Hi, Am 04.07.2012 um 05:06 schrieb Alishams Hassam:
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEzMjI If you > missed it. Sadly he doesn't make much constructive criticism; he thanks for the link! > bashes the specs but it's not as if much can be done about that now. There is a typical misunderstanding with the specs. The most worrying statement I found was: " for hardware that's slower than a $100 iPhone. " I never did see a $100 iPhone (even on eBay and then it is broken)... And a 1.5 GHz Dual Core Cortex A9 isn't necessarily much faster than a 800 MHz Cortex A8. Depends a lot on software, sd card/memory bandwidth and UMTS data rate. This also forgets that all such portable systems are not steadily running at the highest clock speeds. To save energy. I.e. it is a comparison of the peak CPU performance which is not at all necessary for reading a SMS or looking up a contact. Or watching the locked state :) And we never intended to compete with the tier one hardware - because we still have to learn building such devices and aren't able to purchase the latest chips before they are announced... As soon as we can, there will be a more hyped CPU and LTE... > He does mention some good things such as where it is manufactured, > being able to run debian/shr/qtmoko... and in his defense, I can't > think of too many more good points. > > Maybe we can put up a 'feature list' of good points that reporters > like him can use when writing articles on the GTA04. Please add them > to > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Marketing_GTA04#Good_reasons_to_purchase_a_GTA04 > or reply to this thread and I will add them to the page at the end of > the week. To get the ball rolling I have: > > * Run qtmoko, SHR, Debian fully supported > * Made in Germany under proper working conditions. some more material: * fully documented schematics * fully open bootloader, kernel - no secrets, no overprotection * replaceable battery * 3D CAD data available to design and 3D print your own case * FM receiver/transmitter option with RDS (that is rare) * complete set of sensors (barometer, compass, accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS) * B2B connector to use it as a System on Module * very high display resolution (282 ppi) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_displays_by_pixel_density] * ... and a friendly community allowing for direct discussions with the core developers (ask for that for an iPhone or Samsung :) Nikolaus _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community