kudos!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/5/11 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hns@computer.org">hns@computer.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Am 11.05.2010 um 17:50 schrieb Michael Trimarchi:<br>
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> Hi,<br>
><br>
> RANJAN wrote:<br>
>> A really good idea.Looking forward to its release.<br>
>><br>
>> R.Sriranjan<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:hns@computer.org">hns@computer.org</a>>wrote:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
> I don't know why it's usefull, sorry for the question. If you can<br>
> give me a board that replace<br>
> the gta02 board and I can reuse battery and display and keyboard,<br>
> that's can be great but other type<br>
> of solution change openmoko on a developement board<br>
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You are completely right in your expectation that we share. We would<br>
be happier if we could offer a motherboard replacement for the<br>
Freerunner. With OMAP and UMTS. But as Werner has already found out in<br>
the GTA02-core project this is still very far from becoming reality.<br>
The complexity is balancing circuit design with availability and cost<br>
of chips, and pcb layout with production processes.<br>
<br>
Nevertheless, the great open source mobile phone software developed by<br>
this community (SHR, QtMoko, FSO etc.) needs to have modern open and<br>
documented hardware to keep pace with pretededly-open platforms like<br>
iPhone, WebOS, etc. Therefore, this Openmoko Beagle Hybrid board gives<br>
us a tool to develop mobile applications with state of the art<br>
performance (except form factor).<br>
<br>
We, a small team of hardware developers, will continue to work on<br>
integrating everything better - but this is a long way to go. I am<br>
sure we will finally succeed because we have decided to do so, but I<br>
don't know when.<br>
<br>
So it is better to have something suboptimal than nothing...<br>
<br>
Nikolaus<br>
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><br>
> Michael<br>
>>> There is now a new Wiki page for the project:<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_Beagle_Hybrid" target="_blank">http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_Beagle_Hybrid</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> I have received some questions why we did not put all this into a<br>
>>> nice<br>
>>> design. The main reason is that we can't redesign the Beagleboard<br>
>>> (it<br>
>>> has fixed dimensions) and we can't afford to build plastic injection<br>
>>> moulds (if someone has an idea how to reduce cost this is very<br>
>>> welcome). So the easiest solution was to combine what we have: a<br>
>>> given<br>
>>> Beagleboard and the Freerunner case.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Other questions were what one could do with this. Here some ideas<br>
>>> (not<br>
>>> assuming it is complete - you may have more and it is a platform for<br>
>>> your creativity):<br>
>>><br>
>>> experimenting with touchscreen and new user interfaces on<br>
>>> Beagleboard<br>
>>> learn how the OMAP3530 CPU works<br>
>>> make it a truly open mobile application development<br>
>>> platform by<br>
>>> adding a battery pack and a UMTS usb stick<br>
>>> investigate how an Openmoko with UMTS and OMAP3530 feels<br>
>>> (not from<br>
>>> haptics but screen operation and UMTS speed)<br>
>>> porting SHR, QtMoko, Android, etc. to ARM-Cortex A8<br>
>>><br>
>>> And here some feature list:<br>
>>><br>
>>> PCB that fits into Freerunner case (top cover and middle<br>
>>> part<br>
>>> after<br>
>>> cutting a hole)<br>
>>> works also without such a case (except speakers and earset)<br>
>>> Toppoly LCM interface (same display as used in the<br>
>>> Freerunner -<br>
>>> otherwise it would not fit into the case)<br>
>>> TSC2007 touch screen controller<br>
>>> Microphone<br>
>>> Earset and Speaker connector (for those sitting in the<br>
>>> Freerunner<br>
>>> case)<br>
>>> 2 buttons (AUX and Power)<br>
>>> 2 dual color LEDs (in the AUX and Power buttons)<br>
>>> vibracall driver<br>
>>> headset jack to connect microphone, earset and speaker<br>
>>><br>
>>> For the software, we have to rearrange the code on our server a<br>
>>> little<br>
>>> and then it will be made public.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Finally, here you can do preorders:<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=Openmoko%20Beagle" target="_blank">http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=Openmoko%20Beagle</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Nikolaus<br>
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