this small hint kind of implys your thinking (11g+/11N/WiMax) wireless product..... :D

as a side note for now, it would be nice if you can find a way into this market with the right base as per my many other posts.

have a read of these to see product thats taken onboard much of what and why i see massive untaped global 11N/WiMax, AVC/H.264 etc markets that perhaps Efika2 and higher rated chipsets in later product can tap and become mainstream......

and are the members ready to supply their software products/idea's..., time to start work and PR Ideas perhaps....

also a related/linked long term thought, i wonder if theres a need for a seperate development of a cheaper (wireless)video expander come upscaler as the current products are far to pro set, and hence expensive for the average guy.

http://www.converters.tv/

theres a market for that im sure, with AVC, DVB-H and HD everything finally taking off now, but can/will a way be found to use PPC/FPGA to leverage that end user market, and have R&B etc, thought about that market in collaberation with other projects and companys?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070908/tc_cmp/201804771
"A Wireless Dream? Pace Micro Shows Wi-Fi-WiMax Combo To The Home

By W. David Gardner
InformationWeek
Fri Sep 7, 11:51 AM ET

WiMax to the home linked with Wi-Fi in the home is a consumer's dream. Pace Micro Technology has teamed up with two Israeli firms to demonstrate that the dual wireless technologies can be successfully combined.

Pace said Friday the demo proves that the pay TV industry will be able to make use of the two wireless technologies to expand their delivery and service options.

Using a server in a home that connects wirelessly to an external WiMax base station, video and data broadband content can be delivered to Wi-Fi-enabled devices like set-top boxes, mobile phones, and PCs, Pace said.
...."

http://www.wirelessiq.com/content/newsfeed/11108.html
"....
Pace Micro Technology plc is demonstrating how 802.16 delivery to the home can be combined with 802.11 distribution in the home, to provide operators with a truly wireless content delivery solution and expand their service footprint.

This demonstration highlights the opportunities available to operators who embrace the WiMAX standard.

Using fixed wires access (FWA) systems, cable operators can expand their footprint to new subscribers without the need to lay new cables.

Satellite operators can provide a full triple-play package by using WiMAX to deliver fast broadband to subscribers who may otherwise be too far away from an exchange to benefit fully from high bandwidth DSL.

Telcos can use WiMAX to provide a full digital service – incorporating video, data and voice – to potential customers, giving them a different business model and opportunity to compete with the more traditional operators.

The demonstration consists of a server unit in the home, which connects wirelessly to an external WiMAX base station using Pace’s ‘Connections Suite software’ – which has been entirely developed at Pace.

This server unit then delivers broadband content – either video or data or both – to clients around the home, including set-top boxes, mobile phones and PCs, using WiFi.
...."



http://www.wirelessiq.com/content/newsfeed/11107.html
"
Envivio Inc. and broadcast infrastructure provider National Grid Wireless are teaming up to deliver streamed TV, alongside VoIP and data, across a WiMAX network.

The network, which uses a full head-end with an Envivio Mobile TV encoder, will be available throughout the RAI Congress Centre during IBC2007 from September 7 – 11, 2007. Deploying the open systems-based solution enables mobile WiMAX operators to reach the three screens of video – TVs, PCs and mobile phones – and supports a variety of revenue generating business models by providing subscribers with anytime, anywhere connection capabilities.

From 3G to xDSL to WiMax, the Envivio mobile to HD encoders make video a reality over any type of network and to any multimedia device.

Supporting a wide range of network protocols, resolutions, codecs, bit rates and devices, Envivio convergence solutions, like the one featured with National Grid Wireless at IBC2007, deliver industry leading video quality at the lowest bit rate enabling operators to reduce their operational costs while offering subscribers compelling video services.

..."

The Efika pad looks really interesting but is it really just 120 x 80 mm? I cannot imagine being able to type on that keyboard.

Now that the Efika 5200B is abandonware, do you have some rough estimate when the E2 will see the light of day?

The EFIKA 5200B is hardly abandonware. Directron still has inventory, as well as others. A production is being organized now by a third party.

Genesi is focused on the next version and more importantly on the products that will be based on the EFIKA 5121e boards being developed.

The $99 EFIKA was available for months. Any one who wanted one could have bought one.

Sincerely,
R&B :)

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Oh, that's nice to hear and it sounds different than the PR. In my ears the PR sounded like the Efika was abandonware now and last stock (!) was sold through Directron et al.. Maybe this point (production is not closed) should be pointed out more clearly.

Cheers!

Ulrich, our production is closed, but the first EFIKA will probably live for some time...

Plus, let's remember: the 5121e makes a nice EFIKA too and this version comes with integrated graphics.

R&B :)

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I know - and I am looking very forward to the E2, mostly because of
usb2, thinner design, lesser power consumption (no additional gfx
card), lesser price (no additonal gfx card) and hopefully a 5 VDC
input (which again leads to a lesser overall price and smaller
design - no clumpsy atx board or expensive pico psu)...
Thus, I am *really* looking forward to the Efika2.

did you see the news yet ?..... Dan does it again ;)
(Ohh i see you did ;) still more readers know now about it here)

will we see an update for RTP running on this and later new kit?.

i still think that as dan and Phx said way back, layering a workbench ontop of, or in replace of Photon can still work, perhaps AROS code? as a base/begining....

you can ask him if he's interested, and im sure we can give him a far better response than he got from fleecy on the old TA MB.

QNX Opens Neutrino Source Code; Interview: QNX' CEO
http://osnews.com/story.php/18596/QNX-O ... ew-QNX-CEO
"QNX Opens Neutrino Source Code; Interview: QNX' CEO
Written by Thom Holwerda on 2007-09-12 11:51:00 UTC
QNX has announced that they are going to open up the source code to their QNX microkernel operating system.

The press release reads: "Effective immediately, QNX will make source code for its award-winning, microkernel-based OS available for free download.

The first source release includes the code to the QNX Neutrino microkernel, the base C library, and a variety of board support packages for popular embedded and computing hardware."

Read on for more information, as well as an interview with Dan Dodge, CEO of QNX.

Apart from opening up the source code to QNX, the company will also launch a new community portal website, 'Foundry27', where QNX "customers and developers can access a wealth of resources relating to the QNX Neutrino RTOS and the QNX Momentics IDE, as well as to new community projects".

After a free registration, users can choose from three different software licenses, after which they get access to free versions of many QNX products, including the source code for many of these products.

"Not only can developers view the QNX Neutrino source code, but they can improve, modify, or extend that code for their own purposes or for the community at large.

They can then choose to contribute back those changes to QNX Software Systems and the QNX development community or to keep their modifications private and proprietary."

"....

Could the screen be touchscreen? Would be nice maybe we can do handwriting recognition with: http://lipitk.sourceforge.net/ But i fear it would be hard to write when the screen is standing up.

You'll get what we have to give. That is a pretty good deal when it is free.

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I don't understand. At one point the efika2 will go for sale and when i buy it then i would like it to have a touchscreen. Available as an option for extra $. Maybe i put my remark in the wrong thread.

not the wrong thread mvdhoning, it seems more a case of someones having a bad day or thinking to small and only about the basic inhouse board as it stands right now that are being given away for product evaluation.

while its true this type of response has the effect of pushing the many potential long term clients away, perhaps its a new take on the old form of advertising ' you can have any colour you like as long as its black'....

it seems the world markets is far more interested in massivly growing the low power long range wireless markets and the touchscreen tech that attaches to that kit that you are interested in.

rather than post a load of direct urls to the most interesting papers and news ill just post a few and if any large and small developers/companys reading are interested then perhaps you will find these chips interesting and be in a better position to intigrate into the likes of Efika2 if viable in the short term.

NEVER assume its just the small one man developers with limited resources looking at these posts and this PDO site, its a big marketing mistake if thats the case.

http://www.wirelessnetdesignline.com/

the wimax roundup venders are most interesting as is the FPGAs from the ground up
http://www.wirelessnetdesignline.com/ho ... 0CJUNN2JVN

this for AVC/video assisted codec decoding
http://www.videsignline.com/showArticle ... =201806435
"Multimedia signal processing with programmable logic
FPGA solutions improve the price-to-performance ratio by enabling FPGA coprocessors to do the heavy lifting, with HD solutions using a single DSP device and a single FPGA instead of as many as eight to ten DSP devices."

the biggest apparent current threat to large PPC based embeded micro devices growth is the http://www.wirelessnetdesignline.com/sh ... =201807428
"25-watt Intel Penryn mobile processors. The chipset codenamed Montevina would also support HD DVD and Blu-ray high definition video formats in a package half the size of current products. "

if your main interest is in the LCD,solar wafer markets http://www.digitimes.com/index.asp
is always a good industry site to keep and eye on.

in my long term view,all these products can and should be considered to try and grow the likes of Efika2 markets, but the question remains, are developer relations in place to help push these venders in the direction we as PPC people would like things to grow?.

beamforming is another baseline product perhaps.
http://www.dailywireless.org/2007/09/12 ... amforming/
"Arraycomm + Freescale Chips = Beamforming
Freescale Semiconductor has teamed with smart antenna company ArrayComm for a reference WiMAX base station design that would claims to reduce operating costs of WiMAX infrastructure. "


bye.

Well, you always have a choice not to buy a product that does not fit your needs :D

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yes :)

But the rest of your product is going to have great specs and the efika1 had just a fantastic pricing. If you also release a thing like: http://bbrv.blogspot.com/2007/08/efikalinux.html i will buy that and add the touchscreen myselves.

Maybe this one: http://www.wacomshop.nl/product.html?ItemID=806 i might even attach the efika2 at the back. :D