Am Do 12. Juni 2008 schrieb Ron K. Jeffries: > I am the one who predicted GTA03 in December 2008 > here's my reasoning for targeting that date. > > as an aside, I think December is the > LATEST date GTA03 will see the light of day. > With the modest changes being made in GTA03, > it would almost be irrelevant if delayed past then. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > GTA03 is a fairly small re-spin of GTA02. > They are not doing anything very risky. > > The biggest change is a new GSM radio that > supports EDGE, which is much faster > than GPRS that GTA02 has.
Well the old modem chipset is very... uncomfortable to cope with (FW etc), and it's EOL I heard. Anyway the hw-changes aren't this big for the rest of the circuit, to handle a new GSM-module. After all it's a module ;-) > > second, the Glamo graphics chip added to GTA02 > (not in GTA01) was a disaster, pure and simple. > so it will be ripped out. GTA01 is working without, so it seems not to be a risky adventure to kick it. > > third, the headset connector will change to 3.5 mm. > I suspect but can not prove that there will also > be improvements and cleanup in the audio circuitry. > > they are adding a camera to GTA03, which is a good thing. And looks like low risk. Simple interface. Well you never know... :-/ > > the case design will evidently be changed significantly. > > OpenMoko are NOT doing major surgery vs GTA02, > such as switching to a new processor > > CONCLUSION > for someone who is anxious to ~develop~ on Freerunner > GTA02 is THE model to buy, because time is of > the essence. > > for someone who has a reasonable alternative, > and will mainly be a Freeruner USER > rather than developer, it may or may not > make sense to wait for GTA03. > > I have ZERO repeat NO (!!)inside information, > so I may well be totally WRONG. There's nothing I can correct you, though I'm also not sure about many of the details you stated, and this is *no* verification of what you mentioned. My Motto Of The Year: plans change quickly... /jOERG
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