Re: modular open phone components

2007-07-12 Thread Robin Paulson
motherboards until just now. ive been waiting forever for USB HOST functionality. thanks again! Don On 7/12/07, Robin Paulson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well, very interesting. modular components for a DIY phone, from the makers of gumstix. GSM, GPRS/EDGE and GPS modules included http

Re: EDGE, lack of 3G and keyboard

2007-07-07 Thread Robin Paulson
On 7/7/07, Robin Paulson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/7/07, BJ Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And, lastly... I must say I'm addicted to the keyboard on my Treo 650. I don't know what I'm going to do without it. I'm going to get a neo when GTA2 comes out in October, regardless, since I would

Re: Custom case designs... (the business perspective)

2007-07-03 Thread Robin Paulson
Is it legal to sell these cases? The design may be based in no small part on work done by FIC, who will not be impressed by us stamping on their IP. We don't want to take the piss - they are helping us a lot. Making a few one-offs for ourselves, with no profit is ok, but as soon as we start

Re: Advertising/hype

2007-07-02 Thread Robin Paulson
someone has built an offline calendar/reminder tool called Remember The Milk: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/ it's built on google gears - all the data and application is run locally and re-synchronises on an internet connection appearing On 7/2/07, Nick Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: An alternative gaming top case

2007-07-02 Thread Robin Paulson
On 7/3/07, Sean Moss-Pultz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2007-07-01 at 19:00 -0700, Tim Newsom wrote: Supposing some company decided to provide alternate case designs or add on products for the neo1973, who do they need to talk to about branding / authorization to sell them to the

Re: An alternative gaming top case

2007-07-01 Thread Robin Paulson
do it then. i'm sure you could prototype a case and buttons using one of those 3D printer things (rapid prototypers i think they're called). then you could market the design on ponoko or somewhere similar. when you get enough interest, pay for a production run in polystyrene or whatever, and flog

Re: An alternative gaming top case

2007-07-01 Thread Robin Paulson
yes, great idea. i'm sure it could be hosted on openmoko - drawings for the modified case, instructions for materials, prices and so on. you can modify the hardware, just take off the parts you don't like and replace them. want a new case in silver and purple? go for it. want a case made from

Re: An alternative gaming top case

2007-07-01 Thread Robin Paulson
and a decent (open-source) CAD package and make some up for us? On 7/2/07, Jeff Andros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/1/07, Robin Paulson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip want a case made from brass with diamonds inset, and a 200mm joystick - go for for it. snip The real question is, how long

front page of digg!!!!!!

2007-06-28 Thread Robin Paulson
rather than being relegated to the contents section of iphone items, the openmoko is on the front page of digg.com (very big user-controlled tech news site for those that aren't aware) http://digg.com/linux_unix/OpenMoko_the_Anti_iPhone get there now and digg it up, let's generate some

the keyboard on the competition

2007-06-27 Thread Robin Paulson
someone on this list had a similar idea for enlarging number keys i think, they would appear or resize depending on context iirc? http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/keyboard_large.html ___ OpenMoko community mailing list

Re: virtualization of OpenMoko...

2007-06-18 Thread Robin Paulson
this might help. running OM under qemu http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Main_Page#Developer.27s_Documentation On 6/19/07, Sameer Verma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have pointers on virtualization of openMoko via a VMWare-type setup? I'd like to see if there is something available so that

Re: Will Openmoko ever see the light of day? Was Re: Concern for usability and ergonomics

2007-06-14 Thread Robin Paulson
On Wednesday 13 June 2007 16:26, Matthew S. Hamrick wrote: Gibson Musical Instruments, where we were designing what was effectively a custom PDA (don't ask.) guitar tuner? i have to admit, this caught my eye too and set me wondering. i know you said don't ask, butwhat? i'm intrigued

unbundling of phone services

2007-06-12 Thread Robin Paulson
sorry for the partly off-topic, slightly rambling post, but i feel this has partial relevance to openmoko one of the hot topics where i live (NZ), is LLU, unbundling of monopoly-controlled internet connections to the home/business, to allow any other companies to have access to the network at a

Re: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Robin Paulson
damn, wrong address, sorry oleg. repost. twice can someone at openmoko fix the auto-generated reply-to fields on this mailing-list? every time this gets me On 6/13/07, Oleg Gusev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HTC phones are commodity hardware that anybody can buy right here and right now. Linux on

Re: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Robin Paulson
On 6/13/07, Milan Votava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (sorry for my english) I'm subscribed for this this thread for about 6m now. I don't want to be rude but: why so long? you must be interested or you would have long since left 1/ 99% of this thread is about an unrealistic things to be why

standard API for linux phones?

2007-06-11 Thread Robin Paulson
the register has a piece about a draft of a standard API for linux phones, concerning basics such as interaction with the address book, texting, ui and voice-calling. future revisons to increase the coverage http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/11/lips_mobile_linux/ and from TFA

Re: cellphone-sized X86 PC motherboard potential OpenMoko platform?

2007-06-10 Thread Robin Paulson
When you look at the board you see that there is not much space left. It seems there's no GSM, no WiFi, no other chip already. i've heard talk elsewhere of a built in cdma module. that's an odd choice considering the number of operators switching to gsm, but i would assume via will change/add

Re: Any updates?? now that we have passed the original date for the second test production run.

2007-06-03 Thread Robin Paulson
On 6/4/07, Aanjhan R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some updates here. http://gnumonks.org/~laforge/weblog/2007/06/02#20070602-busy-busy-busy70 Reggies. -- Aanjhan this is not a complaint as such, but the statement I can't publicly state what's going on with regard to OpenMoko internally from

Re: Few comments after reading Wiki

2007-05-16 Thread Robin Paulson
5. hav developers though about creating it on kind of x86 compatible platform ? I know, it could be more difficult to create energy efficient device, but having PC in pocket (with ability to running dos, windows after changing SD card) would be more than excellent yes, i have. i don't know

Re: Durability of the Neo1973?

2007-05-15 Thread Robin Paulson
damn gmail reply issues.posted agian with correct address On 5/16/07, polz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 15 May 2007 18:26:57 Sean Moss-Pultz wrote: Most all the parts are now at the factory. The May 10th run has been delayed about two weeks because of last minute supply

Re: Durability of the Neo1973?

2007-05-15 Thread Robin Paulson
ahh, damn gmail shitesorry tim from trolltech.com Q. Did Trolltech design the phone? Are there other models to choose from? A. Trolltech worked very closely with one of our Qtopia-licensed ODM partners in China, Yuhua Teltech, to make this first, open platform Greenphone a reality.

accelerometer in neo?

2007-05-13 Thread Robin Paulson
i've been thinking recently about other applications for the openmoko, beyond the usual phone/maps/gps/internet access, and a couple of them require an accelerometer i could find no mention of one in the wiki, either in the hardware list or the wish list. does anyone have any ideas? would this

Re: Voice synthesizer for blind and visual impaired person

2007-03-27 Thread Robin Paulson
as coincidence would have it BBC Radio 4 had a piece today about mobile phones for the blind, and the consesus was that a talking phone would drive a partially sighted user mad within a few minutes. to listen to it all (free): http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/shows/rpms/radio4/intouch.ram should

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