Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04A4 starts shipping tomorrow

2012-01-31 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 31.01.2012 um 11:53 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: > > Am 31.01.2012 um 15:30 schrieb Gennady.Kupava: >> As i were always wondering about SD reading issues in GTA02, which rises >> voltage in driver with reduced clock at beginning, and is not working at > > This

Re: QtMoko v38 for GTA04 with suspend and GSM calls

2012-01-31 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Radek, Am 29.01.2012 um 14:45 schrieb Radek Polak: > There is still problems with GSM calls that other site hears echo and you > will > need to set silent profile in Qtmoko's settings to have sound in incoming > call. while testing some boards with our arecord | aplay scripts I observed th

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04A4 starts shipping tomorrow

2012-01-31 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 31.01.2012 um 15:30 schrieb Gennady.Kupava: > Hello, Nikolaus, > > В Пнд, 30/01/2012 в 21:13 +0100, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller пишет: >> >> After 3 days of intensive research (incl. this weekend) we did find the root >> cause: it is the same as it was for the GTA

Re: New $200 tablet?

2012-01-30 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
> >> Anyway - in my opinion so far this is a lot of fuzz about hardly anything. > > It'll be one of very few tablets that run linux without needing an > anti-vendor > port. That's a good thing in my book, even if it's not ideal. It was an intersting experience when we did the Letux 400 3 years

Re: New $200 tablet?

2012-01-30 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Am 30.01.2012 um 15:42 schrieb Patryk Benderz: > [cut] >> This look very interesting. Can’t wait to get my hands on one. > It is written 200 EURO, not dollars ($). Makes a difference. Most likely it is 200 EUR w/o taxes, WEEE and many other duties like warranties etc. And @ 1 Mio units :) With

GTA04A4 starts shipping tomorrow

2012-01-30 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Dear all, you may have wondered a lot why it was so quiet about the GTA04A4 boards in the last weeks. And nobody did report about unboxing experiences, because nobody did receive a new GTA04. The reasons where manifold. It started with soldering issues where they had to make a new stencil. This im

GTA04: gyroscope and compass drivers added/made working

2012-01-23 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, I have added (or made working) the ITG3200 and HMC5883L drivers in the 2.6.32-Kernel. The ITG3200 was basically working, but the description was wrong. For the HMC5883L there is still some bug where the X channel shows -4096 unless the device is oriented almost upright. Now we have all senso

HelenOS for Openmoko?

2012-01-18 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
I just came across this while looking for FOSDEM talks: http://www.helenos.org/node/118 Sounds interesting, also for the GTA04. Maybe, not only me is interested to look into the microkernel devroom: http://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/track/microkernel_os_devroom Nikolaus ___

Re: [Gta04-owner] Openmoko Community Survey 2011 ? Results

2012-01-17 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Am 17.01.2012 um 11:49 schrieb Christoph Pulster: >> A lot of people gave up and do not want Openmoko phone anymore. > > The marketing of Openmoko Inc. failed. It was a short-sighted idee to > push the news with "first open source mobile" / "free your phone". > It resulted in c. 15000 sold uni

Re: Openmoko Community Survey 2011 – Results

2012-01-16 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 16.01.2012 um 18:43 schrieb Al Johnson: > On Monday 16 January 2012 09:31:23 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >> Let me describe my first observations from these figures (not deeply >> elaborated): >> >> 1. this result shows that we have a very large ban

Re: Openmoko Community Survey 2011 – Results

2012-01-16 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
> > Also Raspberry Pi for $25/$35 is too expensive. The Allwinner A10 board with > ARM Cortex-A8 and MALI400MP 3D graphics (with Open Source userspace driver) > could be manufactured for $15. That is wishful marketing... The $15 is expected (!) @100k units, not at small numbers in the 100 rang

Re: Openmoko Community Survey 2011 – Results

2012-01-16 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
The discussion of the poll run by Lukas suggested to ask for acceptable prices for a new Openmoko device. >>> Openmoko Community Survey 2011 – please take part! >>> We decided to start a poll about which hardware and which software you >>> use or are interested in these days. The results will help

GTA04 Installation Service for Switzerland and other Non-EU countries

2012-01-13 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
We got several requests for the GTA04 installation service http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04%20Installation%20Service from countries not within the EU. This makes customs processing a little complex, because the owner has to send his GTA02 to us with proper declaration and notes s

Re: FOSDEM 2012 stand confirmation: Openmoko

2012-01-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 05.01.2012 um 18:38 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: > > Am 05.01.2012 um 16:30 schrieb Boudewijn: > >> Great! >> >> Do you already have a design for documentation/flyers? > > I think it largely depends on the topics to be presented. > Let's w

Re: FOSDEM 2012 stand confirmation: Openmoko

2012-01-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 05.01.2012 um 16:30 schrieb Boudewijn: > Great! > > Do you already have a design for documentation/flyers? I think it largely depends on the topics to be presented. Let's wait some days to collect proposals. Nikolaus ___ Openmoko community mai

Fwd: FOSDEM 2012 stand confirmation: Openmoko

2012-01-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Good news: we have been assigned a stand. If you have (new) Openmoko related stuff to show, please let me know to discuss details. We will have several GTA04 devices in (let's cross fingers: full) operation and the OpenPandora. Please spread the word and plan to visit the stand. Nikolaus Anfa

Re: [Marketing] Ideas / Plan

2011-12-31 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, Am 30.12.2011 um 23:14 schrieb Gerald A: >>> For me, I don't have time right now to assemble a Freerunner and a GTA04 to >>> get a working phone >>> "with possibilities". I want the completed package, then end result. The >>> neo was shipped with the slogan > This takes approx. 15 minutes.

Re: [Gta04-owner] Status GTA04 GroupTour

2011-12-30 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Martin, Am 30.12.2011 um 20:01 schrieb Martin Jansa: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 12:18:05PM +0100, Neal H. Walfield wrote: >> 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 G

Re: [Marketing] Ideas / Plan

2011-12-30 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Gerald, Ed (I try to merge thoughts a little...) Am 30.12.2011 um 19:22 schrieb Ed Kapitein: > On 12/30/2011 06:59 PM, Gerald A wrote: >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller >> wrote: >> >> The other strategy is

Re: [Marketing] Ideas / Plan

2011-12-30 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 30.12.2011 um 14:53 schrieb Matthias Apitz: > El día Friday, December 30, 2011 a las 01:43:12PM +, Fernando escribió: > >> BTW, I don't think it makes much sense to invest in marketing without a >> full product. It seems a too expensive proposition for a small market of >> GTA02 and witho

Re: [Gta04-owner] [Marketing] Ideas / Plan

2011-12-30 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Am 30.12.2011 um 10:27 schrieb ri...@happyleptic.org: >> Talking about how the wifi firmware has been isolated so it cannot >> interfere with the O/S is a great example. > > If you are refering to how it was made impossible to replace the > non-free firmware by a free one, then I wouldn't advert

Re: Openmoko Community Survey 2011 – Results

2011-12-30 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 30.12.2011 um 14:14 schrieb Neil Jerram: > Niels Heyvaert writes: > >> 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 ;-) > > Yes, pleas

Re: [Marketing] Ideas / Plan

2011-12-30 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Great & Thanks! Although i have some professional background in product management/marketing I simply have no time left to care for marketing... And marketing communication without a product is pointless. So I did devote my time mostly on getting the product into our hands. So if we find enoug

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 acro

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" : > > 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 >>> >

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 >&g

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

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 ha

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 remaini

Re: Openmoko Community Survey 2011 – Results

2011-12-28 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Lukas, many thanks for these insights! Am 27.12.2011 um 14:24 schrieb Lukas Märdian: > On 20.12.2011 16:44, Lukas Märdian wrote: >> [Crossposting to openmoko-community, shr-user and gta04-owner MLs] >> >> Openmoko Community Survey 2011 – please take part! >> We decided to start a poll about whi

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the GTA04 project

2011-12-23 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
We did see a lot of progress this year in the GTA04 project towards a new open handheld mobile platform running free&open software and trying to respect as many freedoms of the user as possible. We have seen the delivery of the first batch of the Early Adopter boards (GTA04A3) and several members

Fwd: [FOSDEM] Third call for sessions for the FOSDEM cross-distribution miniconference

2011-12-21 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Looks as if they urgently need more talks. This is IMHO a chance for SHR, QtMoko, FSO to present the latest great progress to a wider audience! Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail: > Von: Wouter Verhelst > Datum: 21. Dezember 2011 13:03:29 MEZ > An: fos...@lists.fosdem.org, distributi...@lists.

Re: Replicant for GTA04? (Was WebOS for GTA04?)

2011-12-18 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 18.12.2011 um 23:25 schrieb Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli: >> After HP announced to open source WebOS I wonder >> what we need to get it onto a GTA04 device? >> >> And is there already a clear picture how completely >> the source will be opened? Under which licence? >> And which limitations? Which t

WebOS for GTA04?

2011-12-15 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
After HP announced to open source WebOS I wonder what we need to get it onto a GTA04 device? And is there already a clear picture how completely the source will be opened? Under which licence? And which limitations? Which timeframe? Questions over questions... Let's discuss answers... Nikolaus

Fwd: [FOSDEM] Call for presentations: Open Mobile Linux at FOSDEM 2012

2011-12-14 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
FYI. I think this is the most important FOSDEM Devroom for Openmoko users and developers. Nikolaus Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail: > Von: Henri Bergius > Datum: 14. Dezember 2011 10:48:33 MEZ > An: fos...@lists.fosdem.org > Betreff: [FOSDEM] Call for presentations: Open Mobile Linux at FO

Re: about the cases

2011-12-12 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
e for our phone.. No other changes needed.. Aluminium could also be a nice material, although 0.5-1mm is quite weak, IMHO. > > Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller писал 12.12.2011 12:04: >> Am 12.12.2011 um 09:51 schrieb Patryk Benderz: >> >>> Dnia 2011-12-11, nie o godzinie 23

Re: about the cases

2011-12-12 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 12.12.2011 um 14:17 schrieb rakshat hooja: > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller > wrote: > > Am 12.12.2011 um 11:05 schrieb Fernando Martins: > > > > > > Did you get to any figures yourself? > > Yes - 2 -

Re: about the cases

2011-12-12 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 12.12.2011 um 11:05 schrieb Fernando Martins: > On 12/12/2011 10:04 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >> So we have to go the painful way of designing our own cases. But the >> good side is that we can improve on the outer shape and look&feel. >> > Yes, I thi

Re: about the cases

2011-12-12 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 12.12.2011 um 11:12 schrieb Radek Polak: > On Monday 12 December 2011 10:04:31 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > >> Anyways, they aren't of big help since the components inserted into the >> case (earpiece, vibracall motor, speaker) are no longer produced >> o

Re: about the cases

2011-12-12 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 12.12.2011 um 09:51 schrieb Patryk Benderz: > Dnia 2011-12-11, nie o godzinie 23:36 +0100, Fernando Martins pisze: >> Hi, >> >> Out of curiosity would it be possible to recover the original moulds >> used to produce the cases? >> >> Anybody knows what happened to them? > Good question, howe

Re: Anyone has done a Comparison GTA02 GPS Antenna vs. Nokia N95?

2011-12-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, Am 05.12.2011 um 15:51 schrieb rakshat hooja: > > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller > wrote: > We have seen that the N95 has a quite simple > flexible PCB GPS antenna instead of the ceramic > patch of the GTA0*. Does anyone of you own &

Anyone has done a Comparison GTA02 GPS Antenna vs. Nokia N95?

2011-12-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
We have seen that the N95 has a quite simple flexible PCB GPS antenna instead of the ceramic patch of the GTA0*. Does anyone of you own both, a N95 and GTA0*? The key issue is not overall sensitivity or TTFF but direction independence. I.e. does it matter much or less to rotate the device by 90 de

Re: QtMoko v37 for GTA04

2011-12-04 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 03.12.2011 um 13:00 schrieb Radek Polak: > On Saturday 03 of December 2011 09:55:00 fdvj...@vodafone.it wrote: > >> Please Radek continue to support the GTA02 if you can. Many of us will >> use the GTA02 for a long time yet and QtMoko is definitely the better >> solution for everyday usage, I

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04 Group Buy - Status

2011-12-01 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
While I was formulating another mail, there were two more subscription! Thank you very much! > Yes, everyone has his/her own decisions to take. And I know that it > is a quite huge amount of money for our passion (having myself spent > a lot of money and time for the GTA04 to happen). Here, I wa

GTA04 Group Buy - Status

2011-12-01 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Dear all, now, several days after the announcement of the "GTA04 group tour", the first subscriptions have arrived (thanks you to all who have already subscribed!). And we have already seen many improvements by the kernel and distro developers that show how much superior the GTA04 hardware has b

Re: LVDS display possible? [Was: Re: GTAX]

2011-11-29 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
d than big phone I guess. > > -Frode > > On 11/28/2011 02:30 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >> Am 28.11.2011 um 14:17 schrieb Xavier Cremaschi: >>> Le 28/11/2011 08:02, Philip Rhoades a écrit : >>>> Don't we need a larger form factor? Like a 4.5" s

Re: GTAX

2011-11-28 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 28.11.2011 um 14:17 schrieb Xavier Cremaschi: > Le 28/11/2011 08:02, Philip Rhoades a écrit : >> People, >> >> Don't we need a larger form factor? Like a 4.5" screen? Has there been >> any discussion along these lines? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Phil. > > > AFAIK changing screen size means : >

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04 Group Buy - Status

2011-11-28 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
M. At FOSDEM we have requested a stand where we can show the device in operation to everyone who is interested to see it. > > Dave > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller > wrote: > Hi Jorge, > > Am 26.11.2011 um 22:01 schrieb Jorge Costa: > &

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04 Group Buy - Status

2011-11-27 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
; > jorge > > On 26/11/11 18:10, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >> Dear all, >> some days ago the "GTA04 Group Tour" subscription was >> announced, with the goal that the number of units per production >> run is increased to reduce the price per unit to

GTA04 Group Buy - Status

2011-11-26 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Dear all, some days ago the "GTA04 Group Tour" subscription was announced, with the goal that the number of units per production run is increased to reduce the price per unit to the benefits of all. The idea is that interested persons and institutions can preorder until 10th of Feb 2012 (right aft

Fwd: [Gta04-owner] QtMoko status

2011-11-22 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Radek, this is very good news which deserves to be forwarded to the community list. Nikolaus Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail: > Von: Radek Polak > Datum: 21. November 2011 18:54:21 MEZ > An: List for communicating with real GTA04 owners > Betreff: [Gta04-owner] QtMoko status > Antwort an: L

Re: Recommendations for a data-only GSM/UMTS device in USB stick ff

2011-11-20 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 19.11.2011 um 22:51 schrieb David Pottage: > On 15/11/11 01:24, Michael Sokolov wrote: >> Hello Om community, >> >> Given that the GTA04 contains an off-the-shelf UMTS module and, if my >> understanding is correct, truly off-the-shelf GSM/GPRS/UMTS modems in >> the consumer USB stick form fac

Re: temperature and humidity data logger

2011-11-19 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 19.11.2011 um 07:54 schrieb Hans Zimmerman: > Hey all, > > I would like to start logging the temperature and humidity inside our house. > Are there people with experience in using the freerunner as a temperature and > humidity data logger? > What kind of devices would be connectible (usb, b

Re: Announcement: new batches of GTA04 ready for (pre)order

2011-11-17 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 17.11.2011 um 09:40 schrieb Nikita V. Youshchenko: > > P.S. > If there will ever be GTA0x in case with qwerty keyboard, I'd immediately > order one. After n900, I can't live without qwerty keyboard on mobile > device. > Currently I use Android-based SonyEricsson sk17i, but Android silly > l

Re: Announcement: new batches of GTA04 ready for (pre)order

2011-11-17 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Adrien, Am 17.11.2011 um 09:50 schrieb Adrien Dorsaz: > Hi, > > Thanks for your announcement Nikolaus, it's really great ! > > I've just a little question more : I know that I can't buy a GTA04 > before autumn 2012, have you planed to make other batches later ? Or Yes, we plan to continue p

Re: Announcement: new batches of GTA04 ready for (pre)order

2011-11-15 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Ben, Am 15.11.2011 um 01:00 schrieb Ben: > On 15/11/2011 4:02 a.m., Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > >> Q: Does it work with a GTA01 case? >> A: Yes. You will even get stereo speakers since the speaker box of the >> GTA01 has two. One was sacrificed in the GTA02 to p

Announcement: new batches of GTA04 ready for (pre)order

2011-11-14 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Dear all, I take for granted that you all are eagerly waiting for an annoucement that another batch of GTA04 boards becomes available. We did wait with an announcement until we can really answer all questions. Now, we think we can. Components have all been ordered for another (small) batch so tha

Re: [Gta04-owner] Clarification

2011-11-13 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 09.11.2011 um 20:23 schrieb Bob Ham: > On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 10:07 +0100, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > >>> does this mean that you won't be shipping the GTA04 boards until you are >>> able to mass produce the new cases ? >> >> No, it me

Fwd: [FOSDEM] Cross-Distribution devroom: Call for Participation

2011-11-11 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
What about having SHR, QtMoko, hackable, FSO etc. share one session? Maybe sort of a round table? Something like "Community driven Distributions for Smartphones" Who would like to represent his/her project? Who would like to moderate? Nikolaus Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail: > Von: Wouter

Re: Open moko GPS pin connection

2011-11-09 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 09.11.2011 um 19:03 schrieb Alexander Lehner: > > > On Wed, 9 Nov 2011, RANJAN wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Does any one know about the OpenMoko GPS chipset pin connection. After I >> opened it I could find only one grey wire which appears to be the antenna. >> Where are the Vcc,Gnd and Rx-Tx pin

Re: [Gta04-owner] Clarification

2011-11-08 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 08.11.2011 um 09:59 schrieb Jorge Costa: > > Hi Nikolaus, > > does this mean that you won't be shipping the GTA04 boards until you are > able to mass produce the new cases ? No, it means that they will be made available as a motherboard replacement for existing GTA01 and GTA02 cases. Of co

Re: Clarification

2011-11-07 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Antonio, Am 08.11.2011 um 08:11 schrieb Evgeniy Ginzburg: > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 08:43, Poul Kristensen wrote: >> >> Hello Anton >> >> It seems to replace the one in GTA02 :) >> >> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA04 >> >> Poul >> >> 2011/11/8 Antonio Murdaca : >>> Hello all, >>> >>>

Re: xserver-xorg uses 100% CPU with Debian wheezy/sid

2011-10-24 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, we recently had a similar symptom on the GTA04 with Debian/Squeeze so I suspect the solution to be very similar. It turned out to be a configuration problem of X in combination with automatically mapping udev. So we had to switch off the automatic mapping of all udev touchscreens and mice as

Re: [GTA04] When is the next and more powerful openmoko releasing

2011-10-20 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Wolfgang, Am 18.10.2011 um 04:00 schrieb Wolfgang Spraul: > Ranjit, > hey, thanks for noticing :-) > >> Happen to see the case of Milkymist one[1], it is a transparent >> material and would prefer GTA04 embedded in case like that, with full >> view of itsy bitsy circuits and chips, don't know

Re: phone extraction device

2011-10-02 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 02.10.2011 um 19:32 schrieb Alex Samorukov: > On 10/02/2011 06:55 PM, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote: >> On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 04:12 +0200, Rashid wrote: >>> "You may have heard about the Cellebrite cell phone extraction device >>> (UFED) in the news lately. It gives law enforcement officials th

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04A3 Early Adopter boards in final production test stage

2011-09-29 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 28.09.2011 um 09:56 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: > Am 28.09.2011 um 09:20 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors: > >> "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" writes: >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCjM48BqfYo >> > BTW, we plan to put the tester software und

Re: GTA04A3 Early Adopter boards in final production test stage

2011-09-28 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 28.09.2011 um 09:20 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors: > "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" writes: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCjM48BqfYo > > Interesting! However, I couldn't help noticing: seeing the non-free OS X > (?) here makes me bit nervous. Well, we

GTA04A3 Early Adopter boards in final production test stage

2011-09-27 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi all, the production of the remaining pre-ordered GTA04 Early Adopter boards is now running and we have received the first three of them. So we were able to attach them to the new GTA04-Tester, that has been set up. Since a Video shows more than we can describe - here is one showing the Tester a

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04 Boot speed comparison

2011-09-22 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Patryk, Am 22.09.2011 um 09:08 schrieb Patryk Benderz: > [cut] >> As soon as we have learned how to really make a new case, We will >> choose a new display module and start... > Any chance for capacitive one? It is much better suited for every day > usage IMHO. Sure. In 2-3 years - when we ca

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04 Boot speed comparison

2011-09-21 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 21.09.2011 um 20:03 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: > > Am 21.09.2011 um 19:29 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors: > >> "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" writes: >>> per second). Finally, the rootfs is a plain standard Debian Squeeze without >>> any o

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04 Boot speed comparison

2011-09-21 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 21.09.2011 um 19:29 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors: > "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" writes: >> per second). Finally, the rootfs is a plain standard Debian Squeeze without >> any optimization >> for boot speed. > > This probably means it is armel and not

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04 Boot speed comparison

2011-09-21 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 21.09.2011 um 14:54 schrieb Davide Scaini: > But the comparison is a bit unfair... try to boot shr from nand i'm sure i > will be faster than iphone. We just did not have a GTA02 with a working installation in NAND, except that old SD card we use for device testing after buzz-fixes. For u

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04 Boot speed comparison

2011-09-21 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 21.09.2011 um 14:54 schrieb Davide Scaini: > Haha great! > I'm definitely curious about gta04... > (what is missing for gta04 imho is a new case... the actual case of gta02 is > too high in the borders of the screen) As soon as we have learned how to really make a new case, We will choose a

GTA04 Boot speed comparison

2011-09-21 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Here is a short video showing booting * GTA02 (with quite old OM2009.5 - modern SHR and QtMoko are faster) * GTA04 (with Debian Squeeze 6.0.2 and LXDE) and * iPhone 3G (iOS 4.2.1): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG31rCHZXh4 The winner is ... ... find out yourself! __

What happened to Freeyourphone.de?

2011-07-03 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
http://freeyourphone.de currently returns "This site has been suspended." Someone forgot to extend the contract? Nikolaus ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

GTA04 testing status

2011-06-26 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Dear all, you may be wondering what is going on behind the GTA04 scenes... Well, first of all the team did need some break (aka holidays/vacation). Christoph and Rene did receive the first two mostly populated GTA04A3 boards [1] last week and did the first tests. One board did boot fine (Christop

Re: GTA04A3 test progress

2011-06-18 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 18.06.2011 um 09:40 schrieb Thomas HOCEDEZ: > On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 03:25:43 +0200 > Christoph Mair wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> finally here is a status update on the GTA04A3 board. >> That's what I've done until now to test it: >> >> - attach power, serial console works >> - boot from sd card (wo

GTA04A3 board boots

2011-06-14 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Dear all, after another illness related delay and a public holiday in Germany, we finally received the first two GTA04A3 boards populated in "module configuration". This means a variant where all components with significant height are removed (USB connector, battery connector, headset jack, pogo pi

Video of SMD production of Freerunner Navigation Boards (GTA04 will look similar)

2011-06-09 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Dear all, we were allowed to look over the shoulders of the workers at the SMD fab that produces the Freerunner Navigation Board V3 and the GTA04. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngyhKr3yTO8 It shows how the PCBs are set up, how the pick&place machine is set up and how t

Re: [pandaboard] Aw: Re: Open Hard- and Software Workshop 2011 in Germany

2011-06-04 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, Am 04.06.2011 um 19:29 schrieb mr_sven: > Hi, > > It is a very big range for location decisions. :-( we simply don't have more options to offer. If you can propose one and can take care of finding a conference room and accomodation, please feel free :-) __

Open Hard- and Software Workshop 2011 in Germany

2011-06-03 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Dear all, since the workshops in 2009 and 2010 did find a very positive resonance, we have started planning for the next Open Hard- and Software Workshop 2011. Location and Time is still to be decided and potential participants can vote. Details are on the new web site: www.OHSW.de or

Re: Neo FreeRunner rework party and Openmobility conference 2011 (Czech Republic)

2011-05-21 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Martix, what a pity that I don't speak or understand Czech/Slovak language... Am 21.05.2011 um 10:38 schrieb Martix: > Report from the last year's Openmobility conference is on the SHR > blog: > http://blog.shr-project.org/2010/04/shr-project-gets-a-successful-presentation-at-openmobility-con

Fwd: GTA04 at LinuxTag (next week @ Berlin / Germany) - free tickets

2011-05-07 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Since not everyone is registered on the gta04-owner list. Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail: > Von: "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" > Datum: 6. Mai 2011 14:04:59 MESZ > An: List for communicating with real GTA04 owners > Betreff: GTA04 at LinuxTag (next week @ Berlin / G

Re: [ANN] FRIDB: RFID-Tag/Reader board for the Freerunner, Nanonote (?) and Beagleboard

2011-04-29 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 11.04.2011 um 09:23 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: > Dear all, > besides the GTA04 and the Freerunner Navigation Board, > we have been working behind the scenes on a new hardware mod, > originally for the Openmoko Freerunner. It is a > > RFID Antenna, RFID Tag (M

ANN: GTA04A2 engineering sample is now running Linux / will be shown at LinuxTag

2011-04-20 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Dear all, after all the previous announcements that were certainly not encouraging and making everybody happy, I have this time really good news. And hope that there are only good news to report in the future... We have finally found a way to patch the power supply issue of our first engineering

Fwd: ROS on Freerunner

2011-04-19 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
I think this can also be of interest to the Openmoko community. Am 19.04.2011 um 09:46 schrieb Jan Tuennermann: > Ron, > > thanks for forwarding. ROS (Robot Operating System) is a kind of meta > operating system. It does not really handle OS functions, also it is not real > time. It's a grea

Re: Another open hardware mod experiment: RFID-tag/Reader board for the Freerunner, Nanonote (?) and Beagleboard

2011-04-12 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 11.04.2011 um 23:16 schrieb W. B. Kranendonk: > Does this kind of antenna need to have right-angled corners, as in the photo? > Or is that shape easier sculpted in the PCB? Well, the shape should cover an inside area as big as possible. And fit onto a given rectangular shape. The width and

Community Update Draft

2011-04-12 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi all, since nobody else did for a while, I have taken the 2 minutes to create a new community update page: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Community_Updates/Draft_2011-05-01 Please add your content! Nikolaus ___ Openmoko community mailing li

Re: Another open hardware mod experiment: RFID-tag/Reader board for the Freerunner, Nanonote (?) and Beagleboard

2011-04-11 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 11.04.2011 um 10:13 schrieb Ed Kapitein: > Hi Nikolaus, > Just an idea: > handheld scanner for pets (veterinarian, animal rescue workers etc) > It could read the animals rfid chip and do a lookup in the database to show > the owner. > Kind regards, > Ed Nice idea! Tags are available in many

Re: Another open hardware mod experiment: RFID-tag/Reader board for the Freerunner, Nanonote (?) and Beagleboard

2011-04-11 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
gt; RFID tags. Will I be able to "copy" them and use my Free Runner for it >> with this hardware? >> >> Best regards, >> Denis Shulyaka. >> >> >> 2011/4/11 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller : >>> Dear all, >>> besides the GTA04 an

Re: Another open hardware mod experiment: RFID-tag/Reader board for the Freerunner, Nanonote (?) and Beagleboard

2011-04-11 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 11.04.2011 um 09:59 schrieb Denis Shulyaka: > Hi Nikolaus, > > Great news! > > Here in Moscow, some of the tickets to public transport are basically > RFID tags. Will I be able to "copy" them and use my Free Runner for it > with this hardware? Difficult to say. There are three potential is

Another open hardware mod experiment: RFID-tag/Reader board for the Freerunner, Nanonote (?) and Beagleboard

2011-04-11 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Dear all, besides the GTA04 and the Freerunner Navigation Board, we have been working behind the scenes on a new hardware mod, originally for the Openmoko Freerunner. It is a RFID Antenna, RFID Tag (M24LR64) and a RFID Reader (TRF7960) board. For 13 MHz (ISO14443, ISO15693). The p

"Openmoko GTA04" meeting point at LinuxTag Berlin (May 11-14)

2011-03-31 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi all, I have applied for a meeting point at LinuxTag and it appears to be accepted. Details will follow as soon as I know them. If someone wants to take care (i.e. look around and check that there are not other projects covering our space), please contact me so that we can apply for an exhibito

Re: GTA01 (Neo1973) questions

2011-02-27 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Marc, Am 27.02.2011 um 16:24 schrieb Marc Verwerft: > Hi list, > > My intention is to 'revive' my Neo1973 to take it along for a 5-week trip. I > don't want to use it as a phone, just for it's GPS (maps) capabilities. I've > loaded SHR (lite) image but it takes up some much space that after

Re: 2.5 vs 3.5 jack and some other considerations

2011-02-17 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 17.02.2011 um 09:28 schrieb Dmitry Shalnoff: > On 16/02/11 23:28, David Lanzendörfer wrote: >>> Hi list, >> Hello list-user :-) >> >>> is anybody here from GTA04 developers? >> yes >> >>> if it's not late, would be great to hear some case concerning 2.5 jack >>> retention. That's only thing

Re: GTA04 hardware suggestion and discussions: GPS

2011-02-07 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 05.02.2011 um 10:15 schrieb Glenn Moeller-Holst: > Here is some GPS suggestion for discussion: > > > BCM4750 datasheet: > http://www.datasheetpro.com/595932_view_BCM4750_datasheet.html > http://www.datasheetpro.com/595932_download_BCM4750_datasheet.html > Quote: "... > Real-time hardware cor

Re: Replacement part for GTA02 speaker phone.

2011-02-07 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Thomas, I think the part number is Philips 2403 263 7 And Google shows it in stock of a Asus spare parts shop. BR, Nikolaus Am 04.02.2011 um 18:17 schrieb Thomas HOCEDEZ: > Hi list, > > While I was again disassembling my Freerunner, I lost my speakerphone (the > one that you put near

Re: GTA04 hardware suggestion and discussions

2011-02-03 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 03.02.2011 um 23:09 schrieb Hrabosh: > > > I would appreciate two little improvements/changes. > > > - 3.5mm 3 way jack instead of 2.5mm 4 way. Unfortunately there is no space in the GTA case. You have to get rid of the battery connector or the speaker :( > - LEDs driven by external ICs,

FOSDEM "Hackable Devices" stand

2011-02-03 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Wim has asked me to forward that the "Hackable Devices" stand will be located in Building AW. I will show the Openmoko Beagle Hybrid and the GTA04 engineering sample. David will show the Nanonote. And I am sure there are many other Hackable devices to discuss about. See you Saturday/Sunday in Br

Re: Openmoko mailing list?

2011-02-03 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 03.02.2011 um 18:47 schrieb Iain B. Findleton: > Hi, > > Has this community died? I receive no activity from the Openmoko mailing > lists lately. Is there a follow-on list for GTA-04? Not that I am aware of. And we have no plans to move all discussions elsewhere since GTA04 is just a fract

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