On Monday 21 April 2008 08:54:15 Shawn Rutledge wrote: > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 3:10 AM, Stefano Cavallari > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Then you just provide some module to access the chosen network, like a > > SDIO card (probably with a big external part like most wifi ones). > > I was thinking of a beast like a bluetooth UMTS dongle. There are > > already USB > > I used to think like that too. Maybe it's a good idea. It would > certainly be way better for the environment. However, it costs more > in several ways (engineering, components and space) to make it > modular, and for the idea to make sense you are relying on a couple of > things: that the handheld will satisfy you for such a long time (10 > years maybe), and that it will make sense to continue to build modules > with whatever interface you chose at the beginning (considering that > the minimum-sized module you can build at the beginning will be > looking excessively big in a few years). I wasn't going that far in building the device 100% modular despite it would be cool. I was talking about just the UMTS/GSM part as it uses different frequencies in different regions, and it's not deployed everywhere. > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
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