Anyone remember Neo900? That was the last project I saw that actually had some potential of being made into a working phone supporting its own OS. I threw them

Anyone remember Neo900? That was the last project I saw that actually had some potential of being made into a working phone supporting its own OS. I threw them 100EUR for a device that was anticipated to balloon to 1000EUR in cost. Why did I believe it was possible? They had a base to work on with the N900. Ultimately, hardware is hard and it never shipped. I don't regret plunking down as it was an attempt in the right direction, I see it as support for projects like that. The people running the project were at least transparent about delays and problems. They never said the deposits weren't a 'risk-buy'. I can't tell you how many people came to me and were like 'hur durr, just buy the librem 5, it's a real FOSS phone that's going to ship'. Yes... soon. The Purism can join the textblade as hardware projects that will ship soon. Don't let anyone tell you hardware is easy, it's not. Pebble went under with a device that's a lot more simple.