Re: Need a Cellphone now...

2008-03-10 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
you can use the sim in the freerunner when it is available in a month or two. Is that really the case? I've not read anything about even an estimated timeline, and I am to the point where I am considering unsubscribing from the mailing list because there is no real information being

Re: Idea of a voice mail application

2008-02-29 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
I just heard about GrandCentral, now owned by Google. They have some pretty interesting ideas as well. It's a single number which will connect to all of the other numbers which you give it; it also makes you state your name before connecting the call, so that the other side can take it or

Pocket Supercomputing?

2008-01-31 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/01/31/130245.shtml Basically, using a mobile phone as a thin client. This would be great if one could enter a specific server to connect to, so that individual users could supply a home IP (or Dynamic DNS domain) which would do the necessary processing for them,

Re: Nokia to acquire Trolltech to accelerate software strategy

2008-01-28 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
But qtopia is probably really the better choice for a phone. And yet OpenMoko is using GTK shudder ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: OpenMoko will be at SVHMPC meeting TONIGHT in Menlo Park

2008-01-16 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
I am unable to attend this meeting due to geography, but if anyone is in attendance I would be interested to hear the Google people's response to why they felt the need to start a competitive project rather than join the OpenMoko team. Michael, as an official in the OpenMoko community, I

Re: Neo unusable for playing ogg

2007-12-26 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
64kbps (which is simular to a mp3 in 128kbps) without reencoding; which should be good enough for most of us. It really isn't very good, and I wouldn't consider (a) reencoding files just for use on the Neo, nor (b) starting future encoding at this low rate. I like my music and video at a

Re: Community update: The 850 MHz issue

2007-11-06 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
Its really hard to imagine a company building a phone that didnt think through what frequencies were needed. More interestingly, that it took a trip from Michael to Taiwan to get anyone to focus on it. If this substantially sets back the development effort, it really is a major blow to the

Re: Community update: The 850 MHz issue

2007-11-06 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
=== === On Tuesday 06 November 2007 11:46:11 am Mike Hodson wrote: I literally go to www.au.kddi.com and cry. Really? Literally? :p ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: google open phone platform

2007-11-05 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
Why did you pick the Apache v2 open source license? Correct, its a developer-friendly licenses, as they put it. I prefer the GPL because its a USER-friendly license. ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: interface design suggestions

2007-10-15 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
To be honest, I understand the concepts of better contrast etc, but the proposed interface is very blockish and not nearly as nice looking as the fades and the use of Orange in the current. I do understand that it is a quick mockup, and that I myself have had no suggestions (nor do I claim to

Re: Vibrator

2007-10-01 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
. Is it practicable, or will the vibrator exhaust the battery? Greets, Sven ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- Jeffrey Thomas Sierra Bravo 952.948.1211

Re: Vibrator

2007-10-01 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
It seems that most the things on this wish list are entirely unnecessary and battery consuming I am not sure what else is on the list, but I think this (vibration feedback) is a pretty useful feature, especially for non-geeks. Remember, a lot of think a GUI on a computer isn't needed, but how

Neo Apps: Synergy?

2007-09-06 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
Anyone know if Synergy (client), which allows for mouse/keybd/clipbd sharing between two or more computers, will be available on the Neo? http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ Thanks, el jefe ___ OpenMoko community mailing list

Re: Open Hardware

2007-08-16 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
I'm going to get a new laptop soon, and I would love to find one that is designed with the same dream in mind that drove the design of the Neo. Does such a thing exist? I'm not sure about the openness of the hardware, but check out the upcoming EeePC from Asus. It's what I've been waiting for

Re: Location Privacy Protocols, was Re: GPS trail - crazy idea

2007-07-06 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
I don't see why one user would not want to reveal his location, because he already send it regularly, although less precisely, to his telco because that's how GSM works. AFAIK, telcos are then free to use this information commercialy and forced to give all details to the cops when asked to,

Re: Custom case designs...

2007-07-03 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
PROTECTED] wrote: Case modding for phones, cool. Maybe we should have like transparent (see-through) casing. Why do we need closed cases for open hardware and software? SK -- Jeffrey Thomas Sierra Bravo 952.948.1211 x1046 952.567.6346 Direct www.sierra-bravo.com 9201 East

Re: Custom case designs...

2007-07-03 Thread Jeffrey Thomas
Clear soda bottles are fairly strong and not nearly as brittle as some other clear plastics. True enough, and i stand corrected. Their flexibility may even be a benefit -- i drop my current phone often enough and it survives; i would hope for something similar on my Neo when I get it.