Intro - Station X and Plasma Mobile

[Eddie Vassallo]

Thanks, Bart - and totally agree - Telegram is one of our favourites and
we'll stick to that for now :-)

We obviously have some further research and planning to do in terms of
Halium vs something bespoke - so we'll be back with more thoughts and
questions soon!

Thanks again.

-Eddie

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Bart Ribbers <bribbers at disroot.org> wrote:

> 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
> <http://t.me/plasmamobile> 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 <https://postmarketos.org>?
> 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
> <Darren%20Hamblett%20%3cdarren at stationx.rocks%3e>>, plasma-mobile at kde.org
> *To*: Bhushan Shah <bhush94 at gmail.com
> <Bhushan%20Shah%20%3cbhush94 at gmail.com%3e>>
> *From*: Eddie Vassallo <eddie at stationx.rocks
> <Eddie%20Vassallo%20%3ceddie at stationx.rocks%3e>>
> 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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