When is the next and more powerful openmoko releasing

Tue Aug 17 10:26:21 CEST 2010

I might be the other person who likes the bezel. It's a little too close to the screen, but it prevents the screen from accidental scratches and misclicks. The resistive screen is quite soft, and I'd be afraid to put it face-down on uneven surfaces or put it in my pocket in fear that the screen changes shape permanently.
If it was a capacitative touchscreen, I would prefer no bezel.

To answer the original question: I think I wouldn't buy a phone without a physical keyboard again. My main phone use is messages, so tactile feedback makes me many times faster and less frustrated.

Cheers,
rhn

On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:14:35 -0400
Benjamin Deering <ben_deering at swissmail.org> wrote:

> I would pre-order in the $300 us range.  500 euro is a little steep for 
> a board with no case, speakers, touch screen, etc.
> 
> It seems like the biggest problems on the GTA-02 were all with closed 
> modules (wifi, glamo, calypso).  It sounds like a UMTS module would have 
> to be closed, but if it were loosely coupled to the device (4 usb traces 
> and an antenna) I think we could work with it.
> 
> Since my FR is getting better all the time (2.6.32 speedups have been 
> great, thanks) I can wait quite a while for a replacement.  I can't 
> imaging using a closed phone now.
> 
> I may be the only person who likes the screen bezel on the freerunner.  
> I have taken my phone on canoeing and backpacking trips just wrapped in 
> a dry-bag and only cracked one screen (which is how I ended up with a 
> second phone).
> 
> As for expansion ports, an internal usb hub and some solder pads would 
> probably meet my needs.  I would think the new device would need a 
> second usb controller anyways (one in host mode for UMTS and internal 
> expansion, one in gadget/host mode with an external connector).
> 
> Ben
> 
> On 08/15/2010 06:06 AM, Ed Kapitein wrote:
> > Hi Nikolaus,
> >
> > I would prefer pre orders to finance the next FR.
> > and with a discount for the pre-order i think it is possible to raise
> > the money for the development.
> > lets say 400 Euro with pre-order and 500 euro without pre ordering?
> >
> > I might be one of the people who will preorder.
> > ( or just buy a 50 euro nokia... :-) )
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Ed
> >
> > On 08/13/2010 07:18 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> >    
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> Am 13.08.2010 um 12:35 schrieb Neil Brown:
> >>
> >>
> >>      
> >>> On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:22:02 +0200
> >>> "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller"<hns at computer.org>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>        
> >>>> Am 12.08.2010 um 14:12 schrieb RANJAN:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> When is the next and more powerful openmoko (capable of seamless 3D video and faster processor) is going to be released???
> >>>>>
> >>>>>            
> >>>> Assume, you could get a motherboard upgrade board that fits into the Freerunner (or Neo1973) case. Based on the TI OMAP3 SoC (OMAP3530 or DM3730) and UMTS.
> >>>>
> >>>> Let me ask two questions to everybody:
> >>>> * How long could you be willing to wait for it to really become available?
> >>>> * How much would you think you could afford to pay for such a board?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>> Is there a serious possibility of this?
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> I wasn't open enough, intentionally :) Yes, there is a serious possibility.
> >>
> >> The Openmoko Beagle Hybrid Board is a first step for those who want to be early participants of this new era.
> >>
> >> In addition, we (a small project team in Munich, Germany) have mostly finished our homework (i.e. doing prototypes and experiments like the OM Beagle Hybrid, doing PCB layout) to be sure that it *can* be done. Really building such boards will still cost a significant amount of money (for paying components, professional PCB manufacturing and SMD soldering) and time (therefore: my question how long you would wait).
> >>
> >>
> >>      
> >>> I'm willing to wait a couple of years at least.  And the 500 Euro number that
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> It will definitively not take several years.
> >>
> >>
> >>      
> >>> people are throwing around seems OK.
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> To finance the next phase, we are thinking about asking for donations or to hold an auction for the first 5 or 10 prototype units. What would you think of such an approach?
> >>
> >>
> >>      
> >>> Would this be re-using the case, display and touch screen and replacing
> >>> everything else?
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> Yes, that is the idea. More information (e.g. complete feature list) and openness (as suggested by arne anka) is to come soon. Please watch out for announcements in the next couple of weeks...
> >>
> >> Nikolaus
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