Community update: GSM firmware, 850MHz experiment, GTA02 progress

[Adam King]

Hi Michael:

  As I mentioned in a previous email to you, I'm in a 850Mhz _only_ area - so
I can test the handset for you - though I am in Canada.  Provider is Rogers and
the area is Ottawa. Also, would there be any possibility of releasing
the changes
made to the GTA01 to make it 850Mhz compatible? Or maybe a service to
send in our GTA01 to have the modifications made (for a reasonable price)?
Thanks,

  Adam King

On Dec 9, 2007 7:01 PM, Michael Shiloh <michael at openmoko.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> GSM Firmware update:
> We've been informed that everything legal has been agreed upon by all
> parties, and all that remains is to get everything signed. Apparently
> the process of getting things signed takes a few weeks!
>
> 850MHz experiment:
> As mentioned before we're looking into offering an 850MHz variant of the
> triband GTA02.
>
> Since the GSM section is essentially the same between GTA01 and GTA02,
> we thought a good experiment would be to modify a couple GTA01 handsets
> for 850MHz and to test them out here in the USA. I just received these
> handsets on Friday and am now trying to figure out how to thoroughly
> test them. Rather than me traveling around the country, it might make
> sense to ship them to various users to test them with different
> carriers.  Please write to me if you are in an 850MHz area and are
> interested in participating.
>
> Wifi driver:
> We're making very good progress, but it's still not finished.
>
> GTA02 hardware:
> Still waiting for the Wifi driver to verify the Wifi hardware, but so
> far we're feeling quite good about this part. There are a couple of
> other things to verify, and as mentioned before we will most likely make
> another revision of the board, which will hopefully be the
> production-ready revision.
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
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