On Tuesday 03 July 2007 19:58:10 Tim Newsom wrote:
Or how about this... Cases from recycled materials..
Neo1973.. Free your phone, open your horizons, save the world...
Good for you, great for the environment.
Swiss PET recycling organization currently has a campaign like that: Don't
throw
First they wil lthink that it's a rip-off of the iPod customisation.
Then they will think that it's not useful, not functional, only thrown-away
money.
Then they will see how cool it looks at their buddy's neo, and will buy one
for themselves ;)
On 7/3/07, Tim Newsom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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cool idea! I want to have one with the GNU logo on the back. :)
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On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 16:52 +0200, ramsesoriginal wrote:
First they wil lthink that it's a rip-off of the iPod customisation.
Then they will think that it's not useful, not functional, only
thrown-away money.
Then they will see how cool it looks at their buddy's neo, and will
buy one for
Hans van der Merwe schrieb:
On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 16:52 +0200, ramsesoriginal wrote:
Some of the guys here at work (actually most of them) seem to hate the
rounded sides/corners of the phone - any plans maybe on making it
rectangular?
ps. Im an engineer - I dont care what it looks like
On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 8:59, no_use wrote:
these are exactly the reactions i got from my friends.. specially as
the
mainbord seems rectangular, i wouldn't like to see it with this rounded
top and bottom..
..and all i want is 3G.. :(
So add case design ideas to the wiki where previously noted.
Hi,
On 7/3/07, Ben Burdette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Case modding for phones, cool.
Maybe we should have like transparent (see-through) casing. Why do
we need closed cases for open hardware and software?
SK
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Shakthi Kannan
http://www.shakthimaan.com
Maybe we should have like transparent (see-through) casing.
Ah, but transparent plastic is always more brittle than coloured plastics... I
would hate my Neo cracking as easily as a CD case...
On Tuesday 03 July 2007 11:35:57 Shakthi Kannan wrote:
Hi,
On 7/3/07, Ben Burdette [EMAIL
I've been designing cases for the homebrew mobile club, posting the design
files on the wiki and producing them on a 3D printer.
http://www.hbmobile.org/wiki/index.php?title=Portrait_oriented_case
I can get these individually made for $40 or so each at
http://www.techshop.ws
a custom case for
There are several types of clear plastic which could be used to fulfill
this idea.. Both as plastic injection and liquid casting material.
--Tim
On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 9:50, Shakthi Kannan wrote:
Hi,
On 7/3/07, Ben Burdette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Case modding for phones, cool.
Maybe we
That's not necessarily true.. Look at plastic bottles.
Clear soda bottles are fairly strong and not nearly as brittle as some
other clear plastics. Plus, that plastic is useful as injection
material.
Plus, if it were cheap enough to get new cases, most people would not
care if they dropped
Clear soda bottles are fairly strong and not nearly as brittle as some
other clear plastics.
True enough, and i stand corrected. Their flexibility may even be a benefit --
i drop my current phone often enough and it survives; i would hope for
something similar on my Neo when I get it.
Oh... but doesn't PETN have some issues with long-term durability
when exposed to UV?
On Jul 3, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Jeffrey Thomas wrote:
Clear soda bottles are fairly strong and not nearly as brittle as
some
other clear plastics.
True enough, and i stand corrected. Their flexibility may
I would be very interested in a tamper-proof case with separate
branding. For phones given to low-wage employees and/or teenagers, this
is a requirement (tamper proof meaning seals would have to be broken to
open the case). Etching on the back of the case would include
reward/delivery
If you're exposing your phone to that much UV you'll probably have problems
with other components before the case. PET transparent enough to UV that it's
the bottle of choice for solar water disinfection.
http://www.sodis.ch/Text2002/T-Howdoesitwork.htm
On Tuesday 03 July 2007 19:48, Matthew
Also.. to follow up on what Adrian recently said.. The tech shop also
has a CNC milling machine. I'm no expert, but I believe that the idea
is that you put a CAD file in one side and take out a completed part
out the other. So... if you have the CAD files for a case, you could
feed them
Yup. And as Tim points out, if the case only lasts a year, recycle it
and get a new one.
On Jul 3, 2007, at 12:35 PM, Al Johnson wrote:
If you're exposing your phone to that much UV you'll probably have
problems
with other components before the case. PET transparent enough to UV
that it's
But there's another way to think about this...
I think if you ran these numbers past a business person in the states
they would have all sorts of problems. You're talking about a fair
amount of investment for not all that much return. I mean if we
knew the Neo was going to sell as many
So... the question is...
a) is it possible to convince Nathan or Gordon to sell these
things through their websites for $65 - $147?
I can sell it through my website: http://www.handheld-linux.com
although I currently focus on the European markets only (due to tax
and duty complexity).
Is it legal to sell these cases? The design may be based in no small
part on work done by FIC, who will not be impressed by us stamping on
their IP. We don't want to take the piss - they are helping us a lot.
Making a few one-offs for ourselves, with no profit is ok, but as soon
as we start
On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 12:56, Matthew S. Hamrick wrote:
Also.. to follow up on what Adrian recently said.. The tech shop also
has a CNC milling machine. I'm no expert, but I believe that the idea
is that you put a CAD file in one side and take out a completed part
out the other. So... if you
Note...
I did ask about permission and we were told to wait on discussing with
official personel till phase 2 of the phone. So scanning the actual
case and building a knockoff would (in my opinion and until I am
corrected by FIC / Sean or other person with some authority) be a
violation of
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