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Originally Posted by qole View Post
I'll say it again. I know I sound like a crazy man, especially as the months go by, but... We here are privy to the seeds of a revolution. We're going to see a fairly standardized Linux distribution, backed by a big corporation, pushed into the mobile market in a huge way. The lines between PC and handheld are going to blur like never before.

Most of us here see this, but the industry will be blindsided. They won't know what hit them. The rules are going to change significantly. Until now, everything's been proprietary. The only threat to the iron control of the manufacturer-provider cartels were little hacker groups who made headlines when they 'jailbroke' or 'unlocked' phones...

Now, most everything will be open, INCLUDING THE TELEPHONY STACK. Just think of the power that gives developers and users to do what they want with the technology.

I've been repeating this since Summit 08; Maemo will change everything. You just wait.
While this sounds very good and optimistic, I don't see what a new hardware and a new (already existing) software stack is going to do to upend the market ? Really QT has been there before (used in other phones/PDA's too (like Trolltech Greenphone conceptphone) and Zaurus (in Qtopia form) - and none of these bring anything that turns the market on its head .

I still fail to see what new market changing form this new technology will bring.

Apple by virtue of its total control and its unique new device also didn't change the market - but just could wrest some control out of the ISP's and take it upon themselves instead. Android hasn't had any market changing effect.

I believe Google voice actually has some market changing potential, in the sense that it can actually render the Voice ISP's as dumb pipes (as what they should actually be), since nobody needs to depend of the ISP to control they voice number anymore.

And just bringing a slick UI is no more a differentiator anymore - now any and all UI seem to be trying the slick act, so I wouldn't give much weightage there.

Just a open telephony stack might be a good technology differentiator, but I still fail to see how it is market disruptive in any way.

Or maybe you know more than most else ?
 

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