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 wait some days to collect proposals. Well, one

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

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 us to

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 range:

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 bandwidth what we see as an acceptable price

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 units, which

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

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

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

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 :) Without

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 ago.

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 GTA02A5 board [1]. The SD card clock

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 that

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 is a patch in the GTA02 kernel

Re: Installing v35

2012-02-01 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 01.02.2012 um 16:35 schrieb Gennady.Kupava: As your NAND is unusable at all, i guess it's appropriate to try anything except hammer or trash bin. Before doing this, consider upgrading to a GTA04 board :) Or getting a used GTA02 Motherboard:

Flyer for FOSDEM (PDF and ODP)

2012-02-02 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Here are the files for the Flyer we will spread at FOSDEM. So if anyone needs materials or wants to distribute in his/her area: http://download.goldelico.com/gta04/Marketing/ Nikolaus ___ Openmoko community mailing list

GTA04 in the Press at Linuxfordevices

2012-02-03 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Golden-Delicious-Openmoko-GTA04/ ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: [Gta04-owner] Flyer for FOSDEM (PDF and ODP)

2012-02-03 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 03.02.2012 um 09:44 schrieb NeilBrown: On Fri, 3 Feb 2012 08:39:26 +0100 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Here are the files for the Flyer we will spread at FOSDEM. So if anyone needs materials or wants to distribute in his/her area: http

ANN: GTA04 Group Tour subscription timeframe extended until end of March

2012-02-04 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Looking at the subscription rate of approx. 25% and comparing with the end of the planned subscription timeframe coming very close, it is becomes very clear that it would need a wonder to quadruple the subscription (although everyone just has to convince 3 friends) within one week. Therefore,

Re: GTA04 publicity

2012-02-09 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 09.02.2012 um 09:54 schrieb m...@chonyota.net: On 08.02.2012 15:22, Niels Heyvaert wrote: Next to the post on Linuxfordevices, we now also have an entry in the newsfeeds of Tuxmobil.org. Heise online also wrote an article (german): http://heise.de/-1429962 I also did find an english

ANN: GTA04 manual updated

2012-02-14 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
finally, here it is updated for the GTA04A4 board: http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-main/downloads/ Nikolaus ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

How to bring forward the community?

2012-02-27 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi all, while I am still fiddling with GTA04 production yield issues, I think it is important to reason about the big view. So I would like to encourage to share what you are working on (kernel? driver? user space?) and what you think would bring forward the Openmoko community a small or big

Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-02-27 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: So I would like to encourage to share what you are working on (kernel? driver? user space?) and what you think would bring forward the Openmoko community a small or big step.. Any idea is welcome (even if you think we already know about it). I've been

Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-02-28 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 28.02.2012 um 09:07 schrieb openm...@pulster.de (Christoph Pulster): what you think would bring forward the Openmoko community Hardware: One-man-show Nikolaus Software: One-man-show Radek Well, there are more People behind (e.g. Neil, Lukas, Christoph, Rene, ...), but... I am praying

Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-02-28 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 28.02.2012 um 09:47 schrieb Davide Scaini: I think that the success of spark [1] explains the failure of GTA04. My 2 cents d [1] http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2012/02/spark-pre-orders-closed.html May be, but I am not sure. A 7 inch tablet (and much worse pixel per inch) without UMTS and

Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-02-28 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 28.02.2012 um 12:12 schrieb Christoph Pulster: What would we need to get New Spirit into our Community? We need courage bashing Apple and Android as the evil, sucking our datas and brains. Giving as the feeling of heros, only left free human beings, victors of Goliaths. The

Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-02-29 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 29.02.2012 um 09:05 schrieb Andreas Pokorny: Hi, Am 27. Februar 2012 11:51 schrieb Nikita V. Youshchenko yo...@debian.org: So I would like to encourage to share what you are working on (kernel? driver? user space?) and what you think would bring forward the Openmoko community a small

Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-02-29 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 29.02.2012 um 10:20 schrieb dmatthews.org: hey E.g. * QtMoko SHR vs. Android iOS Win Mobile etc.! * GTA04's flexibility and hw-modifiability vs. any commercial device! * the art of self modifiable 3D-printed case vs. take what you get! I think you would need to fine tune that

Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-02-29 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 29.02.2012 um 18:05 schrieb Gerald A: Hello, On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: [Leadup discussion pruned] May I ask why you need a (mechanical) keyboard? Some people like it. Yes, I know and want to better understand why

GTA04-Custom: EAGLE schematics and board file blueprint for developing expansion/adapter boards

2012-03-01 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
The GTA04 is not only designed as a motherboard replacement for the Openmoko devices, but also as a core module to easily develop other devices from it. We now have released the schematics and board file of such an expander board (EAGLE 5.x format). It is designed to carry a 3.5 inch VGA touch

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04-Custom: EAGLE schematics and board file blueprint for developing expansion/adapter boards

2012-03-01 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 01.03.2012 um 11:20 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com writes: We now have released the schematics and board file of such an expander board (EAGLE 5.x format). I understood that it was not possible to open EAGLE files with free software

Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-03-01 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 01.03.2012 um 13:28 schrieb Wolfgang Spraul: So what to use? Nothing to use... We should look for what comes after phones and tablets. What's next? Next generation phones and tablets :) It is difficult to develop something totally new. (My standard methapher: each revolution looks like

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04-Custom: EAGLE schematics and board file blueprint for developing expansion/adapter boards

2012-03-01 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 01.03.2012 um 22:47 schrieb Fox Mulder: Am 01.03.2012 22:07, schrieb Gilles Filippini: Gilles Filippini a écrit , Le 01/03/2012 22:04: The is a free light version of EAGLE in Debian. $ apt-cache show eagle Package: eagle Version: 5.12.0-1 [...] Description-en: Printed circuit board

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04-Custom: EAGLE schematics and board file blueprint for developing expansion/adapter boards

2012-03-01 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 01.03.2012 um 22:59 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors: Fox Mulder quakem...@gmx.net writes: You can just install latest eagle 6.1 (win, linux, mac) and use it with light license for free which limits to 100x80mm board size and 2 layers. This freeware version exists as long as i can remember

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04-Custom: EAGLE schematics and board file blueprint for developing expansion/adapter boards

2012-03-02 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 02.03.2012 um 10:04 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com writes: As far as I know, EAGLE 6 has a new XML format. So it should be possible to convert the file using the free (beer) version to XML. And from there to any tool of interest. Ok

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04-Custom: EAGLE schematics and board file blueprint for developing expansion/adapter boards

2012-03-02 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 02.03.2012 um 10:20 schrieb Patryk Benderz: [cut] Ok. The summary seems to be that if somebody wants to see the GTA04 schematics they have to use non-free software, at least for the initial conversion step. Indeed it doesn't look good. IIRC Openmoko used GPL tools (KiCAD?) with some

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04-Custom: EAGLE schematics and board file blueprint for developing expansion/adapter boards

2012-03-02 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Bye d On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Am 02.03.2012 um 10:04 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com writes: As far as I know, EAGLE 6 has a new XML format. So it should be possible to convert

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04-Custom: EAGLE schematics and board file blueprint for developing expansion/adapter boards

2012-03-02 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 02.03.2012 um 10:42 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com writes: No, I would not conclude that. One just needs to develop a file import converter for any free CAD software, if it does not yet exist. Hmm, let me rephrase it then: The summary seems

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04-Custom: EAGLE schematics and board file blueprint for developing expansion/adapter boards

2012-03-02 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 02.03.2012 um 10:48 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: Am 02.03.2012 um 10:42 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com writes: No, I would not conclude that. One just needs to develop a file import converter for any free CAD software, if it does not yet

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04-Custom: EAGLE schematics and board file blueprint for developing expansion/adapter boards

2012-03-02 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 02.03.2012 um 13:45 schrieb Patryk Benderz: [cut] Openmoko had the same problem. It was gta02-core project that pioneered an effort to convert the gta02 schematics to kicad format and improved kicad in the process. I am sorry, you are right, thanks for correcting me. Anyway my point

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04-Custom: EAGLE schematics and board file blueprint for developing expansion/adapter boards

2012-03-02 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 02.03.2012 um 17:26 schrieb Patryk Benderz: [cut] Yes, sure. The requirements to the design tool for such an adapter board are not heavy. It can be done on 2 layers in 6 mil traces. So I am sure you can design such adapters with KiCAD. Seems I was not clear enough. Can Timo Juhani

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA04-Custom: EAGLE schematics and board file blueprint for developing expansion/adapter boards

2012-03-04 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 03.03.2012 um 11:00 schrieb Lionel Broche: Coming back to the original message, is it possible for an averaged-skilled person to carry out the customisation of the GTA04 board to change the connector? Also, would it be feasible to make a GTA04 module that could be connected to

Re: what to with 02 when upgrading to 04? was: Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-03-04 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Arne, Am 03.03.2012 um 22:44 schrieb arne anka: what's stopping me from subscribing for the GTA04 is simply the question, what to do with the innards of my disembowled GTA02. although the GTA02 as well as a new GTA04 would be litle more than a toy anyway, i shrink back from the idea to

Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-03-04 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Am 03.03.2012 um 14:07 schrieb Gerald A: On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Am 01.03.2012 um 13:28 schrieb Wolfgang Spraul: So what to use? Nothing to use... We should look for what comes after phones and tablets. What's next

Re: what to with 02 when upgrading to 04? was: Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-03-04 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Am 04.03.2012 um 00:59 schrieb Michael Sokolov: arne anka openm...@ginguppin.de wrote: but if nikolaus is ok with that (re-stocking the used GTA02 boards, that is :-), that's certainly solution. As I understand it, he already does that. Yes, we have some GTA02 boards w/o display...

Re: [Gta04-owner] what to with 02 when upgrading to 04? was: Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-03-04 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Am 04.03.2012 um 14:55 schrieb Benjamin Deering: My gta02 innards will probably be reassigned to monitoring my kegerator. Since it has i2c and wifi, I should be able to connect load sensors, a thermometer, and a sensor to know when the compressor is running. It could then send the

Re: what to with 02 when upgrading to 04? was: Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-03-04 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 04.03.2012 um 21:14 schrieb Michael Sokolov: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Could it be possible that those greedy bastards don't even exist except in your wishful thinking? I don't buy that - I don't buy the fairy-tale that each and every former employee of Om

Re: what to with 02 when upgrading to 04? was: Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-03-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Fernando, Am 05.03.2012 um 11:01 schrieb Fernando Martins: On 03/05/2012 10:36 AM, Al Johnson wrote: There are a few places you can 'order' a donation, but I don't know how well known they are. http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04referer=GTA04-Early-Adopter

Re: How to bring forward the community? Group Tour Donations Hub

2012-03-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 05.03.2012 um 22:06 schrieb arne anka: my idea of a donation was in the first place to get us nearer, my god to thee .. ehm .. nearer the 350 units required. ie in the first place to help people who can't afford the full price, since it would mean the most value for every euro donated.

Re: what to with 02 when upgrading to 04? was: Re: How to bring forward the community?

2012-03-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 05.03.2012 um 21:59 schrieb arne anka: I think there are several options. If you keep the display, you have a nice GUI device for experimentation with WLAN, Bluetooth, USB. And, the SPI/I2C interfaces are accessible on test points near the debug connector. well, i am no hardware guy,

Next Openmoko Stammtisch in Munich, Germany

2012-03-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
for planning purposes, please notify your preferences: http://freeyourphone.de/portal_v1/viewtopic.php?f=71t=2234#p19431 Nikolaus ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

big leap forward: Case-Kit and 3D printed case

2012-03-06 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
we are coming close to the dream of getting unlimited availability of new and compatible cases! Thanks to the great work from Lukas I simply ordered a set of case components at Shapeways and they already arrived today. So I had just to drill a hole for the camera (a new 3D data set should

Re: How to bring forward the community? Group Tour Donations Hub

2012-03-08 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 06.03.2012 um 07:58 schrieb Christ van Willegen: On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 23:02, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: I have prepared a Wiki page: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA04_Group_Tour_Donations_Hub That's an excellent idea! I hope it gets used a lot! Me

Re: [Gta04-owner] How to bring forward the community? Group Tour Donations Hub

2012-03-08 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Alex, Am 08.03.2012 um 17:34 schrieb Alexander Lehner: On Thu, 8 Mar 2012, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Am 06.03.2012 um 07:58 schrieb Christ van Willegen: On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 23:02, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: I have prepared a Wiki page

OpenPhoneux video

2012-03-09 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
I have made and posted a new video showing some experiments to make a full OpenPhoenux from a SlyParts 3D printed case, a GTA04 board and QtMoko v40. Enjoy and spread the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybT9kdhmurM Nikolaus ___ Openmoko

Status of the GTA04 Group Tour

2012-03-15 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Just two weeks left over to get subscribers, makes me think that it is time to look at the order indicator. We have achieved 41%. This is a big step forward after the 25% during FOSDEM time and shows that we have a growing support. Thanks to all those who see a future for the GTA04! On the

One GTA04A3 (Early Adopter) board for sale

2012-03-15 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi all, we have one GTA04A3 board (Ser #0024) that we do not need any more for further experiments. It has two bugs - one is the well known power-down issue of the UMTS module that has been fixed in the A4 boards. And, the PCM voice interface appears to have a broken wire which can't be repaired.

Keyboard for GTA04

2012-03-15 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
During the Openmoko Stammtisch Munich yesterday, we have once again discussed options to build a special GTA04 keyboard. And now I think we have found a way to really square the circle. The square being functionality and the circle being cost. The idea is to use: * off-the shelf pushbutons

Re: [Gta04-owner] Keyboard for GTA04

2012-03-15 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 15.03.2012 um 12:09 schrieb Gennady Kupava: Hi, Nicolaus, Actually detached keyboard is almost useless for phone. It is not Well, the idea is not a detached keyboard but a detachable (so that it simplifies mechanical construction). possible to use it any conditions expect then phone

Re: [Gta04-owner] Keyboard for GTA04

2012-03-15 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 15.03.2012 um 13:29 schrieb Martin Jansa: On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 03:09:09PM +0400, Gennady Kupava wrote: Hi, Nicolaus, Actually detached keyboard is almost useless for phone. It is not possible to use it any conditions expect then phone lays on some surface and you not holding it.

Re: Keyboard for GTA04

2012-03-15 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 15.03.2012 um 15:10 schrieb Al Johnson: On Thursday 15 March 2012 12:57:23 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: During the Openmoko Stammtisch Munich yesterday, we have once again discussed options to build a special GTA04 keyboard. And now I think we have found a way to really square

Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04?

2012-03-18 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 18.03.2012 um 18:39 schrieb Mayeul Kauffmann: Thanks a lot ed! Having a gpx extract is great (I'm currently playing with it). Yes, 'hdop', 'fix' and 'sat' are the 3 main fields I need for precision. What is course? I found Instantaneous course at the point (in degrees) [1] but I do not

Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04?

2012-03-18 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 18.03.2012 um 13:16 schrieb Mayeul Kauffmann: Hi, I'm looking for a handled GPS device for advance OpenStreetMap surveying and I hope the GTA04 Phoenix would do what I need. A few words on the project: 80-day mapping party, hiking, crossing the Alps (Summer 2012), 20 people involved

Re: [Gta04-owner] Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04? / camera heading

2012-03-18 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
. Thanks, Mayeul Le dimanche 18 mars 2012 à 18:50 +0100, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller a écrit : For the picture, I need to save lat-long position + heading (angle to North) of picture (in exif or elsewhere; tilt is bonus). Post-processing is an option for position but probably not for heading

Re: [Gta04-owner] Fwd: MFS Talk. Tues, 20 Mar. OpenPheonux (GTA04): Return of the free phone by Michael Dorrington

2012-03-19 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
I have added a link to the Events page: http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-main/page/Events/ Am 19.03.2012 um 08:49 schrieb Michael Dorrington: On 14/03/12 10:42, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Hi Michael, thanks for this support! Am 14.03.2012 um 10:11 schrieb Michael Dorrington

Re: [Gta04-owner] Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04? / camera heading

2012-03-19 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Am 18.03.2012 um 19:01 schrieb Mayeul Kauffmann: Thanks! So for the moment camera does not work. 8-( What about the heading? (including when device is in vertical position) There is a HMC5883L 3D compass chip inside. Maybe

Re: [Gta04-owner] GTA-04 Tour boards?

2012-03-20 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 20.03.2012 um 15:57 schrieb Lukas Märdian: On 20.03.2012 15:45, Iain B. Findleton wrote: Anybody know when the boards would be available for shipment? I would like to pick one up in Germany in April if that is possible. Well, we are behind production schedule, even for the from stock

GTA04: hidden LTE feature found

2012-04-01 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
as you certainly know, LTE (4G = Long Term Evolution) is the latest radio communication technology coming in many countries now. It is designed to provide VDSL like data rates over the air. Now, since we have the same Qualcomm chipset in our OPTION GTM601W as the iPhone 4 has, I played a little

Re: microSD ext3 file system

2012-04-03 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 03.04.2012 um 19:06 schrieb Ed Kapitein: On 04/02/2012 08:49 PM, Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Monday, April 02, 2012 a las 08:32:51PM +0200, Jiří Pinkava escribió: Hi, after umout is the filesystem broken? I have experience where are writen some pseudorandom data, which overiwrite

Next Openmoko Stammtisch in Munich

2012-04-07 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
I am not sure if everybody is monitoring the http://freeyourphone.de forum, but I have seen that the next Stammtisch is now scheduled for Wednesday, 18th April 2012, 19:00 in Munich, Germany: http://freeyourphone.de/portal_v1/viewtopic.php?f=71t=2234#p19450

Re: [Gta04-owner] QtMoko v44

2012-04-12 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Radek, Am 12.04.2012 um 15:40 schrieb Radek Polak: Hi, QtMoko v44 is now available for download [1]. This should be best QtMoko release for GTA04 and i think i can recommend it for daily use. The GTA04 HW adaption is now nearly finished. Changes since v43: * using 115200 as

Re: [Gta04-owner] QtMoko v44

2012-04-12 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 12.04.2012 um 16:12 schrieb Radek Polak: On Thursday 12 April 2012 15:58:36 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Changes since v43: * using 115200 as initial speed for bluetooth uart why that? This is just the initial speed. If you have fast speed it will immediately switch

Re: [Gta04-owner] Next Openmoko Stammtisch in Munich

2012-04-17 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, please don't forget to come. It is tomorrow 19:00! Thanks Lukas for organizing the reservation, Nikolaus Am 09.04.2012 um 17:49 schrieb Lukas Märdian: Hi, On 07.04.2012 17:15, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: I am not sure if everybody is monitoring the http://freeyourphone.de forum

Re: Size of the screws closing the case

2012-04-20 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Am 20.04.2012 um 19:55 schrieb Adrien Dorsaz: Hi list, This question is some funny, but does someone know the size of the two screws keeping close the case ? (I think that's m2, but I'm not sure and I haven't anyone to measure it). according to

Re: GTA04_This is my Fantasy

2012-04-22 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Travis, Am 22.04.2012 um 15:09 schrieb Travis Bachelder: Thanks for you input Lionel, Actually: What I am thinking isn't remote. More like having the operating system installed onto the GTA04 (outfitted with a larger hardrive of course). Plug the phone into a computer (via usb perhaps?)

[ANN] GTA04 Status

2012-04-23 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Hi all, I think it is time to share some update on the GTA04 overall status and where I think it can go. 1. Software appears to be in a quite good shape now, QtMoko as well as SHR. Last Thursday we had a meeting (Stammtisch) in Munich with approx. 5 or 6 working GTA04 in many different

Re: GTA04_This is my Fantasy

2012-04-23 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
to a desktop PC as you have planned. Thanks, Travis Bachelder BR, Nikolaus -- Forwarded message -- From: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com To: List for Openmoko community discussion community@lists.openmoko.org Cc: Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:36:32 +0200 Subject: Re

Bare GTA02 motherboards from GTA04 upgrade for sale

2012-04-24 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Every time we upgrade a GTA02 to a GTA04-Complete (OpenPhoenux) there remains a spare GTA02 motherboard for which we have no good ideas what to do with them. But I think the community is much more creative to do something useful with them (what about making a piece of art out of it ? Isn't

Meeting at LinuxTag Berlin

2012-04-28 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, I have applied for a project meeting point (not a stand - that would require a better organized Openmoko community to provide stand staffing for 4 full days). It you plan to come to Berlin, please register through a doodle so we know when the highest number of visitors wants to come:

Discussion: what are your dreams for the Openmoko Community

2012-04-28 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
It has become a little quiet here in the last weeks so that I really fear about the spirit and status of this community. So what are your dreams with respect to open mobile handhelds? What would you like as future hardware? What to see in software distros? Anything else? What missing piece are

Re: Discussion: what are your dreams for the Openmoko Community

2012-04-28 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 28.04.2012 um 14:33 schrieb Nikita V. Youshchenko: It has become a little quiet here in the last weeks so that I really fear about the spirit and status of this community. So what are your dreams with respect to open mobile handhelds? What would you like as future hardware? What to see

Re: Discussion: what are your dreams for the Openmoko Community

2012-04-29 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
, gyros, accelerometers, camera to display an augmented reality view of the night sky There is about 20 minutes worth of ideas, but I will keep thinking. Ben On 04/28/2012 05:52 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: It has become a little quiet here in the last weeks so that I really fear

Re: [Gta04-owner] Meeting at LinuxTag Berlin

2012-04-30 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Vladimir, Am 29.04.2012 um 18:56 schrieb Vladimir Zapolskiy: Hi Nikolaus, On 28.04.2012 12:30, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Hi, I have applied for a project meeting point (not a stand - that would require a better organized Openmoko community to provide stand staffing for 4 full

Re: Openmoko servers

2012-04-30 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 30.04.2012 um 19:18 schrieb Martix: Hi, docs.openmoko.org and svn.openmoko.org are still down. Shoud I be worried about destiny of other *.openmoko.org services like wiki.openmoko.org? Please provide at least backups and dumps for wiki. Best Regards, Martin Martix Holec Dne

Re: [Gta04-owner] Discussion: what are your dreams for the Openmoko Community

2012-05-01 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 01.05.2012 um 05:46 schrieb NeilBrown: On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:38:13 +0200 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Wow, this is a really impressive list with new ideas I have not yet heard of! And the most interesting thing is that I think almost all can be done and don't

[ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-01 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, we have developed a prototype for a 80 button QWERTY keyboard PCB that could eventually be connected/integrated into the GTA04. It should fit into a specially designed battery cover so that you can easily stow it away if not needed. Such battery covers could be produced individually through

Re: [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-01 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Matthias, Am 01.05.2012 um 19:17 schrieb Matthias Apitz: El día Tuesday, May 01, 2012 a las 06:06:23PM +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller escribió: Hi, we have developed a prototype for a 80 button QWERTY keyboard PCB that could eventually be connected/integrated into the GTA04

Re: [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-02 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Bob, Am 02.05.2012 um 10:30 schrieb Bob Ham: On Tue, 2012-05-01 at 18:06 +0200, Dr.H.NikolausS wrote: we have developed a prototype for a 80 button QWERTY keyboard PCB that could eventually be connected/integrated into the GTA04 This is some good work and the PCB looks like it will be

Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-03 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
are not for free) to find out what a good solution is. Nikolaus On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Hi, we have developed a prototype for a 80 button QWERTY keyboard PCB that could eventually be connected/integrated into the GTA04. It should fit

Re: Openmoko servers

2012-05-06 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Joerg, Ed, I think you are both completely right. I think this is again an example (and explanation) why Openmoko.org (not .com) IMHO needs a (new) formal organization. And as Ed suggests. some people are simply assuming that it exists and jOERG is some executing member of it. If we had such

Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-07 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 07.05.2012 um 08:47 schrieb Butrus Damaskus: On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Am 03.05.2012 um 10:03 schrieb Butrus Damaskus: Very interresting, but I'm a little bit puzzled as how it should work in the real life... That is a task

Re: Delivery of the GTA04

2012-05-08 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Briefly: * production has started but soldering issues [1] are not clearly solved, i.e. yield is low * factory has recalibrated one machine and now they hope it will work * I think it will need 1-2 weeks until we finally know and they have production ramped up, but it is difficult to predict *

Re: [Gta04-owner] [ANN] GTA04 Keyboard prototype

2012-05-12 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, Am 11.05.2012 um 21:02 schrieb Lionel Broche: A couple of quick questions about the keyboard prototype: - is this a flexible PCB? Or could it be printed on a flexible substrate so that surface can be bent? The prototype [1] is a 1mm FR4 PCB because pressing the buttons needs a quite

OpenPhoenux / GTA04 @ LinuxTag Berlin

2012-05-16 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Lukas and myself will be in Berlin at Friday (25 may) afternoon and Saturday (26 may). We are looking forward to meet as many of you as possible for face to face discussions! I think there will be many interesting things to discuss: * GTA04 and future * 3D case printing * Keyboard prototype *

Re: *.openmoko.org infrastructure

2012-05-17 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 08.05.2012 um 21:55 schrieb Bob Ham: On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 20:33 +0200, Harald Welte wrote: On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 07:20:36PM +0100, Bob Ham wrote: On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 00:08 +0100, Bob Ham wrote: I've spoken through IRC to some of the guys at the Open Source Lab at Oregon State

Re: *.openmoko.org infrastructure

2012-05-17 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, Am 17.05.2012 um 15:52 schrieb Joerg Reisenweber: Do 17. Mai 2012 So I suggest to everyone on this mailing list to give an indication like this: FIRST: look at my mail addr! Guess where it's hosted. Yes, I know. But there are estimatedly 100k other addresses to host a (private)

Re: Delivery of the GTA04

2012-05-18 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 17.05.2012 um 21:01 schrieb Bob Ham: On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 09:26 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: * I think it will need 1-2 weeks until we finally know and they have production ramped up Do we know whether the GTA04 group tour units have production ramped up? They told me

Re: unofficial mirror for {git, lists, wiki}.openmoko.org - unofficial mirror for this mailing list

2012-05-18 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, Am 17.05.2012 um 18:42 schrieb Joerg Reisenweber: Mi 16. Mai 2012 Hi, since I personally want to make sure that the material created by the openmoko community does not get lost I created an unofficial mirror for git.openmoko.org, wiki.openmoko.org and lists.openmoko.org:

Re: Server upgrades / docs and svn are back

2012-05-19 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Harald, kudos to you! Nikolaus Am 18.05.2012 um 22:29 schrieb Harald Welte: Hi again, as the way outdated projects.openmoko.org has been down for something like two years now, I have removed the links in the navigation bar on the top right avoiding to lure people into what is nothing more

unofficial safety net for community@lists.openmoko.org

2012-05-19 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, Am 16.05.2012 um 15:40 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors: Hi, since I personally want to make sure that the material created by the openmoko community does not get lost I created an unofficial mirror for git.openmoko.org, wiki.openmoko.org and lists.openmoko.org:

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