Re: another GPS idea - speed-sensitive voicemail

2007-07-29 Thread Mark Eichin
> Anyway, I am thinking there might be many uses for speed-based > settings--enough to justify a speed-based 'cron' like utility? Perhaps... Yeah, you could generalize "run-things-when" to time - cron ground-speed - this thing place - location-based-services This suggests that altitude mi

Re: AT command test suite

2007-07-28 Thread Mark Eichin
"Shakthi Kannan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > On 7/28/07, Andy Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> All very laudable goals, but that's not the question I asked. > > Because we can enhance the existing Perl code, which is old, dated at > 2001, and we want everyone to share the code and be

Re: 3G sim cards

2007-07-28 Thread Mark Eichin
> and I am able to make outgoing calls successfully. Even got the audio > working after some fuss ;) What fuss in particular? I can play audio with madplay, but have yet to get phone calls to use the speaker (the dialer connects and picks up fine...) ___

another GPS idea - speed-sensitive voicemail

2007-07-28 Thread Mark Eichin
Use case: When I'm walking around, I'll answer the phone. When I'm driving, I won't (one phonecall == two beers worth of distraction)... but am willing to pull over if the caller thinks it's important enough. I shouldn't have to *tell* the phone what mode I'm in: GPS can provide veloci

Re: Fwd: Wiki application list.

2007-07-27 Thread Mark Eichin
> I seem to have wiped out my GPS drivers and applications in my initial flash > also. Had to - I didn't know of a way to back up before doing so. Same here - though given that the kernel couldn't find init, I'm not actually convinced that they *were* on the installed rootfs... Of course, I'd r

Re: Wiki application list.

2007-07-27 Thread Mark Eichin
> In the meantime, here's what I'm finding works: Excellent list. Note that this varies build-to-build, or at least has in the last few days. > I tried it out with my sim card, then moved it back to my old phone. I Same here - but after that (being in the US) I just dropped $10 cash at a T-mob

Re: Broken Sim Card Reader?

2007-07-26 Thread Mark Eichin
"Harrison Metzger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear community, > > I received my neo today and have been playing around with it a bunch. I can > get any of the "phone" part of the phone to work. I have been playing around > with the GSM AT command set and issuing commands to the modem manually a

Re: whee!

2007-07-26 Thread Mark Eichin
Mark Eichin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Advanced kit arrived, yay! > > Batteries and uSD cards were missing, boo! Ok, now I feel stupid. Guess you get to call me a muppet after all :-} The batteries and cards were all wrapped together in one of the foam cutouts. I don't

Re: Ubuntu Fiesty Kernel .deb package

2007-07-26 Thread Mark Eichin
> Is gadgetfs separate enough that you can just use module-assistant to > build it? > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/OpenMoko_under_QEMU#Setting_up_USB_connection I'll note that the later Ubuntu kernels seem to have: CONFIG_USB_GADGET=m # CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DUMMY_HCD is not set CONFIG_USB_GADGETFS

Re: whee!

2007-07-26 Thread Mark Eichin
Marco Barreno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm looking at that picture, and it looks to me like there are two > white batteries in the lower level right by the case handle, next to > the MicroSD card(s). If those two white things aren't batteries, what > are they? Those look like the batteries,

Re: whee!

2007-07-26 Thread Mark Eichin
"Frederic Kettelhoit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Would it be possible to get some blueprints of the device? I don't need > artist drawing, but it would be really really helpful to get the blueprints > for the case (inside and outside) as soon as possible. There are reasonably high res picture

Re: Ubuntu Fiesty Kernel .deb package

2007-07-26 Thread Mark Eichin
Is gadgetfs separate enough that you can just use module-assistant to build it? "William Voorhees" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Since Ubuntu Fiesty is a pretty common distribution which doesn't encourage > custom kernel building is their any possibility of having someone wrap up a > .deb package

Re: whee!

2007-07-26 Thread Mark Eichin
Jason Elwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mark, > You will find out very soon that the rootfs image you used is badly broken. > "gta01-20070704215706" has a bug that causes gsmd to not respond. The issue > has been corrected in later builds. You can either build it yourself, or I > have ma

Re: whee!

2007-07-26 Thread Mark Eichin
Oh, right, doesn't need the debug board (which I left at home) to just install a new root filesystem: % wget http://buildhost.openmoko.org/tmp/deploy/images/openmoko-devel-image-fic-gta01-20070704215706.rootfs.jffs2 % sudo ./src/host/dfu-util/src/dfu-util -a 5 -R -D ./openmoko-devel-image-fic-gt

Re: whee!

2007-07-26 Thread Mark Eichin
Giles Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > They never do work on USB with no battery, it's just how the electronics are > designed. That's good to know. > Shame about the missing bits, this may be of interest however: > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_Battery > > "The battery is a one 3.

Re: whee!

2007-07-26 Thread Mark Eichin
Peter Trapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Have you checked this wiki? > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/SH1 >> Before you start >> The software installed on your device is a factory variant with very limited > functionality. In fact, it may not even boot Linux. > >> Therefore, before you start, p

Re: whee!

2007-07-26 Thread Mark Eichin
Andy Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thursday 26 July 2007 17:08, Mark Eichin wrote: >> Advanced kit arrived, yay! >> >> Batteries and uSD cards were missing, boo! >> >> The phone doesn't appear to power up off of the USB cable by itself, >

Re: whee!

2007-07-26 Thread Mark Eichin
> I'm sory to hear that $450 advanced set does not have everything it > has to. I wonder if this could be more common thing. Did you try to > contact anyone at openmoko? I responded to the RT ticket, reopening it. Hopefully that's a good enough starting point; I was also curious if anyone else s

whee!

2007-07-26 Thread Mark Eichin
Advanced kit arrived, yay! Batteries and uSD cards were missing, boo! The phone doesn't appear to power up off of the USB cable by itself, either... ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/lis

Re: Multi-touch, ...

2007-07-23 Thread Mark Eichin
> Obviously multi-touch existed a few years ago (FingerWorks was around Note that Apple *bought* FingerWorks for this technology, and presumably the associated patents. (I have some of the FingerWorks keyboards, they're a great technology on the gesturing side, but as an experienced touch-typist

Re: Camera on GTA02

2007-07-23 Thread Mark Eichin
"Joshua Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I agree 100% with Coomac. Sure it would be nice if we had a Digital SLR with > us at all times but that is completely impractical. Unless you are some sort > of weirdo chances are you are not going to be carrying that large camera > around with you ev

Re: Camera on GTA02

2007-07-23 Thread Mark Eichin
Eric van Horssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mark Eichin wrote: >>> It's not the megapixels that matter, it's the quality of the lens and the >>> quality of the CCD/CMOS. >> Right. My simple version of this is "Cameras have lenses" - phones

Re: Camera on GTA02

2007-07-23 Thread Mark Eichin
> It's not the megapixels that matter, it's the quality of the lens and the > quality of the CCD/CMOS. Right. My simple version of this is "Cameras have lenses" - phones, for the most part, don't. This is why, for me, being able to do USB *host* is a killer feature, so I can take *real* pictur

Re: Marketing...

2007-07-21 Thread Mark Eichin
Ted Lemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jul 20, 2007, at 5:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Maybe I stated the obvious, but I would like this phone to be a >> success >> and thats how i see it happening.. start with the basics... > > Like the iPhone, you mean? :') > > Of course it would be

Re: Significant Numbers of Non-Developers?

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Eichin
Giles Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 20 Jul 2007, at 22:25, Ortwin Regel wrote: > >> Order #1833 here and not a developer at all. My last Linux >> experience was that I changed the screen resolution in Suse 9 to >> something that didn't work and wasn't able to change it back and >> get bac

Re: Unusual Bluetooth Gadgets?

2007-07-19 Thread Mark Eichin
Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 7/19/07, Mark Eichin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Jeff Rush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > I was thinking this phone has so many possibilities, and one of them is >> > neat >> > bluetooth gadge

Re: Unusual Bluetooth Gadgets?

2007-07-18 Thread Mark Eichin
Jeff Rush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was thinking this phone has so many possibilities, and one of them is neat > bluetooth gadgets we could make use of. But searching I don't see a lot of > innovative bluetooth gadgets to buy. It's a hugely complicated addition to any "gadget". Heck, you

Re: Support for Left handers

2007-07-18 Thread Mark Eichin
Gilles Casse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le dimanche 15 juillet 2007 à 20:43 +0100, Giles Jones a écrit : >> I don't think the visually impaired would be able to use the device >> anyway. >> > > It is not obvious, but I am confident that with good willing people it > will become a reality.

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread Mark Eichin
> Well, GTA-01 is now definitely dead on arrival. Without finished > software is hasn't any chance. My bet: it won't be sold at all, nobody > would buy it now. GTA-02 will be the first model on sale. > Am I correct? Not a chance. It's a common mistake (sometimes called "The Osborne Mistake" afte

USB host connector? (was Re: Battery powered charging/USB hub)

2007-05-13 Thread Mark Eichin
Speaking of USB -- the openmoko has a USB device port on the side (that's being discussed in this thread) and internally has a USB host, according to http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Category:Neo1973_Hardware#USB_Host but I what I haven't seen clarified - is the USB host port brought outside at all?