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Re: iMX6 EOMA-68 CPU Card



On Sat, Mar 02, 2013 at 12:39:44PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 
> > Hmm I thought it had died out.  I remember in the past they had issues
> > with some component not being open after all and causing problems.
> > Maybe the new generation boards finally solved that.
> 
> gta04 is a completely new design done from scratch (new
> CPU/GPU/board/etc). It is slightly worse than the gta02
> software-freedom wise:
> 
> a HSPA/UMTS chip was added instead of the Calypso GSM chip (supported
> by OsmocomBB).
> uses a PowerVR GPU that doesn't have specs (the glamo GPU, while crap,
> does now have public GPU specs)

Last time I've checked, glamo's specs weren't public. Have I missed something?
Any link?

Also, doesn't the GTA04 use the same screen as the GTA02, which is, iirc, under
a NDA too?

> [...]
> > Pretty tiny screen (says the guy with a phone with a 1.5" screen at best),
> > and I never did like the shape they chose. :)
> 
> I have one, screen size isn't much of a problem, but the inset is too
> much to reach corners with fingers. Thats ok if you use the right
> distro, QtMoko (Debian derivative) is quite popular.

I do think the screen is pretty tiny, especially when using an on-screen keyboard.

Regards,
Thibaut Girka.

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