Christopher Friedt wrote: > I'd really like to get involved > with designing a _good_ handset from the ground up, if only there was > some sort of monetary incentive. > > I really think OM needs to buckle down if they're going to be > releasing a new model based on Samsung's 6410, and I mean including a > UI that makes a statement relative to the market. Really, having a 3G > modem is almost standard these days. I would suggest just using the > same chip 'everyone' else is using, which is the msm7200a, but it's > not very open in spite of the good linux driver support and being > packed with so many goodies on the inside. Aside from that, there's > good ol' omap, but TI got rid of all of the baseband silicon from > their chips a while ago.
Reading between the lines, it sounds like you want to walk on the Dark (Rf) side? Take a look here, if you really want to get into controlling the Rf side of things..... http://www.ettus.com/ http://gnuradio.org/trac PS, If you are going along this path, I'd stick with a mainstream uP and add peripherals as needed, or a FPGA design. IC companies get lots of unseen pressure from governments and corporations, when there sexi little SOC become available in great detail to the masses, particularly those of a linux persuasion, in my experiences.... caveat emptor! hth, James
