Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Michele Renda
I was thinking also to a mini usb cam to be plugged on lateral part. This will trasform the phone in a videophone (with wifi coferage) or in a little photo machine. What do you think about? 2008/3/13, Jeff Andros [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:06 PM, joerg [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Jens Fursund
That is a nice idea, would like to have an accessory like that to make my neo into a camera, when I need it... On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Michele Renda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was thinking also to a mini usb cam to be plugged on lateral part. This will trasform the phone in a

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: That is a nice idea, would like to have an accessory like that to make my neo into a camera, when I need it... It is a nice idea. The Y cable is a nice idea too. But (it's just my personal take) the

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Michele Renda
I am happy this interest someone. The advantages of an external mini usb camera is: 1. It does not require reproject of hardware (it is nice to have autoalimented usb port :) 2. It can be bought only if a person want, who don't like don't buy it. 3. It can be upgrader with a better version if

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread David Samblas Martinez
Hi Michele once I can adquire a GTA2 one of the hacking task I would like to do is to attach a common web cam and do pictures/video capture. If it works fine I will try to protototype a way to attach it to the neo that seems integrated with the phone it self. Another thing I'm wishing to do is

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: I am happy this interest someone. The advantages of an external mini usb camera is: 1. It does not require reproject of hardware (it is nice to have autoalimented usb port :) 2. It can be bought only

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Michele Renda
As attachment there is an image that explain better my idea (png format) attachment: webcam.png___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: As attachment there is an image that explain better my idea (png format) WAH it look cool! - -Andy -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora -

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Michele Renda
What I think there is the need is something like this: http://www.teknobazar.it/shop/product_info.php?products_id=721 This can be good to plug a pendrive or a standard keyboard :), a webcam or a sd reader. About the clip I think it can be a problem. I don't think it will be nice to break the

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: What I think there is the need is something like this: http://www.teknobazar.it/shop/product_info.php?products_id=721 This can be good to plug a pendrive or a standard keyboard :), a webcam or a sd

Re: Using Wi-fi on Neo FreeRunner

2008-03-13 Thread Florian Boor
Hello, Jeff Andros schrieb: isn't maemo derived from OE too? no it isn't, but you can build packages for it using OE. Greetings Florian -- The dream of yesterday Florian Boor is the hope of todayTel: +49 271-771091-15 and the reality of tomorrow.

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Ortwin Regel
How about using Bluetooth? Yeah, it would be a little strange but think of it like this: You could take your phone out of the cradle when it has finished charging and it would continue playing music while you'd read the next chapter of your ebook in your bed. With WLAN and Bluetooth, the only

Re: Need a Cellphone now...

2008-03-13 Thread nqs
Ben Burdette wrote: Why not get a bottom-of-the-line phone from T-Mobile or some other GSM carrier? It will have the making and receiving calls feature and then you can use the sim in the freerunner when it is available in a month or two. or compromise. I know my budget doesn't allow for

Re: Need a Cellphone now...

2008-03-13 Thread nqs
Ben Burdette wrote: Why not get a bottom-of-the-line phone from T-Mobile or some other GSM carrier? It will have the making and receiving calls feature and then you can use the sim in the freerunner when it is available in a month or two. or compromise. I know my budget doesn't allow for

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Michele Renda ha scritto: As attachment there is an image that explain better my idea (png format) Really cool... I had this idea too some weeks ago :P -- Treviño's World - Life and Linux http://www.3v1n0.net/ ___ OpenMoko community mailing list

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Andy Green ha scritto: You're right, alternatively one with a short cable. Really this should be part of the kit since you just can't actually use USB host without it. I'm very happy to read this...! -- Treviño's World - Life and Linux http://www.3v1n0.net/

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: Andy Green ha scritto: You're right, alternatively one with a short cable. Really this should be part of the kit since you just can't actually use USB host without it. I'm very happy to read this...!

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Michele Renda
Also according me this accessory must be part of standard openmoko kit: I think it will not be too much expensive, if bought in to the right producer and in big quantity :) Andy Green wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: Andy

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Michael Shiloh
It's really very simple. Someone hack one together, take pictures, and describe it on a wiki page. As Andy says, once we chickens find our heads we can consider whether to turn these into products or not. Michael Andy Green wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in

Re: Using Wi-fi on Neo FreeRunner

2008-03-13 Thread Sjoerd Simons
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:15:16PM +0100, joerg wrote: Am Mi 12. März 2008 schrieb Robin Paulson: So, are there any issues with running software for this OS under OM? is it just a matter of installing the correct dependencies - hildon, etc? You might compile software source for use on OM,

Openmoko name update

2008-03-13 Thread Michael Shiloh
Hi everyone, We've decided to drop the capitol letter in the middle of our name. From now on we are Openmoko. As far as Freerunner is concerned, we're still testing and verifying the trial production runs, and as I mentioned before, much discussion about the testing and what is being