Submitted by nickyP (not verified) on Sun, 2008/07/13 - 10:49.
If you ever get over the fear of a touchscreen keyboard I guess the Openmoko will be your next phone? I handled a development kit version a couple of times and it looked really cool. Not as polished as an iPhone or a Nokia, but the concept of a fully open and modern touch-phone is rather cool. The development kit wasn't bad either.
But I understand why you prefer the good old full keyboard, for example: I can't even type an SMS message while walking with my iPhone in hand I comfort myself I'm much more safe standing still and looking down ;-)
And you're right: with all the hubbub on Belgian (i)Phone prices, any smartphone with all the features you listed is gonna cost you more than 350 Euro's if its unlockable. I remember I paid 400 Euro a while back for one of the first phones that had that crazy technology called 'Bluetooth'.
Developing on the iPhone is quite fun too, although I'm pretty sure you would not enjoy the vendor lock-in (need a Mac) and developer tax (99$) that comes with it. It's fun having a home-made app running on your phone though!
Are you planning to do some developing on Symbian in the near future?
Rationale for choosing the Nokia instead of Openmoko?
If you ever get over the fear of a touchscreen keyboard I guess the Openmoko will be your next phone? I handled a development kit version a couple of times and it looked really cool. Not as polished as an iPhone or a Nokia, but the concept of a fully open and modern touch-phone is rather cool. The development kit wasn't bad either.
But I understand why you prefer the good old full keyboard, for example: I can't even type an SMS message while walking with my iPhone in hand I comfort myself I'm much more safe standing still and looking down ;-)
And you're right: with all the hubbub on Belgian (i)Phone prices, any smartphone with all the features you listed is gonna cost you more than 350 Euro's if its unlockable. I remember I paid 400 Euro a while back for one of the first phones that had that crazy technology called 'Bluetooth'.
Developing on the iPhone is quite fun too, although I'm pretty sure you would not enjoy the vendor lock-in (need a Mac) and developer tax (99$) that comes with it. It's fun having a home-made app running on your phone though!
Are you planning to do some developing on Symbian in the near future?