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Topic: Lets get www.fairphone.com to ship with Bitcoin Software Preloaded! (Read 883 times)

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This will so be my next phone, I absolutely love the idea behind it.
Though I'm not sure if it's a great idea to bundle Bitcoin client with the phone. Of course it would be a great way to promote Bitcoin but I think the majority of paying customers wouldn't appreciate pre-installed "unessential" software on their phone, which they may conciser useless to them. Or at least I hate when new devices come with bloatware which I cannot uninstall.
Eri
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Wow, that so reminds me of my fav droid phone Sad i wish i had the money, id so buy one. I hope they do well, would be cool if they added a lightweight bitcoin client to it(one that has encryption).
newbie
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Even though it offers "root access", is the phone still able to be spied upon and tracked? (I think most still ping while "off"?)
legendary
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RUM AND CARROTS: A PIRATE LIFE FOR ME
I have also written them to accept Bitcoin. It's a great marketing opportunity for Bitcoin, enabling a fairly made and produced smart phone.
legendary
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Andreas Schildbach's Bitcoin Wallet seems a pretty good alternative.

Although it really needs wallet encryption, I hope that will be implemented soon.
legendary
Activity: 1204
Merit: 1002
RUM AND CARROTS: A PIRATE LIFE FOR ME
First Look at this: http://www.fairphone.com/

It's a fantastic idea, lets try and get them to be even more fantastic by asking them to have Bitcoin Software ship preloaded on the phone. Of course we can't the whole blockchain in the thing, so what is the second best alternative?
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