ancient hardware?
Stroller
linux.luser at myrealbox.com
Mon Jul 7 15:27:59 CEST 2008
On 7 Jul 2008, at 04:02, Ajit Natarajan wrote:
> ...
> The Calypso GSM chip dates back to 2000. This is from the leaked
> hardware definition manual revision history [3].
> ...
> I haven't looked at the other chips.
>
> From the above, the GSM chip looks ancient. ...
>
> So, I don't understand the comments on ancient parts. What have we
> compromised on by choosing these parts?
It seems to me that the Freerunner lacks only a couple of features of
other more modern phones.
Some people want a camera, but *shrugs* that doesn't bother me. I
assume the decision to omit this was not related to the openness of
the hardware, probably because the Neo was based on a previous design
(which FIC undertook for someone else who subsequently abandoned
their project?).
I don't know why the Glamo was included. You don't mention this in
your commentary. (And, again, this doesn't bother me, as I want to
run email & calendaring apps on my phone, not video).
Basically the big compromise was 3G. IMO it's the only thing that
justifies the "ancient" claims.
Stroller.
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