I am the one who predicted GTA03 in December 2008 here's my reasoning for targeting that date.
as an aside, I think December is the LATEST date GTA03 will see the light of day. With the modest changes being made in GTA03, it would almost be irrelevant if delayed past then. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GTA03 is a fairly small re-spin of GTA02. They are not doing anything very risky. The biggest change is a new GSM radio that supports EDGE, which is much faster than GPRS that GTA02 has. second, the Glamo graphics chip added to GTA02 (not in GTA01) was a disaster, pure and simple. so it will be ripped out. third, the headset connector will change to 3.5 mm. I suspect but can not prove that there will also be improvements and cleanup in the audio circuitry. they are adding a camera to GTA03, which is a good thing. the case design will evidently be changed significantly. OpenMoko are NOT doing major surgery vs GTA02, such as switching to a new processor CONCLUSION for someone who is anxious to ~develop~ on Freerunner GTA02 is THE model to buy, because time is of the essence. for someone who has a reasonable alternative, and will mainly be a Freeruner USER rather than developer, it may or may not make sense to wait for GTA03. I have ZERO repeat NO (!!)inside information, so I may well be totally WRONG. Ron K. Jeffries http://www.retaggr.com/Card/RonKJeffries
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