Hi, this teasing blog post[0] inspired the following idea. If have no idea what this thing on the picture will really be but it could be a mainboard that fits into the case of a freerunner.
The Samsung CPU in the Freerunner is for ARM what a 386 is for x86 architecture. Even the old N770 had a better CPU. We all know that at the time the Freerunner was designed no better chip was available under the conditions OM would want them: Freedom and all. :) However nowadays things have changed a bit and there are also some 'bugs' in the current Freerunner design (Glamo *cough*) which limit the Freerunner's performance. Now would'nt it be cool if you could buy a new mainboard containing an up-to-date armv6/armv7-based CPU, that fits into the Freerunner case and can be connected to the peripherals that are already there (display, GSM antenna, buttons, ...). With the case and hardware specs being available for anyone it not even neccessary that OM provides such an 'upgrade board'. It could be done by anyone with the neccessary infrastructure and knowledge. Heck even we - the community - could probably do something. Have you seen how small the Overo's[1] are? The design of a mobile phone based on existing HW by a community was even attempted earlier already[2]. Regards Robert [0] - http://www.om.vptt.ch/site/?p=663 [1] - http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=211 [2] - http://www.opencellphone.org
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