[Arm-netbook] Phone Blocks?

[Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross]

https://phoneblocks.com

hmm, your thoughts?

mine? well I am concerned that it will be status quo software wise and
so not libre. but if they do software freedom then I'm not sure what it
would mean for eoma-*. I suppose at least eoma-* has the advantage of
getting to market sooner from the looks of things at phoneblocks -
doesn’t look like they have anything any time soon and we do need a
decent answer now with climate change/heating needing huge action now
and all that.

Come to think of it I guess eoma-68 will still have it's low cost market?

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 3:14 AM, Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross

Post by Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross
https://phoneblocks.com
hmm, your thoughts?
mine? well I am concerned that it will be status quo software wise and
so not libre. but if they do software freedom then I'm not sure what it
would mean for eoma-*. I suppose at least eoma-* has the advantage of
getting to market sooner from the looks of things at phoneblocks -
doesn’t look like they have anything any time soon and we do need a
decent answer now with climate change/heating needing huge action now
and all that.
Come to think of it I guess eoma-68 will still have its low cost market?

EOMA68 is designed to tackle both the low-cost as well as the
high-end market. there are plans in place (which will require tooling
costs to be paid) to do a 3.3mm high variant that will have the
1920x1080 video output re-established.

l.

[joem]

Post by Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross
https://phoneblocks.com
hmm, your thoughts?

It is smartphone centric. Smartphones are dying.
What people want is a digital modem module that they
can use for VoIP and other things we normally do
such as chat, email, text etc.
Text for example is dead - Whatsapp and WeChat killed it.

The smartphone would have died its death a long time
ago if VoIP was not being actively blocked by the incumbents.

When I pick up the phablet these days, I can't recall
using it as a phone for more than 3 minutes per day average.
Almost everything I do by voice is carried by VoIP.
If smartphones allowed Voip without interfering with it,
and it worked across borders,
I'd never ever make a phone call using phone features of a smartphone.

[Simon Kenyon]

Post by joem

Post by Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross
https://phoneblocks.com
hmm, your thoughts?

It is smartphone centric. Smartphones are dying.
What people want is a digital modem module that they
can use for VoIP and other things we normally do
such as chat, email, text etc.
Text for example is dead - Whatsapp and WeChat killed it.
The smartphone would have died its death a long time
ago if VoIP was not being actively blocked by the incumbents.
When I pick up the phablet these days, I can't recall
using it as a phone for more than 3 minutes per day average.
Almost everything I do by voice is carried by VoIP.
If smartphones allowed Voip without interfering with it,
and it worked across borders,
I'd never ever make a phone call using phone features of a smartphone.
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