GPS, VMWare and question about bluetooth headset

[Johan Badenhorst]

Hi there,

First off I just want to say thanks to the guys who figured out the SD card
effect on GPS.  Tested this and TTFF was 72 seconds while walking to work
this morning (there aren't enough hours in the day, so some things need to
happen in transit).

I only got the physical device yesterday, and was able to setup the USB and
get USB networking going in a Ubuntu VMWare Image.  This worked well, except
for the fact that I lost the USB connection when Windows power saving kicked
in, so keep that in mind if you are going to use VMWare to run opkg etc.
Note that I haven't tried flashing using this method yet, I want to see that
it is stable enough first.

I am really determined to use the Freerunner as my phone for everyday use.
I believe that this is the only way to make sure that the phone is usable
and that application interfaces are practical.  At the moment that is a bit
tricky because of the echo and interference when making phone calls, but I
believe that these issues aren't insurmountable.  The reason I got an open
phone is because when issues like these creep up I have the option of
getting in there and trying to sort it out myself.

It is with that in mind that I will be installing XOScope to do some tests
of my own.

Questions:

1.  In ticket 1267 the following statement is made:

*"With a few mixer tweaks it is possible to send a 1 kHz PCM tone out
through the call speaker"*

Can someone ellaborate on what these tweaks are?

2.  a)  A bluetooth headset is mentioned as a possible workaround, has
anyone tested this,
 b)  does it get rid of the echo as well as the interference
 c)  and is there a BT headset that anyone recommends if I am going to
test this myself?

Rock on developers!
J
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VMWare Freerunner Flash

[Johan Badenhorst]

Hi guys,

I was just wondering if anyone has flashed their Freerunners using VMWare
Player on Windows and if that would even be possible?  Alternatively would
it be possible to use colinux or a similar tool?  I've been developing for
Maemo using VMWare successfully because I am stuck without a linux machine
at present.  The Internet Tablets have a Windows flashing tool though, so
I've never had to attempt to flash from a virtual machine.

If this isn't an option I'll use a live CD.

Thanks for any response and good luck to all the other developers out there
getting ready for the arrival of your freerunners

e
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London Groupsales

[Johan Badenhorst]

Hi there,

I was just wandering if there is any plan for how to go about the group
purchase for the London group (Half and half etc.)

Speed is the most important thing for me, so if the logistics are going to
mean that I don't get to play with my freerunner until mid August I might
seriously consider buying through Truebox, which is now saying that they
will start shipping Freerunners mid July for £272.  Now with conversion from
$$$.$$ to £££.££ things never make sense, so I am not sure whether this is a
good price or not (Logic means nothing when converting between currencies).

To summarise:
1.  Is there a plan for London groupsales?
2.  Any idea what the price per unit will be for groupsales in London (or,
will it be better than the Truebox price)?

And finally thanks for the good news!!  Mass Production:  Woohoo!
Ezuall
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