Re: [backstage] A few interesting bits...

2008-09-07 Thread Tim Dobson
Dave Crossland wrote: There is also the secondary technical issue of CPU muscle - can puny embedded devices like the iPhone and OpenMoko handle Java? ;p Good question, I'll give it a go. The FR can cope with debian so perhaps java isn't out of the question, however I can't see it being too

Re: [backstage] A few interesting bits...

2008-09-07 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/9/7 Tim Dobson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dave Crossland wrote: There is also the secondary technical issue of CPU muscle - can puny embedded devices like the iPhone and OpenMoko handle Java? ;p Good question, I'll give it a go. The FR can cope with debian so perhaps java isn't out of the

[backstage] Manchester Free Software Talk: Dave Crossland - Free as in Profit

2008-09-07 Thread Tim Dobson
Next Meeting Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 16th September, 2008. Dave Crossland, a well known free software advocate, is giving a talk entitled 'Free as in profit (fonts and software freedom)'. Dave will discuss the importance of fonts, how they count as free software and how

[backstage] iPlayer comes to Nokias... When to Windows Mobile handsets?

2008-09-07 Thread Christopher Woods
So, I noticed with raised eyebrow that the Beeb is rolling out iPlayer on the N96 handset. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/09/07/d lbbc107.xml) This is good news, because having unfettered unDRMed content at comparatively high quality for just the iPhone

Re: [backstage] iPlayer comes to Nokias... When to Windows Mobile handsets?

2008-09-07 Thread Tim Dobson
Christopher Woods wrote: So, I noticed with raised eyebrow that the Beeb is rolling out iPlayer on the N96 handset. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/09/07/d lbbc107.xml) This is good news, because having unfettered unDRMed content at comparatively high

RE: [backstage] iPlayer comes to Nokias... When to Windows Mobile handsets?

2008-09-07 Thread Christopher Woods
... and what about the neo freerunner platform! And Android... And RIM's devices (that doesn't support DRM at all, something one mobile music platform has already countered by selling major labels' content in MP3 or AAC+ format)... To be honest, I don't think the Windows Media DRM