kudos! 2010/5/11 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <h...@computer.org>
> > Am 11.05.2010 um 17:50 schrieb Michael Trimarchi: > > > Hi, > > > > RANJAN wrote: > >> A really good idea.Looking forward to its release. > >> > >> R.Sriranjan > >> > >> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller > >> <h...@computer.org>wrote: > >> > >> > > I don't know why it's usefull, sorry for the question. If you can > > give me a board that replace > > the gta02 board and I can reuse battery and display and keyboard, > > that's can be great but other type > > of solution change openmoko on a developement board > > You are completely right in your expectation that we share. We would > be happier if we could offer a motherboard replacement for the > Freerunner. With OMAP and UMTS. But as Werner has already found out in > the GTA02-core project this is still very far from becoming reality. > The complexity is balancing circuit design with availability and cost > of chips, and pcb layout with production processes. > > Nevertheless, the great open source mobile phone software developed by > this community (SHR, QtMoko, FSO etc.) needs to have modern open and > documented hardware to keep pace with pretededly-open platforms like > iPhone, WebOS, etc. Therefore, this Openmoko Beagle Hybrid board gives > us a tool to develop mobile applications with state of the art > performance (except form factor). > > We, a small team of hardware developers, will continue to work on > integrating everything better - but this is a long way to go. I am > sure we will finally succeed because we have decided to do so, but I > don't know when. > > So it is better to have something suboptimal than nothing... > > Nikolaus > > > > > Michael > >>> There is now a new Wiki page for the project: > >>> > >>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_Beagle_Hybrid > >>> > >>> I have received some questions why we did not put all this into a > >>> nice > >>> design. The main reason is that we can't redesign the Beagleboard > >>> (it > >>> has fixed dimensions) and we can't afford to build plastic injection > >>> moulds (if someone has an idea how to reduce cost this is very > >>> welcome). So the easiest solution was to combine what we have: a > >>> given > >>> Beagleboard and the Freerunner case. > >>> > >>> Other questions were what one could do with this. Here some ideas > >>> (not > >>> assuming it is complete - you may have more and it is a platform for > >>> your creativity): > >>> > >>> • experimenting with touchscreen and new user interfaces on > >>> Beagleboard > >>> • learn how the OMAP3530 CPU works > >>> • make it a truly open mobile application development > >>> platform by > >>> adding a battery pack and a UMTS usb stick > >>> • investigate how an Openmoko with UMTS and OMAP3530 feels > >>> (not from > >>> haptics but screen operation and UMTS speed) > >>> • porting SHR, QtMoko, Android, etc. to ARM-Cortex A8 > >>> > >>> And here some feature list: > >>> > >>> • PCB that fits into Freerunner case (top cover and middle > >>> part > >>> after > >>> cutting a hole) > >>> • works also without such a case (except speakers and earset) > >>> • Toppoly LCM interface (same display as used in the > >>> Freerunner - > >>> otherwise it would not fit into the case) > >>> • TSC2007 touch screen controller > >>> • Microphone > >>> • Earset and Speaker connector (for those sitting in the > >>> Freerunner > >>> case) > >>> • 2 buttons (AUX and Power) > >>> • 2 dual color LEDs (in the AUX and Power buttons) > >>> • vibracall driver > >>> • headset jack to connect microphone, earset and speaker > >>> > >>> For the software, we have to rearrange the code on our server a > >>> little > >>> and then it will be made public. > >>> > >>> Finally, here you can do preorders: > >>> > >>> http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=Openmoko%20Beagle > >>> > >>> Nikolaus > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> gta02-core mailing list > >>> gta02-c...@lists.openmoko.org > >>> https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/gta02-core > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gta02-core mailing list > >> gta02-c...@lists.openmoko.org > >> https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/gta02-core > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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