Originally Posted by misiak

[...] have you guys considered the potential patent lawsuits? I mean, is it possible at all that some other company (maybe even the new MSokia) can sue you/us for distributing Neo900 without licensing fees?

Originally Posted by joerg_rw

I don't see any patented circuitry in GTA04, and this won't change much for GTA04-NeoN board. You're never safe from patent trolls, but I think they have better targets to make money from than us. No money, no competition to knock out -> no interest in trolling.
/j

Originally Posted by misiak

Thanks for your response. I was rather thinking about Nokia trying to block Neo900 due to usage of Nokia software (Maemo closed parts which may still be owned by Nokia - but I may be wrong, as some property rights to redistribute the software were passed onto Hildon Foundation, but I didn't follow that process with too much attention back then).

Originally Posted by misiak

I mean, is it possible at all that some other company (maybe even the new MSokia) can sue you/us for distributing Neo900 without licensing fees?

Originally Posted by joerg_rw

All problems got considered and found moot. Don't worry it will work :-) Even while it violates IrDA specs (which is a reason we don't usually see it being done, along with power consumption reasons) IrDA transceivers always come with LED and photodiode in a module, nobody usually puts a second IR LED in just for fun, after all it's IrDA and not meant for CIR.

Originally Posted by pichlo

I might be wrong but I thing Copernicus meant over-saturating our own receiver. We might need to reduce the output power in full duplex mode. Actually, maybe even in half duplex mode since saturated semiconductors tend to take some time to get out of the saturation.

IrDA data communications operate in half-duplex mode because while transmitting, a device’s receiver is blinded by the light of its own transmitter, and thus, full-duplex communication is not feasible. The two devices that communicate simulate full duplex communication by quickly turning the link around. The primary device controls the timing of the link, but both sides are bound to certain hard constraints and are encouraged to turn the link around as fast as possible.

Originally Posted by CraigRobbo

Will this new board remove any old functionality, ie the nice camera, cm transmitter and receiver etc?

Originally Posted by wumpwoast

With a quality stereo line-in I would pay 600 euros for this, no question. I've wanted stereo line-in on N900 for so long!

Are there any estimates on how well the old N900 batteries will power this new board?

Originally Posted by joerg_rw

So yes, you most definitely will see audio-in, usual HiFi line-in level and quality if we don't mess it up ;-) (never discuss with HiFi fanatics). Pondering stereo built-in mics too.