Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-29 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
gt; Just to put this into perspective: >> Amazon Kindle got 7111 customer review while WikiReader 13. > > You'd need to compare for how long each one is being sold. That and it does help to have a front page listing ;-) -Sean _

[wikireader]Error on parsing the spanish wikipedia

2009-10-29 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
ne 172, in main process_article_text(title.encode('utf-8'), f.read(length), newf) File "./ArticleParser.py", line 218, in process_article_text newf.write(text + '\n') IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe make[1]: *** [parse] Error 1 make[1]: se sale del directorio

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-29 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/172594/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_e_1_3_last > > Wow, just wow! > > It's an interesting device, not for me, but quite interesting. > Yes, I am eagerly awaiting mine. usps has the package list

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-29 Thread Michal Brzozowski
2009/10/29 Laszlo KREKACS > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Laszlo KREKACS > wrote: > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/ref=pd_ts_pg_4?ie=UTF8&pg=4 > > Just to put this into perspective: > Amazon Kindle got 7111 customer review while WikiReader

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-29 Thread Laszlo KREKACS
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Laszlo KREKACS wrote: > http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/ref=pd_ts_pg_4?ie=UTF8&pg=4 Just to put this into perspective: Amazon Kindle got 7111 customer review while WikiReader 13. Laszlo ps: sorry for spamming the

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-29 Thread Laszlo KREKACS
ategory, the Kindle is the first, and WikiReader is not in the top 100: http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/ref=pd_ts_pg_4?ie=UTF8&pg=4 Best regards, Laszlo ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://li

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-29 Thread arne anka
> However I find it a bit miss-placed between the other "PDAs" as they "PDA & Handheld" -- and btw: who makes the charts makes the categories :-) > still under the impression that the other devices are fairly outdated. looks like "all time top 100" -- the sheer number of devices sold seems to

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-29 Thread Thomas Otterbein
t; > > > Congratulations, guys! > > > > > > Rui > > > > Hmm, a lot of devices made by Palm, some of them already stone old, > > are the Bestsellers at Amazon? Where is their own Kindle? > > The Kindle is listed as a best-seller, but in a different subc

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-29 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
Joshua You made everyone in the Taipei office so happy with this post. This is exactly the type of experiences we had in mind when creating WikiReader. Please do post on Amazon if you have a bit of extra time: http://bit.ly/3spvKq It really does help us a lot!  -Sean On Thu, Oct 29, 2009

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-29 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
ady stone old, > are the Bestsellers at Amazon? Where is their own Kindle? The Kindle is listed as a best-seller, but in a different subcategory of `electronics'. Actually, it occupies multiple spots in the top-10 listing in the *overall* `electronics' category, while WikiReader is #4 i

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-29 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
o/status/4829977172 > > > > Translation: Really interesting, RT @RuiSeabra wikipedia on your hands, > >             offline and more ecological > > Wow that kicks so much ass! > > Please keep letting us know how the spani

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-29 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 01:20:44AM +0100, Thomas Otterbein wrote: > On Wednesday 28 October 2009 22:08:00 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/172594/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_e_1_ > >3_last > > > > Wow, just wow! > > > > It's an interesting device, not for me, b

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
to surf helped, too :) > I hope openmoko does not see this as a victory, but as a new start for a > healthy company and a door for new (open/free) opportunities. We have so many ideas that build on the work we started with the phones. So the fact that WikiReader is looking good so far is great

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
;         It's an interesting device, not for me, but quite interesting. >> >>         What I never expected is such a success. >> >> >> I hope Openmoko gets a lot of money now and they start building a >> proper smartphone :-) > > Me too :P > I figur

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
a major role in IT policy on the last > goverment (which was reelected), found it really interesting: > > http://twitter.com/rgrilo/status/4829977172 > > Translation: Really interesting, RT @RuiSeabra wikipedia on your hands, >             offline and more ecological Wow that kicks so mu

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread Treviño
me, but quite interesting. > > What I never expected is such a success. > > > I hope Openmoko gets a lot of money now and they start building a > proper smartphone :-) Me too :P I figure a lot of people in the list agrees :P I really hope the wikireader project w

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread Thomas Otterbein
On Wednesday 28 October 2009 22:08:00 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/172594/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_e_1_ >3_last > > Wow, just wow! > > It's an interesting device, not for me, but quite interesting. > > What I never expected is such a success. > > Quite a c

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread Pieter Colpaert
open/free) opportunities. Congrats, Pieter On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 23:51 +0100, Laszlo KREKACS wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra > wrote: > > > Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread Laszlo KREKACS
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100 Already at 4th. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
expected is such a success. > > Quite a comparison to the Freerunner's success :) > > Congratulations, guys! Wow, just wow! Third time's the charm, it seems, OpenMoko @wikireader is now #4 on amazon bestsellers http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/172594

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
2009/10/28 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra : > http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/172594/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_e_1_3_last > > Wow, just wow! > > It's an interesting device, not for me, but quite interesting. > > What I never expected is such a success. > > Quite a comparison to the Freerunner's succ

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread Dan Staley
, guys! > > Rui Grilo, a portuguese politician on a major role in IT policy on the last > goverment (which was reelected), found it really interesting: > > http://twitter.com/rgrilo/status/4829977172 > > Translation: Really interesting, RT @RuiSeabra wikipedia on your hands,

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread Michal Brzozowski
2009/10/28 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/172594/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_e_1_3_last > > Wow, just wow! > > It's an interesting device, not for me, but quite interesting. > > What I never expected is such a success. > > Quite a comparison to the Freerunner's su

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
77172 Translation: Really interesting, RT @RuiSeabra wikipedia on your hands, offline and more ecological Plus: search on twitter for wikireader... lots of entries! http://search.twitter.com/search?q=wikireader Rui ___ Openmoko communit

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread Petr Vanek
>http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/172594/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_e_1_3_last > >Wow, just wow! > >It's an interesting device, not for me, but quite interesting. > >What I never expected is such a success. > >Quite a comparison to the Freerunner's success :) > >Congratulations, guys! And the

Re: Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread Nelson Castillo
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/172594/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_e_1_3_last > > Wow, just wow! Wow. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.op

Congratulation, Wikireader! 7th in Amazon TOP 100

2009-10-28 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/172594/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_e_1_3_last Wow, just wow! It's an interesting device, not for me, but quite interesting. What I never expected is such a success. Quite a comparison to the Freerunner's success :) Congratulations, guys! Rui -- __

Re: [Wikireader] Any news on Wikireader ?

2009-10-22 Thread Christopher Hall
hat EEPROM is a bit tricky (though possible, needs > > documentation), but not sure who would need it. > > > >> If you hold the third button down while turning on, it starts up > >> the serial console (19200 8N1). > > > > Is it documented somewhere how to h

Re: [Wikireader] Any news on Wikireader ?

2009-10-22 Thread Doug Jones
> > If I think about this device, the one thing that pops out again and again > is BRUTAL SIMPLICITY. That is the real beauty of it. > You can load some software into this device, then give it to anybody and > not be worried they will get lost in a number of buttons and optio

Re: [WikiReader] can we edit the WikiReader wiki?

2009-10-22 Thread Doug Jones
hat option. Duh. > >> But I assume that somebody else here can edit this page: >> >> http://wiki.github.com/wikireader/wikireader/building-from-source >> >> In addition to the dependencies listed there, I also had to install >> gforth, qt4-qmake, and g++.

Re: [Wikireader] Any news on Wikireader ?

2009-10-22 Thread Wolfgang Spraul
learnt a lot - THANK YOU! Let's hope the WikiReader will reach many people, and have a great future. Now that that's done, some feedback: > It does not use a Linux kernel. It is an embedded device containing > only minimal amounts of software, just enough to be a WikiReader. T

Re: [WikiReader] can we edit the WikiReader wiki?

2009-10-22 Thread Christopher Hall
i.github.com/wikireader/wikireader/building-from-source > > In addition to the dependencies listed there, I also had to install > gforth, qt4-qmake, and g++. I can, I added the packages I use. (these are listed in doc/Using-schroot for Ubuntu jaunty_i386) > > After installing those, I go

Re: [Wikireader] Any news on Wikireader ?

2009-10-22 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
Doug Wow. You really know your stuff! Glad to hear you appreciate our baby. We're quite proud of how it came out.  -Sean On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Doug Jones wrote: > > -= Apertum =- wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The (very interesting, IMHO) Wikireader pr

Re: [Wikireader] Any news on Wikireader ? [OT]

2009-10-22 Thread The Rasterman
;global collapse deepens" might incite panic. :) it's not global anymore. australia is on its way out. stock market has been on the up for months. unemployment - it generally large as an indicator is now going down again and the reserve bank is raising interest rates. :) > O

Re: [Wikireader] Any news on Wikireader ? [OT]

2009-10-22 Thread Doug Jones
and - india's too is on the up). > > no point panicing about deepenging problems. Who's panicking? On the back of my WikiReader, I'm planning to write "Don't Panic" in big friendly letters > > the usa though is in some deep poo poo and likely will see i

[WikiReader] can we edit the WikiReader wiki?

2009-10-22 Thread Doug Jones
I clicked that Edit button, but it seems to want money from me. :-) But I assume that somebody else here can edit this page: http://wiki.github.com/wikireader/wikireader/building-from-source In addition to the dependencies listed there, I also had to install gforth, qt4-qmake, and g

Re: [Wikireader] Any news on Wikireader ?

2009-10-22 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:14:25 -0700 Doug Jones said: > This device is perfect for Free Software purists and for people who, for > whatever reason, don't carry Internet access in their pockets. (As the > global collapse deepens, I expect more and more people will be unable to > justify the mon

Re: [Wikireader] Any news on Wikireader ?

2009-10-22 Thread Doug Jones
-= Apertum =- wrote: > Hello, > > The (very interesting, IMHO) Wikireader product has been launched about > 2 weeks ago, but still i don't see any information about hardware and > software (IE we don't know if there is a Linux kernel in it, or not), > and/or ho

Re: [Wikireader] Any news on Wikireader ?

2009-10-22 Thread Mickael Labrousse
Hi, Have a look to http://github.com/wikireader/ -- Mickael -= Apertum =- a écrit : > Hello, > > The (very interesting, IMHO) Wikireader product has been launched about > 2 weeks ago, but still i don't see any information about hardware and > software (IE we don't

[Wikireader] Any news on Wikireader ?

2009-10-22 Thread -= Apertum =-
Hello, The (very interesting, IMHO) Wikireader product has been launched about 2 weeks ago, but still i don't see any information about hardware and software (IE we don't know if there is a Linux kernel in it, or not), and/or how it will be hackable by the community. It's

Re: [reader] Wikireader received

2009-10-20 Thread Doug Jones
d that focus on wiki. > is it hardcoded into the reader? > > i'd think apps like plucker would be a far better alternative, not at > least because a lot of stuff already exists in plucker format (and others, > too) and plucker files are created with way less effort. > why sq

Re: [reader] Wikireader received

2009-10-20 Thread arne anka
> For any book that really is text only (for example all those Project > Gutenberg books that are simple ASCII text files) all you have to do is > create a wiki page on a wiki and dump the text onto the page. i still don't really understand that focus on wiki. is it hardcoded into the reader? i'd

Re: [reader] Wikireader received

2009-10-20 Thread Doug Jones
Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:41 AM, Doug Jones <mailto:dj...@frombob.to>> wrote: > > > > This single change would approximately double the (already considerable) > usefulness of the Wikireader to me. > > &g

Re: [reader] Wikireader received

2009-10-20 Thread William Kenworthy
would approximately double the (already > > considerable) > > usefulness of the Wikireader to me. > > > > Aha - I think I see where this is going. :-) > > Next, I will want to have my ebooks on the SD card. > > Is there any software convert text only eb

Re: [reader] Wikireader received

2009-10-20 Thread William Kenworthy
On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 09:26 +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:41 AM, Doug Jones wrote: > > > This single change would approximately double the (already > considerable) > usefulness of the Wikire

Re: [reader] Wikireader received

2009-10-20 Thread Michal Brzozowski
es > that obviously are very far in the future, but there is one thing that > would be relatively simple to add and potentially quite useful: support > for multiple wikis. > After all it's called Wikireader, not Wikipediareader. I

Re: [reader] Wikireader received

2009-10-20 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
Hi, On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:41 AM, Doug Jones wrote: > > > This single change would approximately double the (already considerable) > usefulness of the Wikireader to me. > Aha - I think I see where this is going. :-) Next, I will want to have my ebooks on the SD card. Is the

Re: [reader] Wikireader received

2009-10-19 Thread Doug Jones
you used it for a bit. I do > hope you like it as much as we do! > >> However, I was disappointed that it contained no entry for "Wikireader". > > Hopefully you can help add to the existing one. Then it will be in our > next update :-) > > -Sean Okay, you as

Re: OT:Advances on Ben NanoNote and other things (was Re: [reader] Wikireader received)

2009-10-19 Thread steven mosher
; > By the way I'm in touch with Wolfgang and Mirko to have one of those > first Ben NanoNote and start playing with it and spread the results of > the playing to the world, and yes a color/audio version of The > Hitchhiker's Gu... sorry Wikipedia will be a cool cool thing :) &

OT:Advances on Ben NanoNote and other things (was Re: [reader] Wikireader received)

2009-10-19 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
rrive at Tuxbrain soon, at least as sample, Wikireader, Ben Nanonote, Always Innovating Touchbook, Openpandora, and now I have in my hands an awesome Sharp Netwalker(some experiments along with Neo Freerunner soon :P), I wish having three or four more hands to handle all this beauties at once :) but

Re: [reader] Wikireader received

2009-10-19 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
e do! > However, I was disappointed that it contained no entry for "Wikireader". Hopefully you can help add to the existing one. Then it will be in our next update :-) -Sean ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http:/

Re: [reader] Wikireader received

2009-10-19 Thread steven mosher
> > > > It arrived a few minutes ago. > > > > It works. > > > > > > > > However, I was disappointed that it contained no entry for "Wikireader". > > > > > > > > ;-) > > > > > > > > Was pleased

Re: [reader] Wikireader received

2009-10-19 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
2009/10/19 Doug Jones : > I ordered it a few hours after Sean's announcement. > > It arrived a few minutes ago. > > It works. > > > > However, I was disappointed that it contained no entry for "Wikireader". > > > > ;-) > > > >

[reader] Wikireader received

2009-10-19 Thread Doug Jones
I ordered it a few hours after Sean's announcement. It arrived a few minutes ago. It works. However, I was disappointed that it contained no entry for "Wikireader". ;-) Was pleased to see it came with nice alkaline batteries, not those cheap carbon ones that eventually f

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-17 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Marco Trevisan wrote: > > Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote: > > Sean, let me be the first one to congratulate you. > > > > I think I know what an undertaking this project has been for you, so I'm > > very > > glad you made it. I wish you great success with this produ

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-16 Thread Treviño
Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote: > Sean, let me be the first one to congratulate you. > > I think I know what an undertaking this project has been for you, so I'm very > glad you made it. I wish you great success with this product! > > All the best, I do agree on everything. Good luck with this,

Re: Wikireader & community

2009-10-15 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
Hi Risto I'll take a stab at these questions... thanks for voicing your concerns: On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Risto H. Kurppa wrote: > Hi! > > Now, after Wikireader's been released, I'd like to hear Openmoko to > share their thoughts about the community aspects

Re: [WikiReader] source uploaded to github

2009-10-15 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
Thanks Chris! All, I just wanted to let you know that Chris Hall is our software lead for this project. So please feel free to ask any technical questions. And enjoy our new codes. I can't wait to see what's the first new language to appear on the WikiReader. You guys are really goi

Re: Off Topic (was: Re: WikiReader)

2009-10-15 Thread Alex (Maxious) Sadleir
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Niels Heyvaert wrote: > >         > >         > >         > >        <1255620003.18333.51.ca...@opal> > > >   > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > >                                  

RE: Off Topic (was: Re: WikiReader)

2009-10-15 Thread Niels Heyvaert
<1255620003.18333.51.ca...@opal> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 > How about first waiting to see the specs & hear how hackable it is etc > to guesstimate how much community

Re: Off Topic (was: Re: WikiReader)

2009-10-15 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
Sure, no point in rushing things. :M: ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Off Topic (was: Re: WikiReader)

2009-10-15 Thread Risto H. Kurppa
on topic > and what not. As for the case of the wikireader, why not make a poll and > let all decide whether it's welcome to discuss here or not? How about first waiting to see the specs & hear how hackable it is etc to guesstimate how much community will there be around it and use t

Re: Off Topic (was: Re: WikiReader)

2009-10-15 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
ke a lot more sense= > > to have separate lists for the FR and the WikiReader. > > =20 > > - Not everybody interested in the FR is also interested in the Wikireader a= > > nd vice versa. > > - Given the traffic we already have on the list=2C adding another topic cou

RE: Off Topic (was: Re: WikiReader)

2009-10-15 Thread Niels Heyvaert
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 > > I do agree that not everyone are interested in both products=2C but > given the traffic we have=2C now that om2009 is not existing & > discussed=2C SHR is dis

Wikireader & community

2009-10-15 Thread Risto H. Kurppa
Hi! Now, after Wikireader's been released, I'd like to hear Openmoko to share their thoughts about the community aspects of Wikireader. Are you planning to encourage the creation of a devel/user community around Wikireader? If yes, then What are the tech specs? We don't even know

Re: Off Topic (was: Re: WikiReader)

2009-10-15 Thread Risto H. Kurppa
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Niels Heyvaert wrote: > Yes it's a openmoko community list so both products can be discussed. Stric= > tly speaking you're 100% correct. However=2C it would make a lot more sense= >  to have separate lists for the FR and the WikiReader. >

Re: Buy WikiReader [was: WikiReader]

2009-10-15 Thread Laszlo KREKACS
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Xavier Cremaschi wrote: > As read on slashdot : > [...] > at those kind of power usage levels, you could hack a small solar cell > into it and it should work anywhere you've got sunlight. Imagine a > complete breakdown of civilization as we know it. Books are heav

Re: Buy WikiReader [was: WikiReader]

2009-10-15 Thread Maksim 'max_posedon' Melnikau
As I see the wikireader becoming interested for different groups of funs. 1. Hitch hacker guide to the galaxy. DON'T PANIC 2. Fallout (pip-boy!) 3. Jeremiah (TV series) (exactly about situation from slashdot) Who can continue? :) ... ___ Ope

Re: Off Topic (was: Re: WikiReader)

2009-10-15 Thread rixed
> My suggestion would be to set up a separate list (either for FR or Wikiread= > er or both). This would help the community and the user adoption of both de= > vices. I agree but maybe we should wait until the problem arises in practice ? ___ Openmoko

Re: Buy WikiReader [was: WikiReader]

2009-10-15 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
ation, you suddenly pass trough a ripping in the time-continuous and apear in the early middle ages...but luckily have your Solar hacked WikiReader with you... You can becoume the next Merlin the sorcerer!!! better don't appear in there at least in Spain or you

RE: Off Topic (was: Re: WikiReader)

2009-10-15 Thread Niels Heyvaert
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Did you notice that if we are strict=2C the mailing list has exactly as > much to do with Wikireader as with Freerunner.. > community@lists.openmoko.org &

Re: Off Topic (was: Re: WikiReader)

2009-10-15 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Thursday, October 15, 2009 a las 02:10:20PM +0300, Risto H. Kurppa escribió: > Did you notice that if we are strict, the mailing list has exactly as > much to do with Wikireader as with Freerunner.. > community@lists.openmoko.org No, you are wrong. http://wiki.openmoko

Re: Off Topic (was: Re: WikiReader)

2009-10-15 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
e Openmoko IRC channel.   One set of participants will >>> be blathering on about wpa_supplicant files, and the other will be >>> asking how to insert AAA batteries. >>> >>> Ken Young > > Did you notice that if we are strict, the mailing list h

Re: Off Topic (was: Re: WikiReader)

2009-10-15 Thread Risto H. Kurppa
cipants will >> be blathering on about wpa_supplicant files, and the other will be >> asking how to insert AAA batteries. >> >> Ken Young Did you notice that if we are strict, the mailing list has exactly as much to do with Wikireader as with Freerunner.. community@lists.openmoko

Off Topic (was: Re: WikiReader)

2009-10-15 Thread Matthias Apitz
r will be > asking how to insert AAA batteries. > > Ken Young Hello, Can we move the threads about WikiReader to some other mailing list? It has nearly nothing todo with the Freerunner. Thx matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4

WikiReader

2009-10-15 Thread Ken Young
Xavier Cremaschi wrote: [...] > This device gives you : > - offline access to Wikipedia > - on a cheap device (it could be cheaper if the company were bigger I > presume) > - which uses AAA batteries, available anywhere in the world. > > We (US/EU/Jap) almost don't care about these 3 points [...]

Re: Buy WikiReader [was: WikiReader]

2009-10-15 Thread Xavier Cremaschi
As read on slashdot : [...] at those kind of power usage levels, you could hack a small solar cell into it and it should work anywhere you've got sunlight. Imagine a complete breakdown of civilization as we know it. Books are heavy and inconvenient and make good kindling. Without electricity, co

Re: Buy WikiReader [was: WikiReader]

2009-10-15 Thread Thomas HOCEDEZ
Xavier Cremaschi a écrit : > Ok this is the english version of wikipedia and it is sold in US/EU/Jap > (not the best market for it), but it's not *that* bad for a start : > geeks make you earn a bit of cash, and could start tweaking the > device... (ebook reader feature someone ?) > > Xavier Cre

Re: Buy WikiReader [was: WikiReader]

2009-10-15 Thread Xavier Cremaschi
re is an existing ebook reader able to read Wikipedia but it seems a good solution) - a real book (still a good way, maybe a bit heavy because of Wikipedia size) The wikireader : - AAA batteries - 3 buttons, and supposedly easy to use - open soft and hard (I presume), sturdy Ok this is the engli

[WikiReader] source uploaded to github

2009-10-14 Thread Christopher Hall
Hello Everyone, The source code to WikiReader has been uploaded to github, it can be downloaded using: git clone git://github.com/wikireader/wikireader.git Please note that the gcc cross compiler does not work if compiled on a 64 bit Linux, read doc/Using-schroot.text if you want to try

Re: Buy WikiReader [was: WikiReader]

2009-10-14 Thread Laszlo KREKACS
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Maksim 'max_posedon' Melnikau wrote: > and I think most interested question for all > openmoko community now is: I think the most interested question is: "What are they smoking?" Seriously guys, any ebook reader is way more advanced t

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-14 Thread Mike Montour
electronic subscription to a couple of science-fiction magazines which I currently read on my old Palm IIIx. It's showing its age so I have been looking for a replacement for a while now. The Wikireader (with its sunlight-readable screen and AAA batteries) would fit this category as soon as

Re: Buy WikiReader [was: WikiReader]

2009-10-14 Thread Xavier Cremaschi
David Reyes Samblas Martinez a écrit : > I have place the order today 14th October at > 8:00AM the total payment including shipping is 118.20 $ (spanish > custom taxes pending). Regarding eur->$ conversion rate these days it seems pretty cool ! FYI France doesn't put custom taxes on electronic de

Re: Buy WikiReader [was: WikiReader]

2009-10-14 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
2009/10/13 William Lai : > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 5:17 AM, Maksim 'max_posedon' Melnikau > wrote: >> >> Hi, all! >> >> First of all, my congratulations with releasing mystical "Project B" ! >> > > Thank you all for the continuing s

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-13 Thread Nelson Castillo
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Sean Moss-Pultz wrote: > Dear Community! (cut) > Sales start today at http://thewikireader.com. Enjoy. Tell your > friends. And let us know what you think! I like to see it seems very simple. I hope OM sells a lot of them and that it manages to make a lot of user

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-13 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Werner Almesberger wrote: > Sean Moss-Pultz wrote: >> Today, with the greatest of pleasure, I am ready to share with you the >> birth of our third product -- WikiReader. > > Yeah, it has hatched ! Congratulations to you and the rest of the &g

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-13 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Risto H. Kurppa wrote: > Congrats, interesting device! > > 1) What CPU you use? > 2) Does it support multiple language versinos of Wikipedia? > 3) What's the format the data is stored in? > 4) Is the OS on the uSD card? > 5) Open source - how do we hack it? No USB

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-13 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote: > > Sean, let me be the first one to congratulate you. > > I think I know what an undertaking this project has been for you, so I'm very > glad you made it. I wish you great success with this product! Mickey Thanks so much for the ki

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-13 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:38 AM, Risto H. Kurppa wrote: > > http://code.google.com/p/wikipediardware/ > > tells us: > > The project's goal is to provide a bunch of software: > >    * a set of bootloaders which load a small kernel image from SD > card and execute it. >    * wiki-lib, a library whic

Re: Buy WikiReader [was: WikiReader]

2009-10-13 Thread William Lai
; Thank you all for the continuing support. > We're really excited about today. > > > >> Wikireader looks awesome, and I think most interested question for all >> openmoko community now is: >> >> How to buy WikiReader? >> >> Looks like amazon doesn't sh

Re: Buy WikiReader [was: WikiReader]

2009-10-13 Thread William Lai
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 5:17 AM, Maksim 'max_posedon' Melnikau < maxpose...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, all! > > First of all, my congratulations with releasing mystical "Project B" ! > > Thank you all for the continuing support. We're really excited abo

Buy WikiReader [was: WikiReader]

2009-10-13 Thread Maksim 'max_posedon' Melnikau
Hi, all! First of all, my congratulations with releasing mystical "Project B" ! Wikireader looks awesome, and I think most interested question for all openmoko community now is: How to buy WikiReader? Looks like amazon doesn't ship this device to all countries. (why?!). Could y

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-13 Thread Risto H. Kurppa
http://code.google.com/p/wikipediardware/ tells us: The project's goal is to provide a bunch of software: * a set of bootloaders which load a small kernel image from SD card and execute it. * wiki-lib, a library which contains all the application's logic * gui-lib, a very thin layer

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-13 Thread Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
> Today, with the greatest of pleasure, I am ready to share with you the >>>>> birth of our third product -- WikiReader. Three simple buttons put >>>>> three million Wikipedia articles in the palm of your hand. Accessible >>>>> immediately, anytime, an

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-13 Thread Kosa
David Reyes Samblas Martinez escribió: > 2009/10/13 Kosa : >> Sean Moss-Pultz escribió: >>> Dear Community! >>> >>> Today, with the greatest of pleasure, I am ready to share with you the >>> birth of our third product -- WikiReader. Three simple button

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-13 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
2009/10/13 Sebastian Krzyszkowiak : > On 10/13/09, David Reyes Samblas Martinez wrote: >> 2009/10/13 Kosa : >>> Sean Moss-Pultz escribió: >>>> Dear Community! >>>> >>>> Today, with the greatest of pleasure, I am ready to share with you th

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-13 Thread Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
On 10/13/09, David Reyes Samblas Martinez wrote: > 2009/10/13 Kosa : >> Sean Moss-Pultz escribió: >>> Dear Community! >>> >>> Today, with the greatest of pleasure, I am ready to share with you the >>> birth of our third product -- WikiReader. Three s

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-13 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
2009/10/13 Kosa : > Sean Moss-Pultz escribió: >> Dear Community! >> >> Today, with the greatest of pleasure, I am ready to share with you the >> birth of our third product -- WikiReader. Three simple buttons put >> three million Wikipedia articles in

Re: WikiReader

2009-10-13 Thread Kosa
Sean Moss-Pultz escribió: > Dear Community! > > Today, with the greatest of pleasure, I am ready to share with you the > birth of our third product -- WikiReader. Three simple buttons put > three million Wikipedia articles in the palm of your hand. Accessible > immediately,

Re: [openmoko-announce] WikiReader

2009-10-13 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
2009/10/13 Paul Wise : > On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 13:51 +0800, Sean Moss-Pultz wrote: > >> Today, with the greatest of pleasure, I am ready to share with you the >> birth of our third product -- WikiReader. > > Congratulations to Sean and OpenMoko on the completion of Proj

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