Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-27 Thread rixed
You can't just separate software from hardware. The fact is you can't have open software without hardware specs, so open soft and open hard comes close together. Go try to rebuild a kernel on a nokia open phone for instance, and see what part of the phone hardware still works. So what should we

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-27 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
Am Samstag, den 27.02.2010, 10:46 +0100 schrieb ri...@happyleptic.org: You can't just separate software from hardware. The fact is you can't have open software without hardware specs, so open soft and open hard comes close together. Go try to rebuild a kernel on a nokia open phone for instance,

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-27 Thread Wolfgang Spraul
a) crack open closed phones by reverse engeneering ? b) wait for a manufacturer to compromise its pot of gold by producing an open phone ? c) put our head in a bag and pretend an iphone or an android is open enough ? d) aim at building one collectively despite all the unbelievers trying to

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-26 Thread Eric Olson
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:41:24 -0800 (PST) Rafael Ignacio Zurita rizur...@yahoo.com said: ... i'm getting at the fact that the hw side is stuck - it wont work without a pot of gold. the hw side that WORKS are the big companies with lots of pots of

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-26 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:59:18 -0600 Eric Olson e...@ericanddebbie.com said: Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:41:24 -0800 (PST) Rafael Ignacio Zurita rizur...@yahoo.com said: ... i'm getting at the fact that the hw side is stuck - it wont work without a

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Em 25-02-2010 01:39, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) escreveu: boys with the big pots of money are surprisingly close there. rome wasn't built in one day. fight the battles you can win - dont fight the impossible ones. sure - it's not as glorious. it's not as sexy. but it gets you one small

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:41:42 + Rui Miguel Silva Seabra r...@1407.org said: Em 25-02-2010 01:39, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) escreveu: boys with the big pots of money are surprisingly close there. rome wasn't built in one day. fight the battles you can win - dont fight the impossible

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread rixed
Community can be another pot of gold. You can preorder the phones, raise funds, etc (see blender, or wikipedia...). That's how the small team behind the openpandora was successful. Yes, the openpandora is not a phone and thus needs less paperwork, administrative authorization and license fees,

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:07:54 +0100 ri...@happyleptic.org said: Community can be another pot of gold. You can preorder the phones, raise funds, etc (see blender, or wikipedia...). That's how the small team behind the openpandora was successful. Yes, the openpandora is not a phone and thus

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread ghislain
-ports, but that is part of the fun). Ghislain http://www.basetrend.nl BaseTrend - http://www.openmobile.nl openmobile.nl -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/gta02-core-was-Re-OM-future-tp4628177p4631684.html Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread rixed
-[ Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 09:20:56PM +1100, Carsten Haitzler ] openpandora is a wonderful example of a big fat FAIL on this. it's last time my money goes to any such group/venture. The fact is they proved community does not need to be backed up by an industrial pot of gold to build this

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:50:36 +0100 ri...@happyleptic.org said: -[ Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 09:20:56PM +1100, Carsten Haitzler ] openpandora is a wonderful example of a big fat FAIL on this. it's last time my money goes to any such group/venture. The fact is they proved community does not

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread The Rasterman
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Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread ghislain
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Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread Wolfgang Spraul
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Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread The Rasterman
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Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread The Rasterman
-portable now for a reasonable price :) (It just needs some software-ports, but that is part of the fun). Ghislain http://www.basetrend.nl BaseTrend - http://www.openmobile.nl openmobile.nl -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/gta02-core-was-Re-OM-future

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread Wolfgang Spraul
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Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:54:35 + Wolfgang Spraul wolfg...@sharism.cc said: raster, may be waiting forever. if it does happen you'll find yourself comparing to iphone 4g or nexus 2 or whatever is now out in the 95% of the market. and then crying why it sucks so much in comparison. that

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread -= Apertum =-
* Wolfgang Spraul wrote, Il 25/02/2010 12:54: There definitely is another way. Must be. Business opportunity! Let's see how long people will be using their FreeRunners, and how long they will be using their N900... If the FreeRunner would be bug free, I'm sure people would still use them in

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread rixed
Glad I read this. I completely agree, yet I would like to add another thing : Lets consider the whole market for mobile devices. It's composed for one part of the yupee techno addicts that want the latest gadget around, and for the other part by other people that have either no special attraction

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread rixed
-[ Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:47:35PM +1100, Carsten Haitzler ] a phone to make 40k units would be easily double that - if not triple. and thats 2g only. 3g will bump that up again. I don't know for other countries, but here in France the majority of 3g subscribers never use it. All day long

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:00:49 +0100 ri...@happyleptic.org said: -[ Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:47:35PM +1100, Carsten Haitzler ] a phone to make 40k units would be easily double that - if not triple. and thats 2g only. 3g will bump that up again. I don't know for other countries, but here

RE: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread Gay, John (GE Infra, Energy, Non-GE)
As rasterman knows quite a bit more about hardware than most people I know, I'm curious to know his opinion on the Flow G1.5 and up-coming G2 from Gizmo for you? http://www.gizmoforyou.net/site/ Sounds at least as open hardware-wise and Openmoko was and seems to actually be available for a

gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread Ken Young
Wolfgang Spraul wolfg...@sharism.cc wrote: If the FreeRunner would be bug free, I'm sure people would still use them in 10+ years, easily. The truth is that even though the Freerunner is buggy as hell, some people will still be using them in 10+ years. Face it, we are now in the same boat as

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread rakshat hooja
internet. need i say more. as such its actually used here in australia, and in japan, and korea, and the usa, etc. - people really do use phones for looking up stuff, maps (yes downloading the maps as you go), blogging, instant messaging and email - oh god email. sure - video calls, tv etc.

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread Rafael Ignacio Zurita
Hello, --- On Thu, 2/25/10, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra r...@1407.org wrote: Em 25-02-2010 01:39, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) escreveu: boys with the big pots of money are surprisingly close [snip] compromises. but you can get some of it at least. Oh come on, don't beat them with a

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread Kosa
rakshat hooja escribió: Anyway Qi's roadmap does say Open Phone in 2012 http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Roadmap So we continue to dream :) It says 2011 :) Cheers! Kosa - Un mundo mejor es posible - ___ Openmoko community mailing list

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread William Kenworthy
On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 02:10 +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:00:49 +0100 ri...@happyleptic.org said: -[ Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:47:35PM +1100, Carsten Haitzler ] a phone to make 40k units would be easily double that - if not triple. and thats 2g only. 3g will

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:31:48 +0800 William Kenworthy bi...@iinet.net.au said: but - u'd need a phone that actually uses such things nicely and still most people dont have one. you'd need an iphone, modern android or palm webos device for this to really work. then it becomes a different game

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:18:31 +0530 rakshat hooja raks...@gmail.com said: but - u'd need a phone that actually uses such things nicely and still most people dont have one. you'd need an iphone, modern android or palm webos device for this to really work. then it becomes a different game as

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:04:26 -0500 Gay, John (GE Infra, Energy, Non-GE) john@ge.com said: As rasterman knows quite a bit more about hardware than most people I know, I'm curious to know his opinion on the Flow G1.5 and up-coming G2 from Gizmo for you? http://www.gizmoforyou.net/site/

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:41:24 -0800 (PST) Rafael Ignacio Zurita rizur...@yahoo.com said: Hello, --- On Thu, 2/25/10, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra r...@1407.org wrote: Em 25-02-2010 01:39, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) escreveu: boys with the big pots of money are surprisingly close

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-25 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:28:18 -0500 (EST) Ken Young r...@cfa.harvard.edu said: Wolfgang Spraul wolfg...@sharism.cc wrote: If the FreeRunner would be bug free, I'm sure people would still use them in 10+ years, easily. The truth is that even though the Freerunner is buggy as hell, some

gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-24 Thread Rafael Ignacio Zurita
Hi, I think that gta02-core is the key (or part of). All of us have been talking about the problems with openmoko hardware for years. And because all of us have different ideas and feelings we use this list as our psychologist :-) But still if there are a lot of different ideas and feelings I

Re: gta02-core (was Re: OM future)

2010-02-24 Thread The Rasterman
On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:57:39 -0800 (PST) Rafael Ignacio Zurita rizur...@yahoo.com said: Hi, I think that gta02-core is the key (or part of). All of us have been talking about the problems with openmoko hardware for years. And because all of us have different ideas and feelings we use this