>Seems the cradle is the only missing component here Except the patent states that it doesn't have to include a cradle and, in fact, that a cable may be considered a feature.
Well done Microsoft, you're trying to patent USB host mode on a phone... Joseph 2009/2/3 Helge Hafting <[email protected]>: > Gothnet wrote: >> >> >> Peter Nijs wrote: >>> I'm almost sure someone suggested >>> hooking up an external screen to it. That's technically not possible >>> >> >> Isn't it? >> >> You can get external USB gfx cards these days. >> >> Whether FR has the power to drive one, or if there are FOSS drivers, I have >> no idea. > > No problem. > The dock may contain a powered usb hub - so no power problem. > An "external screen" can be a serial terminal, and usb-to-serial > converters certainly exists. Linux always had drivers for serial > terminals, these days also the usb-to-serial converters. > > For something more modern, use X over the network. (usb network or wifi) > > > The usb cable to the pc seems to do everything: > It connects the phone to: > * the pc keyboard (use ssh software) > * the pc screen (ssh tunneling X) > * the pc mouse (ssh tunneling X) > * network connection, whatever network(s) the pc is accessing > * I have no camera, but it can be done using SANE. > > Seems the cradle is the only missing component here, but phone cradles > aren't exactly new either. > > > I guess it is possible to overturn that patent, if anyone has a hobby of > suing microsoft... > > > Helge Hafting > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
