Re: Status GTA04 GroupTour

2011-12-29 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 29.12.2011 um 13:06 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: Hi Ben, Am 29.12.2011 um 12:49 schrieb Ben Thompson: Hi Thank you for creating the GTA04. My problem is the early bird pricing which it seems to me requires some people pay more than others, without any real incentive or

Re: [Gta04-owner] Status GTA04 GroupTour

2011-12-29 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Neal, Am 29.12.2011 um 12:18 schrieb Neal H. Walfield: Hi, It seems to me that there are two problems. First, if someone orders a GTA04, that person doesn't get all the hardware--that person needs to have a GTA01 or GTA02 and do some non-trivial assembly. I realize that you have

Re: Status GTA04 GroupTour

2011-12-29 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Sorry for the typo below :) Am 29.12.2011 um 13:14 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com: Am 29.12.2011 um 13:06 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: Hi Ben, Am 29.12.2011 um 12:49 schrieb Ben Thompson: Hi Thank you for creating the GTA04. My problem is the early

Re: Status GTA04 GroupTour

2011-12-29 Thread Martix
Hi, I think, you should focus more on present and make GTA04 price available to many members of this small community as you can. GTA04 is much expensive in comparison with other OMAP3 based mobile phones today. I know, cost is based on production volumes, but ordinary hackers likes cheap

Re: Status GTA04 GroupTour

2011-12-29 Thread Davide Scaini
Just my point of view: I think the price is the problem. To be less brief I'll explain MY situation: I'm a student, I'm very interested in GTA04 because I think it's a tool that can help me in learning how to write code for embedded stuff in an open environment but I don't have a pay or some

Re: Openmoko Community Survey 2011 – Results

2011-12-29 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Niels Heyvaert nielsheyva...@hotmail.com wrote: Why is AoF is not even mentioned in the distro list is a mystery to me. Believe we should pollute this list more often with pure AoF related topics to keep reminding people it also exists ;-) AoF? This one?

Re: Status GTA04 GroupTour

2011-12-29 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Ben, Am 29.12.2011 um 12:49 schrieb Ben Thompson: Hi Thank you for creating the GTA04. My problem is the early bird pricing which it seems to me requires some people pay more than others, without any real incentive or added value in the goods received. I don't want to pay 474 euros

Re: [Gta04-owner] Status GTA04 GroupTour

2011-12-29 Thread Neal H. Walfield
Hi, It seems to me that there are two problems. First, if someone orders a GTA04, that person doesn't get all the hardware--that person needs to have a GTA01 or GTA02 and do some non-trivial assembly. I realize that you have some cases that you are selling, which is the route that I went, but I

Re: Openmoko Community Survey 2011 – Results

2011-12-29 Thread Niels Heyvaert
Why is AoF is not even mentioned in the distro list is a mystery to me. Believe we should pollute this list more often with pure AoF related topics to keep reminding people it also exists ;-) Niels -- Microsoft gives you windows, Linux gives you the whole house.

Fwd: [Gta04-owner] Status GTA04 GroupTour

2011-12-29 Thread Alishams Hassam
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:50 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: snip Well, we don't have a real mass market device and I think we should not even pretend to have one, in this phase. Because we are then compared to the 100 EUR Huawei Android/UMTS units where one has to

Status GTA04 GroupTour

2011-12-29 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi all, that status of the GTA04 mass market group tour http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04%20Group%20Tour is that we have: * passed half time yesterday * first early bird batch is sold out * but still only 16% preorders (56 units) * we have approx. 6 weeks left to fill the

Re: Status GTA04 GroupTour

2011-12-29 Thread Ben Thompson
Hi Thank you for creating the GTA04. 29.12.2011, 10:50, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com: Hi all, that status of the GTA04 mass market group tour http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04%20Group%20Tour is that we have: * passed half time yesterday * first early bird

Re: Openmoko Community Survey 2011 – Results

2011-12-29 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, Am 29.12.2011 um 13:50 schrieb Niels Heyvaert: Why is AoF is not even mentioned in the distro list is a mystery to me. Believe we should pollute this list more often with pure AoF related topics to keep reminding people it also exists ;-) maybe that not everyone knows what the acronym

Re: Openmoko Community Survey 2011 – Results

2011-12-29 Thread Alishams Hassam
A status update to the community list every now and then would actually be really awesome and go a long way into reminding me to try it. Even just a few months ago, the latest version of Froyo was really slow and crashed more than was acceptable. On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 4:50 AM, Niels Heyvaert

Re: [Gta04-owner] Status GTA04 GroupTour

2011-12-29 Thread NeilBrown
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:50:40 +0100 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Curious about your ideas, If I were thinking about joining the group tour, I'd be waiting for confirmation from the early adopters that the device really worked as a phone. The freerunner was plagued with

[Marketing] Ideas / Plan

2011-12-29 Thread Alishams Hassam
Hello All, Firstly note that I am not a marketing expert by any means. I only wish to throw ideas out there and implement what I have time for. If there are any marketing experts on the list (heck, if you're even just interested), please speak up! The only experience you really need is the