Re: DBus for Generic Data Access Methods?

2007-01-30 Thread Jim McDonald
Marcel Holtmann wrote: [...] Okay so there has been a fair amount of discussion here but I think we've veered off track a bit. To try to re-phrase my thoughts: - Current DBus object paths are application-centric (this is by choice of the application) - Without a well-known set of paths

Re: DBus for Generic Data Access Methods?

2007-01-30 Thread Marcel Holtmann
Hi Jim, Okay so there has been a fair amount of discussion here but I think we've veered off track a bit. To try to re-phrase my thoughts: - Current DBus object paths are application-centric (this is by choice of the application) the object paths are specific to the daemon (I prefer

Re: DBus for Generic Data Access Methods?

2007-01-30 Thread Kalle Kärkkäinen
ti, 2007-01-30 kello 10:58 +, Jim McDonald kirjoitti: - Current DBus object paths are application-centric (this is by choice of the application) [..snip..] - There seem to be two options (ignoring the uninteresting ones): - take a combination of the existing

Re: DBus for Generic Data Access Methods?

2007-01-30 Thread Jim McDonald
Marcel Holtmann wrote: [...] the question is still why. We have EDS. So no reason to invent another interface for the same purpose. Don't try to over-complicate things. So this is an argument against abstraction, which I understand but disagree with. It comes back to the two choices that

Re: DBus for Generic Data Access Methods?

2007-01-30 Thread Kalle Kärkkäinen
Hi marcel, the question is still why. We have EDS. So no reason to invent another interface for the same purpose. Don't try to over-complicate things. I'm not saying that there should be any change to dbus as it is. I'm only advocating the 'well-known' part of this all. I'm saying that it's

Re: DBus for Generic Data Access Methods?

2007-01-30 Thread Marcel Holtmann
Hi Kalle, the question is still why. We have EDS. So no reason to invent another interface for the same purpose. Don't try to over-complicate things. I'm not saying that there should be any change to dbus as it is. I'm only advocating the 'well-known' part of this all. nobody was talking

Re: Running linux programs

2007-01-30 Thread Владислав Чернышов
Thanks, guys! That's just what I needed! Can't get wait to play with Neo1973 after 2007-03-11!!! 26.01.07, Marc Verwerft [EMAIL PROTECTED] написал(а): Try google like this: 'keyword site:http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community' e.g. 'agps

Re: Possibilities for commercial software?

2007-01-30 Thread Oleg Gusev
Am Dienstag, 30. Januar 2007 04:24 schrieben Sie: Then on what basis, Oleg, do you make the statement Free-Software-only is the goal without prefixing that sentence with In my opinion ... ? Because it's an unmoderated community list, and not an

Re: AT commands document (Was: Fax modem? Fax software? Neo as T.38 gateway?)

2007-01-30 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
On 1/30/07 2:20 PM, Carlo E. Prelz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My question is: would the GSM chip has a modem for data connections and also fax support? Good question. And if it is, is it a standard class 1 faxmodem like common with GSM mobiles nowaday? Related question: is it possible to

Re: idea: World Clock

2007-01-30 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
On 1/30/07 2:22 AM, Mary Stovel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pictures of the Neo show a clock. Will this be a world clock? I would really like one so that when I get to Germany next year, I can keep track of time back home for making my calls. One with ability to set alarms would be great.

Re: Ready For Prime Time?

2007-01-30 Thread Christopher Heiny
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 19:14, Jeremy Nikolai scribbled in crayon on the back of a kid's menu: I thought I read something a while ago that the first generation Neo _wasn't_ going to be multitouch capable, and it hasn't been mentioned in the specs recently - does anyone know definitively

Re: But wich GSM chip? Re: AT commands document (Was: Fax modem? Fax software? Neo as T.38 gateway?)

2007-01-30 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
On 1/31/07 12:32 AM, Robert Michel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So can you say us already a little more about the GSM chip? Sure. We're using a Ti Calypso chipset. Unfortunately this stuff is all under _super_ NDA :-( AKA: If I post a datasheet I would get the CEO of FIC fired within 24 hours ;-)

Multiple USB Devices

2007-01-30 Thread Michael Fletcher
Hi All I am very excited about this phone! Cannot wait to get my hands on one! I was wondering, I have been searched the mailing list, but can't seem to find an answer. Will it be possible to connect a powered USB HUB into the 1973. So that for example the phone can charge, have a USB WiFi

Charging while using USB devices possible? Re: Multiple USB Devices

2007-01-30 Thread Robert Michel
Salve Michael! On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Michael Fletcher wrote: I was wondering, I have been searched the mailing list, but can't seem to find an answer. Will it be possible to connect a powered USB HUB into the 1973. So that for example the phone can charge, have a USB WiFi dongle attached and

Re: idea: World Clock

2007-01-30 Thread David Schlesinger
On 1/30/07 8:31 AM, Joe Pfeiffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller writes: Isn't very complex either - Linux system time is UTC and can be synced through nntp while network access exists. Do you mean NTP? What, you don't set your watch by USENET...?

Re: Fax modem? Fax software? Neo as T.38 gateway?

2007-01-30 Thread Harald Welte
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 12:02:42AM +0100, Andreas Kostyrka wrote: * Robert Michel [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070129 22:58]: My question is: would the GSM chip has a modem for data connections and also fax support? Good question. And if it is, is it a standard class 1 faxmodem like common with GSM

Re: Phone enhancements

2007-01-30 Thread Christopher Heiny
On Saturday 27 January 2007 08:31, ROB scribbled in crayon on the back of a kid's menu: I would like a blender and a toaster (for small toast... I realize that including a full size toaster would make the phone a lot less portable.) If the phone could also work as an electric razor and

Re: But wich GSM chip? Re: AT commands document (Was: Fax modem? Fax software? Neo as T.38 gateway?)

2007-01-30 Thread Dimitris Kogias
Sean Moss-Pultz wrote: On 1/31/07 12:32 AM, Robert Michel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So can you say us already a little more about the GSM chip? Sure. We're using a Ti Calypso chipset. Unfortunately this stuff is all under _super_ NDA :-( Isn't the AT-capable port going to be available to

Re: about those new lists . . .

2007-01-30 Thread Christopher Heiny
On Sunday 28 January 2007 14:14, Declan Naughton scribbled in crayon on the back of a kid's menu: openmoko-whining, too. Don't forget openmoko-flame ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: DBus for Generic Data Access Methods?

2007-01-30 Thread Christopher Heiny
On Tuesday 30 January 2007 05:03, Marcel Holtmann scribbled in crayon on the back of a kid's menu: And again. Nobody is going to change D-Bus. It works like it does, but you need to understand how it works. Newbie to Dbus question: any suggestions for a good place to get started on gaining

Re: DBus for Generic Data Access Methods?

2007-01-30 Thread Dimitris Kogias
Therefore it'd require a lot of standardisation to create such a thing where these all would be just another device of type X. If this was possible then we *could* have a dbus address that has a program that could advertise these features. Like this: /xx/yy/zz NETWORKING_FEATURE

Re: Fax modem? Fax software? Neo as T.38 gateway?

2007-01-30 Thread Jonathon Suggs
Harald Welte wrote: yes, the GSM Modem we use has standard AT command Fax modem functionality. I'm not 100% sure about everything I'm about to say, but I vaguely remember some things from a similar discussion a while back. In order for you to send/receive fax via a GSM connection requires you

Re: Phone enhancements

2007-01-30 Thread Al Johnson
On Tuesday 30 January 2007 17:03, Christopher Heiny wrote: On Saturday 27 January 2007 08:31, ROB scribbled in crayon on the back of a kid's menu: I would like a blender and a toaster (for small toast... I realize that including a full size toaster would make the phone a lot less

Re: Fax modem? Fax software? Neo as T.38 gateway?

2007-01-30 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
* Jonathon Suggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070130 18:46]: Harald Welte wrote: yes, the GSM Modem we use has standard AT command Fax modem functionality. I'm not 100% sure about everything I'm about to say, but I vaguely remember some things from a similar discussion a while back. In order for

Re: Charging while using USB devices possible? Re: Multiple USB Devices

2007-01-30 Thread Michael G Fletcher
Salve Rob! Thanks for the answer, so if I understand correctly, it should all work together simultaneously - assuming drivers are working correct - although the Neo1973 will most likely not charge... Cheers --Michael On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 17:47 +0100, Robert Michel wrote: Salve Michael! On

Re: Phone enhancements

2007-01-30 Thread michael
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Al Johnson wrote: On Tuesday 30 January 2007 17:03, Christopher Heiny wrote: On Saturday 27 January 2007 08:31, ROB scribbled in crayon on the back of a kid's menu: I would like a blender and a toaster (for small toast... I realize that including a full size toaster

Re: Fax modem? Fax software? Neo as T.38 gateway?

2007-01-30 Thread michael
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Andreas Kostyrka wrote: * Jonathon Suggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070130 18:46]: Harald Welte wrote: yes, the GSM Modem we use has standard AT command Fax modem functionality. I'm not 100% sure about everything I'm about to say, but I vaguely remember some things from a

Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-30 Thread Robert Michel
Salve, I can't understand why Blackberry and other has become so big into the market, because the server side software for a push service are normal linux admins tools. But wait - the client side need some open programmable devices - like OpenMoko and the Neo1973 :))) When GPRS is always on,

idea: second SIM card support

2007-01-30 Thread Myk Melez
I live in the US but regularly travel to Hungary, and I have a second SIM card for use abroad. I know it's too late for v1, but for future versions of the phone, I'd find it useful for the phone to support a second SIM card. There a few different ways it could do this. Here are some

Re: idea: second SIM card support

2007-01-30 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
Problem solved, as in option 2: http://www.dualsim.de/ I fear that having two GSM modules does not make sense in a general phone. (Despite the fact that I do have SIMs from two countries ;) ) Andreas * Myk Melez [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070130 21:31]: I live in the US but regularly travel to

[moved to openmoko-community]Re: Translators needed?

2007-01-30 Thread Robert Michel
Salve José! Welcome to Openmoko :) I'm just a student tring to support the community, so we do not have an official list moderator, and the official openmoko team member are very busy. Your mail was send to the wrong list... On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, José Suárez wrote: Hi to everybody. I've been

Re: idea: second SIM card support

2007-01-30 Thread Robert Michel
Salve Myk! Welcome to openmoko community :) On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Myk Melez wrote: I live in the US but regularly travel to Hungary, and I have a second SIM card for use abroad. I know it's too late for v1, but for future versions of the phone, I'd find it useful for the phone to support

Re: [moved to openmoko-community]Re: Translators needed?

2007-01-30 Thread Denis Kot
I can try to help to translate to Russian. 2007/1/30, Robert Michel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Salve José! Welcome to Openmoko :) I'm just a student tring to support the community, so we do not have an official list moderator, and the official openmoko team member are very busy. Your mail was send to

Idea: ring tones and other non-software assets can be developed as CC content

2007-01-30 Thread michael
Awhile back someone joined the list and said that while he wasn't a programmer, he was a graphic artist and would like to help in some way. A few days later Jon Phillips introduced himself and mentioned the Creative Commons license. This got me thinking about ways that non-programmers could

WAS: Re: Idea: ring tones and other non-software assets can be developed as CC...

2007-01-30 Thread Bill R. WASHBURN
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 2007 Jan 30 at 23:11 -0500 wrote: Awhile back someone joined the list and said that while he wasn't a programmer, he was a graphic artist and would like to help in some way. I, too, am new to the OpenMoko community. I have only done a little programming in my life and

music applications: piano, drum, bell...

2007-01-30 Thread kkr
I am not sure to well understand how works this new screen generation (multi-point touch screen)... Can he discern the force of pressure exercised with the finger over the screen (weak, normal or strong)? Can anybody confirm it? If yes, we would be able to built a music application like a

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-30 Thread David Ford
Elliot F. wrote: Or you could simply modify the mail server to trigger a script when a message is delivered, rather than having to poll each directory/file. A procmail/maildrop filter would be one way to implement it easily (allowing you to filter for messages from specific people, to certain

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-30 Thread Jae Stutzman
I have been playing around with MGTalk which is a java midlet for google talk. It has some sort of push email notification that works with my gmail account. I have not looked any deeper but maybe using a modified jabber server one could create an open source push email server. Although it is nice

Re: idea: linuxtogo wiki: Linksys NSLU2 and Neo 1973 HOWTO (Was: Why do I want WiFi?)

2007-01-30 Thread Rod Whitby
Brad Midgley wrote: If you do go this route, I'd suggest you get a class 1 bluetooth adapter. You won't get 100m range, but in my experience when one side of the bluetooth link is a class 1 radio, you'll increase the range by 50 to 100% over the standard 10m. The bluetake bt007ex is a great

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-30 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
* Elliot F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070131 03:45]: Robert Michel wrote: Salve, I can't understand why Blackberry and other has become so big into the market, because the server side software for a push service are normal linux admins tools. But wait - the client side need some open programmable

Re: Idea: ring tones and other non-software assets can be developed as CC content

2007-01-30 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Awhile back someone joined the list and said that while he wasn't a programmer, he was a graphic artist and would like to help in some way. A few days later Jon Phillips introduced himself and mentioned the Creative Commons license. This got me thinking about ways

Re: [moved to openmoko-community]Re: Translators needed?

2007-01-30 Thread Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente
And me could help in Spanish translation, but I suppose it's being done by FIC. Best regards, 2007/1/30, Denis Kot [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I can try to help to translate to Russian. 2007/1/30, Robert Michel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Salve José! Welcome to Openmoko :) I'm just a student tring to

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-30 Thread Elliot F.
David Ford wrote: Elliot F. wrote: Or you could simply modify the mail server to trigger a script when a message is delivered, rather than having to poll each directory/file. A procmail/maildrop filter would be one way to implement it easily (allowing you to filter for messages from specific

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-30 Thread Elliot F.
Andreas Kostyrka wrote: * Elliot F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070131 03:45]: Or you could simply modify the mail server to trigger a script when a message is delivered, rather than having to poll each directory/file. A procmail/maildrop filter would be one way to implement it easily (allowing you to

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-30 Thread Elliot F.
Google talk has a persistent connection between the client and the server. With a persistent connection, pushing data is pretty easy. Jae Stutzman wrote: I have been playing around with MGTalk which is a java midlet for google talk. It has some sort of push email notification that works with