NTT-NoGoMoKo in Japan, plus falling back

2007-07-08 Thread Mikko Rauhala
network. It will not work in a 3G network, so there's nothing to fall back _from_. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: IM application and other questions

2007-07-05 Thread Mikko Rauhala
that building a more complete IM solution on top of SMS doesn't seem like the thing to do. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: An alternative gaming top case

2007-07-02 Thread Mikko Rauhala
keyboard thingies that I presume will attach to the Neo nicely but probably only in a portrait orientation, making it a suboptimal choice for many gaming needs: http://www.pocketnow.com/html/portal/reviews/000725/review/freedom%20mini%20keyboard%20with%20device.jpg -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL

GPS can work stand-alone (Re: Advertising/hype)

2007-07-02 Thread Mikko Rauhala
-alone. You can get a quicker cold fix if the driver can fetch some assist data from the network (what, NZ don't have GPRS?), but this isn't required. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org

Re: GPS can work stand-alone (Re: Advertising/hype)

2007-07-02 Thread Mikko Rauhala
, but can also take advantage of assist data for faster/better fixing. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: Will Openmoko ever see the light of day?

2007-06-15 Thread Mikko Rauhala
changed somehow due to the delays is totally unwarranted. You're not qualified to jump to assumptions here. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http

Re: Clarification Rant

2007-06-08 Thread Mikko Rauhala
again after many false alarms. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko

RE: UI ideas/questions or can we animate things as smooth as iPhone?

2007-06-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
features possibly in GTA-02 would be a whole different can of worms, then, and would probably require duplication of effort. Come to think of it, eg. the current OpenGL acceleration framework is X.org-integrated, would probably require some effort to hack OpenGL ME acceleration without it. -- Mikko

Re: UI ideas/questions or can we animate things as smooth as iPhone?

2007-06-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
graphics platform etc. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko community

Re: Clarification

2007-06-05 Thread Mikko Rauhala
this information factual enough to answer your mail, especially since it's not likely the developers are willing to answer you in any more certain terms at this point in time, so I'm trying to save everyone time by collecting and conveying this info now. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Phone Call Security

2007-06-04 Thread Mikko Rauhala
to the police if they want them. Consult a local lawyer. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: Phone Call Security

2007-06-03 Thread Mikko Rauhala
provider. Compatibility with cryptophone.de probably possible, since their protocol seems to be up for reimplementation. Either way, at least Moko-to-Moko encrypted calls are quite possible to implement, just that somebody (TM) needs to do the work. -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University

Re: New CPU

2007-05-29 Thread Mikko Rauhala
revision will likely have a faster CPU; final specs have been promised at the same time P1 sales will start, hopefully soon :] -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter

Re: GPS Navigation Software (roadster)

2007-05-26 Thread Mikko Rauhala
on the IRC channel about making OSM mapping into a game, with points for mapped streets etc. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: GPRS while ringing?

2007-05-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
class A, and I suppose some phones have it. Neo uses a class B GSM/GPRS chip (according to Sean's vague recollection at a seminar ;), which will have to suspend GPRS for voice/SMS, though. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member

Re: Always-on networking via GPRS

2007-05-01 Thread Mikko Rauhala
for wireless at home and perhaps work (and hey, then I can use my laptop as a BT/WiFi bridge ;P ). (I'll pass on DUN, it's just... more of a kludge, and we have a proper hackable system to be able to do it right. Some may of course find it useful for legacy device connectivity via Neo.) -- Mikko

Re: CrossPlatform Programming

2007-04-15 Thread Mikko Rauhala
su, 2007-04-15 kello 21:41 +0400, xnike kirjoitti: I just want to know is it good idea to use qt4 (not Qtopia) for OpenMoko's apps? No, since it adds a big dependency that most OpenMoko users are not likely to already have. Eats storage and memory and install-time bandwidth. -- Mikko Rauhala

Re: secure encrypted phoning..

2007-03-24 Thread Mikko Rauhala
-- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community

Re: Crossroads

2007-03-14 Thread Mikko Rauhala
here has made you humor-impaired :) This was obviously (and as confirmed on IRC) a parody of the kind of handholding demanded by Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] (and I do really agree that this is the wrong device _and_ community for _him_). -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi

Re: 6.5K color Display?

2007-02-27 Thread Mikko Rauhala
and the display controller are different animals; also, even if the adapter supported 18-bit color, it is rather an exotic depth for X; might be some trouble in making everything work on it... -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member

Re: Voice Activated Controls

2007-02-26 Thread Mikko Rauhala
comparison to prerecorded samples (which would, as you noted, be at least somewhat speaker dependent and the training is a small bother, but nevertheless such a thing would do just fine if you just want to activate predetermined functions). Worked pretty well on an 486/66. -- Mikko Rauhala

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-18 Thread Mikko Rauhala
whatever the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) folks are using. That's been mentioned and Sean noted it. It may yet prove fruitful in future OpenMoko devices, yes, but of course I'm also only guessing from a non-FIC standpoint. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr

Re: Connect self-powered USB storage devices?

2007-02-16 Thread Mikko Rauhala
devices that are (un)co-operative directly with the powerless Neo host. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL: http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Kansanedustajaehdokas, Helsinki - URL: http://rauhala.name/ Vaalimasinaattori- URL: http://vaalimasinointi.org

Wiki page for self-powered USB gadgets known (not) to work directly?

2007-02-15 Thread Mikko Rauhala
pe, 2007-02-16 kello 02:05 +0200, Mikko Rauhala kirjoitti: like their pics not very fuzzy, there's handy dedicated cameras (many of which would probably interface with the Moko nicely; as such cameras have their own internal powersources, if their software isn't confused by not getting power

Re: Neo1973 video (was Re: What would be a realistic but challenging level for Bryce announced trophy money for video playback on the Neo1973? Re: h.264 format is now open?)

2007-02-04 Thread Mikko Rauhala
to take some work off of the Neo CPU. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko

Re: Neo1973 video (was Re: What would be a realistic but challenging level for Bryce announced trophy money for video playback on the Neo1973? Re: h.264 format is now open?)

2007-02-03 Thread Mikko Rauhala
, but great if you can at some point provide code/info for the QVGA mode. And Keith getting a p0 phone, that's a nice one too ;) -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter

Re: h.264 format is now open?

2007-01-27 Thread Mikko Rauhala
and the x264 project can encode it, so the copyright-wise free code is out there already, for the future. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Make it easy to voluntarily pay for free OpenMoko software?

2007-01-26 Thread Mikko Rauhala
as well, but whatever.) -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko community

Viewing video sites on Moko

2007-01-24 Thread Mikko Rauhala
the same service available on the net. Then you just need a local player for the flv (or what-have-you), and enough horsepower to play the vid. They tend to be pretty low-res though, perhaps that'll help with the resource requirements... -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi

Re: Free This Mailing List!

2007-01-24 Thread Mikko Rauhala
this generically to the list, and not spesifically at David here, just that his happened to be the comment I finally decided to throw in my figurative two cents.) This will be my only comment to this thread. If you wish a reply from me to something, mail privately _only_. Chill. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL

Re: keyboard, please!

2007-01-23 Thread Mikko Rauhala
.) -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Helsinki ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: X11 and/or Framebuffer

2007-01-17 Thread Mikko Rauhala
ke, 2007-01-17 kello 17:48 +0100, Harald Welte kirjoitti: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xdpyinfo [...] XVideo This peaked my curiosity; does Neo's display hardware support scaling and/or colorspace conversion independent of the main CPU? Would help with video applications... -- Mikko Rauhala

Re: Few questions regarding phone

2007-01-09 Thread Mikko Rauhala
in the initial version. Should be workable, since OpenMoko runs a 2.6 Linux kernel with much of its potential hardware support, however you'd need to power the WiFi device externally since Neo's USB host will be unpowered. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist

Re: GSM Japan

2007-01-04 Thread Mikko Rauhala
. Or is it safe to assume that any GSM SIM card worldwide will work. It appears to be standard size. Any 1900 MHz capable GSM phone should work _if_ Docomo hasn't prevented it for one silly reason or another. If they have, they should know, so ask? -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Bletooth on FIC1973

2006-12-31 Thread Mikko Rauhala
that BT is in, at least in hardware even if the software side isn't polished all the way on release. Still, best not to spam the list too much about it (again :); I'm sure the FIC guys are doing their best to have as good a phone as they can hit the market. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Admin tools like screen

2006-12-13 Thread Mikko Rauhala
to multiplex several terminal connections (among others) over a single TCP link. Thus you only have to authenticate once. See OpenSSH's -S option. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian

Re: yet another fantasy idea: nextel-like walkie talkie feature?

2006-12-13 Thread Mikko Rauhala
transmitting the codec's output as soon as any is available. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: yet another fantasy idea: nextel-like walkie talkie feature?

2006-12-13 Thread Mikko Rauhala
priced deals, this kind of thing would be especially useful. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Video playback

2006-11-25 Thread Mikko Rauhala
a bit lower, wouldn't frown on having to re-encode spesifically for optimal playback on the phone. If workable, how long could one expect to sustain playback on a charged battery? Educated guestimates welcome from people familiar with this class of hardware. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED

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