This is all very interesting (and sad, of course). 2008/12/22 The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com>: > less than 1/3 the cost. as best i know anyone selling pre-made "3g modules" so > you dont have to set up your own production is charging in the range of > $100-$300 per module (depending who you go to and the volume you buy). this is > where someone developed the module (did what nokia/apple etc. do) and now > re-sell their work. 1-offs i have seen for sale for $250 or so for a 3g > module. > buy in bulk and you get a discount of course (thus the $100-$300 range). and > the > fewer suppliers in between the better.
The Telit UC864-G mentioned on the MokoForesight page is a global 3.5G module with built-in GPS. I don't know of it's actual suitability for OM. http://www.telit.com/en/products/umts-hsdpa.php?p_id=14&p_ac=show&p=14 This company, Round Solutions, sells it: http://www.roundsolutions.com/uc864.htm And they have a price list: http://www.roundsolutions.com/pdf/Price-Modules-GSM.pdf Which lists it at €145 for 100-500 quantity. That is around US $200. Clearly very expensive. But the quantity we are talking about Openmoko buying is at least an order of magnitude larger, so I wonder how much below $200 the module could be bought. And it does integrate the GPS chip (a small saving there though). Anyway, I thought some people might be interested in a solid example with pricing. It is costly, that is for sure. I'd still be interested to see how much the UC864-G costs when buying in bulk of 10K. Can anyone else find figures for this? _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community