<div dir="ltr">leave the white for apple!!!! <div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/16 Michael G Fletcher <<a href="mailto:michael@ilovemylinux.com">michael@ilovemylinux.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi Guys, slightly off-topic, but I would appreciate your thoughts on this.... This was inspired by the news of the G1 phone being released in the UK on the 30th of October (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/48s4gp" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/48s4gp</a>). Some questions; * How free is the OS really?? I know it has a Linux based kernel and will be open source (?), but with the 100% free OpenMoko, would OM be better? * Is it worth tying into a contract with t-mobile (also phone will be sim-locked), ie - does this go against what freedom is about, or is it a necessary evil? (like proprietary drivers/firmware) * Better to wait for the G2, G3 etc etc due to maturity of OS and better hardware? or cooler to be an early adopter - assumable it will be 'easily' upgradeable on the OS side. * And the ultimate question... black or white? Cheers :-) --Michael _________________________________ Michael Fletcher Visit my website here - <a href="http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog" target="_blank">http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog</a> Interested in Linux? Then visit - <a href="http://www.ilovemylinux.com" target="_blank">http://www.ilovemylinux.com</a> -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div> </div>