Re: TSM30 source found!

2011-09-29 Thread Brian Wilson
My 2 cents: If you don't want the software, don't download it.
Michael, thanks for making it available. I will probably download it
and look at it because I am curious, I am very busy so that's probably
all I will do.

I have been in the situation Michael described - I had a copy of
source for a nice paint program that I wrote, but it was owned by a
former employer. The company changed hands a couple times, the product
was discontinued, but technically the software was not mine. I ended
up throwing it all away. So much human creativity and effort just goes
into the waste bin because it is "intellectual property".  If I had a
religion this would be a sin.

Excuse me, Michael did you say "VAX" server? :-) Once you replace it
what will you do with the extra floor space? The savings on your
electric bill would pay for a virtual server in the Cloud.

-- 
Brian Wilson
Corvallis Oregon

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Re: [Debian] Installation failed

2009-08-11 Thread Brian Wilson
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:05 PM,
ueli.pe...@bluewin.ch wrote:
> Dear Community
>
> the last tree days i tryed to install Debian "over" SHR.
> Everytime endig with:
>
>
> P: Configuring package debian-archive-keyring
> P: Configuring package apt
> P: Configuring helper cdebootstrap-helper-apt
> E: Internal error: install
> r...@om-gta02 ~ $
>
> Full Log is appended
>
> Any hints?

Well Ueli -- you are not alone. I think that error is pretty generic
and that you really have to look in this file --
/mnt/debian/var/log/bootstrap.log  -- to see useful messges.

I am surprised that a standard piece of hardware with a completely
standard OM distro can't run this Debian installer script. It's also a
drag that I can't restart it once it's failed to try again -- well, I
can -- "./install.sh debian" but it starts over again and that step
takes a long long time. Well it even says "might take a while". :-)
That's true! Takes FOREVER actually since it never completes.

Today I tried flashing each of these to the phone to use as a starting point.

OM2009
OM2008.12
OM2008.9

backing off to an older distro each time figuring maybe THIS time it would work.
Same results every time

P: Configuring helper cdebootstrap-helper-apt
E: Internal error: install

Checking the log file in /mnt/debian/var/log/bootstrap.log I see this

> O: Failed to fetch bootstrap:/pool/main/t/texinfo/install 
> info_4.13a.dfsg.1-4_armel.deb
> O: E:
> O: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with 
> --fix-missing?
> O:
> E: Internal error: install

This looks pretty bad -- missing archive -- It's a different error
than I got with OM2009 - which I did not note. Reading the wiki page
at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnFreeRunner I just figured OM2009 was
too new.

I wonder where it's going for the archive.
I wonder why it can't get there.

I googled for the error and found this

http://www.mail-archive.com/smartphones-userl...@linuxtogo.org/msg01501.html

Trying that now-- manually wget the deb file and put it in
/mnt/debian/var/cache/bootstrap/
Maybe this will help...

Brian

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Re: GPS Antenna

2008-10-03 Thread Brian Wilson
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Christian Weßel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> who has an external GPS antenna operating successfull with FR?
>
> Which brand? Where to get?
>
> I check the first one without success, so I need to look for a fit one.

I listed the one that I got from Semsons in the antenna wiki page
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/External_GPS_antennas#Semsons_external_antenna
(Please add your own information to this page)

Here is a direct link: http://www.semsons.com/gps90deexboa.html

I tested one from Semsons (in California) rather than Ebay so that
other people could get the same model if they wanted one. I have no
connection with Semsons other than being a satisfied customer. Semsons
has pretty good specs on their equipment so I was able to choose one
that worked on the first try and it was only US$11.

I don't know if Semsons ships out of US, If you don't want to order
from them I suggest that you look at the specs for that antenna and
then find a similar model from a reputable vendor closer to your home
instead of ordering something from random Ebay sellers. You aren't
saving any money buying equipment you can't use.

Brian

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Re: I bought the FR for what I did not have - freedom (was: Re: funny comment from a user, in response to the question of whether FR works as a daily phone:)

2008-09-20 Thread Brian Wilson
Paraphrasing Michael
> In what ways can you extend the FreeRunner...

I was looking at WiFi IP phones yesterday at Voipsupply.org and they
have some in the $300-$600 range.
They are targeted at "hospitality and healthcare" industry. They are
just WiFi phones, no GSM no Linux.
Both of these apps have staff that are constantly moving around and
don't have a desk phone.

Build an app that caters to these folks and adds together WiFi + GPS + GSM

For a hotel -- from the phone, check status of any room. Use the phone
as a master key for cleaning staff.

For medical staff that are on call, track their locations via GPS and
prioritize contacting staff that are closest to the hospital. Allow
staff to locate a patient from the phone -- eg not in room? might be
getting therapy.

When a phone leaves the building (loses WiFi VOIP registration) switch
to GSM and note it in the server.
This means you can run across the street to the bagel shop on a break
without being out of reach and you don't have to think about it. Just
go.

You might not be able to locate a smartphone accurately inside a
building with GPS but at a large facility you'd know which wifi access
point they were connected to so you'd know what building and possibly
what floor they were on.

There is lots of stuff that goes way beyond what a simple WiFi phone
could do and the hardware is in the same price range. All value added
most of it server based and relatively easy to protect private
information... so while I might not want someone I don't know tracking
my location via GPS if it's part of my job it could be very helpful to
me.

Brian

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Re: funny comment from a user, in response to the question of whether FR works as a daily phone:

2008-09-20 Thread Brian Wilson
I have so far avoided misery by restricting myself to just reading
(parts of) the mailing list and keeping the FreeRunner battery
charged.

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Michael Shiloh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> My old phone works as a daily phone. I bought the FR for what I did not
>> have - misery.

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Re: A mailing list for FLOSS-GPS community?

2008-09-18 Thread Brian Wilson
I asked the maintainer of the freegis.org site if he knew of a list
targeted at gps and he did not.

I tried to post to the "GPS Software Hub" google group and the posting
is being held in the moderation queue. (Moderation is fine but someone
has to do the moderating so that the messages go out in a timely
fashion.) I don't have a good feeling about how that group is being
used and maybe we should not be hijacking it for software development.
It's had more of an end-user focus.

I am not a big fan of Google but I suggest hosting the list there
because it actually works quite well. I especially like the RSS
feature.

On the other hand OSGEO is a really good group, I like there projects
and people.
Mapserver, GRASS, QGIs ..

Flip a coin. You decide.

But can we not use the word "FLOSS" in the group description? That
just makes me think of dental hygiene.

Brian

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Re: A mailing list for FLOSS-GPS community?

2008-09-17 Thread Brian Wilson
>> "Risto H. Kurppa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I suppose there are some tangogps/navit/other gps software users and
>>> developers here on this list who would be interested in getting
>>> together with the rest of the FLOSS GPS community
>>>
>>> see http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/a-mailing-list-for-the-floss-gps-community/

There are existing groups that are relevant. They are both low traffic
right now and I think for the purposes you suggest the first one might
be appropriate. I am already a subscriber so I will ask how they feel
about it being used this way.

At Google Groups -- "GPS Software and Maps!!!
This is a global community for GPS users, researchers, geocatchers,
GPS manufacturers, GPS application developers, GIS people to share and
discuss their problems with each other and try to find possible
solutions."

This one is oriented towards creating maps for existing devices, such
as Garmin handhelds

At Yahoo! groups -- "GPS MAP AUTHORS is a consortium for those who use
GPS ( Global Positioning System ) hardware and software to create and
publish maps, charts, trail and tour guides."


Brian
in Corvallis Oregon

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Re: Get spare parts in NYC (batteries)

2008-09-09 Thread Brian Wilson
> Personally, I don't want to spend $50 when all I really want is one spare 
> Freerunner battery.

I am using the pouch that came with my FR for the spare inner tube on
my bicycle and I have not opened the baggie with the headset yet so I
don't want more of them.

Batteries should be available separately as should other replacement parts.

Brian

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Re: GPS logger / field data collection

2008-08-24 Thread Brian Wilson
> IMO, just use the raw Ublox binary format. It's rather simple to decode.
> I have already implemented a binary decoder for the Ublox binary format
> based on Ublox open documentation of the protocol. My plan is to release
> this code under the GPL at some point.

The only GPS receiver that I have that does u-blox binary format is
the one in the Freerunner, and the others are Trimble and Garmin and
SiRF and NMEA. So I'd be limited to using only one receiver out of my
collection. Especially I'd love to be able to use the fancy Trimble
ProXH via bluetooth and not be forced to use the Windows Mobile device
they expect you to use. (Trimble Recon) So I was looking for a more
general solution.

But it's a starting point anyway, and hey, I work on this about 10
minutes a day so I'd say dive in!

Brian

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Re: GPS logger / field data collection

2008-08-24 Thread Brian Wilson
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 6:02 AM, Timo Juhani Lindfors
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For editing openstreetmap it is also useful to capture short audio
> comments. This can be easily done by starting recording when AUX is
> pressed and stopping it when it is released.

I think this is a good idea for any field data collector. I added it
to the wiki page.

Brian

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Re: which bootloader?

2008-08-22 Thread Brian Wilson
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:22 AM, arne anka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> and I can guess that the vN refers to a revision of my phone. Which
>> phone do I have? Is it marked somewhere?
>
> this has been discussed several times and exhaustingly.
> wherever you look, mailinglist archives or wiki you should immediately
> find that the only gta02 revision currently in the wild is v5.

Yes, no doubt this morsel of information is buried deep within the
wiki but absent from the places I would expect to find it, such as the
Neo Freerunner page, the hardware pages, and the
the bootloader page. Thanks --and I have added it.

Brian

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which bootloader?

2008-08-22 Thread Brian Wilson
The wiki says "The latest bootloader binary builds can be found under
http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily"; but when I go there I find 12
files. I can narrow it down to these 3 based on the "gta02"
and I can guess that the vN refers to a revision of my phone. Which
phone do I have? Is it marked somewhere?

uboot-gta02v2-latest.bin
22-Aug-2008 02:14  211K
uboot-gta02v4-latest.bin
22-Aug-2008 02:14  211K
uboot-gta02v5-latest.bin
22-Aug-2008 02:14  212K

I want to try Debian and first thing it says it to make sure my Uboot
is up to date.

Thanks Brian

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Re: GPS logger / field data collection

2008-08-18 Thread Brian Wilson
Jim wrote:
> I was kind of surprised that gpsd didn't give me a simple way to just get the 
> current location, I
> had to capture 5 sentences to do that simple thing

I tried to used gpsd with my GPS base station my recollection was that
it was totally useless for that. I assume that it will be useless for
this project too but it's a starting point.

> XML would be able to do that but I agree probably too verbose, how about 
> tokenized XML?

Very interesting idea, could be the way to go, I will look at it.

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Bert Hartmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In my toyings with TangoGPS, I know it can produce logs, I don't know the 
> format
> at all, it may just be the raw GPS output or not. I do know it does all the
> pedometer functions you were asking about (maybe not min speed, but definitely
> max and avg.). Perhaps you should look into that project.

I will, thank you. I have no interest in inventing a new binary
format. There should be something out there that is open and compact.
("There should be", he said. Ha)

I've tried TangoGPS, it's a nice program.

Brian

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GPS logger / field data collection

2008-08-18 Thread Brian Wilson
One of the main reasons I got my Freerunner was to play with its GPS
features. I want to be able to use it as a replacement for
closed-source applications like TDS Solo Field and ESRI ArcPad.
Especially I want something that would facilitate my volunteer
"citizen scientist" work

At the rate I am going I will probably never have more than 15 minutes
a day to work towards this.
In spite of this I decided to spell out what I have been thinking
about in a wiki page because it would take too much space here and I
think the interest might not be high enough to clutter up this very
busy list with yet another very involved topic.

I have a GPS in my pocket most of the time. I use a Garmin on my
bicycles and on hikes. I have used various TDS and Trimble and ESRI
products. Being a software developer I want something that I can tweak
and tune and none of these commercial products even comes close to
what I have in mind.

Therefore I started this page:
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GPS_Data_Logger to talk about it
and the intro there says this:
--
This page was created to address the use cases mentioned in GTA02 GPS, including

* I want to log GPS data for later analysis.
* I want to collect GPS data for scientific field work (forestry,
biology, etc)

The page was started on 17 August 2008 mostly as a thought exercise.
Please jump in and add to it.

Cheers,

Brian Wilson
Corvallis Oregon

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Re: /qtopia/ alarm clock drains battery

2008-08-07 Thread Brian Wilson
> smart arse answer. There is no BIOS. ;)

Not intentionally -- just drawing an analogy as a means of exposition

> Some time ago in any of the openmoko lists someone proposed a solution for 
> RTC wakeup.

I will try searching for it later. A block diagram of what's in the
phone would be nice for this beginner.
I wonder if one of those is around. I know they are talking of
releasing schematics.

Brian

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Re: /qtopia/ alarm clock drains battery

2008-08-07 Thread Brian Wilson
Is there an easy way to suspend for a time period (say 8 hours) or set
a realtime clock to it wake up? I set BIOS this way on my desktop -
cron shuts it down at midnight and BIOS wakes up every morning at 7.
Works quite well to save power.

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Lorn Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
>> if you decide to use alarm clock in the qtopia -- it would drain the
>> battery much more rapidly.

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Re: How to see how full my battery is?

2008-08-06 Thread Brian Wilson
Yesterday when I was running ASU and had had the FR plugged in
overnight to its charger I looked at its screen and there was a popup
window was saying "your battery is really low, better recharge it
soon" (I paraphrase). I figured it was wrong. Since I was about to
reflash it with FSO  I checked the sysfs readings and found the entry
that said "this is probably most useful" and it said "91" which I took
to mean 91% so I figured it was okay. Maybe it meant 91% empty? I was
able to put it on USB and reflash without incident.

After putting FSO on it I now see an ambiguous battery picture. It
either shows almost full or almost empty. Then the FR started going to
sleep on me every 30 seconds or so. I would push the power button and
it would wake up again. It did not issue any kind of warning, it would
just fade to black. Eventually it seemed to die. So I plugged it back
in to the official charger and went to bed to recharge my own
batteries. I have not looked at it yet today.

I guess what I am saying is that I'd like to know what the sysfs
numbers mean  -- why did ASU think the battery was dead when the sysfs
said "91"?  I will try cat /proc/apm tonight but knowing how to
interpret it would be good too.

Can't I expect the FR to charge when it's plugged in to its own
charger or is there something else I have to do?

(I like the FSO image a lot more than ASU. But that would be a new topic.)

Brian


On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:23 AM, kazaam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:10:22 -0400
> Joe DiTommasso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> 'cat /proc/apm' in the terminal will show you the current charge level,
>> as well as the time to full charge or full discharge, depending on
>> whether the device is plugged in or not.
>
> This shows me:
>
> # cat /proc/apm
> 1.13 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x03 0x08 -1% -1 ?
>
> -1 % == battery_percentage
> -1 == battery_time
>
> is at least the description from here: 
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/images/3/37/Om-daemons.pdf
>
> But what shall those negative values mean??

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Re: GPS rework: Please test and report on software fix prior to attempting any hardware fix

2008-08-05 Thread Brian Wilson
When you are collecting data you might also keep in mind conditions
vary a lot according to the current satellite constellation. You
should include the count of satellites in view and the pdop number
with your results data.

You can do some planning to make sure you don't run one test when
conditions are good and then another tomorrow when conditions are bad
by using mission planning software.  See my comments here:

http://wildsong.biz/index.php?title=GPS_mission_planning_software

including a link to a Windows program that is available from Trimble for free.
(If anyone knows of an open source planning program do let me know!)

Brian

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Re: openmoko-agpsui

2008-08-02 Thread Brian Wilson
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Stephen Pape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can't find openmoko-agpsui in the repositories anymore, and the links to
> download it are broken on the wiki.
>
> I'm pretty sure that tangogps used to be in the repository too. I can't even
> install it from the ipk.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# opkg install tangogps_0.9.2-r1_armv4t.ipk
> Installing tangogps (0.9.2-r1) to root...
> Collected errors:
>  * ERROR: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for tangogps:
>  *  gtk+-fastscaling (>= 2.10.14) *
>
> Anyone know what's going on ?

I don't know what's going on but I was getting that error when I tried
to install matchbox-keyboard-applet_0.0\+svnr1910-r10_armv4t.ipk on
ASU

I needed to change /etc/opkg/opkg/armv4t-feed.conf to say

src/gz daily-armv4t http://downloads.openmoko.org/openmoko-repository/ASU/armv4t

followed by 'opkg --force-overwrite upgrade' , and it installed the
gtk+-fastscaling package, whatever that is.

Brian

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Re: Warranty after fix for GTA02 GPS rework for SD card interferenceissue

2008-07-31 Thread Brian Wilson
> Besides the point that a small pocket-IMU would be great. To GPS jumts
> that big exist? As fas as i understand GPS it should have little jitter.

Trimble had a few GPS models out with dead reckoning. Not pocket
sized.  I think they are all off the market now. I got one off Ebay a
few weeks ago but have not had time to set it up yet. To me it's more
interesting reading the manuals and learning how it works since I
don't use my car more than once a month. Trimble was addressing loss
of signal in urban canyons not (ahem) antenna placement issues.

See  http://www.trimble.com/tms/placer450.aspx?dtID=overview

They use a small gyroscope. There are much smaller gyros available now
but my intuition from reading their materials is that it will work in
a car if you are going fast enough (they want you to go 22 mph) to
generate steady predictable g forces but if you are going at a walking
pace it would never work.

If you are walking around and want a reasonable position the Kalman
filter would probably be easier to deal with.
Is there a mathematician in the house?

Brian

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Re: WIKI still a POS

2008-07-31 Thread Brian Wilson
> I'd love to volunteer to tidy the wiki up.  Also, it might be better to just 
> fork the openmoko wiki and make another one (Since the GNU FDL allows it, and 
> the 'openmoko' URL isn't entirely appropriate if we're talking about 
> Debian+Android running on a Treo, as an example.)  How would all of you feel 
> about that?

I agree the front page needs help. I suggest you make a rough draft so
we could look at it and help polish it then swap it in if people think
it looks good. You could call it Draft Main Page or something like
that.

I started tidying it up a few days ago. Hopefully I will make
improvements and not just changes.
Personally this is the only device I am looking at right now so a fork
seems like a bad idea, it would just be another place I'd have to
look. If I felt a need to compare OM with Android I'd prefer to see
information in the OM wiki and links to the appropriate external
Android pages.

Brian

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Re: Where is FSO Milestone 2 for FreeRunner

2008-07-31 Thread Brian Wilson
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 5:49 AM, Andreas Bogk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maciej Piechotka schrieb:
>> 1. On http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone2/ there is no jffs2
>> image for FreeRunner. Is there any?
>
> There's a .jffs2.summary file, which is the one you're supposed to use.

This is interesting but does not tell me HOW to use it. From the
standpoint of flashing the GTA02, does it work exactly the same way
with dfu-util?

Thanks

Brian

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Re: external GSM antenna

2008-07-30 Thread Brian Wilson
Added wiki page

http://wiki.openmoko.org/index.php?title=External_GSM_Antenna

Brian

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Joerg Reisenweber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The GSM-connector to be found near one of the screws (see [disassembling Neo
> 1973] in wiki) is:
> MURATA MM8430-2610RB3 SMD RF TEST PORT
>
> For a nice fitting adapter see attached photo and:
> http://www.google.de/search?q=MXHS83QE3000
>
> Sorry folks, didn't find a page to add this to wiki.
> Hope someone else will... ;-

>
> HTH
> jOERG

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Re: WIKI still a POS

2008-07-29 Thread Brian Wilson
Okay -- I see your perspective and I agree but I think people are
calling it "a phone" because that's a convenient handle. For my 10
minute test yesterday it worked just like a phone. I dialed, it
connected. It rang, I answered. Another 10 minutes and I'd probably
know how to answer on the first try! I might even get my own SIM now.

Sharp learning curves are always bad even for geeks.

I have a pile of GPS devices that need pretty extensive documentation.
For day to day use I get by but if I put one in a box for a couple
months I have to have the docs to refresh my memory.

Garmin has a new touch screen device now. The UI on my eTrex Vista is
well-thought out and implemented especially as a follow-on to having
already learned on their earlier eMap. I can usually figure things out
without docs. I wonder how they did on the new one.

Topic topic??? -- oh right -- the Wiki -- one of these days I will try
to work more on the Wiki.
I have several of my own and I know how rambling and disconnected they
can become.

My 2 cents is -- OM should work hard to try to make the text search
feature work better (then tell me how they did it). I have used
MediaWiki for several years and its built-in text search sucks.
Finding an alternative (SwishE or whatever) would be a big step in the
right direction but organizing the data is also vital (and quite
difficult).

If I figure out the magic Mediawiki search silver bullet first then I
will share it with OM.

Brian

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Steven ** <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You misunderstand.  A PHONE should need no documentation.  The Neo is
> more than a phone.  So, some features may need some documentation.
> But the phone part of it should just work.
>
> But really, I'm having trouble thinking of a feature I would use
> regularly that would be acceptable to require documentation.  I hope I
> would only need documentation if I'm actually in the code making
> changes.
>
> -Steven

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Re: WIKI still a POS

2008-07-29 Thread Brian Wilson
Maybe you are not happy because you think it's just a phone. To me
it's a complete programmable handheld computer which happens to have a
GSM phone feature. The phone is a fairly insignificant feature for
some of us. If all you want is a phone, go to the supermarket, they
have really nice ones there that don't come with any significant
documentation. I use one myself.

I am trying to develop GPS software for the OM. I have had about 15
minutes a day to work on it so far but it's been fun. I don't really
care (much) about navigation features, I care about data collection.
The competition is not TangoGPS or Garmin or Tom-Tom or anything OM is
likely to come out with.

Therefore documentation is vitally important to me.

Incidentally I borrowed a friend's T-Mobile SIM card and tried the
phone feature yesterday. It worked fine (including the documentation).

Brian

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 7:20 AM, Steven ** <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A phone that NEEDS documentation is a POS.
>
> In my mind, the Neo won't be ready for end-users unless I can give it
> to one of my co-workers and they can figure almost everything out
> without documentation.
>
> -Steven

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Re: Found it.(GSM antenna port)

2008-07-10 Thread Brian Wilson
> Sounds messy, what's wrong with using a drill (after separating case
> and circuit board of course)?
>
> Hans

A soldering iron makes a nice neat hole and a little nasty toxic smoke.
A drill sheds little bits of plastic that are static charged so they
are sticky and migrate to inconvenient places.

Also I always have a soldering iron near my right hand and the drill
is off somewhere in  a drawer.

Brian

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