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color=#0000ff size=2>One goal of freeing the CAD , freeing the flesh of the
phone, was to enable others to seize these opportunities.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765284216-16042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>So, the CAD files for the FreeRunner are out there, before
it has even shipped. I think this decision is</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>underappreciated.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765284216-16042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The per piece cost of plastic is small. Go price a
pound of plastic. The risk is tooling. We reduced that</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765284216-16042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>by making CAD data open.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765284216-16042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Long LONG ago, you had to pay big set up fees to Print a
document. That has come down over time.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765284216-16042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> I want to enable a world were you can print parts.
Trust me, I am not happy when I tell people</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765284216-16042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>that they cant get pink. If you want pink, you should get
pink. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765284216-16042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>That doesnt entail that I should build pink. I enable
people to make it pink by publishing CAD files.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765284216-16042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If you think pink, then I'll sell you the electronics that
go under those pink platistics</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
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[mailto:community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Neil
Davey<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:18 AM<BR><B>To:</B> List for
Openmoko community discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT
update<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From the involvement I've had with injection molding the costs of
material (ie the plastic) per piece it not very expensive, it's the mold tool
that is the expensive part.. For one project I'm involved in I think the mold
tool was something like $10KUSD.. This is a production quality (read high
quality) tool... I have heard of cheaper tools out of china I think (like a few
$K), but don't think the quality is as good..<BR><BR>Just my
2c<BR><BR>Regards<BR>Neil Davey<BR><BR>Hugo Mills wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:20080416155825.GF6784@vlad.carfax.org.uk type="cite"><PRE wrap="">On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 06:32:09PM +0200, Peter Kraker wrote:
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Someone with a knack for business should simply grab those CAD files and
start manufacturing replacement cases in gazillion different colors.
</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><PRE wrap=""><!---->
I thought the same. So I've picked an injection moulding firm more
or less at random, and asked them about the costs and processes
involved -- just to see what it would take to do.
Hugo.
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