On Wednesday 10 January 2007 19:15, Paul Bohme wrote: One would expect some teething troubles. Fortunately they are not being handed to us with the first release. The original specs did not include bluetooth - great stuff and worth waiting for.
> Sean Moss-Pultz wrote: > > On 1/10/07 12:47 AM, "Sven Neuhaus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Something is seriously wrong if they can't present a working unit the > >> same month they were originally going to ship them. Didn't they talk > >> about shipping units to a few devs in December? > > > > I wanted to make something more formal first..but let me just say a few > > things now. > > > > We had some problems with the hardware in a revision I had hoped would be > > final. This set us back about month. So we're looking at moving the first > > phones out in February now. I can promise you there is nothing "seriously > > wrong." > > Been there. Can feel your pain, man. > > > Sure: > > > > Standard Kit: > > * 120.7 x 62 x 18.5 (mm) > > * 2.8" VGA (480x640) TFT Screen > > * Samsung s3c2410 SoC @ 266 MHz > > * Global Locate AGPS chip > > * Ti GPRS (2.5G not EDGE) > > * Unpowered USB 1.1 > > * Touchscreen > > * micro-sd slot > > * 2.5mm audio jack > > * 2 additional buttons > > * 1200 mAh battery (charged over USB) > > * 128 MB SDRAM > > * 64 MB NAND Flash > > * Bluetooth (yes bluetooth!) > > Huzzah! Color me *stoked* at this point. I was looking forward to the > phone, but the 'icing on the cake' that is bluetooth has me downright > giddy. > > I work with a couple mac-fans that were ogling the iPhone the other > day. Slick piece of equipment, that. They loaded the press page on the > Neo and the iPhone and were flipping back and forth - the funny thing is > that they want to wait six month or so after the devices go on sale, to > let Apple work out the kinks. While on the one hand I wish Jobs & co. > much success with their device, my needs will be amply filled by the Neo. > > The punch line? One of the guys at work joked about starting a pool to > bet on how soon someone will have a Linux kernel booting the iPhone.. ;-) > > > We have two more kits that will be available (in addition to the standard > > kit): A "Car Kit" and a "Hacker's Lunchbox." > > > > The latter is quite cool. I'll tell you more about it soon. > > Looking forward to that one. > > -P > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
