iPhone’s AJAX SDK: No, thank you.:
As I said, the iPhone is a great device. I’m not going to start some crusade about the SDK; I’ll love the iPhone even if it never has a real SDK, but I’ll also be keeping an eye out for a device from another company that lets *me* be creative, and not just Apple’s chosen few engineers.
OpenMoko: Linux-based $300 open smartphone:
The OpenMoko is a $300, Linux-based open smartphone. Unlike the iPhone, it doesn’t come locked to any provider (and certainly not to the crooks at AT&T), it doesn’t come with DRM, and it allows you to install any third party app you like, even if Steve Jobs worries that it might spoil your experience. It’s still in “developer preview,” but this might just be my next phone.
I’m pretty confident Wil has seen this already: it remains to be seen if the OpenMoko crew can get Cocoa on their device.