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Do not sink your money into this vaporware (it's a flexible funding campaign, so he gets any money that is pledged, even if he doesn't hit the goal). There's a

Do not sink your money into this vaporware (it's a flexible funding campaign, so he gets any money that is pledged, even if he doesn't hit the goal). There's a reason why the Apples / Samsungs / Motorolas / Sonys of the world have hundreds of people working on new phones. This single dude doesn't have a prayer in the world of pulling this off. The two red flags: 1. No functional device. Just some renders and a physical block of aluminum with glass over it. 2. No "here's my team of 50 people with loads of experience"

jiggy2011 14y ago
It wouldn't hugely surprise me if there was a manufacturer pulling the strings here to do market research and gauge public reaction.
mitchellhislop 14y ago
3. Motorola tried this EXACT play with the Atrix, and it was a disaster.
- MartinCron 14y ago
  It's too say that this concept is flawed, because the Atrix execution was messed up on so many levels. Personally, I think that any "problem" this tries to solve will be better handled in software. With iCloud, you can already work with (some) data seamlessly on multiple devices, that experience will only get better.
inflatablenerd 14y ago
It's also a little strange that Indiegogo only allows campaign contributors to post comments, something I learned when trying post a similar warning message to yours in the comments section. Explains all the positive feedback though.
freehunter 14y ago
Also of note: this new product is an old product originally shopped around in April 2011 [1]. The company is called Kosmaz Technologies (they own voipvoip.com) and the phone used to be called the Compufon. It was supposed to be launched in Q4 2011. It was vaporware then, it's probably vaporware now. Having it set to flex funding just makes me believe this is a cheap trick to get cash and run. No doubt he'll be back again next year with a slightly updated design. [1] http://phandroid.com/2011/04/19/compufon-attempts-to-be-a-smartphone-honeycomb-tablet-and-netbook-at-the-same-time/ http://phandroid.com/2011/04/19/compufon-attempts-to-be-a-sm...

jiggy2011 14y ago

It wouldn't hugely surprise me if there was a manufacturer pulling the strings here to do market research and gauge public reaction.

mitchellhislop 14y ago

3. Motorola tried this EXACT play with the Atrix, and it was a disaster.

MartinCron 14y ago
It's too say that this concept is flawed, because the Atrix execution was messed up on so many levels. Personally, I think that any "problem" this tries to solve will be better handled in software. With iCloud, you can already work with (some) data seamlessly on multiple devices, that experience will only get better.

inflatablenerd 14y ago

It's also a little strange that Indiegogo only allows campaign contributors to post comments, something I learned when trying post a similar warning message to yours in the comments section. Explains all the positive feedback though.

freehunter 14y ago

Also of note: this new product is an old product originally shopped around in April 2011 [1]. The company is called Kosmaz Technologies (they own voipvoip.com) and the phone used to be called the Compufon. It was supposed to be launched in Q4 2011. It was vaporware then, it's probably vaporware now. Having it set to flex funding just makes me believe this is a cheap trick to get cash and run. No doubt he'll be back again next year with a slightly updated design. [1] http://phandroid.com/2011/04/19/compufon-attempts-to-be-a-smartphone-honeycomb-tablet-and-netbook-at-the-same-time/ http://phandroid.com/2011/04/19/compufon-attempts-to-be-a-sm...