Video playback

2006-11-25 Thread Mikko Rauhala
a bit lower, wouldn't frown on having to re-encode spesifically for optimal playback on the phone. If workable, how long could one expect to sustain playback on a charged battery? Educated guestimates welcome from people familiar with this class of hardware. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Admin tools like screen

2006-12-13 Thread Mikko Rauhala
to multiplex several terminal connections (among others) over a single TCP link. Thus you only have to authenticate once. See OpenSSH's -S option. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian

Re: yet another fantasy idea: nextel-like walkie talkie feature?

2006-12-13 Thread Mikko Rauhala
transmitting the codec's output as soon as any is available. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: yet another fantasy idea: nextel-like walkie talkie feature?

2006-12-13 Thread Mikko Rauhala
priced deals, this kind of thing would be especially useful. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: Bletooth on FIC1973

2006-12-31 Thread Mikko Rauhala
that BT is in, at least in hardware even if the software side isn't polished all the way on release. Still, best not to spam the list too much about it (again :); I'm sure the FIC guys are doing their best to have as good a phone as they can hit the market. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: GSM Japan

2007-01-04 Thread Mikko Rauhala
. Or is it safe to assume that any GSM SIM card worldwide will work. It appears to be standard size. Any 1900 MHz capable GSM phone should work _if_ Docomo hasn't prevented it for one silly reason or another. If they have, they should know, so ask? -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Few questions regarding phone

2007-01-09 Thread Mikko Rauhala
in the initial version. Should be workable, since OpenMoko runs a 2.6 Linux kernel with much of its potential hardware support, however you'd need to power the WiFi device externally since Neo's USB host will be unpowered. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist

Re: X11 and/or Framebuffer

2007-01-17 Thread Mikko Rauhala
ke, 2007-01-17 kello 17:48 +0100, Harald Welte kirjoitti: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xdpyinfo [...] XVideo This peaked my curiosity; does Neo's display hardware support scaling and/or colorspace conversion independent of the main CPU? Would help with video applications... -- Mikko Rauhala

Re: keyboard, please!

2007-01-23 Thread Mikko Rauhala
.) -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Helsinki ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Viewing video sites on Moko

2007-01-24 Thread Mikko Rauhala
the same service available on the net. Then you just need a local player for the flv (or what-have-you), and enough horsepower to play the vid. They tend to be pretty low-res though, perhaps that'll help with the resource requirements... -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi

Re: Free This Mailing List!

2007-01-24 Thread Mikko Rauhala
this generically to the list, and not spesifically at David here, just that his happened to be the comment I finally decided to throw in my figurative two cents.) This will be my only comment to this thread. If you wish a reply from me to something, mail privately _only_. Chill. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL

Make it easy to voluntarily pay for free OpenMoko software?

2007-01-26 Thread Mikko Rauhala
as well, but whatever.) -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko community

Re: h.264 format is now open?

2007-01-27 Thread Mikko Rauhala
and the x264 project can encode it, so the copyright-wise free code is out there already, for the future. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: Neo1973 video (was Re: What would be a realistic but challenging level for Bryce announced trophy money for video playback on the Neo1973? Re: h.264 format is now open?)

2007-02-03 Thread Mikko Rauhala
, but great if you can at some point provide code/info for the QVGA mode. And Keith getting a p0 phone, that's a nice one too ;) -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter

Re: Neo1973 video (was Re: What would be a realistic but challenging level for Bryce announced trophy money for video playback on the Neo1973? Re: h.264 format is now open?)

2007-02-04 Thread Mikko Rauhala
to take some work off of the Neo CPU. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko

Wiki page for self-powered USB gadgets known (not) to work directly?

2007-02-15 Thread Mikko Rauhala
pe, 2007-02-16 kello 02:05 +0200, Mikko Rauhala kirjoitti: like their pics not very fuzzy, there's handy dedicated cameras (many of which would probably interface with the Moko nicely; as such cameras have their own internal powersources, if their software isn't confused by not getting power

Re: Connect self-powered USB storage devices?

2007-02-16 Thread Mikko Rauhala
devices that are (un)co-operative directly with the powerless Neo host. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL: http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Kansanedustajaehdokas, Helsinki - URL: http://rauhala.name/ Vaalimasinaattori- URL: http://vaalimasinointi.org

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-18 Thread Mikko Rauhala
whatever the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) folks are using. That's been mentioned and Sean noted it. It may yet prove fruitful in future OpenMoko devices, yes, but of course I'm also only guessing from a non-FIC standpoint. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr

Re: Voice Activated Controls

2007-02-26 Thread Mikko Rauhala
comparison to prerecorded samples (which would, as you noted, be at least somewhat speaker dependent and the training is a small bother, but nevertheless such a thing would do just fine if you just want to activate predetermined functions). Worked pretty well on an 486/66. -- Mikko Rauhala

Re: 6.5K color Display?

2007-02-27 Thread Mikko Rauhala
and the display controller are different animals; also, even if the adapter supported 18-bit color, it is rather an exotic depth for X; might be some trouble in making everything work on it... -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member

Re: Crossroads

2007-03-14 Thread Mikko Rauhala
here has made you humor-impaired :) This was obviously (and as confirmed on IRC) a parody of the kind of handholding demanded by Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] (and I do really agree that this is the wrong device _and_ community for _him_). -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi

Re: secure encrypted phoning..

2007-03-24 Thread Mikko Rauhala
-- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community

Re: CrossPlatform Programming

2007-04-15 Thread Mikko Rauhala
su, 2007-04-15 kello 21:41 +0400, xnike kirjoitti: I just want to know is it good idea to use qt4 (not Qtopia) for OpenMoko's apps? No, since it adds a big dependency that most OpenMoko users are not likely to already have. Eats storage and memory and install-time bandwidth. -- Mikko Rauhala

Re: Always-on networking via GPRS

2007-05-01 Thread Mikko Rauhala
for wireless at home and perhaps work (and hey, then I can use my laptop as a BT/WiFi bridge ;P ). (I'll pass on DUN, it's just... more of a kludge, and we have a proper hackable system to be able to do it right. Some may of course find it useful for legacy device connectivity via Neo.) -- Mikko

Re: GPRS while ringing?

2007-05-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
class A, and I suppose some phones have it. Neo uses a class B GSM/GPRS chip (according to Sean's vague recollection at a seminar ;), which will have to suspend GPRS for voice/SMS, though. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member

Re: GPS Navigation Software (roadster)

2007-05-26 Thread Mikko Rauhala
on the IRC channel about making OSM mapping into a game, with points for mapped streets etc. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: New CPU

2007-05-29 Thread Mikko Rauhala
revision will likely have a faster CPU; final specs have been promised at the same time P1 sales will start, hopefully soon :] -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter

Re: Phone Call Security

2007-06-03 Thread Mikko Rauhala
provider. Compatibility with cryptophone.de probably possible, since their protocol seems to be up for reimplementation. Either way, at least Moko-to-Moko encrypted calls are quite possible to implement, just that somebody (TM) needs to do the work. -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University

Re: Phone Call Security

2007-06-04 Thread Mikko Rauhala
to the police if they want them. Consult a local lawyer. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: Clarification

2007-06-05 Thread Mikko Rauhala
this information factual enough to answer your mail, especially since it's not likely the developers are willing to answer you in any more certain terms at this point in time, so I'm trying to save everyone time by collecting and conveying this info now. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: UI ideas/questions or can we animate things as smooth as iPhone?

2007-06-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
features possibly in GTA-02 would be a whole different can of worms, then, and would probably require duplication of effort. Come to think of it, eg. the current OpenGL acceleration framework is X.org-integrated, would probably require some effort to hack OpenGL ME acceleration without it. -- Mikko

Re: UI ideas/questions or can we animate things as smooth as iPhone?

2007-06-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
graphics platform etc. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko community

Re: Clarification Rant

2007-06-08 Thread Mikko Rauhala
again after many false alarms. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko

Re: Will Openmoko ever see the light of day?

2007-06-15 Thread Mikko Rauhala
changed somehow due to the delays is totally unwarranted. You're not qualified to jump to assumptions here. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http

Re: An alternative gaming top case

2007-07-02 Thread Mikko Rauhala
keyboard thingies that I presume will attach to the Neo nicely but probably only in a portrait orientation, making it a suboptimal choice for many gaming needs: http://www.pocketnow.com/html/portal/reviews/000725/review/freedom%20mini%20keyboard%20with%20device.jpg -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL

GPS can work stand-alone (Re: Advertising/hype)

2007-07-02 Thread Mikko Rauhala
-alone. You can get a quicker cold fix if the driver can fetch some assist data from the network (what, NZ don't have GPRS?), but this isn't required. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org

Re: GPS can work stand-alone (Re: Advertising/hype)

2007-07-02 Thread Mikko Rauhala
, but can also take advantage of assist data for faster/better fixing. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: IM application and other questions

2007-07-05 Thread Mikko Rauhala
that building a more complete IM solution on top of SMS doesn't seem like the thing to do. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: IM application and other questions

2007-07-08 Thread Mikko Rauhala
. Not to say that there isn't a place for SMS, but those are generally insanely priced; at least with data pricing there are islands of sanity ;) -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org

Re: Annoying but inevitable

2007-07-08 Thread Mikko Rauhala
as an open one would be modified. In short, yes, this is evil, but considering the open nature of the phone, I doubt many marketing people would pay a lot for their ads on this sort of a platform. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member

Re: USB host question

2007-07-08 Thread Mikko Rauhala
and device modes, you just need a non-standard cable or adapters to hook it up to a USB device. (Remember the caveat about needing power from outside.) I wonder though if the Advanced kit host mode cable would accept some sort of a power plug so we could feed it 5 and 0V from the side easily :] -- Mikko

NTT-NoGoMoKo in Japan, plus falling back

2007-07-08 Thread Mikko Rauhala
network. It will not work in a 3G network, so there's nothing to fall back _from_. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Cheers for Harald

2007-07-12 Thread Mikko Rauhala
for all your commentary and work so far, don't kill yourself with it. I'm sure I speak for more than myself in wishing you a speedy but decidedly not hurried recovery. -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Helsinki ___ OpenMoko community mailing

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-16 Thread Mikko Rauhala
. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community

Re: Galileo

2007-07-16 Thread Mikko Rauhala
isn't here yet. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko community mailing

Re: Not the free phone (was: Re: Again: Advertising thoughts

2007-07-17 Thread Mikko Rauhala
on the subject, but thought it necessary to note the opposing opinion's presence in this context. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-17 Thread Mikko Rauhala
you're often actually doing something when you need it, but eg. using the Neo as a BT GPS probably would apparently be otherwise feasible with a bit less of a drain. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http

Re: OpenMoko phone as bluetooth GPS reciever

2007-07-22 Thread Mikko Rauhala
for this functionality at http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GPS -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: Couple of Questions

2007-07-23 Thread Mikko Rauhala
wireless for anything more than $200. No and frankly, I wouldn't rely on that option, for your price. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http

Re: Re: greetings and a question

2007-07-27 Thread Mikko Rauhala
, adding bandwidth and range at the cost of more power. Both will of course require connection setup control software, but that shouldn't be too much of a burden. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http

Re: What is the FCC ID of the neo1973?

2007-07-30 Thread Mikko Rauhala
ma, 2007-07-30 kello 15:51 -0500, Adam Krikstone kirjoitti: I see no mention of it anywhere on the wiki or lists. Does anyone know the FCC ID? The unit I received today has a sticker saying FCC ID: EUNGTA01BV4 -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr

Re: What's the real scope of hardware openness?

2007-08-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
a p2p network, shall we? HTH and cheers. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: T-Mobile [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2007-08-17 Thread Mikko Rauhala
, but then you'll lose the call if you wonder out of range. I believe I saw someone starting work on that on #openmoko. Disclaimer: I'm relaying this information from memory, and don't have personal experience or knowledge of the GSM side of this matter. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: RF systems in Neo

2007-09-01 Thread Mikko Rauhala
la, 2007-09-01 kello 11:55 +0200, Alexey Feldgendler kirjoitti: 4 RF systems? GSM/GPRS, Bluetooth, WiFi, what's the fourth? GPS -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI

Re: SMedia 3362

2007-09-01 Thread Mikko Rauhala
. This is not really new for the Neo either; never mind GTA01's GPS chip, even the LCD screen doesn't have free docs. Signs of the times... -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter

Re: SMedia 3362

2007-09-01 Thread Mikko Rauhala
to be the best deal OM are likely to get in this area. I pretty much trust the OM guys to feel the same way, since, well, they picked the SMedia. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian

Re: GTA02 GPS (was Re: gpsd and AGPS)

2007-09-04 Thread Mikko Rauhala
). Cheers all around, -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko community

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
a functional upper hand, with no arbitrary limits or costs for trivial services, then it's time for the big push to ordinary people. (Not that one shouldn't do some pushing before that, either.) Who me? Certainly not with OpenMoko or FIC. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
pe, 2007-09-07 kello 21:49 +0200, Jens Fursund kirjoitti: All this sounds really good, but am I wrong when I say that the GPS has been cancelled for GTA02? Yes you are, and please don't quote an entire message for a short comment like this. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
being controlled by a single firm; basically that's just something to consider for those who eventually get hacking on this. Sadly, it's too big a project for me. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http

Video decoding in GTA-02

2007-09-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
. (One of the S-Media models does H.264, but no VGA.) Can't really feel much pain for that, personally. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http

Re: Video decoding in GTA-02

2007-09-08 Thread Mikko Rauhala
. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community

Re: ATI to provide specs (was: Re: SMedia 3362)

2007-09-10 Thread Mikko Rauhala
- and we're trying to continuously to push the borders any further. We make our position at chip manufacturers very clear. And we're having very fruitful discussions and results that I am proud of. And well you should. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr

OM Camera - a new angle

2007-09-18 Thread Mikko Rauhala
necessary... PS: Did I mention that I'd suggest being careful buying Panasonic if you don't want crippled products? Good. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter

Re: Neo 1973 certification in Russia (Rostest)

2007-09-20 Thread Mikko Rauhala
to various regulations (like, e.g., speaking the GSM protocol correctly). Again, that part is handled by the GSM chip, which has closed firmware. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian

RE: Apple's heavy hand an opportunity for Linux smartphones likeOpenMoko

2007-09-28 Thread Mikko Rauhala
diversion). This is not constructive criticism and said arrows will be well deserved. (FWIW, personally, I like the Neo design ok, though the touchscreen could be less deep; not killer, but need to design stuff not to require too much edge or especially corner touching, for finger use.) -- Mikko

Re: 3G status within the US?

2007-10-08 Thread Mikko Rauhala
of the Neo is a resounding does not, will not. The Neo is a 2G GSM phone. The SIM compatibility issue is a different one. Hopefully TI fixes that and the Neo can be upgraded if necessary in a reasonably accessible way. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr

Re: 3G status within the US?

2007-10-08 Thread Mikko Rauhala
ma, 2007-10-08 kello 13:51 -0700, ian douglas kirjoitti: I'm disappointed that this isn't something that's field-programmable. Well, as it is the GSM chip we're talking about, you might primarily take it up with the local authorities; FCC, I believe. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: 3G status within the US?

2007-10-09 Thread Mikko Rauhala
ma, 2007-10-08 kello 22:47 -0400, Steve kirjoitti: I wonder why this update can't be done in the field. Field means you. The GSM chip is upgradable by people with the necessary equipment, which will likely mean FIC, and hopefully any co-operating outlets in the future. -- Mikko Rauhala

How to keep running presentations in Finland

2007-10-13 Thread Mikko Rauhala
(and possibly FUUG, I forget) hold monthly Linux theme nights, with November 14th being my OpenMoko talk. These talks will most probably have a lot in common in practice :] I'll be posting my notes for interested parties. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr

Re: Community Update

2007-11-01 Thread Mikko Rauhala
to give raw data as well in some format) -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Helsinki ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Gphone and 850, perspectives

2007-11-06 Thread Mikko Rauhala
, and I'm still rooting for OpenMoko, merely not fanatically so.) The road ahead will perhaps be more interesting than especially those with heavy personal investments on OpenMoko would like. Let's try and make the best of it. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr

Re: need someone to develop this....

2007-12-01 Thread Mikko Rauhala
it personally (I don't know; if so, good on him, and that would just go to show why patents are bad...) -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http

Re: Neo unusable for playing ogg

2007-12-26 Thread Mikko Rauhala
of playing ogg, the pulseaudio sound server seemed to take quite a lot of CPU when I tried playing music, though this was a long while ago... ogg123 from command line using direct alsa was a lot better. Wonder if something could be optimized here without losing functionality? -- Mikko Rauhala

Re: Aspect of FreeRunner

2008-02-16 Thread Mikko Rauhala
.) -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community

Re: 3 nets

2008-03-30 Thread Mikko Rauhala
pre-transcoded QVGA video playing _now_ on the GTA01's, so things aren't looking bad from where I'm standing. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http

Speeding up browsing and lightening the traffic load

2008-04-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
proxy is in a prototype stage, because, you know, this being an open phone, there's no need for one to limit oneself to proprietary solutions, even if there's not a free one available right this instant. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA

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

2008-04-07 Thread Mikko Rauhala
_nice_). Basic old-school 384k UMTS would be quite an okay tradeoff. Anyway, for now, still anxious for the Freerunner. Cheerio. -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Helsinki ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: Speeding up browsing and lightening the traffic load

2008-04-08 Thread Mikko Rauhala
make things smoother for it too in some situations. Should really also check if someone's already done that sort of thing, one would think someone might've... -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Helsinki ___ Openmoko community mailing

Re: Data over normal GSM call

2008-04-08 Thread Mikko Rauhala
needs you really want a data plan. -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Helsinki ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Data over normal GSM call

2008-04-08 Thread Mikko Rauhala
On ti, 2008-04-08 at 16:02 +0100, Andy Green wrote: I think you're right, but just a thought if you could issue ready-coded GSM codec frames, you can put the data direct in there for 1KBytes/sec Yeah, but you can't. -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Helsinki

Re: Data over normal GSM call

2008-04-08 Thread Mikko Rauhala
mostly mentions of 1st gen analog mobiles having been used with modems, and notably At the same time, the speech oriented audio compression used in GSM actually meant that data rates using a traditional modem connected to the phone would have been even lower than with older analogue systems. -- Mikko

Re: Loosing your moko

2008-04-09 Thread Mikko Rauhala
. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ Openmoko community mailing list community

Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update

2008-04-14 Thread Mikko Rauhala
break the spec again at that point to sell new devices... -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Helsinki ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Will Freerunner have DUN support?

2008-04-17 Thread Mikko Rauhala
://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Talk:USB_Networking -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Helsinki ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Will Freerunner have DUN support?

2008-04-17 Thread Mikko Rauhala
you touch upon here: Have the FreeRunner share its wifi access with a nearby 1973 through bluetooth ;) -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Helsinki ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org

Re: Don't ship GTA02v5 without the rework

2008-04-19 Thread Mikko Rauhala
that your phone would instantly become useless crap, wouldn't it. Wouldn't it? -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: Video Playback virtually impossible on Neo Freerunner? (Re: Video of Qt 4.4 on Neo1973: brings iPhone like graphics)

2008-04-24 Thread Mikko Rauhala
. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ Openmoko community mailing list

Re: Video Playback virtually impossible on Neo Freerunner? (Re: Video of Qt 4.4 on Neo1973: brings iPhone like graphics)

2008-04-28 Thread Mikko Rauhala
on the Freerunner is to get driver support for that Glamo mpeg-4 decoding (remember, the hardware is capable). Hopefully everyone's grasping at straws makes OM bump up the priority a bit (though again, for now there are certainly more important things to do). -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Video Playback virtually impossible on Neo Freerunner? (Re: Video of Qt 4.4 on Neo1973: brings iPhone like graphics)

2008-04-28 Thread Mikko Rauhala
On ma, 2008-04-28 at 16:13 +0200, Jens Fursund wrote: Is mpeg-4 decoding in the Glamo chip only video? Or could we use it to decode audio as well to decrease CPU-time, thereby having more batterytime for playing mpeg4 audio? Video only. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http

Re: Video Playback virtually impossible on Neo Freerunner? (Re: Video of Qt 4.4 on Neo1973: brings iPhone like graphics)

2008-04-28 Thread Mikko Rauhala
frames. (Also the CPU will have more time to spend for doing the I/O.) -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: microSD support

2008-05-09 Thread Mikko Rauhala
reader in GTA02 is hooked up to the GPU, as opposed to the SoC, so it's quite a low-level difference. (I have an 8 GB one in my GTA01 myself.) That said, Joachim verifying a 4 GB card working gives good reason to assume pretty much any SDHC will. -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University

Re: multi-tutch?

2008-05-28 Thread Mikko Rauhala
possible ? Yes. It isn't. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ Openmoko

Re: multi-tutch?

2008-05-29 Thread Mikko Rauhala
for somebody interested to experiment... -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Helsinki ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Android on Freerunner ... Would it be possible ?

2008-05-30 Thread Mikko Rauhala
some work in addition to simple recompilation, but shouldn't be an unreasonable amount of work. -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Helsinki ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman

Re: QVGA V/s VGA for GTA03 (was something about yummy CPU-GPU combos!)

2008-06-09 Thread Mikko Rauhala
of those beasts out reasonably fast, since GSM is, well, aged, and lacking 3G is starting to be a major misfeature. But I don't claim to have done market studies on the case...) -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http

Re: QVGA V/s VGA for GTA03 - product management, features assumptions

2008-06-10 Thread Mikko Rauhala
have their own strengths. Concentrate there until you have the resources to spread a wider net properly. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http

Re: moko running everything as root

2008-06-15 Thread Mikko Rauhala
, you know, I pretty quickly set a root password :] -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

Re: speech - text on FR?

2008-06-15 Thread Mikko Rauhala
elsewhere. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ Openmoko community mailing list

Re: openmoko and pci express voice modems

2008-06-17 Thread Mikko Rauhala
strategy or would one have to hack it (I don't know). -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org

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