:-) Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Schmidt András
Alexander Frøyseth wrote: Hello again I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you want) to the alarmclock Okey, let me tell a little story from real life. Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2 alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep.

offtopic again :-) Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Schmidt András
I hate waking up so much that I would prefer only doing it under anaesthesia. Alexander Frøyseth wrote: Hello again I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you want) to the alarmclock Okey, let me tell a little story from real life. Every day when I go to school, I

Re: GPS research project topic

2008-04-26 Thread Schmidt András
://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/gpslocationsharing I (as Yama's developer) am willing to cooperate with their project. You could check these projects and think about how you could use them. Best Regards Schmidt András simarillion wrote: Hi community, I'm studying electrical engineering

Re: Ugliness (was Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!)

2008-04-26 Thread Schmidt András
I myself and all people I talked to think that that the black one has no style. Also the orange-white looks cool. It is not a blocker for me but would be for an average user who is not Open fan. Fancy color case is a must in the future. Stroller wrote: On 25 Apr 2008, at 16:25, Lowell

Re: Ugliness (was Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!)

2008-04-26 Thread Schmidt András
Stroller wrote: Hi there, I fixed your top-posting problem for you. You can see the correct posting order at the bottom of this message. On 26 Apr 2008, at 12:44, Schmidt András wrote: Stroller wrote: On 25 Apr 2008, at 16:25, Lowell Higley wrote: Nine out of ten typical consumers I

Re: Progress on GTA01 power management issues !

2008-04-21 Thread Schmidt András
Why the hell would a geek buy a shiny crap that can play f***ing top hits and show some idiot web pages for 400$. Who cares them??? Features are not why I am interested in Openmoko. Yet unimplemented features are what makes me interested. A geek needs something hackable. Something with

Re: Do we REALLY need a phone?

2008-04-20 Thread Schmidt András
network). The two networks have completely different characteristics and PSTN is better for voice communication. Schmidt András ramsesoriginal wrote: On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Stefano Cavallari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (sorry for the length of this message) I was thinking today

Qwerty keyboard concept

2008-03-10 Thread Schmidt András
... Please don't criticise the code itself :-). I would be happy if you try it and comment whether you find it usable or not. I have tried it on my PDA even with reduced size (approx the same size as OpenMoko's screen is) and it is quite usable finger only. Best regards Schmidt András

Re: Qwerty keyboard concept

2008-03-10 Thread Schmidt András
My bubble is off :-(. Yes it is the same. So Qtopia has it. It would be nice on OpenMoko too. andy selby wrote: Sorry to burst your bubble but the Qtopia release has this already, I haven't executed the program but it seems to be the same as qtopia's behaviour where you hold your finger on an

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread Schmidt András
In PDA shops you can buy a bicycle mount for PDA's. I hope it will be compatible with the Neo. Joseph Reeves wrote: Dear all, Please excuse my blatant blog-promotion, but here's a short entry on my use of the Neo1973 and tangoGPS as a bicycle computer:

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread Schmidt András
As the Neo's screen is pressure based (not capacitive) it could be possible to be used through a thin plastic layer. There are PDA bags which cover the touch screen and it still remains functional. David Pottage wrote: On Thu, March 6, 2008 12:11 pm, Schmidt András wrote: Joseph Reeves

Re: Dasher on OpenMoko?

2008-02-29 Thread Schmidt András
with analog modem's. Regards Schmidt András Charles Edward Pax wrote: Hi, all. This is my first post, but I've been trying to follow neo/openmoko development for a while. I have a few questions Has anyone used gotten dasher running on OpenMoko? Is it possible to use a mobile phone to dial

Re: Picture Viewer geocaching

2008-02-27 Thread Schmidt András
are interested in Geocaching you should check the Yama map viewer project: http://yamamap.wiki.sourceforge.net/ It has an online Demo applet here: http://yamamap.org/demo.php Schmidt András ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http

Re: FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-26 Thread Schmidt András
Nils Faerber wrote: Depends largely on the modem, i.e. if it can handle analog incoming fax transmissions. Sending analog FAX over a GSM line will not offer good results if it works at all. GSM codec is optimized for transmitting voice. The characteristics of GSM and the characteristics

Alarm clock (Re: Wiki - OpenMoko Community Applications)

2008-02-14 Thread Schmidt András
I have re-read the wish list and community applications list and could not find a feature that I use on my current phone day to day. That is alarm clock. Or is it part of the calendar? Do you have any pointers to OpenMoko's alarm clock application? Or is it missing yet? It would be a nice hobby

Re: List of Linux Cell Phones

2008-02-13 Thread Schmidt András
Hi! So it is a list of GSM phones which are capable of running linux? Why is it important from OpenMoko's point of view? Are they capable of hosting the OpenMoko software? Or are they the concurrent hardware of Neo? I just don't understand what you mean. Best regards Michael Schmidt wrote:

Re: Bike power (Re: solar power)

2008-02-11 Thread Schmidt András
Marcel wrote: But you would really have to keep an eye on the overall ATP level, if it goes too low, there might something terrible happen... What does a body behave like on really low energy (ATP) levels? I am not a human body expert but my guess is: You get hungry and also your reserves

Bike power (Re: solar power)

2008-02-10 Thread Schmidt András
Today we were talking about new generation of portable personal computers (yes, that is OpenMoko :-) with friends. Our idea was to use it as cyclocomputer (That idea has already appeared on the wiki or in the list somewhere). We were wondering whether it would be possible to charge the phone

Re: tangoGPS, a new gps mapping software for the Neo

2008-02-04 Thread Schmidt András
Hi community, Lionel Dricot wrote: - Any other Open Source GPS application in the field ? I am developing one: http://sf.net/projects/yamamap. See wiki on sourceforge for details. There is a demo on sourceforge but unluckily it does not work on the Linux devices yet (due to some

Re: New wiki page - Problems of typical closed phones

2008-02-03 Thread Schmidt András
... Schmidt András Andy Powell wrote: On Sunday 03 February 2008 19:55, JW wrote: Hi Openmoko community I created a new page to list the problems of typical closed phones with the intention of informing potential Openmoko phone buyers. Please add your examples to the 4 I included as a starting point

Re: Mono development in openmoko

2008-02-01 Thread Schmidt András
is to consider using Java in case you know both technologies. I am so curious, may I ask you what are you planning to develop for the OpenMoko platform? Hope I could help you Schmidt András Juan Luis Prieto Martinez wrote: Hi all, I am very interesting in developing something for openmoko in mono

Re: Mono development in openmoko

2008-02-01 Thread Schmidt András
Hi, Juan! Juan Luis Prieto Martinez wrote: Hello Schmidt, Actually in hungarian we write our last name first :-). So my first name is András. I shoud have written it in english as András Schmidt. I just mentioned it because I found this combination funny :-). For me it is not a problem to use

Re: Mono development in openmoko

2008-02-01 Thread Schmidt András
Tilman Baumann wrote: I can not belive that a Mono GTK app can be the same speed on java/swing. And any step to integrate your app into the system, leads you to things like D-Bus and gconf. Sure, you can make JNI bindings for all of them. But i have never seen any. Mono has them... Just my 2

Re: Mono development in openmoko

2008-02-01 Thread Schmidt András
Sorry I wanted to send that in private. Schmidt András wrote: Hi, Juan! ... ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: France : Taxes for video and mp3 playing capacity

2008-01-24 Thread Schmidt András
Richard Reichenbacher wrote: No direspect or anything but that's probably the dumbest tax I've ever heard of. In Hungary there is tax on every _empty_ Compact Disc and DVD. The concept is that you will store warez mp3 on them. So when I archive my personal photos or software projects I pay

Re: digital compass modules

2008-01-23 Thread Schmidt András
Hi! A compass module would be very nice with many applications! I have no hardware related experince. Is it possible to integrate a chip like this into the phone? How would you do that? Jeff Andros wrote: sparkfun has a few, this one jumped out at me, but check out the rest

Re: digital compass modules

2008-01-23 Thread Schmidt András
Hi! I was thinking about the same problem. But once I have seen a working compass in a phone already (we have crossed thick woods following the compass :-) - it was a friend's phone, I think a Nokia). So it is not impossible to integrate into a phone. In my opinion: 1. The GSM is not

Re: digital compass modules

2008-01-23 Thread Schmidt András
Tilman Baumann wrote: Bluetooth would be nice. You would need no hardware hacks on the phone itself. Should be pretty easy to hack a bluetooth-serial converter (like BlueSMiRF from sparkfun) to the sensor. Maybe with a little microcontroller glue in between. Bluetooth is very simple to code

Re: digital compass modules

2008-01-23 Thread Schmidt András
Sébastien Lorquet wrote: I'm not sure a magnetic sensor is useful when you have a GPS, because a GPS can give you a heading as soon as the measured velocity is not zero! It is true when you use it in a car when cruising with normal speeds. When you are using your GPS on foot (installed with a

Re: digital compass modules

2008-01-23 Thread Schmidt András
François TOURDE wrote: Le 13901ième jour après Epoch, Schmidt András écrivait: Tilman Baumann wrote: Bluetooth would be nice. You would need no hardware hacks on the phone itself. Should be pretty easy to hack a bluetooth-serial converter (like BlueSMiRF from sparkfun) to the sensor

Re: digital compass modules

2008-01-23 Thread Schmidt András
Frans Grotepass wrote: On Wednesday 23 January 2008, Schmidt András wrote: I am not even sure it is possible. GPS combined with INS? I think the accelerometers aren't accurate enough for INS I have the same opinion though I don't know what INS resolves to :-). Could you tell what

Re: Digital Compass JavaFX

2008-01-23 Thread Schmidt András
At least this solution consumes zero energy :-) Georg Michelitsch wrote: I my opinion, including another piece of hardware on the Neo (and in detail a device which needs to be isolated from any magnetic influences by other components) would cause big changes in the hardware layout, so for the

Re: Videos and pictures of Neo FreeRunner at CES:

2008-01-12 Thread Schmidt András
You are absolutely right! I couldn't catch any meaning of the post. Maybe the guy who wrote it should have some mental treatment. Or is it funny? Ken Smith wrote: On Jan 11, 2008 12:21 PM, Michael Shiloh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: root

2008-01-11 Thread Schmidt András
the device itself. Cheers SA Ted Lemon wrote: On Jan 11, 2008, at 5:56 AM, Schmidt András wrote: In my opinion there is nothing that the root account can protect on a single user handheld device. Phones are normally used single user. When an application gets the rights for that user then it can access

Re: YAMA - Map Application intended for OpenMoko

2007-12-08 Thread Schmidt András
will release the converter that converts openstreetmap maps to Yama format, add GUI to reach all implemented functionality on the Gtk version and GSMD signal follower, so you can use it with the maps of your own location. I am still looking for contributors ;-)! Best regards Schmidt András

Re: YAMA - Map Application intended for OpenMoko

2007-12-07 Thread Schmidt András
/pipermail/community/2007-December/012100.html So the question is still open. My opinion is that it should use Gtk (no Swing) on the phone. (And the 3D hardware later. Anyone who would like to contribute?) Andrew Bartlomiej Zdanowski [Zdanek] wrote: Hello András. Schmidt András pisze: I am