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The Neo 1973 could be your answer to the iPhone

260 points posted to Broadband and Mobility, New Product Ideas by jmxz 07/10/07

This phone has
a) a nice form factor
b) a nice touchscreen
c) a good GSM chipset
and
d) an active developer community (like your PC's

http://www.i4u.com/article10025.html

The OpenMoko based touchscreen mobile phones and developer kits go on sale.
....
266Mhz Samsung ARM based CPU, GSM and GPRS support, Bluetooth, microSD card slot, and USB port.

The media is already positioning it as an iPhone rival:
http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?newsID=9417&pagtype=samechan

Linux phone poses as iPhone rival

I think embracing this platform as your answer to the iPhone would be interesting. The more technical community would love the ability to program a cell phone (in the same way you can your PC products) which is lacking in the Apple product.

PS: one of your other competitors (Toshiba) already announced a linux phone this month: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2806053950.html ; but this Neo device seems better (better industrial design) to me.

Dell - please stay focused on the highest-voted ideas, though. Don't distract yourselves with this one until you've addressed the ideas below which have been the top-ranked ideas for at least 6 months without adequate responses..

147,808 - dhart - Pre-Installed Linux [and not just on a couple obsolete models in limited geographies]
127,719 - dhart - Pre-Installed OpenOffice | alternative to MS Works & MS Office
107,313 - robinjfisher - Have Firefox pre-installed as default browser
89,183 - ootleman - No Extra Software Option [only a couple models are crapware-free today]
78,007 - gergnz - Provide Linux Drivers for all your Hardware
73,600 - agreer - No OS Preloaded [and not just on a couple obsolete models]

mkmaster78 07/10/07	Ok, well the search function sucks, but this is a dupe of a previous idea
jorge 07/10/07	Only moted because it said Linux, but I hope this whole phone mania dies soon.
davmcn 07/10/07	are you suggesting Dell starts making phones???? Like Apple. No Way.
jmxz 07/10/07	mkmaster78: My apologies for the dup - feel free to mention what it's a dup of in the comments and one of dell_admin* will merbge it. davmcn: " are you suggesting Dell starts making phones???? Like Apple. No Way." Nope, I'm suggesting that they resell & rebrand this phone like they do printers and other peripherals.
davmcn 07/10/07	Oh Ok I'm Sorry i read it incorrectly......
davmcn 07/10/07	I Promote this now sorry i don't know if you can Redo it....so i promote this....k Sorry about my really bad understanding skills.....
jmxz 07/10/07	No problem. I wasn't clear when I wrote it.
kevintrooper 07/10/07	On the news i saw that dell will go intio phone buisness but not service! they should buy that phone model and sell it as their own!
motie35 07/10/07	You're right. You weren't clear. What does this have to do with Dell? Why would Dell want to get into the cell phone business? I can't see it happening.
jmxz 07/10/07	motie35: Dell wants to get into the phone business for the same reasons that Apple did. I'm just guessing here, but I'd say the market for high tech gadget buyers has a lot of overlap between high-end programmable cell phones and computers. That, and both devices are basically computers inside; with the same technical challenges at making a decent phone as a decent laptop (battery life; sourcing software; touchscreen technologies, etc).
davmcn 07/10/07	Wait Are You Trying to tell me Dell wants to be like Apple?? What Is Wrong With Dell??
reg 07/10/07	Cool Phone! So much better than the ZunefONE - in dirt brown, mold green, stain black, etc etc....
davmcn 07/10/07	The Zune Is Really Cool. My Friend Has one and he loves it....
jmxz 07/10/07	davmcn: "Wait Are You Trying to tell me Dell wants to be like Apple?? What Is Wrong With Dell??" Dell wants their profit margin to be more like Apple's (Apple's 12.9% vs Dell's 5.10% last time they filed). One could argue Apple's profit margin's better because Apple sells "cooler" products (like the iPhone) - or one could argue Apple's profit margin's better because Apple gets to keep the high-margin Software part of the profits. Many if not most of the IdeaStorm Ideas here are ways that Dell can achieve one of those two goals.
davmcn 07/11/07	Ok then....
jorge 07/11/07	Hey you guys forgot the most important thing for the http://www.openmoko.com/products-neo-advanced-00-develkit.html
davmcn 07/11/07	thanks for the link it is cool does look pretty cool Thanks Jorge..
jmxz 07/11/07	jorge: Indeed. I'm getting one (largely as a geek-ego thing to answer a friend getting an iphone)
davmcn 07/11/07	not to offend people that have them but i don't like the Iphone it looks retarded and Appearently really bad service...and reception...
davmcn 07/11/07	woh, it's expensive but it is really cool sorry to jmxz for being so annoying about this thank you so much for posting great idea!
phubert 08/22/07	Closed iPhone opens road for Linux phones With iPhone a closed platform, Linux gets an wide-open road for phones and other smart http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives/2007/08/apple_gives_lin.html

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