Re: Anti Iphone (Was Re: Some light ahead...)

2007-05-04 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On 5/2/07, Casper van Donderen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.mesdigital.com/english/Products/product_mmsp2.asp I think this chip is pretty opensource since it is used in the GP2X I don't want to pay money to micro$oft for wma support, so I do _not_ want that chip. Anyway I guess it is

Re: Anti Iphone (Was Re: Some light ahead...)

2007-05-04 Thread nitro
Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote: On 5/2/07, Casper van Donderen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.mesdigital.com/english/Products/product_mmsp2.asp I think this chip is pretty opensource since it is used in the GP2X I don't want to pay money to micro$oft for wma support, so I do _not_

Re: Re: Anti Iphone (Was Re: Some light ahead...)

2007-05-02 Thread Casper van Donderen
Yeah the iPod video has a video chip But on the internet I read that the iPhone might go with the Samsung s3c2460 chip, That chip has a hardware video decoder on it. But I think another option could be the MagicEyes MMSP2 chip used in the GP2X linux handheld, that has hardware video (up to

Re: Anti Iphone (Was Re: Some light ahead...)

2007-05-01 Thread Steven **
The question is how well does the Neo handle video?. There was some discussion on the list a while back about this. Sounds like playing/decoding video will tax the processor pretty hard. I'm sure someone will get it working, but I got the impression it would take some skill. It would

Re: Anti Iphone (Was Re: Some light ahead...)

2007-05-01 Thread el jefe delito
Video would be a bit essential I would think... if an iPod can do it, shouldn't a mini computerphone be able to? If we want to compete with other touch phones and smart phones, video playback is a strong selling point. Not that I know how to make it happen at all... Maybe we can use code from

Re: Anti Iphone (Was Re: Some light ahead...)

2007-05-01 Thread Ian Stirling
Steven ** wrote: The question is how well does the Neo handle video?. There was some discussion on the list a while back about this. Sounds like playing/decoding video will tax the processor pretty hard. I'm sure someone will get it working, but I got the impression it would take some skill.

Re: Anti Iphone (Was Re: Some light ahead...)

2007-05-01 Thread Rory McCann
el jefe delito said the following on 01/05/07 15:03: Video would be a bit essential I would think... if an iPod can do it, shouldn't a mini computerphone be able to? AFAIK the video iPods have hardware decoding chips, so the iPod isn't decoding the video. Which is why they can only play

Re: Anti Iphone (Was Re: Some light ahead...)

2007-05-01 Thread Andrew Becherer
On 5/1/07, Rory McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: el jefe delito said the following on 01/05/07 15:03: Video would be a bit essential I would think... if an iPod can do it, shouldn't a mini computerphone be able to? AFAIK the video iPods have hardware decoding chips, so the iPod isn't decoding

Re: Anti Iphone (Was Re: Some light ahead...)

2007-04-30 Thread Steven **
On 4/29/07, Martin Lefkowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an HTC wizard right now branded as cingular that I am running skype on. If I remember correctly I downloaded the software off the skype site for this handset. Does this mean it's approved or not approved? With your setup, it's a

Re: Anti Iphone (Was Re: Some light ahead...)

2007-04-30 Thread Jim Thompson
Steven ** wrote: On 4/29/07, Martin Lefkowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an HTC wizard right now branded as cingular that I am running skype on. If I remember correctly I downloaded the software off the skype site for this handset. Does this mean it's approved or not approved? With

Re: Anti Iphone (Was Re: Some light ahead...)

2007-04-30 Thread adrian cockcroft
Slingbox currently can stream your home video system (including TiVo) to a computer or high speed (3G/WiFi) phone. It works well on laptops, and I've seen it demonstrated on phones and it looks quite good. This implies that its at least technically feasible to stream MythTV to a Neo. Adrian On

Anti Iphone (Was Re: Some light ahead...)

2007-04-29 Thread Martin Lefkowitz
I have an HTC wizard right now branded as cingular that I am running skype on. If I remember correctly I downloaded the software off the skype site for this handset. Does this mean it's approved or not approved? Wouldn't it be a problem for the FTC if Cingular didn't approve software like this