On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 22:04 +0100, Ortwin Regel wrote:
> I like open source and stuff but some things, especially games, are
> closed in many cases. What are the possibilities for selling closed
> software for OpenMoko devices? Will there be a central online
> marketplace? What about DRM, is there
On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 10:16 -0700, Richi Plana wrote:
I've been working with Linux for such a long time and I'm not sure what
> that VPN client is. Truth is, though most popular network devices
> (Cisco, etc.) use VPN that Linux supports, it's Microsoft's VPN system
> that's most prevalent in the c
On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 09:30:38AM -0700, Ben Burdette wrote:
> A simple feature that I'd like to see is a silent mode timeout. What
> always happens with my current phone is I set it to silent mode because
> I'm in a movie or a meeting, and then later I forget to turn the ringer
> back on. Th
On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 22:48 -0700, Richi Plana wrote:
> I, personally, do not use MMS. I'm not even sure if that service is
> available here in Calgary, AB with the carriers here. I've had a dinky,
> free phone since the start waiting for the right phone (this one) to
> come along. However, we shou
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 08:48:15AM -0600, Jonathon Suggs wrote:
> That sounds very interesting. I very much like the concept and look
> forward to seeing how it is implemented. Although it is an overall
> travesty, Windows Mobile has a single messaging program that you can
> configure all of your
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 12:17:36PM +0100, denis wrote:
> It's great that an implementation of LEDs is discussed. My problem with
> flashing screens is the high amount of energy that it costs. At the moment I
> have a SE S700i and I always have to turn the screen on in order to get to
> know if ther
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 10:11:41AM -0700, Ben Burdette wrote:
> Here are a couple of items for the phone wish list: data encryption and
> biometric security. I'd like the phone to be a secure place for me to
> store passwords and similar information. Are there plans to have some
> security fe
On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 12:57:22AM +0100, Richard Bennett wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There's 2 apps I think would be really usefull:
> SMS Remote Control.
> Allow the NEO user to record a 'macro', like 'Call number in
> speaker-phone mode' , 'Beep loudly' or 'SMS my GPS coordinates to number xxx'
> e
On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 11:37:59AM -0500, ROB wrote:
> Bit rate=sampling rate x bit depth
>
> 1kb/s isn't going to get you too much audio. Try encoding an mp3 at
> 1kb/s to see how audible that would be. I think you'd be looking at
> something more along the lines of 32-64kb/s to get anything th
On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 06:25:30PM -0700, Ben Burdette wrote:
> So, I'm thinking seriously about getting a neo1973 when they become
> available. I called the local T Mobile office and asked them whether I
> could borrow a phone to see how the signal strength is where I live.
> They said I coul
On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 04:13:43PM +, Ole Tange wrote:
> Caller should be able to transfer and set his ring tone. If the phone
> displays a picture when the phone is ringing, then caller should be
> able to transfer and set this as well.
No phone I've seen yet allows the caller to set anything
On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 05:08:18PM -0600, Jonathon Suggs wrote:
> Does anyone know of any software for natural language processing that
> could be ported to OM/Neo? I really like some of the software that is
> available for the PocketPC (MS Voice Commander and Fonix). They both
> run and work wel
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 12:19 +, Jim McDonald wrote:
> Or perhaps some sort of voice recognition, perhaps a user-chosen
> phrase?
I vote no on this one, primarily due to not being able to access this
information without nearby people hearing (Or possibly recording) the
pass phrase (Think about t
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 18:57 +0100, Paul Wouters wrote:
> Excellent idea. Let's ditch the passphrase/pin though, because once we
> copy the data off phone to another device, brute forcing anything you
> can type comfortable using a pin or keyboard will be trivial.
I wouldn't. Brute-forcing a passp
On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 03:06:18PM +, Jim McDonald wrote:
> Yep I understand that there are lots of possibilities and options, I
> just think that if something ships by default it should provide end
> users with a very simple dialog that is basically an on/off switch for
> 'protection of person
On Sun, 2008-03-23 at 00:50 -0700, Lowell Higley wrote:
> I bought a tri-band phone while I lived in Europe. It is
> 900Mhz/1900Mhz. I had no problems with it on T-Mobile's USA network
> while I was their customer. I tend to buy my phones is Asia or Europe
> because they are unlocked and usuall
On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 14:54 -0600, Travis Tabbal wrote:
> Are there enough of us in Utah to bother? Maybe I can join the Denver
> group if not. :)
Since there have been almost no replies, I'm guessing not, though this
should probably be circulated around local LUG lists to see if extra
interest
On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 14:41 -0400, Kevin Dean wrote:
> You dispute that the user data is the most important part of the
> mobile device "experience?
No one (that I've seen thus far) is arguing that the user data is not
the most irreplaceable (and to the user, important) part of a mobile
device.
On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 15:07 +0200, kenneth marken wrote:
> try this then:
> http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/accessories/overview/hbh-ds205?cc=gb&lc=en
Does anyone have one of these, or has anyone used one? If this has a mic
(for the headset/handsfree profile) and can stream decent sound
On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 15:11 +0200, kenneth marken wrote:
> i think its as sonyerricson only feature or something.
>
> its the same thing they use on their watches:
> http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/accessories/overview/mbw-150classicedition?cc=gb&lc=en
>
> where if its paired up with a
As a long-time Linux user, I have an emotional attachment to GTK+
that ... um ... transcends reason. And primarily for that reason, I
would like to see the "old" GTK+ interfaces (often called "GTK software
stack" or "2007.2 stack") maintained. I will even be helping where and
how I can (Though I ca
On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 00:04 +0200, Diego Fdez. Durán wrote:
> El mar, 01-07-2008 a las 13:22 -0700, steve escribió:
> > A deeper back cover is an option. The cad files are open. I also thought of
> > an external battery pack
>
> What about this: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/travelpower/7d34/
On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 12:16 +0200, Jay Vaughan wrote:
> The point is - what can we *developers* target for our end users?
> Without some stability on this image issue, 3rd-party developers are
> gonna get screwed. There may well be a market for new apps on
> OpenMoko; but not if there is no
On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 12:24 -0500, Nelson Castillo wrote:
> Doesn't IM requiere permanent connection? For status updates, etc?
Not necessarily. A lot of us used IM back in the old dial-up days.
I've done a lot of thinking on this subject over the last several years
and tried several systems with
On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 20:54 +0800, xiangfu wrote:
> may be can use SMS control the remote NEO like send
> "#neo_command shutdown -h now "
> then the neo poweroff : )
Something like this has been floating around the mailing list for months
(or more) now. Personally, I'm hoping that the SMS stack i
On Jul 2, 2008, at 10:22 PM, Jeremiah Flerchinger wrote:
> hacking android to run was tried, without too much luck, as mentioned
> at http://benno.id.au/blog/2007/11/21/android-neo1973
Depending on how open Android is made, it, or parts of it may run on
OpenMoko. I'm not holding my breath though,
Anyone who has paid attention to this mailing list over the last few
months has seen the "It doesn't have 3G, it's worthless" messages about
the FreeRunner. For me (And many, many others) having a fast,
power-hungry wireless pipe to the phone isn't as important as everything
else the FreeRunner bri
On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 12:09 +0100, Valerio Valerio wrote:
> Hi,
>
> besides projects.openmoko, I think OpenMoko should have a new website
> more oriented to the users, it all the OpenMoko applications organized
> by categories, with screenshots, small descriptions and also the
> direct link to th
Apologies for the tardiness of this post.
On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 10:57 -0400, Crane, Matthew wrote:
> I would think on a phone the primary concern is protecting the user
> data.
>
> E.g. sms, contacts, history.
>
> If somebody was able to malicously install software on the phone, your
> prett
On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 14:02 +0200, Mark Weinem wrote:
> Yes, the do indeed use MySQL!
The follow-up question to that is: Does it really _need_ MySQL, or does
it just use the convenience of an SQL back-end?
If it just needs SQL, then it could be altered to use SQLite. If it
requires MySQL, then i
My preferences, in order:
3) combination touchscreen plus qwerty
1) touchscreen (no qwerty buttons)
2) qwerty keyboard and tracker ball
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On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 10:31:47AM -0700, Tim Newsom wrote:
> That seems weird... Even in email you can turn off read receipts... It
> seems like an invasion of sort (though a minor one) to not allow
> disabling of delivery reports for the receiving party.
There are two kinds of delivery reports
On Thu, 2007-06-07 at 01:23 +0200, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote:
> ... GameBoy provided nice full-screen animations
> > in 1989, eighteen years ago.
This is nothing like the GameBoy, or the C64, or the Amiga. The GB was a
single-tasking system that would always only be doing one thing at a
time.
On Sun, 2007-07-01 at 09:40 -0700, Brian Beattie wrote:
> I'm thinking about getting an openmoko phone and I have service with
> t.mobile. Searching the t,mobile web page does not tell me how to add
> data service to my plan since they think, there are no internet plans
> compatible with my device
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 05:44:29PM -0400, Jon Radel wrote:
> [Entire digest that has nothing at all to do with the above that both
> you sent out again removed.]
>
> Spam the whole mailing list? Ah, at least you're forthright and know
> yourself well...
>
> Ever occur to you two forum fans that
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 03:39:08PM +0200, ramsesoriginal wrote:
> nice. And now explain this to your Grandmother. Because as Einstein said:
> "you have only understood something whe you can explain it to your
> grandmother".
> For you it's easy to say that "you simply have to use IMAP", but the ave
On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 15:36 +0100, Giles Jones wrote:
> ipkg is based on dpkg, it's more lightweight.
It's also a bit more than just a dpkg clone, since it includes
repositories and such.
> Don't get me wrong, we need package management, it's just that I've
> owned Windows Mobile phones and the
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