Re: Data backup service

2007-08-01 Thread Giles Jones
On 1 Aug 2007, at 11:40, Mickael Faivre-Macon wrote: Hi, Do you know if a phone data (contacts, todo, ...) online backup service is available already? I'm sure this service exists somewhere already, I'd just like to have it on the openmoko platform :) I am ready to help port it if needed, or

OpenEmbedded on Suse 10.1

2007-08-01 Thread ruk.ansari
Hi, I'm unable to setup Openembedded on Suse 10.1. The instructions at - http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/OEandYourDistro state to install apt4rpm and then proceed with debian instructions. When I follow the Debian instructions to include deb http://www.openembedded.org/dl/ packages/ in

Re: Data backup service

2007-08-01 Thread Mickael Faivre-Macon
Great ! Thanks. On 8/1/07, Giles Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1 Aug 2007, at 11:40, Mickael Faivre-Macon wrote: Any pointers ? There's quite a few using SyncML, see links section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyncML ___ OpenMoko community

Re: Data backup service

2007-08-01 Thread Andy Powell
On Wednesday 01 August 2007 12:44, Mickael Faivre-Macon wrote: Great ! Thanks. On 8/1/07, Giles Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1 Aug 2007, at 11:40, Mickael Faivre-Macon wrote: Any pointers ? There's quite a few using SyncML, see links section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyncML

Re: Data backup service

2007-08-01 Thread Andy Powell
On Wednesday 01 August 2007 14:13, Giles Jones wrote: On 1 Aug 2007, at 13:56, Andy Powell wrote: Check out funambol, http://www.funambol.com/opensource/ . There's a single file installer and you can be up and running pretty quickly. Bear in mind that the push email clients for non

Re: Data backup service

2007-08-01 Thread Giles Jones
On 1 Aug 2007, at 13:56, Andy Powell wrote: Check out funambol, http://www.funambol.com/opensource/ . There's a single file installer and you can be up and running pretty quickly. Bear in mind that the push email clients for non nokia devices appear to be available only if you buy the

700 Mhz Spectrum Auction

2007-08-01 Thread Dean Collins
The most important meeting probably globally regarding the future of wireless communications happened yesterday. http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/700-mhz-spectrum-auction.htm l Any thoughts in the OpenMoko community? Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Data backup service

2007-08-01 Thread Giles Jones
On 1 Aug 2007, at 14:38, Andy Powell wrote: my normal phone is a SE P910i which seems to be the worst device ever. I can sync contacts and calendar but not email or notes... afaik it's the phone's fault. Push email, as I said, is unavailable to me because it's not a nokia/windows mobile

700 Mhz Spectrum Auction

2007-08-01 Thread Kyle Bassett
I am disappointed. I wanted the FCC to support open networks and open services as well. I really hope Google wins this thing...for the sake of projects like ours. In today's society, we are at the mercy of Verizon, ATT, Sprint, etc. in terms what we are required to pay for mobile phone and

Re: [UI/Graphics] Ever heard of graff ?

2007-08-01 Thread Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
On 8/1/07, Florent THIERY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, evas have a cairo backend, so you can mix both if required. Does it mean you can render evas in clutter then (i'm not thinking running clutter on the neo, it's a general purpose question)? If cairo can render to clutter, yes, but it

Re: 700 Mhz Spectrum Auction

2007-08-01 Thread Mischa Beitz
I'll second the disappointed verdict. But, then again, were we really expecting Commissioners Tate, McDowell and Martin to see the light and pursue the public interest instead of incumbent telco/cableco interests? Really?? The compromise struck will likely, as most FCC orders tend to, be litigated

Re: Anyone, not billed yet?

2007-08-01 Thread Jon Radel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ouch - I had been wondering why my order had not been processed, and yet many numbers after my order number (orders 2010) were being processed. I responded to the YES_I_DO immediately I received the email. But apparently, after I finally got a response from the

Info: Neo1973 + T-Mobile Germany + USIM

2007-08-01 Thread Thomas Gstädtner
Hello guys and girls, since I recieved my Neo yesterday (on my birthday ^^) I was playing around a bit. Today I was able to test the GSM functions. I use some T-Mobile USIMS (at moment 2 tested, both works!), but see: AT+CFUN=1 STR=`AT+CFUN=1' RSTR=`OK' AT+CPIN=mypin STR=`AT+CPIN=mypin'

Re: 700 Mhz Spectrum Auction

2007-08-01 Thread Mark
I'm pretty indifferent the the entire thing, and here is why: 1. It's the FCC no surprises they like big business, and the ruling only makes any difference in one country. 2. Cell phones won't magically change to a 700Mhz band, it could all be bought up by crab people for all we know. 3. If

Helping out with OpenMoko

2007-08-01 Thread Gordon Syme
All, I've been lurking on this list for a while now and at this stage am totally sold on the Neo and OpenMoko in general, I'm going to wait for the GTA02 at least as I can't really justify the big spend on the GTA01 hardware followed by another for the GTA02. In the mean-time I'd really like to

Re: 700 Mhz Spectrum Auction

2007-08-01 Thread Mark
Allow me to clarify, Most of them allow unlocked phones direct from the manufacturer to be used on their network. It's actually your Sprint phone refusing to operation on Verizon's network. look up unlocking phones you call the old company, not the new company (assuming they are willing to do

Re: Data backup service

2007-08-01 Thread Jeff Andros
On 8/1/07, Andy Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out funambol, http://www.funambol.com/opensource/ . There's a single file installer and you can be up and running pretty quickly. Bear in mind that the push email clients for non nokia devices appear to be available only if you buy the

700 Mhz Spectrum Auction

2007-08-01 Thread Harrison Metzger
Yes I am disappointed as well. I hope everyone will voice their disappointment to the FCC. I just wrote letters to my sen/rep and the FCC (it felt great lol). I wonder how much the general public is interested in such an important issue because some of the people i've talked to just don't get it.

Re: 700 Mhz Spectrum Auction

2007-08-01 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
Harrison Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I hope everyone will voice their disappointment to the FCC. I just wrote letters to my sen/rep and the FCC (it felt great lol). ... I wonder if any pressure can be put on the FCC to reserve some of the public airwaves for, you know, the public. The

Re: 700 Mhz Spectrum Auction

2007-08-01 Thread Kyle Bassett
You make such a good point. Why does a company get to own our airwaves? It doesn't make much sense. Who says it's the government's right to auction off our airwaves? Because the companies know how to utilize them better? Oh yeah, Verizon is great at it... There is no reason we should have to

Re: 700 Mhz Spectrum Auction

2007-08-01 Thread Nick Johnson
On 8/2/07, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3. If all the rules were passed the frequencies would have less value. Radio towers are expensive and you cannot charge people for them. Consumer electronics are cheap(to make) and people will pay for them. If a company isn't guaranteed profits from

Re: 700 Mhz Spectrum Auction

2007-08-01 Thread Giles Jones
On 1 Aug 2007, at 22:16, Kyle Bassett wrote: You make such a good point. Why does a company get to own our airwaves? It doesn't make much sense. Who says it's the government's right to auction off our airwaves? Because the companies know how to utilize them better? Oh yeah, Verizon

Re: 700 Mhz Spectrum Auction

2007-08-01 Thread Ian Stirling
Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: Harrison Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I hope everyone will voice their disappointment to the FCC. I just wrote letters to my sen/rep and the FCC (it felt great lol). ... I wonder if any pressure can be put on the FCC to reserve some of the public airwaves

Re: 700 Mhz Spectrum Auction

2007-08-01 Thread Giles Jones
On 2 Aug 2007, at 01:48, Ian Stirling wrote: And research and network planning. The cellphone is about a quarter of an invention. Three quarters or more of it are in the tower. I'd say we're also all been taken for a ride due to the costs of the licences. In the UK the operators paid

Re: MacOS X users get together!

2007-08-01 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Basically we have to fix things in the following order: 1. make dfu-util work so that we can flash the rootfs from a Mac 1b. write a GUI tool that presents the list of available flash files and allows to download, cache and (re)flash them 2. update AJZaurusUSB