Hi Nikolaus, I would prefer pre orders to finance the next FR. and with a discount for the pre-order i think it is possible to raise the money for the development. lets say 400 Euro with pre-order and 500 euro without pre ordering?
I might be one of the people who will preorder. ( or just buy a 50 euro nokia... :-) ) Kind regards, Ed On 08/13/2010 07:18 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >> > Am 13.08.2010 um 12:35 schrieb Neil Brown: > > >> On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:22:02 +0200 >> "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <h...@computer.org> wrote: >> >> >>> Am 12.08.2010 um 14:12 schrieb RANJAN: >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> When is the next and more powerful openmoko (capable of seamless 3D video >>>> and faster processor) is going to be released??? >>>> >>> Assume, you could get a motherboard upgrade board that fits into the >>> Freerunner (or Neo1973) case. Based on the TI OMAP3 SoC (OMAP3530 or >>> DM3730) and UMTS. >>> >>> Let me ask two questions to everybody: >>> * How long could you be willing to wait for it to really become available? >>> * How much would you think you could afford to pay for such a board? >>> >>> >> Is there a serious possibility of this? >> > I wasn't open enough, intentionally :) Yes, there is a serious possibility. > > The Openmoko Beagle Hybrid Board is a first step for those who want to be > early participants of this new era. > > In addition, we (a small project team in Munich, Germany) have mostly > finished our homework (i.e. doing prototypes and experiments like the OM > Beagle Hybrid, doing PCB layout) to be sure that it *can* be done. Really > building such boards will still cost a significant amount of money (for > paying components, professional PCB manufacturing and SMD soldering) and time > (therefore: my question how long you would wait). > > >> I'm willing to wait a couple of years at least. And the 500 Euro number that >> > It will definitively not take several years. > > >> people are throwing around seems OK. >> > To finance the next phase, we are thinking about asking for donations or to > hold an auction for the first 5 or 10 prototype units. What would you think > of such an approach? > > >> Would this be re-using the case, display and touch screen and replacing >> everything else? >> > Yes, that is the idea. More information (e.g. complete feature list) and > openness (as suggested by arne anka) is to come soon. Please watch out for > announcements in the next couple of weeks... > > Nikolaus > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
