Re: where did the build site go?

2007-09-07 Thread Bartlomiej Zdanowski
Sorry, it should go on device-owners list. Bartlomiej Zdanowski pisze: Hi Michael Lauer pisze: This is correct. There were some BitBake / OE changes that required doing a full rebuild. I expect the feed to be up again within the next 12 hours or so. You're right! It's up.

RE: speeding up the flow of information

2007-09-07 Thread thomas.cooksey
I'd like to introduce Michael Shiloh and Joachim Roh Steiger -- two new members of the OpenMoko team. Their primary responsibility will be to support you, the OpenMoko community developers. I'm sure you'll all agree this is an extremely important (and too often neglected in this project) role ;-)

Re: Making GPRS/pppd connection.

2007-09-07 Thread Bartlomiej Zdanowski
I lost my hope... Thank you for response. Henry Law pisze: My neo can use GPRS. But need to stop gsmd first. I put all the AT command in to chatscript and try pon gprs. ppp0 appear after a while. I am using PEOPLES in HongKong and the SIM card does not have a PIN. Could you send me your

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Nkoli
On 9/6/07, Denis Parchenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks! Anyone saw new Apple announcement? Now iPhone is priced at $399.. http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/steve-jobs-live-apples-the-beat-goes-on-special-event/ =#=-===-===#=--- - -- -=#=-- - - - - Best regards,

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Marco Barreno
On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 05:18:36PM +0100, thus spake David R. Newman: Nkoli wrote: On 9/6/07, *Denis Parchenko* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sold in the first 30 hrs than in the following month, but beyond that, $399 iphones are highly detrimental to the success of

Re: Making GPRS/pppd connection.

2007-09-07 Thread Henry Law
My neo can use GPRS. But need to stop gsmd first. I put all the AT command in to chatscript and try pon gprs. ppp0 appear after a while. I am using PEOPLES in HongKong and the SIM card does not have a PIN. Did you see any AT command log in /tmp/gsmd.log or /var/log/message? Henry Bartlomiej

Re: 4 GB SD flash card does not work

2007-09-07 Thread Ole Tange
On 9/6/07, Stefan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 23:27, Ole Tange wrote: I just got a 4 GB SD flash card. It seems this does not work. It may just be this model though. Mine works fine. http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=93

speeding up the flow of information

2007-09-07 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
Dear Community, I'd like to introduce Michael Shiloh and Joachim Roh Steiger -- two new members of the OpenMoko team. Their primary responsibility will be to support you, the OpenMoko community developers. I'm sure you'll all agree this is an extremely important (and too often neglected in this

Re: ATI to provide specs (was: Re: SMedia 3362)

2007-09-07 Thread Shawn Rutledge
On 9/6/07, Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It may be worth talking with ATI again. Since this announcement, I don't think it is too far fetched to at least get the same deal you currently have with SMedia. I wouldn't be surprised if the people you were talking to had no idea this sort of

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Shawn Rutledge
On 9/7/07, Nkoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mass produced version will be $450. There will also be the issue of nokia's upcoming touchscreen device to contend with. I think it will need to be $300 or less to sell large quantities. ___ OpenMoko

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Nkoli
On 9/7/07, David R. Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But the Neo, even as a small-quantity development kit, only costs $300. That's still less that $399. A mass-produced OpenMoko phone would cost less (particularly if it was ready to use in the Chinese, Japanese and Indian markets). -- Dr.

Re: 4 GB SD flash card does not work

2007-09-07 Thread Ole Tange
On 9/5/07, Giles Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5 Sep 2007, at 22:27, Ole Tange wrote: I just got a 4 GB SD flash card. It seems this does not work. It may just be this model though. Does it show up at all or just doesn't mount? you may need to format as ext3 if it doesnt mount. It

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Peter Viani
On 9/7/07, Shawn Rutledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/7/07, Nkoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mass produced version will be $450. There will also be the issue of nokia's upcoming touchscreen device to contend with. I think it will need to be $300 or less to sell large quantities. I

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On 9/7/07, Peter Viani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/7/07, Shawn Rutledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/7/07, Nkoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mass produced version will be $450. There will also be the issue of nokia's upcoming touchscreen device to contend with. I think it will

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread roby
In my opinion software can make the difference.. I think openmoko should go in the direction of providing things not possible in a closed phone.. And hardware upgradability (possibility to change processor, or to add memory) would mean that the initial investment can be compensated with the

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
On Thursday 06 September 2007 18:52:35 David Lefty Schlesinger wrote: Anyone saw new Apple announcement? Now iPhone is priced at $399.. ...an act which has certainly pissed off all the folks who got suckered into standing in lines for days and paying through the nose to be the first kid on

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Andreas Utterberg
I think it is important to get the neo1973v2 out on sale as soon as possible. Then we can make software that may defend the price. I don't think the basic version could be sold for any less than $400. Maybe the advanced kit could be sold for $500? I don't know. But I think that the phone

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Tilman Baumann
Raphael Jacquot wrote: Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote: we need * flawlessly working dialer * flawlessly working address book * flawlessly working SMS send/receive the rest can probably wait ;D And directly after that a flawless browser and flawless instant messanging. Because that is

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread ian douglas
Andreas Utterberg wrote: Better to get it out now with more bugs, then later with less bugs. I disagree: having *any* noticeable bugs in a release product will bring a lot of criticism. Having more bugs just to get a release out the door will generate a lot of bad press about the efforts put in

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
pe, 2007-09-07 kello 20:18 +0200, roby kirjoitti: In my opinion software can make the difference.. I think openmoko should go in the direction of providing things not possible in a closed phone.. Indeed. Comparing to the iPhone is useless, and the Neo will not be in direct competition with it

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Raphael Jacquot
Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote: I think it is important to get the neo1973v2 out on sale as soon as possible. Then we can make software that may defend the price. I don't think the basic version could be sold for any less than $400. Maybe the advanced kit could be sold for $500? I don't know.

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Kalle Kärkkäinen
Mikko Rauhala wrote: Hell, a simple app for encrypted voice calls over GSM data will instantly make it the cheapest, most transparent secure cellular, adding it on the top of the shopping list of another niche. I'm sure there are other killer features that add a niche at a time. And those add

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Kalle Kärkkäinen
Mikko Rauhala wrote: Hell, a simple app for encrypted voice calls over GSM data will instantly make it the cheapest, most transparent secure cellular, adding it on the top of the shopping list of another niche. I'm sure there are other killer features that add a niche at a time. And those add

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Giles Jones
On 7 Sep 2007, at 19:51, ian douglas wrote: Andreas Utterberg wrote: Better to get it out now with more bugs, then later with less bugs. I disagree: having *any* noticeable bugs in a release product will bring a lot of criticism. Having more bugs just to get a release out the door will

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Ted Lemon
On Sep 7, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Andreas Utterberg wrote: What the v2 neo needs is a nice oi, the best would be if its possible to add compiz fusion, beryl effects to it. That would really boost the interest to the mass, just look at the development speed to the berylproject had, and the very

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Jens Fursund
On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 12:35 -0700, Ted Lemon wrote: On Sep 7, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Andreas Utterberg wrote: What the v2 neo needs is a nice oi, the best would be if its possible to add compiz fusion, beryl effects to it. That would really boost the interest to the mass, just look at the

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
pe, 2007-09-07 kello 21:49 +0200, Jens Fursund kirjoitti: All this sounds really good, but am I wrong when I say that the GPS has been cancelled for GTA02? Yes you are, and please don't quote an entire message for a short comment like this. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread GWMobile
The tphone chinese I phone knockoff has more feature and sells for $200 retail. It has apentouchscreen but other than that has amny more features. Runs linux . Any provider, two sim card slots for provider swicthing. Memeory card slot. On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:26 am, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Raphael Jacquot
Kalle Kärkkäinen wrote: Mikko Rauhala wrote: Hell, a simple app for encrypted voice calls over GSM data will instantly make it the cheapest, most transparent secure cellular, adding it on the top of the shopping list of another niche. I'm sure there are other killer features that add a niche at

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Raphael Jacquot
Ted Lemon wrote: At a minimum, we need: - It's got to actually work as a mobile phone. that's the most important thing - At least several hours of H.264 playback. possibly doable but I don't believe the current hardware can handle it - A good music app, ideally tied in to the

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Shawn Rutledge
On 9/7/07, Raphael Jacquot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it appear those things are so expensive that I couldn't find any price for it. (searching for secure cell phone on google) also, it appears that none of those things can talk to one another, each doing it's little thing. now, if we can have

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Ian Stirling
Shawn Rutledge wrote: On 9/7/07, Raphael Jacquot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it appear those things are so expensive that I couldn't find any price for it. (searching for secure cell phone on google) also, it appears that none of those things can talk to one another, each doing it's little thing.

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread jjh
IMHO... I've been following the Neo1973 for months now, lurking, and tend to disagree with just about all comparisons I've read w/ the iPhone. When someone references the iPhone I think iPhone, I could care less. I think it's great that the Neo1973 is now getting some exposure, but I think

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
pe, 2007-09-07 kello 13:35 -0700, Shawn Rutledge kirjoitti: It's easy to think first of doing it over a data connection. But I can imagine more of a signal-processing approach. This has been hashed to death. Short of it: the GSM codec actively tries to throw away anything that doesn't sound

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Mathew Davis
Amen! I couldn't have stated it better my self. I don't like it when people say oh no the I phone is going to squich the Neo1973. Me no phone can touch the neo1973. For me it is a revolution, that will change the way phone industry. For far to long the phone industry has been this big monster

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Josef Wolf
On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 08:27:36PM +0200, Andreas Utterberg wrote: What the v2 neo needs is a nice oi, the best would be if its possible to add compiz fusion, beryl effects to it. That would really boost the interest to the mass, just look at the development speed to the berylproject had, and

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Ted Lemon
On Sep 7, 2007, at 1:19 PM, Raphael Jacquot wrote: - At least several hours of H.264 playback. possibly doable but I don't believe the current hardware can handle it The point here is that for the GTA02, if the video hardware supports hardware playback of H.264, we need a driver that allows

Re: Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Zoltan Farkas
What about patent crap? http://news.com.com/8301-13579_3-9773982-37.html --zoly ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Federico Lorenzi
Wow, this thread has gone really off topic :) But I figure I'd add in my 2c. A GSM Data call can carry up to 9.6kb/s. Using a good voice codec like Speex, one can get voice still sounding decent at 2kb/s. I don't really know much about the inner workings of GSM, but is there anything stopping one

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Clinton Ebadi
Marco Barreno [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 05:18:36PM +0100, thus spake David R. Newman: Nkoli wrote: On 9/6/07, *Denis Parchenko* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sold in the first 30 hrs than in the following month, but beyond that, $399

Video decoding in GTA-02

2007-09-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
There, remembered to change the subject line... pe, 2007-09-07 kello 14:33 -0700, Ted Lemon kirjoitti: On Sep 7, 2007, at 1:19 PM, Raphael Jacquot wrote: - At least several hours of H.264 playback. possibly doable but I don't believe the current hardware can handle it The point here is

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Nkoli
On 9/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The iPhone killer, competitor, or comparisons you have been describing - to me - should not be done against the neo. The iPhone killer will be a later model OpenMoko phone brought out after much custom development and innovative ideas

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread polz
On Friday 07 September 2007 19:25:17 Shawn Rutledge wrote: On 9/7/07, Nkoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mass produced version will be $450. There will also be the issue of nokia's upcoming touchscreen device to contend with. I think it will need to be $300 or less to sell large quantities.

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...meaningful comments...] Thanks! I couldn't agree more. I want to stay out of this thread, but if I were to comment, I couldn't have said it better than you. -- - Michael Lauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://openmoko.org/

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Ben Burdette
The iPhone killer, competitor, or comparisons you have been describing - to me - should not be done against the neo. I happen to think that the neo is indeed an anti-iphone. Unfortunately a lot of people confuse this position with the idea that the neo is an iPhone killer - something