Sounds like Neo900 on steroids. Or Purism: the Phone. Which is awesome. > Just so you know, I have little interest in a low price. I'm interested in > building a cell comm device that kicks ass, is secure and users > control/modify it as they like.
Just wanted to ask what (estimated) price we are talking about. There is a certain threshold that no hardware can justify. For me the maximum price I can afford to spend on such phone is around 1200-1300 €. On Mon Jan 4 01:56:53 2016 GMT+0300, James wrote: > Kero <openphoenux@...> writes: > > > > > >> So what is your desired feature list? (processor, ram, flash, > peripherals?) > > > Well, these replies do tell this commmunity is alive and desires some new > toys to get excited about. So, if I may be bold, how does this sound to > satisfy what I have parsed from the previous posts ??? > > Hardware:: > multicore arm64, maui gpu, 4 gig of ram, micro-usb & usb3, wifi , audio i/0, > Bluetooth, 5" touch screen, sim card socket, camera, gps, temp > > > Software:: > hardened linux kernel [1], embedded gentoo linux os, lxqt, (this is what I'd > do). Openrc (no systemd). SeLinux [2]. Fully encrypted device. > > > As a gentoo device, it's pretty straight forward to install whatever > software your want from portage, within the constraints of the resources. > Just so you know, I have little interest in a low price. I'm interested in > building a cell comm device that kicks ass, is secure and users > control/modify it as they like. Have troubles with the stack, hire somebody > or create what you want in the open. BSD style licenses as much as possible, > i.e. entrepreneurs are most welcome! > > I'm interested in expanding the Rf interface capabilities (ham, CB etc) > so that is still floating on the exact details. That may be an add on board > that 'clips on the back; decided once I get the final list of hardware to > support. > > > What I need is a consensus. A rally cry, so I can go into board meetings > with several semiconductor firms and pitch a revolutionary device for the > secure entrepreneur to prosper. I am influential and have a long history of > squeezing (chip) vendors:: so no worries on how to get this done. Besides, > the current cell phone sales have stalled because nobody is building > anything that excites folks. I have zero interest in building a sub $300 > cell phone, that is an exercise in futility, imho. I'm more interested in > the 'big cannon' cell phone that folks will pay for to get one and become > excited about writing and hacking software for it. Somebody else can focus > on the low end (sorry if this offends anyone). Codes that invoke lincense > issue will become user installable, via the gentoo package management system > known as portage [3] > > So what did I miss on the hardware and software? (please leave emotion, > guilt and other such issues out of the discussion) I just what input on the > killer cell phone package (hardware and software) that folks want (like > SElinux on an embedded linux cell device). > > > [1] https://grsecurity.net/ > > [2] http://selinuxproject.org > > [3] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Portage > > > James > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/community > http://www.openphoenux.org > -- Sent from my Jolla _______________________________________________ Community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/community http://www.openphoenux.org
