Re: Total Control over the phone

2007-04-27 Thread kenneth marken
Marco Miani wrote: hi everybody after lurking from the beginning of this list I have a question : Will we have total control over the GSM module? from what i recall the firmware will interact with the GSM part as if it was a modem or something like that. yep, that means those classical AT com

Total Control over the phone

2007-04-27 Thread Marco Miani
hi everybody after lurking from the beginning of this list I have a question : Will we have total control over the GSM module? I recently bought a Motorola Motofone F3 and my carrier ( Vodafone Italy ) called me for a firmware upgrade because the cellphone sends periodically an sms to a UK numbe

Re: Some light ahead...

2007-04-27 Thread Marcel de Jong
On 4/28/07, Igor Foox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 27-Apr-07, at 5:09 PM, Duncan Hudson wrote: >> 2) the iPhone may slip too. >> >> Its all the rumor in the Apple world these days. We already know >> that Apple has slipped its next OS release (10.5) because it put >> some large number of its

Re: Some light ahead...

2007-04-27 Thread Marcel de Jong
On 4/27/07, Ian Stirling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Duncan Hudson wrote: > Jim Thompson wrote: >> 4) Relax... you're not going to be able to add features to an iPhone. > OSX is unix based, so you and I both know that one will be able to add > apps to the iPhone. We also both know that for it to

Re: Some light ahead...

2007-04-27 Thread Jim Thompson
Igor Foox wrote: On 27-Apr-07, at 5:09 PM, Duncan Hudson wrote: I think it's wrong to assume that every customer that FIC loses with the Neo will go to the iPhone. First of all the iPhone's price point is quite high when compared to the Neo, and will be out of reach for many. Also see my poi

Re: Some light ahead...

2007-04-27 Thread Jeff Andros
On 4/27/07, Igor Foox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't know what FIC's plans are for selling the phone through mobile providers in the future, but having 'average joe' buy the handset from FIC directly is _the_ major barier to wider distribution in my opinion. At least in North America, not ma

Re: Some light ahead...

2007-04-27 Thread Igor Foox
On 27-Apr-07, at 5:09 PM, Duncan Hudson wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: 1) the Openmoko-for-customers is slated for 9/11/07, so it was going to ship after the "Q207" date for the iPhone in any case. It was supposed to be in developers & enthusiasts hands back in February - was it not? The plan

Re: Some light ahead...

2007-04-27 Thread Ian Stirling
Duncan Hudson wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: 4) Relax... you're not going to be able to add features to an iPhone. OSX is unix based, so you and I both know that one will be able to add apps to the iPhone. We also both know that for it to succeed in the business environment they'll have to allo

Re: Some light ahead...

2007-04-27 Thread Steven **
Apple has said they won't allow any third party apps they don't approve. That most likely means no apps Cingular doesn't approve also. You think Cingular is going to allow VOIP apps that reduce the money Cingular makes off the phone? You think I'll be able to get my little MythTV remote app app

Re: Some light ahead...

2007-04-27 Thread Duncan Hudson
Jim Thompson wrote: 1) the Openmoko-for-customers is slated for 9/11/07, so it was going to ship after the "Q207" date for the iPhone in any case. It was supposed to be in developers & enthusiasts hands back in February - was it not? The plan was to get the geek on board, get them writing apps

Re: Some light ahead...

2007-04-27 Thread Duncan Hudson
Ian Stirling wrote: As it is, it sounds like the first preorders (if that's still going to be done) are going to be delivered sometime May 20, if the screen problems are resolved. Leaving a couple of months dev time at best before there is something to show to carriers or phone shop chains if t

Webkit port alternative: qt webkit port inside gtk

2007-04-27 Thread Florent THIERY
Hi. I found this post, which may be of interest (in regard to hypothetical widgets and webUI) http://zecke.blogspot.com/2006/12/webkit-for-olpcs-sugar.html Another interesting project: Screenlets: OSX-like widgets http://hendrik.kaju.pri.ee/screenlets/ Cheers Florent _