Well, looking at the GTA04 board from the perspective of the engineering and the quality of production the feeling is about a well realized and professional board.
This is a good starting point for the Neo900 project.



PS.
But i can see some free space... probably we miss something we could add there ...

Just one question...

Can we have a stronger USB connector?

Just one answer: please read whole thread, and particularly post #1 in here.
/j

Just out of curiosity, could you sheed more light on it? I don't get the the link between releasing gerber files and splitting production into smaller batches.

AIUI, gerber files mixed with datasheets etc. could allow someone to copy-paste device, i.e. recreate it using same layout and parts, without putting effort into developing it, and produce/sell it, as more expensive or (less likely) cheaper.
But, what does it have to GD "own" production?

If I'm wrong, feel free to correct me - as said I'm asking as this point isn't 100% clear to me, not demanding anything, or even less accussing someone of something.

/Estel

Maybe a FAQ in the wiki would keep the SNR of the thread higher.

Joerg and dos1,

This is one of the most exciting post in a long time for n900 users.

What I see here is lot of people giving ideas and new possibilities for the new pcb but each hour appear new ones and I don't want them to be forgotten.

wouldn't it be better to create another post and each user just writes 1 post with the hardware aspects they would like or consider.

regards

I think the hardware specs are pretty much settled and invariant (GTA04 used as a base for this project already exists and is designed), there's enough work with changing its form factor to fit in N900 and adding the changes which are missing compared to stock N900. Even if everyone would write what hw aspect they consider or want, I think it would not be taken into consideration and would be a waste of time, as the hardware is pretty much designed, it just needs to be slighly adjusted (which is pretty big task whatsoever)... I think both joerg_rw and dos1 (judging by their past actions) want to keep it as open and moddable (later, by different projects) as possible and we can trust them they'll do all they can - keeping reasonable costs, vendor-locklessnes (is there a word like that? ) and driver openess - to make it as moddable later, as possible.

EDIT: Looks like I might be wrong, joerg_rw later in http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=302 stated that all suggestions are welcome and all will be considered Great!

I found this info helpful in making my mind:
Not locked into maemo but also encourage maemo support:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=288
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=290
"XY distro on GTA04"
And
"It's not a question if we can do it, it's a question of how good and how economical we can do it. "
And...
This will be the only 'new' linux phone with a HW keyboard !

Edit:This info should on 1st page/pitch.
I put in 450 but can go 700.

I just found this thread and got instantly mad.

The GTA04 is NOT 100% not even nearly. The modem might be seperate but it's not open. The PowerVR GPU is not open and the RE-Project doesn't make progress... like at all.

What's up with that price? There specs are not much different from Nokia-n900, there is virtually no improvement whatsoever.

does it mean that if there are 500 pre-orders(i.e. confirmed and paid), then the cost could be potentially lower to 400-ish EUR per device(pre-tax and shipping)? [here is my math for 500=> 700*200 / 400 = 350 and then round up to 500]. or are we looking at a pre-order # of minimum 1000 units?