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[darxus]

I want a $300 netbook computer with phone hardware that I can use with a bluetooth headset and get rid of my phone. Machine washable. Running Ubuntu.

This is so obvious, why doesn't it exist?
Wait, are people making google laptops including phone hardware?

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[marmota.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, what the consumer wants and what the industry want are at serious odds here. Telco providers are dead set against combining fully programmable devices and telephones, due to fears of hacking in general and products like Skype making dedicated telco infrastructure irrelevant.

Recent examples that come to mind are Nokia not finding any takers for their N900, for reasons obviously beyond the lame ones they're giving: http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/News/314511/nokia_networks_may_reject_n900.html
and Apple killing iphone tethering and stifling any apps that provide alternatives to their existing services, and so forth.