Thread: Found perfect convergence device. Its not a N8XX.
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fatalsaint is offline fatalsaint
2008-08-14 , 18:01
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#47
Originally Posted by Thesandlord View Post
Why is everyone so afraid of a phone? Because it will "lock them down" ?

What if the were all sold unlocked, with an empty SIM slot. Problem solved.

And as for stability, just make it multi boot. A everything mode (phone and maemo), and a phone only mode (maybe a very striped down symbian OS). That solves that problem as well.
because loading a full Desktop OS like Debian would be a huge PITA if there was built-in cell capabilities... special software would be needed for the OS to communicate through the networks and the SIM..

I like the freedom of the tablet... do I wish I could make phone calls anywhere with it?? yeah.. but not at the cost of immobilizing my opportunities for expanding this to be exactly the mobile work device I need.
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