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The present plan with the OEMs is a very simple, 4 wire bus, AT command 3/4G modem literally ripped out of the SOC after explaining it is not a race to the bottom on price but a race to the top in isolation and ability to secure. The alternative is a verifiable isolation, with verification and open boot loader at the heart of discussions.
All very experimental at this stage, but being able to change the mindset from mass production in an utterly satuarated market to a value added change is a big shift, especially where they can use old and unloved trailing edge chip IP that would otherwise be landfill.
Watch this space. Replicant needs a reliable supply chain of generic phones, think open PC white/beige box freed up from the broken carrier subsidy model now that production costs have dropped through the floor. They are operating on razor margins and looking for a niche that can grow and has profit. Privacy and control is a big selling point, so too is a new type of developer that can do more than play in a sandbox with crippleware or sell through company stores. M2M and industrial uses also loom large as a generic cellular enabled PC with an interface.
Anyone know of 4G dongles for ModemMAnager:- https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Software/ModemManager/SupportedDevices/ _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
