I just got confirmation email, from Farnell, that my Raspberry Pi will be delivered end of june, first thing what I want do with it is design/make a case

Estel: I wish you luck with your project, as you were saing, you dont have a touch probe to digitize N900. For me this is unimaginable, because all of the small(function) surfaces n900 case have.

/sorry for my english, just woke up /

Pre-Pre-Pre Sample Design for New N900 including Kick-stand , backcover sample Text & four dot's

C h e e r ' s

im in ! The fat cover, please.
Thanks Estel.

Excellent mockup....I'll take 2!....

Yea, I thought about that one too - waiting for my Raspberry Pi to arrive, as I like to have "real thing" to design on (there are schematics for RPi including dimensions, but it's not the same thing as holding one in hand).

In full body replacement, there will be a place for stylus surely. As for screen bezel, maybe in future, but for now I don't plan to touch screen part at all (whole slided out screen part remain original, as it's made of metal already, and replacing parts around screen are much less trivial, both for me as design part, and for end users during replacement).

Not much harder than disassembling and assembling N900 now, of course only mainframe parts. From my experience, it's one of easiest devices to open&close - hardest part is putting screen tape on place again, due to limited space (but still doable, even for beginners).

Of course, possibility of sending device to me, assembling and re-sending back will be there - probably for free or for very small amount of money (5$ or so), but I don't expect much interest in that - shipping prices to me and back would be overkill, probably, for most people, and assembling personally isn't really that hard.

Of course, all of this apply to full body replacement - (BTW, I would like to remind again, that it's going to arrive some time (up to few months) after backcover(s) - I want to start with something less complicated) backcover should be as trivial to install, as default/mugen one is now.

@immi.shk
thanks for mockups Yet, I must confess, that it's going to look slightly different, not only about colors No chances for 4 "micro-legs", as it would require milling out all surface *deeper* than they are - huge material and time waste - but it should be pleasant to touch due to sanded surface, and good to stay thanks to kick-stand leg.

/Estel

Definitely interested. As of now, more interested in the single battery (standard) cover but I could be persuaded to go dual scud.

At the risk of adding to creeping-featuritis, would that idea be a goer to incorporate a Powermat receiver?

Not for a few first versions, definitely

Just to clear things up for me... Estel, are you talking about making a protective case for the N900, like in the mockups above, or are you talking about a replacement for the N900's standard body, i.e. the plastic frame between display and backcover?

Replacement body (as 2nd project) and backcover replacement (as first thing to appear).

BTW, I think that on the mockups above, it's also replacement body - despite, that it's looking a little like "tank" Also, be aware, that those are *not* my mockups.