Hello all. Just back from the hospital, so I haven't followed the development much for some time. Anyway, I've recently stumbled upon an interesting device: https://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.50391 I think I'll order that one sometime soon, so that I can look at it in more detail. This is a chinese phone with android, but some things make me think that's MTK inside. According to desctiption: ARM926EJ-S rev 5(v5l) BogoMIPS: 207.66 Android 2.2.1 OS system/Wifi(802.11b)/TV/GPS/FM/JAVA Price - 130 bucks. Sounds familiar? Compared to my E1000: ARM926EJ-S rev 5 (v5l) BogoMIPS: 104.24
Twice more Bogomips. The hardware pretty much seems like a typical MTK, and for that price I guess there actually is MTK inside, something a little better than 2635, so the problem is to find the sources somewhere (And my bet is, that if they don't make it to the mainline - they'll leak out to the web) If the chips are pretty much identical, and they are, this might be a good thing. I think I'll buy one after the holiday madness is over and, hopefully, provide teardown photos, firmware dump and more details.
Regards, Andrew.