Dave Ball wrote:
> What's the yard stick for measuring against here? I.e. are we talking
> about one-off from digikey/farnell, samples direct from the
> manufacturer, or limited-run (couple of hundreds) quantities?
For the full process from R&D to mass production, you need to have
channels for
Hi Werner,
Werner Almesberger wrote:
> There are many component choices for future phones. Things to consider
> when choosing chips include:
> - are they available (to us) ?
>
What's the yard stick for measuring against here? I.e. are we talking
about one-off from digikey/farnell, samples
Laszlo KREKACS wrote:
> Is it unsuitable for a phone because of power inefficiency?
> Can be the "ARM Cortex-A8 600Mhz" used in a future phone?
There are many component choices for future phones. Things to consider
when choosing chips include:
- do they fit the intended purpose ?
- are they open
Hi,
I would love to have an open phone with OMAP processor like OpenPandora
and BeagleBoard. Both have the OMAP 3530 with 3D acceleration and DSP.
Maybe a phone doesn't need the DSP. But it is amazingly powersufficient,
IMO. The phone would be up to date from processor power, and there
should not b
On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 20:49 +, Dave Ball wrote:
> Laszlo KREKACS wrote:
> > There is also the openpandora project:
> > http://www.open-pandora.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=2&lang=en
> >
> > Is it unsuitable for a phone because of power inefficiency?
> >
Laszlo KREKACS wrote:
> There is also the openpandora project:
> http://www.open-pandora.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=2&lang=en
>
> Is it unsuitable for a phone because of power inefficiency?
> Can be the "ARM Cortex-A8 600Mhz" used in a future phone?
>
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Werner Almesberger wrote:
> The 2442 is now about five years old, and it shows all over the
> place. In an updated but similar design, unlike gta02-core suitable
> for mass-production, I would use something like the 2450, which has
> high-speed USB, 2D acceleration,
Ken Young wrote:
> My two cents: If I were dictator of the gta02-core team (instead of
> someone who doesn't even contribute), I would repurpose the device as a
> GPS PDA. I would remove all the radio components except for the WiFi,
> and try to optimize for the longest battery life possible.
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