MiniOne

2008-03-06 Thread Mario Wewer
Hello community, does anyone of you already have a Meizu MiniOne Phone? The phone looks very interesting for me (just made a small impression of it - like the iPhone)... It is really cheap (when the given prices are the right ones) Only GPS is missing... And maybe UMTS... Prices: ca. $195/~149€

Re: MiniOne

2008-03-06 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
On Thursday 06 March 2008 09:57:22 Mario Wewer wrote: Hello community, does anyone of you already have a Meizu MiniOne Phone? You mean it's *not* vapor ware but actually for sale? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread Joseph Reeves
Dear all, Please excuse my blatant blog-promotion, but here's a short entry on my use of the Neo1973 and tangoGPS as a bicycle computer: http://blogs.thehumanjourney.net/finds/entry/20080306 Cheers, Joseph On 07/12/2007, Eric Preston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hank Williams wrote

Re: MiniOne

2008-03-06 Thread Christian Eddie Dost
If you read the update to the quoted article of Heise-online it says that the Meizo booth was reopened later that day and the Meizo MiniOne was on display again. The whole issue was about an MP3 player by Meizo, not the MiniOne. See you, Eddie C. Dost Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Am

Re: MiniOne

2008-03-06 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 06.03.2008 um 10:41 schrieb Gabriel Ambuehl: On Thursday 06 March 2008 09:57:22 Mario Wewer wrote: Hello community, does anyone of you already have a Meizu MiniOne Phone? You mean it's *not* vapor ware but actually for sale? There was a note on the German online magazine Heise-online

Re: MiniOne

2008-03-06 Thread David Samblas Martinez
News from http://www.meizu-spain.es/ ** Noticias mundo MEIZU ** El móvil M8 Mini One, no estará a la venta hasta el tercer trimestre 2008. Translation: The movil phone M8 Mini One will not be aviable to buy until last tree months of 2008 Who will arrive first

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread Schmidt András
/entry/20080306 Cheers, Joseph ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: MiniOne

2008-03-06 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 06.03.2008 um 11:10 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: Am 06.03.2008 um 10:41 schrieb Gabriel Ambuehl: On Thursday 06 March 2008 09:57:22 Mario Wewer wrote: Hello community, does anyone of you already have a Meizu MiniOne Phone? You mean it's *not* vapor ware but actually for sale?

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread Joseph Reeves
and tangoGPS as a bicycle computer: http://blogs.thehumanjourney.net/finds/entry/20080306 Cheers, Joseph ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread JW
That was my original thought, but then I thought why not go with something a little more exotic? Why do people want metal cases so much...???Features in wiki hardware wishlist too. My thought is aluminium = metal = faraday cage = stops gps, gsm, wifi, bt signals = BAD idea JW

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread Christ van Willegen
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:46 PM, JW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That was my original thought, but then I thought why not go with something a little more exotic? Why do people want metal cases so much...???Features in wiki hardware wishlist too. My thought is aluminium = metal =

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread Joseph Reeves
://blogs.thehumanjourney.net/finds/entry/20080306 In PDA shops you can buy a bicycle mount for PDA's. I hope it will be compatible with the Neo. More of a problem is the fact that the Neo is not waterproof, and if you put it in a waterproof case, the touch screen can't be used. Perhaps it would

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread David Pottage
On Thu, March 6, 2008 12:11 pm, Schmidt András wrote: Joseph Reeves wrote: Dear all, Please excuse my blatant blog-promotion, but here's a short entry on my use of the Neo1973 and tangoGPS as a bicycle computer: http://blogs.thehumanjourney.net/finds/entry/20080306 In PDA shops you can

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread Schmidt András
wrote: Dear all, Please excuse my blatant blog-promotion, but here's a short entry on my use of the Neo1973 and tangoGPS as a bicycle computer: http://blogs.thehumanjourney.net/finds/entry/20080306 In PDA shops you can buy a bicycle mount for PDA's. I hope it will be compatible

Re: tangoGPS 0.7 is out - lots of improvements

2008-03-06 Thread Marcus Bauer
On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 01:37 +0100, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: Looking at the demos it seems to be a really good project, the support for the OSM maps is good, but what about integrating support for libgarmin to allow using also free and commercial garmin maps (of course, waiting OSM

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread Marcus Bauer
On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 14:11 +, David Pottage wrote: More of a problem is the fact that the Neo is not waterproof, and if you put it in a waterproof case, the touch screen can't be used. You would just need a decent sealing/joint around the touch screen. I don't think the touchscreen itself

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread Al Johnson
://blogs.thehumanjourney.net/finds/entry/20080306 In PDA shops you can buy a bicycle mount for PDA's. I hope it will be compatible with the Neo. More of a problem is the fact that the Neo is not waterproof, and if you put it in a waterproof case, the touch screen can't be used. Perhaps it would be possible

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread Marcus Bauer
On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 15:27 +0100, Schmidt András wrote: As the Neo's screen is pressure based (not capacitive) it could be possible to be used through a thin plastic layer. There are PDA bags which cover the touch screen and it still remains functional I'd try to go for a joint: -

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread Gilles Casse
Le Jeu 6 mars 2008 15:27, Schmidt András a écrit : As the Neo's screen is pressure based (not capacitive) it could be possible to be used through a thin plastic layer. There are PDA bags which cover the touch screen and it still remains functional. You will have to check if the heat

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread JW
On 06/03/2008, Joseph Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking new case for the Neo, CNC'd from a block of aluminium, it could be just the back and sides, with a carbon fibre face plate with a waterproof, yet touch sensitive screen. Audio via bluetooth, ports Joseph Did you not see my

Re: tangoGPS 0.7 is out - lots of improvements

2008-03-06 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Marcus Bauer ha scritto: On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 01:37 +0100, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: Looking at the demos it seems to be a really good project, the support for the OSM maps is good, but what about integrating support for libgarmin to allow using also free and commercial garmin maps

Re: tangoGPS 0.7 is out - lots of improvements

2008-03-06 Thread Ivo Anjo
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Marcus Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll have a look into supporting garmin or other maps, but is for now not on the top of my todo list - unless there is plenty more request for this. And hey, don't *wait* for OSM to grow, but *do help* it grow ;-) +1 for

Re: OpenMoko chart plotter: lib for reading commercial nautical charts? [was: tangoGPS 0.7 is out - lots of improvements]

2008-03-06 Thread Erland Lewin
On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 01:37 +0100, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: Looking at the demos it seems to be a really good project, the support for the OSM maps is good, but what about integrating support for libgarmin to allow using also free and commercial garmin maps (of course, waiting OSM

Re: Metal case [was: Application idea: Bicycle computer]

2008-03-06 Thread Erland Lewin
2008/3/6, JW [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Why do people want metal cases so much...???Features in wiki hardware wishlist too. My main reason for wanting a metal case is that it ages better than plastic. I carry my phone (currently a Sony Ericsson P910) in my pocket, and even though I try to keep

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread joerg
Am Do 6. März 2008 schrieb Marcus Bauer: I'd try to go for a joint: - |ooo -- silicone joint -- ooo| | =TS | | | |-case| (cut through the phone) Caveat: the

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread Andy
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Carbon Fiber can also be conductive and can create a Faraday cage, so be careful! possibly getting an over-case and mounting it on the handlebars would work, ideas at: http://www.otterbox.com/ - -Andy -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version:

Re: Multi-touch: Many questions to one desire....

2008-03-06 Thread Duvelle Jones
That On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 18:03 -0700, Shawn Rutledge wrote: They have no hope of preventing multi-touch itself from becoming the accepted mainstream, and then resistive touchscreens are probably going to be seen as obsolete. That is assuming that mainstream has an

Re: MiniOne

2008-03-06 Thread Duvelle Jones
On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 09:57 +0100, Mario Wewer wrote: Hello community, does anyone of you already have a Meizu MiniOne Phone? No, still being developed. So - do you think it could be possible to run OpenMoko on this phone?! * ARM11 533MHZ Prozessor * 128MB DDR SDRAM Cache *

Re: Open source / Open Standard CAD development?

2008-03-06 Thread Mark Arvidson
The reason why I joined list is that I found the CAD files of the Neo1973 at the openmoko.com site. It is great that these files are available, even if they are in a proprietary data format (the ProE, not the STEP one), and very likely developed using a proprietary CAD application.

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Andy writes: Carbon Fiber can also be conductive and can create a Faraday cage, so be careful! I'm actually trying to remember if I've ever seen transparent carbon fiber... ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: Virtual QWERTY Keyboards to be used with Fingers...

2008-03-06 Thread Karsten Ensinger
Lorn Potter wrote: On Monday 03 March 2008, Karsten Ensinger wrote: [...] Survey (after half an hour of testing and three complete screen lockups): I don't want to put down the implementation of the Qtopia keyboard at all. I have much respect for the quality one can see. But to me it seems as

Re: tangoGPS 0.7 is out - lots of improvements

2008-03-06 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Ivo Anjo ha scritto: I don't think I can map my entire country myself and there is very few mappings of where I live (some of it was done by me). Don't be too pessimistic: in Italy we're having great results, essentially in the last year (and OSM is proving a powervul catalyser for freeing