[Gta04-owner] GTA04 Group Buy - Status

[John Ogness]

On 2011-12-01, Xavi Drudis Ferran <xdrudis at tinet.cat> wrote:
> The target (for the subscriptions) is GTA02 or GTA01 owners right
> now, not the world, not smartphone buyers, not GNU/linux users.
>
> [...]
>
> the linux communities are much bigger than the target audience.
> Most of the audience will just try to buy the few stock models
> available with case or feel they wish they had a GTA02 to be able to
> upgrade.

These are really good points. I must admit I was a bit depressed when
I learned that you need a Freerunner in order to fully utilize a
GTA04. I spent the last few months deciding if I should purchase a
Freerunner so that I could sign up for a GTA04.

Some recent events have lead me to believe that the DM3730 (GTA04)
still has a lot of untapped potential and I am convinced that the
GTA04 can go a long way once we get some decent software to support
the hardware.

So yes, as of yesterday I now own a brand new Freerunner and am
looking forward to upgrade it to a GTA04.

> And if it looks it's too much money to pay for a board that is
> designed as a phone, think that the same case/adaptation should be
> useful to recycle your old GTA02, so that would increse demand for
> GTA04, since people could use their GTA04 in their phone and their
> old GTA02 in some other device.

I don't know how this could be done, but it sure would be good. I
cannot believe that all those Freerunner owners are actually using
their phones on a daily basis. I bet 90% of them are sitting in a
drawer collecting dust. We need to somehow get the attention of these
people and motivate them to either sell/donate their Freerunner or buy
a GTA04.

John Ogness

P.S. Whoever is in charge of gta04.org should update it to clearly
state information about the new pre-orders. Right now the only thing
it mentions is the early-adopter-program. And if you click that, it
says that they are all sold. This should definately be fixed before
gta04.org gets slashdotted.