<Oksana>
Joerg-Neo900: There are lots of used Nokia N900 devices in the wild - a good source of mechanical parts, albeit not perfectly new ones. Some may have problems with USB ports, SIM card not being detected and such, but that's irrelevant since motherboard will be replaced either way?
<Joerg-Neo900>
yes
<Joerg-Neo900>
but most of them have defects in LCD and digitizer, not to mention the scratches on digitizer
<Joerg-Neo900>
and sourcing them is not feasible since it takes almost a day of organizational work incl customs etc, for each single one
<Oksana>
Hmm, true. My current Nokia N900, everyday phone, has glass peeling off from digitizer. Should replace digitizer, and cover it with screen protector immediately. And I may have debris inside camera module.
<Oksana>
It's mostly relevant for those who have skills to disassemble and assemble the phone, and replace damaged parts as needed.
<Oksana>
Then they may find a local old Nokia N900 for mechanical parts.
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<Joerg-Neo900>
yep, but the project obviously never will gather the needed number of NeoN board preorders to make it fly
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<Joerg-Neo900>
unless we find a sponsor
<Joerg-Neo900>
or a fab doing it for the fame
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* Oksana
whistles - new LCD for Nokia N900 costs like 65AUD?
<Oksana>
One frustrating part is flex ribbon of LCD display - it has connector for touchscreen, as well, so it's pretty non-standard.
<Oksana>
Honestly, there should be an adapter for that. From "universal LCD display" to "Nokia N900 connectors".
<Joerg-Neo900>
indeed
<Oksana>
But first of all, it is frustratingly difficult to find any 3.5in 800*480 LCD displays. With correct connector or not.
<norly>
and it'd be great if the projects could join forces
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<DocScrutinizer05>
Nikolaus Schaller initially was member of Neo900 team and later assigned all his timeslots to Pyra layout. Many of the design details been shared between Neo900 and Pyra.
<norly>
thanks for the explanation!
<sicelo>
that looks like a nice phone!
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