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2008-02-27 , 14:11
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Originally Posted by luca View Post
They could have chosen another manufacturer (though I doubt there are any with the same price/performance/power consumption level and fully documented).
Not really. I mean, they could have, but it wouldn't make one damn lick of sense. They're big partners with TI, so they get big discounts, and they know TI's hardware.

Originally Posted by luca View Post
Also, I think that nokia could have put more pressure on its suppliers than some lone hackers in their basement, but they didn't, so while they're not 100% guilty, they're at least 50% guilty
Er, pressure their big, important business partners so a few thousand Linux hackers can maybe have a slightly more open device? Yeah, nice thought, but Nokia lives in reality.