ok, CFay asked me to post
as for having a device, it speeds up the process of hacking the SPL and testing it.
of course with good testers, a device is not always necessary. in the past, there were a few difficult devices (diamond, topaz), where I either actually had to get my hands on the device (topaz), or I needed a really good tester (gsm diamond). but I suppose that with more effort I could have worked it out anyway
as for GSM vs CDMA, whichever works out faster is done / released first. depends on availability of device / testers, and on the difficulty of making the hack, I would say GSM treo pro is easier plus I'm more of a GSM person but of course CDMA is not neglected at all (see my previously opened threads for my CDMA contributions
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as for the donations, it would be preferable if they got sent to my account directly. (see link in my signature)
budney, if anything is unclear, let me know.