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$32 million Crowd Funding for Android/Ubuntu phone
sawakosadako:
Quick facts
- Exclusive to Indiegogo backers. The Edge will NOT be available to buy at launch.
- Specs to be finalised as late as possible to ensure the best available components.
- Dual-boots into Ubuntu mobile OS and Android; converts into a full desktop PC.
- Works with LTE and GSM networks, including Verizon and Sprint.
- Perks include all charges for US and UK, including VAT and delivery.
- Standard manufacturer warranty will apply once manufacturer is selected.
- Zero cost to backers if the campaign is unsuccessful.
There's an update. The second one makes the probability for silvermont inside edge is higher than before, I guess.
TBH, they should've fix the forum if they want this to make it for god sake.
kitamesume:
--- Quote from: sawakosadako on July 29, 2013, 03:14:57 PM ---Quick facts
- Exclusive to Indiegogo backers. The Edge will NOT be available to buy at launch.
- Specs to be finalised as late as possible to ensure the best available components.
- Dual-boots into Ubuntu mobile OS and Android; converts into a full desktop PC.
- Works with LTE and GSM networks, including Verizon and Sprint.
- Perks include all charges for US and UK, including VAT and delivery.
- Standard manufacturer warranty will apply once manufacturer is selected.
- Zero cost to backers if the campaign is unsuccessful.
There's an update. The second one makes the probability for silvermont inside edge is higher than before, I guess.
TBH, they should've fix the forum if they want this to make it for god sake.
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the question is which silvermont are they considering to put in the phone? the closest possible silvermont that can compete against up coming big.LITTLE refresh is the 1.1Ghz baytrail-T quadcore.
but the 3W TDP will end up killing the phone's batterylife and temperature control(unless you can hold onto a phone that scorches over 60c).
merrifield would be practically inferior to most of ARM's A57 type processors, it may compete against current gen A15 but just about on-par.
the possibility of a latter atom type processor becoming available by Q1 2014 is next to impossible, theres not enough time for it.
in which case i can see a higher chance of ARM A57 type big.LITTLE octa being used as it'll have superior performance while keeping TDP portfolio small enough to fit a phone package.
edit: i forgot to mention that most of the big.LITTLE type processors present today doesn't fully support big.LITTLE MP, in a sense that they're only capable of running as quadcores only.
--- Quote ---big.LITTLE MP
The most powerful use model of big.LITTLE is called MP and enables the use of all physical cores at the same time. Threads with high priority and/or computational intensity can in this case be allocated to the 'big' cores while threads with less priority or less computational intensity, such as background tasks, can be performed by the 'LITTLE' cores.
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sawakosadako:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on July 29, 2013, 03:27:30 PM ---
--- Quote ---big.LITTLE MP
The most powerful use model of big.LITTLE is called MP and enables the use of all physical cores at the same time. Threads with high priority and/or computational intensity can in this case be allocated to the 'big' cores while threads with less priority or less computational intensity, such as background tasks, can be performed by the 'LITTLE' cores.
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This seems interesting. The edge could use the big core for the desktop while docked, and the little core for the phone core function during the desktop session. Is this strong enough to power up desktop?
PS: Btw, this thread is kinda weird, we're talking about the price, hardware, etc of a device that is probably not going to come into existence ;D
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: sawakosadako on July 29, 2013, 05:07:17 PM ---PS: Btw, this thread is kinda weird, we're talking about the price, hardware, etc of a device that is probably not going to come into existence ;D
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It's been collecting a steady ~$1M per day so far. If they can keep the momentum going, they ought to reach the goal.
--- Quote from: kitamesume on July 29, 2013, 03:07:57 PM ---this got me thinking, why are you arguing with me?
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I dunno. Could it possibly be because you're always talking shit about stuff you don't understand or about other people's stuff that aren't in line with what you're interested in? And FYI, Mint is no easier to use than Ubuntu. Maybe you should actually try using them.
And in case you haven't noticed, that attitude of yours has turned away big tech names around here, like Lupin and Kureshii. They used to post interesting things and meaningful replies on threads, but Lupin hasn't posted at all and Kureshii very sparingly ever since you showed up.
Bob2004:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on July 29, 2013, 06:56:28 PM ---
--- Quote from: sawakosadako on July 29, 2013, 05:07:17 PM ---PS: Btw, this thread is kinda weird, we're talking about the price, hardware, etc of a device that is probably not going to come into existence ;D
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It's been collecting a steady ~$1M per day so far. If they can keep the momentum going, they ought to reach the goal.
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Yeah, if it doesn't slow down too much mid-campaign, it could well make it. It's already doing way better than most IndieGoGo campaigns - in my experience they do tend to attract notably less interest than Kickstarter, since it's a less popular site. Getting this much money though it is already an amazing feat in and of itself.
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--- Quote from: kitamesume on July 29, 2013, 03:07:57 PM ---this got me thinking, why are you arguing with me?
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I dunno. Could it possibly be because you're always talking shit about stuff you don't understand or about other people's stuff that aren't in line with what you're interested in? And FYI, Mint is no easier to use than Ubuntu. Maybe you should actually try using them.
And in case you haven't noticed, that attitude of yours has turned away big tech names around here, like Lupin and Kureshii. They used to post interesting things and meaningful replies on threads, but Lupin hasn't posted at all and Kureshii very sparingly ever since you showed up.
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Indeed, it's certainly discouraging me from taking the time to post in threads like this one that I'm interested in - though I'm hardly a big tech name. It's extremely annoying.
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