Ron, > --Carlos' SIE project? (formerly Swiss Army Knife Card)
Both David and me are sold out, not sure when they will become available again. > -- Werner's XBee 802.15.4 radio for Nanonote & matching USB dongle for > the PC. (Beta in 2Q 2011?) XBee? It's about 802.15.4 and 6LoWPAN. Werner seems to be making headway on the antenna side, but it's tough. Maybe we can make a small run in about a month or so. There's a lot more work to be done there, but our focus is on the process and that's shaping up. > -- Given current sales rate, it would seem that by > early 2012 Sharism may exhaust the 2nd batch of > 1,000 Ben Nanonote. Let's hope it's faster, Ben NanoNote will stay in stock and can be ordered in any quantity. More important is that we owe our existing users updates, updates, and even more updates, and with some luck and good community vibes, we will make good on that :-) > Do you think a follow-on in the Nanonote form factor and general > architecture will make sense? Yes. My NanoNote is slowly but surely gaining more functionality. Real portability with ca. 125g is very important. > newer version of Ingenic SOC I am so excited about Milkymist right now, if you ask me about the Ya NanoNote I would say let's skip 4760 and go straight to a Milkymist CPU :-) We see... > Instead, maybe apply copyleft philosophy and Sharisim business model > and logistics expertise to opening > a different small computer platform? An existing proven mobile phone > with touch screen? If 'opening a platform' means helping someone sell their proprietary technology by doing free development for them, no, I will not do that. We are building the free platform ourselves, so the bits and pieces you will find in future products are the ones being developed in the Qi universe right now... Thanks for asking, Cheers, Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
