Re: What should be included in packaging (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread Kevin Dean
that work with the NEO. I suggest you add your iGo charger to that list. On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Kevin Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the same position as Bobby. I use my Neo as my primary phone as well as my digital media player. I haven't touched the lanyard or the pouch

Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update

2008-04-14 Thread Kevin Dean
The RapRep doesn't have the precision needed to build a Neo case, and last I checked, didn't have varied enough base materials to make a study, opaque, and APPEALING case. Put simply multi-colored cases are purely a looks thing. The CAD files are out there and someone who wanted to sell after

Re: Nano on Openmoko

2008-04-14 Thread Kevin Dean
Nano is available in the repositories included with recent images. To install it, one simply needs to do opkg install nano -force-overwrite on an internet connected Neo. I'm assuming that QEMU would do the same. -Kevin On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Brandon Kruger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update

2008-04-11 Thread Kevin Dean
Excellent, thanks for the update! On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:50 PM, steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought I would combine a couple posts today. First an update on PVT, or production verification test. Phones are being sent to me from the first PVT run. Michael Shiloh will be back in

Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update

2008-04-11 Thread Kevin Dean
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Andrea Debortoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what about EUROS prices?? IF, and this is an IF, it works as it did with the GTA01, the USD price is technically incorrect. When i paid, it charged my debit card for $309 worth of Taiwan dollars. I would imagine that your

Re: Unofficial poll: Do you want 3G in the proposed successor, GTA03?

2008-04-07 Thread Kevin Dean
I'd happily trade wifi for 3G. Well, that is... Until Openmoko begins offering a wifi service for under $20 a month that allows me to do streaming internet radio in my car. :) Wifi is worthless with 110 mile daily commute. On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Andy Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

Re: Unofficial poll: Do you want 3G in the proposed successor, GTA03?

2008-04-07 Thread Kevin Dean
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Steven ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a US resident, 3G is pretty useless to me. Mostly because it costs AT LEAST an additional $30 a month to utilize it. I'm also not sure it's available in my area. I'm also a US resident and the unlimited plan on my

Re: GTA02 Release Date

2008-04-06 Thread Kevin Dean
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Sean Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think many people are anxious to know when the Neo FreeRunner will actually be released. I know of many people that are quite eager to buy one; if it won't be ready till December, say so. Stop keeping hundreds of

Re: Loosing your moko

2008-04-03 Thread Kevin Dean
The idea of a homing beacon is pretty cool. I have to say, however that havign a centralized place for this information to be stored is... as politely as possible, stupid. Asking Can we do something expresses creativity but requires a should we do something. We know the device CAN do that,

Re: Price of the Freerunner spare parts

2008-03-28 Thread Kevin Dean
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:18 PM, joerg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alas there is *absolutely* *NO* way for NEO though to tell when your braindead 850mA charger will start to slowly melt down overnight when you set 1A charge mode via applet. It's very unlikely there will ever be any trouble

Re: Price of the Freerunner spare parts

2008-03-27 Thread Kevin Dean
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:58 PM, joerg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Correct, it checks for 48k-OHM resistor on ID-pin of mini-USB, then enables 1A instead of 100/500mA USB-standard. You also may enable 1A-mode (and 500mA mode) via some small GUI-app IIRC. This is possible via userspace with

Re: Price of the Freerunner spare parts

2008-03-25 Thread Kevin Dean
life suck on the Neo/Freerunner people will need chargers for the device, and as long as a working fast-charge charger doesn't exist, it will be construed as bad planning. -Kevin Dean On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:18 PM, ian douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wolfgang Spraul wrote: There are lots

Re: Congratulations Harald!

2008-03-21 Thread Kevin Dean
Congrats Harald! On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Joe Pfeiffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well deserved by both recipients! ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Neo Freerunner manufacturing status

2008-03-19 Thread Kevin Dean
Excellent update. :) Thanks! On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 6:33 AM, James Olney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the update Michael! Good news! looks like you've turned a corner! On 19/03/2008, Daniel Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you very much for these good news! Really appreciate

Re: FreeRunner delayed a further 6 months?!?!??

2008-03-19 Thread Kevin Dean
) as those debating how much RAM the device has or what cell frequencies should be enabled. ] I abbreviate here for brevity, not to ignore any points you've mentioned. On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Kevin Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps you allude to this, and if so, I agree

Re: Additional info

2008-03-19 Thread Kevin Dean
You use the words long life and fragile, if you're wondering about the long-term viability of the hardware, it's quite a bit more robust than the last few phones I've used. :) I've dropped it several times getting in and out of my car, I keep it in my pocket with my keys and loose coin when I

Re: Price of the Freerunner published?

2008-03-19 Thread Kevin Dean
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Carlo E. Prelz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: both US and EU must offer some sort of warranty. I don't believe this is true. IIRC the EU requires sellers or manufacturers to warranty items (or perhaps specific items) but there's no such requirement in the USA (though

Re: FreeRunner delayed a further 6 months?!?!??

2008-03-18 Thread Kevin Dean
money behind their rants. Whom do you THINK they're going to cater to given that? Viva Libre! -Kevin Dean On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Tilman Baumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jonathon Suggs wrote: Why? Don't know your exact situation but my guess is that even when the FreeRunner

Re: FreeRunner delayed a further 6 months?!?!??

2008-03-18 Thread Kevin Dean
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Lally Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup, responding to my own post. I've got more to say on this. This'll be it for a while, I want to see how this community's going to go without me dragging it kicking screaming. Growing up in a bunch of open-source

Re: FreeRunner delayed a further 6 months?!?!??

2008-03-18 Thread Kevin Dean
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Michael Shiloh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Lally, This is clearly my responsibility, and in fact there is such a page: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Community_Updates I confess I have been lax in the past few months and have not updated since January,

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