Intro - Station X and Plasma Mobile

[Bart Ribbers]

Hey,

>  Perhaps we could set up a Slack Channel at some point to discuss
further?


It might be preferable to keep it to existing communication channels,
and preferably FOSS ones.
Currently there exists a Telegram channel which can be accessed
here via Telegram, or via Matrix at #plasmamobile:matrix.org.


Software-wise, what are you guys going for? Are you planning a Halium
based system (like the current Plasma Mobile reference images), your
own OS, or maybe even postmarketOS?
The more devices running Plasma the better, so I'm quite glad that you
guys choose to do this. Welcome to the club!


Greetings,
Bart

-----Original Message-----

Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 15:52:49 +0100
Subject: Re: Intro - Station X and Plasma Mobile
Cc: Darren Hamblett <darren at stationx.rocks>, plasma-mobile at kde.org
To: Bhushan Shah <bhush94 at gmail.com>
From: Eddie Vassallo <eddie at stationx.rocks>
Hi Guys,

It's great to meet you all - and really appreciate you getting back to
us so quickly! 

We're actually in the stage now where we are considering a number of
ODM hardware manufacturers for the handset - so would really love to
sync with you - first and foremost - on the prefrred hardware
requirements for Plasma Mobile - and any steer on the type of hardware
(from screen size to processor/ram) you would recommend. 

Obviously I know the project is still being developed and shaped, but
we would love to get a few prototype devices (best matching your
criteria) in house and perhaps collaborate on firming up an initial
working prototype that can be passed to production stage. We could then
evolve from there and hopefully get to the point where we could offer a
'Developer Edition' for the community (as a first release) as I know
everyone is dying to get their hands on Plasma Mobile, even to help
test and iron things out at this stage.

So you know, the hardware we are mainly looking at is between 5.5 - 6.0
inch screen sizes, 720p and 1080p version with Mediatek processors and
from 3-4GB RAM. These hardware options have been designed for Android
(obviously) but are unlocked, rooted, and ready to go in terms of
retrofitting Plasma Mobile. I know I have grossly simplified things
there ;-) but both Darren and myself are excited to get some hardware
prototypes in house, and start testing and seeing how we could make
this work.

Do let me know your thoughts on minimum system requirements - and any
other info that could help steer us - and we'll keep shooting questions
over to the mailing group. Perhaps we could set up a Slack Channel at
some point to discuss further?

Thanks again - and looking forward to working with you guys!

Best,

-Eddie




On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Bhushan Shah <bhush94 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Eddie (and Darren)
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 11:34:20AM +0100, Eddie Vassallo wrote:
> 
> > http://stationx.rocks
> 
> 
> 
> Good to know about you.. :)
> 
> 
> 
> > Obviosuly I know you guys are working with others like Purism on
> the
> 
> > release of their upcoming Librem 5 which looks excellent - but I
> know that
> 
> > won't be available until 2019. We are hoping to go much sooner, and
> 
> > obviously can start releasing from potentially Q1 2018 on a
> 'Developer
> 
> > Edition' of a mobile using Plasma Mobile.
> 
> 
> 
> Do you have any more details about the hardware you are going to use?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Bhushan Shah
> 
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> 
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