Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-03 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, Am 03.10.2013 um 05:15 schrieb Stefan Monnier: Production problems show almost immediately, even if there is only one person. And they show after making let's say 20 units. As you know, that has not been the experience with the GTA02, where audio quality output (works fine for

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-03 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Thu 03 October 2013 08:56:43 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: I know. But I'm not talking about swapping the actual CPU or the actual display. I'm talking about swapping the CPU module or the display module. I.e. create a standardized module interface around off-the-shelf (i.e.

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-03 Thread Bob Ham
On Wed, 2013-10-02 at 23:15 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: It would have its own cost (in money and in size), but in the long run, I hope the benefits of relying on standardized interfaces would make up for it. From what I can tell, Free Hardware projects don't benefit nearly enough from

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-03 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 03.10.2013 um 20:09 schrieb Bob Ham: On Wed, 2013-10-02 at 23:15 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: It would have its own cost (in money and in size), but in the long run, I hope the benefits of relying on standardized interfaces would make up for it. From what I can tell, Free Hardware