Hallo Nikolaus, --- On Tue, 12/21/10, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <h...@computer.org> wrote: > we are happy that we can make an announcement to the Free > and > Open Hardware Community, right in time for X-mas and New > Year: I am happy to read it! Congratulations!
> So we are very confident that the already scheduled > redesign > (GTA04A3) will work right from the beginning and boot > Linux. (http://download.goldelico.com/gta04/images/MOV00714.mov) It's alive!! Haha, in fact it seems quite reminiscant of a nuclear whiteout followed by a blackout (emphasized by the post-apocalyptic style of the recording appliance shown in the reflection of the screen) ;-) > -- next steps -- > In this mode, you may deduce, that you will not be able to > (...) run out of money before. I hate that too :-( > -- early adopter program -- > > Therefore, we have thought hat we offer an early adoper > program to the benefit of everybody. > > The idea is that you can order a GTA04A3 immediately. (...) > and if everything looks ok, we will produce your early > adopter devices. Only in the case that the A3 board has > another > serious flaw, we will have to design a GTA04A4 board > first. You will test two way voice communication, will you? I keep receiving complaints about echo/buzz (indeed, haven't applied fix ...) > estimate delivery of the first units by March 2011. After wetting the appetite during FOSDEM ... > (there are not all > peripherals installed but UMTS and GPS will be). It might > be possible to retrofit some of them. I am quite interested, but a bit hesitant for missing goodies. Do you have some (closer) estimate about what's missing and what which of those things are retrofittable? > And, come to FOSDEM 2011 to see and touch a GTA04 > and discuss with us about this new gadget. :-) > We wish you all merry christmas and a happy new year. Same to you and the team! Boudewijn _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
