Re: An idea of sorts

2007-07-28 Thread Ian Stirling
Max Giesbert wrote: sounds like an excellent idea to me. would definitely be a killer application to use the phone in a peer-to-peer style without using the telco network. UI-wise this could be realized in organizing the addressbook more like a IM client where you can see if your buddies are in

Re: An idea of sorts

2007-07-28 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
On Saturday 28 July 2007 15:59:52 Giles Jones wrote: An easy way to install new software would be to be able to email it to your phone and use the phone's wifi to download the email. Of course security would have to be present to stop it installing anything received in an email. I would much

Re: An idea of sorts

2007-07-28 Thread Thomas Szukala
Giles Jones wrote: On 28 Jul 2007, at 14:23, Max Giesbert wrote: sounds like an excellent idea to me. would definitely be a killer application to use the phone in a peer-to-peer style without using the telco network. UI-wise this could be realized in organizing the addressbook more like a IM

Re: An idea of sorts

2007-07-28 Thread Knight Walker
On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 15:36 +0100, Giles Jones wrote: ipkg is based on dpkg, it's more lightweight. It's also a bit more than just a dpkg clone, since it includes repositories and such. Don't get me wrong, we need package management, it's just that I've owned Windows Mobile phones and

Re: An idea of sorts

2007-07-28 Thread Mickael Faivre-Macon
On 7/28/07, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One BIG problem; wouldn't this type of routing require you to periodically broadcast your ID number. This would be great, if it wasn't you phone number, but it does create the potential for people to snoop for phone numbers We would need a incoming