On Thursday 11 January 2007 19:56, Atlasz wrote: > > significantly less bulky and likely cheaper than assembling these > > components 'by hand'. As somebody mentioned, it could be in a form of > It can be done > and the components are not expensive. But it's not for everybody and > takes some time to make it working and look somehow at the same time.
Exactly, that's why I said that _assembling_ the whole stuff would be cheaper, not the components :) Not to mention the bulk/QoM factor. Only a handful of people would likely venture to do such a thing by themselves (even with part lists and PCB sketches), and while it would likely get on hw-hack-of-the-day or even slashdot, it would IMHO likely make zero impact on global OpenMoko and/or Neo1973 acceptance even among developers. That's where a hardware vendors support comes handy - as you yourself said you would consider it even if you could build it yourself (same goes for the whole OpenMoko story, it's not about the pretty high number of linux/hw hackers, who could, in theory, given enough time, make a linux powered/assisted GSM phone, but about the uncomparably lower number of people who actually DID invest their experience, time and last but not least, money, to bring this project to life). _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
