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Märdian: Openmoko GTA04 "Phoenux"
The Openmoko community has teamed
up with German Openmoko distributor Golden Delicious Computers to
develop the GTA04, an open smartphone. "Golden Delicious Computers
and the enthusiasts from the Openmoko community started off with the idea
of stuffing a BeagleBoard into a Neo Freerunner case and connecting an USB
UMTS dongle to it — this was the first prototype GTA04A1, announced in late
2010 and presented at OHSW 2010 and FOSDEM 2011." (Thanks to Neil Brown)
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Märdian: Openmoko GTA04 "Phoenux" Posted Jul 28, 2011 3:31 UTC (Thu) by Hausvib6 (guest, #70606) [Link]
One step closer to DIY smartphone like how we can build PC, customizable and upgradable with virtually limitless kinds of interchangable parts and once they become commodity everyone and their dogs will have at least one. Current Android phones and tablets are still sold with a very high profit margin even for the low-end one.
Märdian: Openmoko GTA04 "Phoenux" Posted Jul 28, 2011 9:00 UTC (Thu) by patrick_g (subscriber, #44470) [Link]
I worry about the PowerVR SGX integrated graphics. Is there an FLOSS driver for this chip ?
Märdian: Openmoko GTA04 "Phoenux" Posted Jul 28, 2011 10:12 UTC (Thu) by juliank (subscriber, #45896) [Link]
No. Out-of-tree kernel module with binary user space parts.
Märdian: Openmoko GTA04 "Phoenux" Posted Jul 29, 2011 10:24 UTC (Fri) by ssam (subscriber, #46587) [Link]
isn't it the same core as the intel gma500? there has been a lot of working going into that recently.
https://lwn.net/Articles/429206/ http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OT... https://lwn.net/Articles/436029/
Märdian: Openmoko GTA04 "Phoenux" Posted Jul 28, 2011 14:41 UTC (Thu) by ssam (subscriber, #46587) [Link]
exciting times. great to see how far a small group of people can get. I hope all the people who wish android was more open have a look at this.
GTA04 modem Posted Jul 28, 2011 17:58 UTC (Thu) by abacus (guest, #49001) [Link] The announcement says HSDPA 3G modem without specifying the modem brand or modem model. Anyone any idea whether a choice already has been made ?
GTA04 modem Posted Jul 28, 2011 18:01 UTC (Thu) by abacus (guest, #49001) [Link] (replying to my own comment) Another page says that it's the Option GTM601W.
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