<wpwrak>
btw, the openphoenux logo looks a lot like a satellite dish. took me a while to realize it was a bird.
<cde>
wpwrak: imo the real issue with openmoko is the closed source nature of many components (baseband, gpu, dsp etc.)
<wpwrak>
well, openmoko tried to avoid them to the largest extent possible, and compartmentalized those one can't avoid.
<wpwrak>
and there were no closed drivers/libraries on gta02. (gta01 has a closed lib for the gps chip. we didn't catch that one in time.)
<cde>
btw the Replicant guys have done some nice work on Samsung hw. I tried it a couple months ago, it was very usable
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<roh>
DocScrutinizer05: i just was asked: why N900 and not N950?
<DocScrutinizer05>
because N950 cases nowhere
<DocScrutinizer05>
btw the N950 kbd is awfull
<DocScrutinizer05>
basically as bad a the Eten M800
<DocScrutinizer05>
keys are hardly distinguishable from their neighbours
<DocScrutinizer05>
access to kbd (the flip-up), though looking cute and in the end resulting in a nice angle between kbd and screen, is annoyingly clumsy
<DocScrutinizer05>
nobody using N950 ever said the kbd was better than N900
<DocScrutinizer05>
despite larger
<DocScrutinizer05>
(4 instead of 3 rows)
<DocScrutinizer05>
but the answer is: there are no spare parts for N950. Zilch. Nada
<DocScrutinizer05>
not even at Nokia
<DocScrutinizer05>
of course N950 case would have a massive selling point just for the mere idiocy of N950-original prices at ebay. up to 2000EUR
<DocScrutinizer05>
but that's more of an idea how to make money from weirdos
<wpwrak>
nice :) should have bought a countainer full of them
<DocScrutinizer05>
and it's unclear if those weirdos who buy N950 for 2k bucks are really interested in a look-alike made by Not-Nokia
<DocScrutinizer05>
wpwrak: that's the point, you never been able to do that
<DocScrutinizer05>
there are ~2..5k N950 out in the wild
<DocScrutinizer05>
you either needed to be maemo-developer and apply with a N9 project you need a devel-dev for, or you needed to be commercial developer registered at Nokia
<wpwrak>
ah, i see. or work at the factory and be good friends with the security guards ;-)
<DocScrutinizer05>
either case you were not allowed to sell the device for iirc 2 years at least
<wpwrak>
well, it just accumulates value :)
<DocScrutinizer05>
I think a few (5?) were trophy of harmattan coding contest
<DocScrutinizer05>
a frightening number of devices developed display defects, probably caused by the mechanics for this clumsy flip-up pushing the LCD from behind
<DocScrutinizer05>
an absolutely amazing alliteration
<DocScrutinizer05>
;-)
<DocScrutinizer05>
roh: anything else you were asked? :-) I'm happy to answer
<wpwrak>
what was the mechanical problem ? plastic not strong enough ?
<roh>
DocScrutinizer05: nope :)
<roh>
proper founded answer... relayed it back.
<roh>
write both the question and the answer in a faq ;)
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<DocScrutinizer05>
wpwrak: the hinge has two tiny spots where it supports the display, at 1/3 and 2/3 of display width and halfway of the height. those will push backside of LCD and cause defects