On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:05:06 +0800 "W.Kenworthy" <[email protected]> said:
> On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 11:10 +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:35:58 +0100 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[email protected]> > > said: > > > > > On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 06:13:36PM +0100, Justyn Butler wrote: > > > > 2009/4/2 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[email protected]>: > ... > > 3g can be done - just like the 2g on feeerunner - you will talk to a closed > > blob via a defined protocol. just like any chip anywhere. no less free than > > gta02 in that way. BUT yes - you'll pay an extra $200. > > > Repeating a suggestion someone made months ago - place the gsm chipset > on a (mini) daughterboard and have a cheap option (calypso) and a 3G > option for those who want to pay for it. Downside is more room inside > the case is likely needed, and extra costs. > > Taken further, from a hobyist point of view, having all major systems > (GSM, GPS, WiFi, ...) pluggable would be a great idea ... > > Dream on ... sure. this also makes it more expensive to produce, larger and more likely to fail. (phones get abused badly - dropped and so on. anything that is plugged will have a big chance of coming loose in these events). if you are willing to accept a phone more the size of an n800 (no longer fits nicely in a pocket)... t might be doable... -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
