On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 07:18:36PM +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > > > Am 13.08.2010 um 12:35 schrieb Neil Brown: > > > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:22:02 +0200 > > "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <h...@computer.org> wrote: > > > >> > >> Am 12.08.2010 um 14:12 schrieb RANJAN: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> When is the next and more powerful openmoko (capable of seamless 3D video > >>> and faster processor) is going to be released??? > >> > >> Assume, you could get a motherboard upgrade board that fits into the > >> Freerunner (or Neo1973) case. Based on the TI OMAP3 SoC (OMAP3530 or > >> DM3730) and UMTS. > >> > >> Let me ask two questions to everybody: > >> * How long could you be willing to wait for it to really become available? > >> * How much would you think you could afford to pay for such a board? > >> > > > > Is there a serious possibility of this? > > I wasn't open enough, intentionally :) Yes, there is a serious > possibility.
Thank you! > > The Openmoko Beagle Hybrid Board is a first step for those who want to be > early participants of this new era. > > In addition, we (a small project team in Munich, Germany) have mostly > finished our homework (i.e. doing prototypes and experiments like the OM > Beagle Hybrid, doing PCB layout) to be sure that it *can* be done. Really > building such boards will still cost a significant amount of money (for > paying components, professional PCB manufacturing and SMD soldering) and time > (therefore: my question how long you would wait). > > > I'm willing to wait a couple of years at least. And the 500 Euro number > > that > > It will definitively not take several years. > > > people are throwing around seems OK. > > To finance the next phase, we are thinking about asking for donations or to > hold an auction for the first 5 or 10 prototype units. What would you think > of such an approach? I'm not keen on either (although would consider a donation). What about a pre-order? > > > Would this be re-using the case, display and touch screen and replacing > > everything else? > > Yes, that is the idea. More information (e.g. complete feature list) and > openness (as suggested by arne anka) is to come soon. Please watch out for > announcements in the next couple of weeks... > > Nikolaus > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
