ain't no Android. It's a pity to see that it's taken them so long to get their act together. It feels like there's an enormous demand for hackable mobile devices, especially with the specs that the Neo sports. My guess is that unless they get it together rapidly, they're going to swiftly become irrelevant as the iPhone SDK is released, the existing iPhone drops to a ~$200 price range and newer models and clones begin to flood the market over the next 6-12 months. Yech. This ain’t no Android.

It’s a pity to see that it’s taken them so long to get their act together. It feels like there’s an enormous demand for hackable mobile devices, especially with the specs that the Neo sports. My guess is that unless they get it together rapidly, they’re going to swiftly become irrelevant as the iPhone SDK is released, the existing iPhone drops to a ~$200 price range and newer models and clones begin to flood the market over the next 6-12 months.

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