On 7 Jul 2008, at 04:02, Ajit Natarajan wrote: > ... > The Calypso GSM chip dates back to 2000. This is from the leaked > hardware definition manual revision history [3]. > ... > I haven't looked at the other chips. > > From the above, the GSM chip looks ancient. ... > > So, I don't understand the comments on ancient parts. What have we > compromised on by choosing these parts?
It seems to me that the Freerunner lacks only a couple of features of other more modern phones. Some people want a camera, but *shrugs* that doesn't bother me. I assume the decision to omit this was not related to the openness of the hardware, probably because the Neo was based on a previous design (which FIC undertook for someone else who subsequently abandoned their project?). I don't know why the Glamo was included. You don't mention this in your commentary. (And, again, this doesn't bother me, as I want to run email & calendaring apps on my phone, not video). Basically the big compromise was 3G. IMO it's the only thing that justifies the "ancient" claims. Stroller. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
