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OpenPhoenux Smartphone: Learnings from the past and ideas for next year Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag, Berlin, May 23 th , 2013 supported by

What the inventors of„PC“ and „WWW“ did want... computation, storage and communication is personal WWW connects decentralized servers and clients to share everyone controls his/her data published to the net OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 2 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

...but the Mainframe Dinosaur (or Borg?) is back! Cloud & Centralized Services Facebook tries to become (iTunes, AppStore, FaceBook, „The one and only Internet Google, ...) Portal “ Mainframe architecture! The user is not using the Web (Logically) Centralized Storage + but becomes an object in thin clients (= Smart?Phones) the Web The operator of the Computing Millions of different Apps replace Center owns the User and the the universal Web-Browser World... concept and try to inject advertizing and data collection (they even know things about you everywhere that you don‘t know) OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 3 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

You don ʻ t believe? • Marketing and urban legends tell you: Android and iOS are open enough for everybody. Yes! • No. • not every bit and piece is open and extensible or even long-living • Try to provide your own home screen to iOS. Even Facebook Home failed. • Try to connect a hardware keyboard. If you are lucky you have an USB host port. But do you have the driver? • Try to get an upgrade for your 2 years old Android device. • Try to understand why your device fails in a specific situation. • Try to make sure your data is safe. OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 4 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

Solution: The Independent Mobile (communication) Tool Community World of OpenPhoenux Hardware Community Software Openphoenux.org GTA04 QtMoko Mailing List DIY Case SHR Project Server Tablet Replicant Software Index FRNB QuantumSTEP OHSW.org GTA02 U-Boot/Kernel Stammtisch GTA01 PVR-SGX

OpenPhoenux Community wants to be independent from this policed but still unsafe world needs support by independently thinking people please join and support! OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 6 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

OpenPhoenux stands for participation by allows to inspect what everyone the system is doing long-term support (e.g. software extensible hard- and can be repaired using upgrades for an 2007 Neo 1973) software - DIY standard parts (e.g. 3D case) fights planned obsolescence no central, intransparent, stock through open hard- and exchange listed instance software that gives directions hardware production near to independent from the "modern users (Europe) under fair mainframe" and back to the labour conditions networked, decentralized web everybody plays client and server roles makes the technical system and keeps control over his/her transparent , not the user participation OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 7 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

OpenPhoenux already has developed new hardware with open schematics and good documentation; assembled in Bavaria World of OpenPhoenux Hardware Community Software Infrastucture free&open Openphoenux.org GTA04 GNU/Linux/U- QtMoko Mailing List DIY Case Boot based SHR Project Server Tablet Replicant Software Index FRNB QuantumSTEP OHSW.org GTA02 U-Boot/Kernel Stammtisch GTA01 PVR-SGX community created cases (wooden, 3D printed, aluminium)

OpenPhoenux already has: Hardware developed new hardware with open schematics and good documentation; assembled in Bavaria World of OpenPhoenux Hardware Community Software Infrastucture free&open Openphoenux.org GTA04 GNU/Linux/U- QtMoko Mailing List DIY Case Boot based SHR Project Server Tablet Replicant Software Index FRNB QuantumSTEP OHSW.org GTA02 U-Boot/Kernel Stammtisch GTA01 PVR-SGX community created cases (wooden, 3D printed, aluminium)

Hardware • GTA02 hardware (Openmoko Freerunner) did go out of production in 2009 • How do we improve the hardware? 1.open kernel for big ${BRAND} –> reverse engineering 2.order design from some ${MANUFACTURER} –> hope for openness and long-term support 3.DIY, “Use the source, Luke!” –> GTA04 OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 10 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

Using the source: Beagleboard Beagleboard • Full Linux support • Open schematics • Open layout • Expansion connectors • Lots of documentation • Components available OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 11 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

In theory it could fit (Aug. 2010) OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 12 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

GTA04A2 (Feb. 2011) OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 13 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

GTA04A3 (June 2011) OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 14 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

GTA04A4 – OpenPhoenux OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 15 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

Production Problems... OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 16 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

Before Reflow Soldering OMAP3530 -> DM3730 (Die-Shrink) Memory (PoP) Memory (PoP) Si-Chip OMAP3530 Si-Chip PCB OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 17 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

Heat to 260°C... hot Memory (PoP) Memory (PoP) Si-Chip OMAP3530 Si-Chip colder PCB Warping squeezes balls in the middle -> short circuits on VDD1, VDD2 -> difficult to repair, expensive OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 18 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

Solution: Vapour Phase

The GTA04 module approach OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 20 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

Letux 3704 portable terminal with WiFi/BT, GTA04 board - Bigger display - Big battery - without 3G - RFID reader included OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 21 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

Letux 7004 Tablet Prototype GTA04 board • 7 inch tablet • GTA04 inside • UMTS (optional), WLAN, BT, GPS, USB • ~10-15h operation time • Qi inductive charger OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 22 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

Hardware Keyboard Prototype OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 23 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

Mass production: GTA04A5 • GTA04A5 revision of PCB is ready to go to production • small modifications to replace obsolete components or improve production process • fix small bugs • Price is still high due to small batch size • But: there are not enough orders to start STOP a new batch (200 units could be produced within ca. 8-10 OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 24 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

Is this a problem unique to OpenPhoenux? Für die „Tonspur“ / Diskussion • No: • - Ben Nanonote • - Vivaldi (Spark) • - Always Innovating, GeeksPhone, ... • What is the root cause? • - building hardware costs money • - components get only cheaper in high quantities • - small projects don ʻ t have the financial backing to buy high enough quantities to fulfill users ʻ s price expectations that are defined by big players • Kickstarter? • - US based • - needs something unique and new that attracts *new* customers/consumers (like Pebble, RFduino, ...) • - but must also be comparable in price to alternatives (e.g. Nexus 4) • - needs a big team to prepare a professional campaign or will fail immediately • - the quality expectation is very high! OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 25 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org

Community Hardware has an inherent cost problem (1) Cost Development Production Distribution Commercial high low low Software lower Community none very low Software (volunteers, less quality (everything online) (downloads only) management, documentation) Commercial goes down with high medium volume Hardware higher due to low lower Community same volume (volunteers, less quality Hardware management) (and fair conditions) OpenPhoenux Christoph Mair, Lukas Märdian, May 23 th 2013 26 Nikolaus Schaller LinuxTag 2013 www.openphoenux.org