Re: The open hardware phone project that's had the most interest

2013-10-17 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Sat, 5 Oct 2013 17:19:18 +0200 joerg Reisenweber jo...@openmoko.org wrote: In the last 50 years I've seen only _one_ truly modular concept for electronic circuits that would basically meet the flexibility requirements you are asking for:

Re: The open hardware phone project that's had the most interest

2013-10-17 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 17:24:51 +0200 Raphael Wimmer raphael.wim...@ifi.lmu.de wrote: * The concept assumes that all components use a common communication backplane. This is not feasible, as a variety of voltages and communication protocols are in use in a typical phone (I2C, SPI, UART, USB,

Re: The open hardware phone project that's had the most interest

2013-10-17 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:00:07 -0400 Stefan Monnier monn...@iro.umontreal.ca wrote: And it would be bulkier and more expensive than a non-modular phone, of course. http://components.arrow.com/part/search/buglabs The main cost in doing that is the plastic of the modules. Denis.

Phonebloks gta-0x

2013-10-17 Thread Matthias Apitz
Hello, While reading a German computer magazin (c't 22/2013), I came across this: http://www.phonebloks.com/ Don't know if it makes sense for us to check if it could solve our case problem... matthias -- Matthias Apitz | /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign: www.asciiribbon.org

Re: GTA02 giveaway

2013-10-17 Thread Jeffrey Ratcliffe
On 14/10/13 20:23, Jeffrey Ratcliffe wrote: My GTA02 has been sitting around for too long without attention. Thanks for all the interest. My GTA02 now has a new home. Regards Jeff signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Openmoko

Re: Phonebloks gta-0x

2013-10-17 Thread Thor Andreassen
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 02:49:05PM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: While reading a German computer magazin (c't 22/2013), I came across this: http://www.phonebloks.com/ Don't know if it makes sense for us to check if it could solve our case problem... It was discussed on the list a couple