GTA04 (was: Re: [WikiReader] Giving, and last chance to get?)

[Doug Jones]

@Joseph Armbruster, you should have changed the subject line to 
something more appropriate.  (I just did that.)

The [WikiReader] tag indicated that the thread relates to the 
WikiReader, a different Openmoko product, not the open source smart 
phone most people talk about here.  Some people will see that tag in the 
subject line and ignore your message.

You might also want to post your message in another list, 
gta04-owner at goldelico.com, which is more specifically targeted to the GTA04.



On 05/23/2013 02:38 PM, Joseph Armbruster wrote:
> Everyone,
>
> So I have been reading up on the GTA04 here:  http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-main/page/Manual/
>
> Has anyone on the list printed a board, purchased parts, assembled the hardware and built the software stack themselves?
>
> I am interested in doing exactly this.
>
> If you have experience with this, please contact me off of the list.
>
> Joseph Armbruster
>
>
> On May 23, 2013, at 5:19 PM, Doug Jones wrote:
>
>> I just got an email from Sean recommending this:
>>
>> http://igg.me/at/wikireaders4kids/x/3095893
>>
>> It's a non-profit campaign to give WikiReaders to thousands of kids. Sean is supporting the project, and is helping the organizers to get the best possible purchase price.
>>
>> I am signing up too.  Very laudable goals.
>>
>> But reading between the lines, this looks like it may represent the end-of-life for this excellent OpenMoko device.  If the hardware manufacturer has 10,000 units in overstock, of a product that was released years ago, then they may not be interested in ever making any more of these.  And if the wikireaders4kids campaign succeeds, all existing stock may vanish from the marketplace.
>>
>> So this may be your last opportunity to buy a WikiReader (although I expect used ones may be available for a long time).  You can get them by pledging to that campaign, or for $14.99 on Amazon, or other places as mentioned at the bottom of this page:
>>
>> http://www.thewikireader.com/
>>
>> I also see that new content has recently become available for the WikiReader:
>>
>> http://thewikireader.com/languagepacks.php
>>
>> I see that the codebase is still being actively updated:
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>> https://github.com/wikireader/wikireader
>>
>> I think it would be a shame if this beautiful machine really does go out of manufacture, never to be updated again.  Wouldn't it be great if this design could be released as open hardware...
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