Thread: Maemo, What's the Carrier's Argument?
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klinglerware is offline klinglerware
2009-09-04 , 20:17
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#6
Originally Posted by jandmdickerson View Post
Perhaps we need to pay for an "open-source" premium, similar to organic produce.

This way they get our business plus a premuim for whatever risk they are afraid of. Then when the marketplace is mature the premium is dropped since open is the commonplace not the exception.
This is possibly Nokia's business model for their high end smartphones in the US, almost all released unlocked: you pay a lot for them, but you get a highly-spec'd phone that shows some of what is possible when carriers are not involved in producing the device.
Last edited by klinglerware; 2009-09-04 at 20:20.
 

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