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Re: Moral compass Posted on 12-Oct-2015 15:02:19
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I have not (but I have not asked either). But I assume that Amiga Inc. long would have sued them if they had no documents. The best would have been if both the old kickstarts and 3.1. would have made opensource or at least freeware but is not and never will (the same for the brand name "amiga"). One of the reason why I started to play around with rom replacements and Aros 68k. And today I do not care anymore, the only place where I still have use for the original roms is in the internal distribution as part of WHDLoad because with rom replacements many games work but not all. |
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Re: Moral compass Posted on 12-Oct-2015 15:04:45
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I'll try to simplify this with a post in the on topic thread, since this thread is going off-topic.
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Re: Moral compass Posted on 18-Oct-2015 12:43:16
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https://www.facebook.com/cbm.commodore
It seems from recent postings, that Commodore Smartphone has shipped. Can anyone confirm?
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Re: Moral compass Posted on 18-Oct-2015 13:21:41
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Re: Moral compass Posted on 18-Oct-2015 13:28:56
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Thank you.
Yes we're looking at all the postings and articles and translating.
Can you say whether they shipped with the Roms?
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Re: Moral compass Posted on 18-Oct-2015 13:33:41
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you mean Aros Roms? |
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Re: Moral compass Posted on 18-Oct-2015 13:51:50
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As previously stated, the Commodore Pet provides AROS ROMs only, for A500/A1200 emulation. |
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Re: Commodore PET Android 5 Smartphone by CBM Ltd. London Posted on 18-Oct-2015 14:02:24
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As previously stated, the Commodore Pet provides AROS ROMs only, for A500/A1200 emulation. |
Understood.
Will Amibyte be listing the product again once any prior concerns they might have had are satisfactorily addressed?
Will there be something regarding the status change to "shipping", in print soon in english? I assume so, since you have a lot of prior coverage to "correct".
Edit:changed topic back to "Commodore PET Android 5 Smartphone by CBM Ltd. London" from mcb's last topic change to "moral compass"
#6Last edited by number6 on 18-Oct-2015 at 02:18 PM.
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Re: Moral compass Posted on 18-Oct-2015 15:23:50
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As previously stated, the Commodore Pet provides AROS ROMs only, for A500/A1200 emulation.
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So there's no emulation of CBM 8bit computers? |
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Re: Moral compass Posted on 18-Oct-2015 15:41:21
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paolone wrote: @number6
As previously stated, the Commodore Pet provides AROS ROMs only, for A500/A1200 emulation. |
have you evaluated how usable is aros rom in order to provide satisfactory amiga gaming experience, because this is what general public presumably associates with what amiga was good for. i doubt people want to run amiga or aros productivity apps on phones. how is the input solved? winuae is not usable with touch controls on my surface, i need to use mouse and keyboard. and if aros rom is expected to be replaced with actualy amiga rom by the user, why to include it in first place?
from my perspective if starting such project some work should be invested first into aros rom to improve compatibility and complete the missing features. if this device is advertised as amiga compatible, even if by means of emulation, that is. |
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Re: Moral compass Posted on 23-Oct-2015 12:23:53
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Sorry to repeat something of which you are obviously completely aware...
https://www.commodore-pet.com/opposition-from-choldings-bv/
is leaving an impression on anyone who views this as contrary to anything you or Massimo might say about the serious nature of your endeavor.
I also find it a bit "pot kettle black" for Massimo and others to make remarks about the appearance of the Commodore Holdings B.V. website, when your own website is in such disrepair.
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Re: Moral compass Posted on 23-Oct-2015 12:29:51
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have you ever looked at the other page of that company that is claiming to own "Commodore"? Last news from 2013 and links do not work... I do not understand why you are so active there |
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Re: Moral compass Posted on 24-Oct-2015 2:11:45
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That news is filled with adds for various drugs to keep future customers happy I guess 
AROS Roms are more than good enough because not every single Amiga game can be shipped (permission of owner needed) and apart from that people screaming "scam! scam!" don't really help company trying to establish itself lol.
Same thing happened before (CUSA ahem) and they were blessed with paper license from the righteous owners of everything Commodore at the time.
I'd like to see someone using this phone in youtube video (somebody who ordered one if possible) before I decide if I like it.
What was that about topic change ??? |
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CBM Pet smartphone Posted on 25-Oct-2015 11:14:10
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Everything related to the use of our trademark has obviouly been evaluated, and is still followed, by our lawyers. And when I say 'our trademark' I mean the one we - as CBM Ltd - registered on march. C=Holdings BV could make an opposition to the OHIM like anyone else could, however this does not mean that the same opposition has been accepted or became effective. CBM is fully operational.
About our website, yeah, we know, it sucks. That's why we are rebuilding it from scratch, piece after piece. Works on it will become visible in the next days, for now we are more focused in shipping the phones to everyone has bought one.
About AROS ROMs and emulation in general: we believe AROS ROMs are perfectly suitable and crafted enough for the compatibility degree we are aiming to. For much unpleasant it can sound, the PET is not a "tailored to old games and nostalgia" device, but it's a mid-level smartphone aimed at replacing your current, average mid-to-high-level smartphone in everydays job. Whoever wants a "perfect" emulation with classic Commodore ROMs, can always buy them from Cloanto, at the Google Play Store. We will obviously still follow AROS developments and we will make improvements avaliable to PET users as well. |
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blizz1220
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Re: CBM Pet smartphone Posted on 25-Oct-2015 11:21:55
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Thanks for clarification and good luck , I might need new android soon and I like battery design.I wouldn't expect it to be anything other then phone but when company started I was curious what was it about.Hope opposition procedure ends and puts end to all rumors running around.
Making Paypal work for me will be more troublesome , I might just wait when near by country gets them.
Wish you lots of sales.
EDIT : I have ***** Commodore Roms already ! I'll start a blog about the fact that people who own real Amigas HAVE LEGAL RIGHT to get those from wherever at my own responsibility ! Last edited by blizz1220 on 25-Oct-2015 at 11:24 AM.
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Re: CBM Pet smartphone Posted on 31-Oct-2015 11:39:49
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About our website, yeah, we know, it sucks. That's why we are rebuilding it from scratch, piece after piece. Works on it will become visible in the next days, for now we are more focused in shipping the phones to everyone has bought one. |
mkay. I see the pages have been reworked:
http://commodoresmart.com/
Also an article yesterday making a favorable comparison:
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The only currently available phone matching the PET is the LG Electronics G4 Dual-SIM but that starts at 500 Euro. That's a lot more than the 368 Euro CBM wants. |
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And a link back to the new FAQ:
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Q: I've bought a phone from the Commodore E-shop, how long does it take for the device shipping? A: Commodore PET shipping for orders from the e-shop now takes 10 working days. We want to thank you everyone that have had to wait for the first PET delivery after the long pre-order phase. We have launched PET pre-orders on mid summer 2015 and now we can announce that the first delivery phase has been planning to be finished in October 2015 because of the huge and unexpected amount of orders. Commodore PET is now in stock and it can be in yours in 10 working days. |
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Re: CBM Pet smartphone Posted on 31-Oct-2015 12:04:23
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Now delivery time is 15 working days... |
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Re: CBM Pet smartphone Posted on 26-Mar-2017 15:55:44
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Re: CBM Pet smartphone Posted on 26-Mar-2017 16:28:08
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Another instance of C=Holdings B.V. defending trademark via the mail to Dallas Moore.
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Once again the posting is merely to point out that C=Holdings B.V. was again defending their trademark(s) in a period stated to be 2 years after they sold same to Polabe.
In addition the following website still shows the information indicating the result of the court.
http://www.commodorecorp.com/
Note the email address is exactly the same as the email address supplied in the info about Polabe, supplied on the Individual Computers website. It is also mentioned on that site that the company is in Luxembourg, whereas:
https://opencorporates.com/companies/be/0553801902
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Jurisdiction - Belgium Branch - Branch of Netherlands company Registered Address - San Barbola 260 - Aruba |
In addition this seems to show some useful info: http://commodorecorp.com.w3lookup.net/
Polabe and "brand" is mentioned on the WIPO site for Global Brand Database. Unfortunately this is not a postable link (for me), so you have to visit the site.
Posting of all the above is simply in response to lack of any information on other sites and questions I've read asking about the new "owners". Clarification from Commodore greatly encouraged.
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Re: CBM Pet smartphone Posted on 26-Mar-2017 17:57:18
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welcome back. great to see your return!
what actually happened with the 'commodore'-branded phone, anyway? did it ever ship to customers? was there anything different than the chinese reference phone on which it was based to make it unique? is paolo still involved with those guys?
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