"Most of these boards have export restrictions for 3rd world countries and getting a clearance is beyond individual or group thing .... needs more force :)"
Well... if you talk about "India" as the third world country... (Where I assume the original requester, Pavan Kandepet is from...) the above statement doesn’t seem to hold true. Rajastan based IDA systems is a distributor for beagleboards and you could buy it from them without any customs or security clearance... http://www.idasystems.net this their website. http://www.idasystems.net/beagle_board Personally I would prefer beagle board, because it is cheap, flexible and more importantly is a true-blue development platform with lot of expandability. Jeevan On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Shaz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Sun, 3 Jan 2010, topon topaz wrote: > > > >> Hi Pavan, > >> you can give a look at the OpenMoko FreeRunner. It's a Linux phone > powered > >> by a Samsung S3C2442 ARM CPU. > >> It has USB, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, SD card, touchscreen and it's a > great > >> tool for investigating how Linux kernel work. They supply also a debug > board > >> for debugging or flashing the boot-loader or OS. You can try several > >> distribution on it: OpenMoko, Debian, QT, Android... > >> Don't expect to use it as a regular phone because software is not as > stable > >> as you might expect, but for experimenting its amazing. > >> All software and hardware is open. That means you can easily get the > >> schematics or data-sheet from Internet > >> I've bought it at the price of 260 Euro (included debug board and > delivery > >> fee). > >> Regards > >> Luca > > > > if you just want a dev board to get started, why not go with a > > beagleboard? > > > > http://beagleboard.org/ > > Most of these boards have export restrictions for 3rd world countries > and getting a clearance is beyond individual or group thing .... needs > more force :) > > I have been using OpenMoko as my favorite, while some friends also use > developer version of HTC Dream for Android. OpenMoko is more then > enough for starters and can do most of what the board does, while > beagle boards are more professional things for people who would > experiment more on the hardware side or would like more power and > utility for development. > > -- > Shaz > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > >
