Thread: Which device type is the real competitor?
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2008-09-22 , 17:56
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Originally Posted by LordFu View Post
Why does the pandora potentially compete? Because it has the potential to be a full-fledged linux computer. I realize the gaming controls may be off-putting for some, aesthetically, but it's the hardware that counts. The device certainly has as much potential as the internet tablets for being an excellent, general-purpose device. Like I said, time will tell, though. At this point, it's purely conjecture.
It POTENTIALLY has a better chance, given they started out with the mindset that, paraphrasing, "the more open, the better", as opposed to the Nokia mindset which they went to the press with, again paraphrasing, "the open community needs to embrace closed and proprietary landmines".

Ugh

At this point, as much as I love the Nokia tablets, I'm absolutely open to a much more open hardware platform and when one comes along, I'm jumping off. The corporate attitude has really been off-putting to those of us that prefer to own our hardware and re-purpose them as we see fit and not get forced to use some crippling or insecure software blobs with questionable legal blather which make the corporation feel all snug and secure at our expense as customers.

I prefer the Pandora mindset so far and I look forward to its release. Potential is certainly there. Great potential, given their initial mindset so far.