<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Am 12.08.2010 um 14:12 schrieb RANJAN:</div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Hi,<br><br>When is the next and more powerful openmoko (capable of seamless 3D video and faster processor) is going to be released???<br><br>Regards<br>Sriranjan<br></blockquote><br></div><div>I have good news to announce. We have again made progress</div><div>towards our goals.</div><div><br></div><div>The first step is that the Openmoko Beagle Hybrid [1] (which is our</div><div>experimental and development prototype of such a new Openmoko)</div><div>is now working on the BeagleBoard XM [2]. We had to find a new</div><div>solution to solder the connectors (since the BB-XM already</div><div>has some). And to do some minor software changes to U-Boot. But</div><div>now it works.</div><div><br></div><div>Here you can find some photos of the assembly process:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="http://projects.goldelico.com/p/ombeagle/page/ConnectToBeagleboardXM/">http://projects.goldelico.com/p/ombeagle/page/ConnectToBeagleboardXM/</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br></span></div><div>We now have a 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 with 3D Video behind</div><div>a Freerunner touch display!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And there is also good news for the GTA04 OMAP/UMTS upgrade</div><div>board. We have finalized the PCB layout and ordered (thanks to a</div><div>bigger donation) 10 sample boards and a SMD stencil. They will</div><div>arrive in 2-3 weeks. How it could look like is shown here (showing</div><div>a 2-layer mockup board and some of the core components):</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://download.goldelico.com/gta04/images/DSC00477.jpg"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>http://download.goldelico.com/gta04/images/DSC00477.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>Nikolaus</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1]: <a href="http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=Openmoko Beagle">http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=Openmoko%20Beagle</a></div><div> <a href="http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_Beagle_Hybrid">http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_Beagle_Hybrid</a></div><div>[2]: <a href="http://beagleboard.org/hardware-xM">http://beagleboard.org/hardware-xM</a></div></body></html>