Re: Further details of theprocess as we ramp up production of Freerunner

2008-03-20 Thread Sébastien Lorquet
/me hopes a quick answer from Michael

I'm OK to rebuy a PVT prototype, even if it has a defect somewhere :)
Just to say I have one of the prototypes !

And what is climatic testing? Put a phone under a shower and measure how
long it takes to die? :)

Sebastien
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Re: Further details of theprocess as we ramp up production of Freerunner

2008-03-20 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On 3/20/08, Sébastien Lorquet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
 And what is climatic testing? Put a phone under a shower and measure how
 long it takes to die? :)

 Sebastien

Normally a burn-in test is used, where the device is in a high
temperature chamber to see if it survives. I guess the climatic
testing includes this and maybe also a cold chamber to verify that it
will not get condens damage.
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Re: Further details of theprocess as we ramp up production of Freerunner

2008-03-20 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz

Sébastien Lorquet wrote:

/me hopes a quick answer from Michael

I'm OK to rebuy a PVT prototype, even if it has a defect somewhere :)
Just to say I have one of the prototypes !


Sorry we cannot sell these devices.

Sean

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Re: Further details of theprocess as we ramp up production of Freerunner

2008-03-20 Thread Alexandre Ghisoli

Le vendredi 21 mars 2008 à 00:21 +0800, Sean Moss-Pultz a écrit :
 Sébastien Lorquet wrote:
  /me hopes a quick answer from Michael
  
  I'm OK to rebuy a PVT prototype, even if it has a defect somewhere :)
  Just to say I have one of the prototypes !
 
 Sorry we cannot sell these devices.
 
 Sean

Maybe you can give it ;)
Sorry for the list noise, could not resist.

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Re: Further details of theprocess as we ramp up production of Freerunner

2008-03-20 Thread ian douglas

Shawn wrote:
Do you need people to physically test the phones that are being run on 
this process? (:


The best way for them to test the devices are created uniformly is to 
test them uniformly, so it's pretty much a given that a QA team at 
Openmoko will test every unit coming off the line, not the Openmoko 
Community, as bad as we'd all love to help.


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Re: Further details of theprocess as we ramp up production of Freerunner

2008-03-19 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)

Michael Shiloh wrote:

If the community would like, I will update them on each and every stage.

(I've already answered yes for all of you :-)


Ehehe... I think you couldn't say differently :).

We're all waiting for DVT news, so! :P

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Re: Further details of theprocess as we ramp up production of Freerunner

2008-03-19 Thread Carlo E. Prelz
Subject: Further details of theprocess as we ramp up production of 
Freerunner
Date: Wed 19 Mar 08 11:55:44AM -0700

Quoting Michael Shiloh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):

 The PVT runs are staggered: for example, we may build 100 phones and  
 test them, then make a minor change and build another 100, tweak again  
 and then perhaps build 200. Repeat until we verify that the product is  
 ready for true mass production.

I am just curious: what do you do with these hundreds of phones that
come out of test runs? After all due tests are performed on them,
could they be offered as a sort of lottery draw to list contributors? 
(without any warranty, at a reduced price, you name it...) Or do they
just throw them in the garbage bin?!?

(just hoping 8-)

Carlo

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Re: Further details of theprocess as we ramp up production of Freerunner

2008-03-19 Thread Tim Shannon
Yeah, the thought of seeing hundreds of Freerunners being thrown away
at the expense of the manufacturing process makes me cry a little.


On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Carlo E. Prelz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Subject: Further details of theprocess as we ramp up production of 
 Freerunner
 Date: Wed 19 Mar 08 11:55:44AM -0700


  Quoting Michael Shiloh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):

   The PVT runs are staggered: for example, we may build 100 phones and
   test them, then make a minor change and build another 100, tweak again
   and then perhaps build 200. Repeat until we verify that the product is
   ready for true mass production.

  I am just curious: what do you do with these hundreds of phones that
  come out of test runs? After all due tests are performed on them,
  could they be offered as a sort of lottery draw to list contributors?
  (without any warranty, at a reduced price, you name it...) Or do they
  just throw them in the garbage bin?!?

  (just hoping 8-)

  Carlo

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Re: Further details of theprocess as we ramp up production of Freerunner

2008-03-19 Thread David Lefty Schlesinger

Carlo E. Prelz wrote:


I am just curious: what do you do with these hundreds of phones that
come out of test runs? After all due tests are performed on them,
could they be offered as a sort of lottery draw to list contributors? 
(without any warranty, at a reduced price, you name it...) Or do they

just throw them in the garbage bin?!?


For what it's worth, it used to be--this is back in the 90s--that when 
Apple produced prototypes, EVT units, PVT units, etc., Apple was able to 
take the cost of making them (and a prototype could cost upwards of 
$50,000) as a Federal tax deduction as long as the units were destroyed. 
That's changed now, but there may be other similar issues in other 
geographies.





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