From: "Geo" 

By customize I mean you can load software on it, download some extension
and presto the phone can do something new. Like loading your own
applications on PC's compared to the mainframe world. Instead of one size
fits all, now you can mix and match whatever software floats your boat.

Geo.

"John Beamish"  wrote in message
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> Hardly.  The whole idea of parameter driven customizations comes from the
> mainframe environment.  It was exquisitely modifiable ... try modifying
> Word or Linux.  You can't do the former and unless you're part of the "in
> crowd" your mods won't be allowed to do the latter.
>
> On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 08:12:26 -0400, Geo  wrote:
> >
> > Now that's something that sounds cool, a phone you can customize. The
> > mainframe computer was basically just like a non-modifiable consumer
> > device
> > until the PC came along and then the world changed. Perhaps dedicated
> > linux
> > based devices that can be modified will do for the rest of the software
> > based consumer products what the PC did to mainframes..
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> >
>

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