End of Life/Support Announcement for OBi100 and OBi110
Taoman:
End Of Life for 100 and 110 begins 8-12-16.
End Of Support for 100 and 110 begins 12-31-16.
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The OBi100 and OBi110 devices have been good soldiers, but have reached the end of their useful life which necessitates the decision to discontinue the product and software development.
http://blog.obihai.com/feeds/posts/default
drgeoff:
I'm not so surprised by this but a little disappointed. The OBi200 amply replaces the OBi100 but IMHO there is currently nothing available from any vendor that will replace the Obi110. Yes an Obi20x plus OBiLINE should, but many users report less than stellar performance of the OBiLINE and physically and visually the two coupled devices are not as neat as a 110.
I suspect a major reason the OBi1x0s are being discontinued is that it isn't viable to make any more. The main chip is customised for Obihai. Possibly Obihai's stock is running low and the minimum reorder quantity vastly exceeds the number of future projected OBi1x0s sales. Possibly there are other parts which are already, or are becoming, obsolete, difficult to source and cannot be replaced with alternatives without a redesign. However minor such a redesign might be, it incurs significant expenditure in manpower and money which again may not make economic sense.
The OBi1x0s have a different processor, MIPS, than the later models (ARM) and less memory. We have already seen features implemented in the 20xs but not the 1x0s.
It would be nice to hear there is an "OBi210" in the pipeline that merges the POTS capability of the 110 with the current features and future potential of the 202. Please Mr Obihai, pretty please.
Taoman:
Quote from: drgeoff on August 11, 2016, 04:32:29 am
The OBi200 amply replaces the OBi100 but IMHO there is currently nothing available from any vendor that will replace the Obi110.
Agreed. I've had my 110 for many years and it is still working flawlessly. Hope it stays that way.
nlurker:
I imagine a not-insignificant fraction of old Obi's were bricked by the last firmware update, and Obihai thinks this is a better PR move than making that problem even worse with another update. This is probably why they quietly stopped doing auto-updates a while back too.
LTN1:
Quote from: nlurker on August 11, 2016, 08:46:29 am
I imagine a not-insignificant fraction of old Obi's were bricked by the last firmware update, and Obihai thinks this is a better PR move than making that problem even worse with another update. This is probably why they quietly stopped doing auto-updates a while back too.
Your imagination of a valid and latest firmware "bricking" an OBi device is reckless speculation. Everyone I've seen so far upgrading to the latest firmware have indicated that it worked after the update. I haven't seen anyone state on the forum that the latest firmware bricked (as in completely destroying) their device. I've also seen one or two that probably due to user error, didn't know how to properly update their device. If you can provide a link to a few people on the forum experiencing what you "imagined," (after the latest update not before) your statement would carry more weight.
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