Re: tomtom on the Neo1973

2007-04-02 Thread Paul McMillan
Regarding the repeated requests for google maps on the device: YES IT IS POSSIBLE. YOU DO NOT WANT IT. According to the terms, you aren't allowed to cache the data for further use later. This means that you have to download the images over GPRS every time you pass through an area. These images

Re: tomtom on the Neo1973

2007-04-02 Thread Paul McMillan
Something else worth mentioning, regarding road usage, is that on a much larger scale, we could get fairly accurate road data automatically if every phone recorded where it went (unless the functionality was turned off) and just uploaded that data automatically to a server when it was near an

Re: tomtom on the Neo1973

2007-04-02 Thread Paul McMillan
What if somebody writes a free application that works but with charts that cost money ? You can't buy the charts. They are protected by various technical and licensing methods in each of the products you use. The companies can't take the risk of an open source software product revealing and

Re: VoIP call transfer?

2007-04-02 Thread Paul McMillan
It's nice to have rational conversation and argument about this, rather than the great amounts of handwringing which sometimes constitute the bulk of these discussions... The burden of a skype client is not primarily in the UI, most people would be happy to just have a way to run Skype on their

Re: tomtom on the Neo1973

2007-04-02 Thread Paul McMillan
I agree that while this is unlikely, it's the best option for all involved. You would need a software company to write that binary library though... which would probably not be a particularly profitable enterprise. ___ OpenMoko community mailing list

Re: VoIP call transfer?

2007-03-28 Thread Paul McMillan
Apologies if this arrives twice... For starters, a friendly reminder that it's spelled sense. That said, the way to do this is not with skype, but with Asterisk. If you route ALL your incoming calls through an asterisk box (whether hosted by you, or by a service provider) it should be possible

Re: VoIP call transfer?

2007-03-28 Thread Paul McMillan
made to the neo to make the outbound calls? On 3/28/07, Paul McMillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For starters, a friendly reminder that it's spelled sense. That said, the way to do this is not with skype, but with Asterisk. If you route ALL your incoming calls through an asterisk box