On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:32:46 +0200, "Dani Anon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/25/07, Lorn Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Carlo E. Prelz wrote: >> > Subject: Re: Qtopia coming for Neo1973 >> > Date: mar 25 set 07 08:18:31 +0200 >> > >> > Quoting Dani Anon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >> > >> >> - But QT is not free (as in beer) for commercial usage >> > >> > This is not the only reason why Qtopia is sub-optimal. >> >> It's not a reason at all. Neo is a "free" phone! If I wanted commercial >> applications, I could easily use any other phone out there. The reason >> why we are all here, is because the Neo is 'free software'. Would the >> Neo interest you as much if it wasn't as 'free'? > > Tell that to all the people using Wine under Linux.
I Don't think there are so much... I fully agree with him to say Neo/OpenMoko goal is to become a *FREE* user friendly phone. Even if Qtopia could give bigger range, or bigger "celebrity", it will not change the OpenMoko/OpenEmbedded mission, to provide a free framework/os > >> They haven't progressed that much in the last 6 years. Slower cpu uses >> less power. > > strongly agree with all these points. With mobile devices, direct > access to the hardware is everything because it might mean an extra > hour of battery. the main problem right now is I'm not sure about the > future of openmoko if they keep using X. When I learnt openmoko was > using an X server it surprised me a lot, its a very weird decision. > Most of Linux powered extramobile devices that I know of (please > correct me if I'm wrong) have some kind of framebuffer environment in > which you can directly draw stuff on screen with little overhead. > > Dani Ok, I am not a developper, but, I think the accelorometer has the goal to provide a good video rendering. If you see forward, the hardware will be improved, and I think there will be some "eyeglasses" effect or any "eye candy" things that won't not be possible with frame buffer... -- Steven Le Roux [EMAIL PROTECTED] xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
