about the cases

Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller hns at goldelico.com
Tue Dec 13 06:42:55 CET 2011


Am 13.12.2011 um 05:50 schrieb Yury Sakarinen:

> Hi, list.
> 
> There are 2 covers for gta02 made ​​of plastic and are too thick (~ 2.5 mm).

Do you have some photos to share?

> If it were possible to make them out of aluminum (0.5-1mm), we would have
> a slim and elegant case for our phone.. No other changes needed..

Aluminium could also be a nice material, although 0.5-1mm is quite weak, IMHO.

> 
> Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller писал 12.12.2011 12:04:
>> Am 12.12.2011 um 09:51 schrieb Patryk Benderz:
>> 
>>> Dnia 2011-12-11, nie o godzinie 23:36 +0100, Fernando Martins pisze:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> Out of curiosity would it be possible to recover the original moulds
>>>> used to produce the cases?
>>>> 
>>>> Anybody knows what happened to them?
>>> Good question, however moulds are designed to produce certain amount of
>>> cases. Looking at how much was made, moulds can be at end of their
>>> lives.
>> 
>> AFAIK they have been made in 2006 or 2007 for the Neo1973 (and have
>> been slightly modified for the GTA02). So I think they have been made
>> within FIC and since FIC was finally the manufacturing subcontractor of
>> Openmoko, Inc. I think they could be somewhere within FIC. Or have been
>> scrapped there after some years of not being used.
>> 
>> Anyways, they aren't of big help since the components inserted into the
>> case (earpiece, vibracall motor, speaker) are no longer produced
>> or available.
>> 
>> So we have to go the painful way of designing our own cases. But the
>> good side is that we can improve on the outer shape and look&feel.
>> 
>> Nikolaus
>> 
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