morfraen[/url]":28gsp597]The skeptics are amusing.
Do you think current cell phones are each brand new inventions made 100% from scratch or something? No, they pick a bunch of existing off the shelf hardware components and connect them all together. About the only thing unique about any phone is the case and layout of parts. This is a pretty obvious evolution of that, and also something that could finally bring to an end the ridiculous phone prices once people can see how little all the individual components cost. No more paying $100 more for 16GB of memory that only costs $10.
You believe all hardware is equal, all software is equal, and so anyone making a phone puts the hardware and software together from stock sources and ends up with their new product.
Well, it's an interesting viewpoint certainly. Only tangentially related to reality, but interesting.
The idea of interchangeable parts is interesting/ I wonder if the market will accept it and prove its value, or reject it. I'm inclined to believe the latter, but would be very happy to see the former.
