Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-05 Thread Steve Mosher
glish is not my first language) upload that video, but I think it could be > a > good idea to > rename it so it includes "openmoko" on the title. It wuld be easier to find > for > those who > are not on the list, but have heard about OM. > > Kosa > &g

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-05 Thread Steve Mosher
Hey tony! 好朋友 Glad to see your comments. Neng-Yu Tu (Tony Tu) wrote: > Steve Mosher wrote: >> Good comments All. >> >> Let me inline some answers/explanations. >> >> Lothar Behrens wrote: >>> Hi, >> I use this analogy. You write your code in a ser

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Mosher
B. So now I have a much clearer focus and ability to tend to community matters. Risto H. Kurppa wrote: > I'm just amazed to see this discussion, that actually someone from > Openmoko (=Steve) is responding to the ideas, sharing their/his > thoughts. As someone pointed already out e

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Mosher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d8Tsvj2TdQ Hair straightener required. Risto H. Kurppa wrote: > I'm just amazed to see this discussion, that actually someone from > Openmoko (=Steve) is responding to the ideas, sharing their/his > thoughts. As someone pointed already out earlier

Re: Camera module as back case (was Re: Slashdotted)

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Mosher
s) so I'll ask him to have a look see at this stuff as well. Steve Lothar Behrens wrote: > About the camera issue: > > I have read something about a small computer base case that has a jack > or bus system ontop of it's > case. That way it is extendable with cameras

Re: CAD files and gCAD3D

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Mosher
Maybe Tully knows Lothar Behrens wrote: > Hi, > > I have just seen on the page http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/CAD_models > that > gCAD3D could be used for previewing the CAD models. > > Does it support boolean operations to derive other housings? > > Is this tool propably usable to export in

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Mosher
I have an official statement out. I'll get on the corrections asap steve. community! chime in. on these sites Lalo Martins wrote: > This is getting ridiculous. Now the misreportage is spreading through > the blogosphere: > http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=42

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Mosher
production is not stopping. Sean said explicitly in his Bern address that there is ample inventory and I'll add that the production continues. In fact, one of the consequences of suspending GTA03 is that we can focus on two things ( FreeRunner and Project B) as opposed to three things. Let's get

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Mosher
Hi bob. A couple points below. thanks for your continued interest. robert lazarski wrote: > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Lalo Martins wrote: >> quoth arne anka as of Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:01:11 +0200: >> This is getting ridiculous. Now the misreportage is spreading through the blog

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Mosher
Fernando Martins wrote: > Steve Mosher wrote: >> Thanks Anthony. >> >> For the sake of everyone who hasnt read my posts on this >> or seen the video of seans speech. Let me say that your position >> is the one we settled on. spend our resources on the FR

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Mosher
't easy create our own prototypes to >> play with. Good ideas are published as the robotics project. If having a >> really open schematics and even the board design. one could change the >> formfactor and add his/her needed stuff to play with. If you have to worry >>

GTA03 List now open at openmoko.org

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Mosher
Come on in the waters fine. Steve ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Mosher
ussing various possibilities. I rule nothing out. > > Steve, at the OpenExpo Sean refered to the Dash navigator as a > "dashtraction" from the serious business of Openmoko. To be specific he said that Dash took 90% of our resources. That forms the heart of the argument to charact

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-07 Thread Steve Mosher
If it bleeds, it leeds. I'll alert PR to these publications and we will get the story right. Until then the community should just pound on them. An Army of Davids. Comment, link to seans video, link to my Video. Steve Michael Tansella wrote: > On Tuesday 07 April 2009 00:24:34 Stev

Re: GTA03 or 3d7k?

2009-04-07 Thread Steve Mosher
Ah good question. I'll explain below. One of the final twists in the GTA03 history Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: > Steve Mosher writes: >> Come on in the waters fine. > > Can't resist to ask, what's the deal with the name? ;-) > > In Mar 2 all references to

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-07 Thread Steve Mosher
Fernando Martins wrote: > Steve Mosher wrote: >> And you are right the community can help: >> 1. get code upstream. That decreases our cost to maintain. >> 2. Stay involved or get involved, either by coding, testing, or >> spreading the word. >> you get th

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-07 Thread Steve Mosher
Like I said, if it bleeds, it leeds. When you have a major announcement such as seans you have two options: 1. Try to control the press response beforehand. Brief the press beforehand, do a press release, release an official statement on the same day as the event. A controlled blast. 2. Drop t

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-07 Thread Steve Mosher
ri...@happyleptic.org wrote: >>> When Nokia annouces that the n810 is discontinued and will have no more >>> support in the future, nobody gives a damn. Why ? >> because nokia make dozens of phones and are not stopping ALL of them. when a >> company stops its entire development of new products in

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-07 Thread Steve Mosher
Shawn Rutledge wrote: > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:34 AM, wrote: >> Make a useable phone with inovative apps is what is needed to get new >> customers, not a fancy 3d chip nor a better screen or camera or whatever. For >> the hardware is already way much better than the software, IMHO. > > I agr

Re: Leather case for Neo freeruner now 29 Euros

2009-04-07 Thread Steve Mosher
Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Tuesday, April 07, 2009 a las 01:15:52PM +0200, David Reyes Samblas > Martinez escribió: > >> HI >> well topic says all >> Now the Openmoko leather case is at 29 Euros Vat included + Shipping costs >> at www.truxbrain.com/shop > > Yes, the topic says at all: NOW

Re: how long freerunner will be produce ?

2009-04-07 Thread Steve Mosher
Hi. Mickael LABROUSSE wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I work in a french compagny making up a produce based on the freerunner. > > Sorry to open a new thread about this but I read everywhere on the > Internet that Openmoko cancels gta03 and sometimes news talk about gta02 > too !! GTA03 was postpone

Re: how long freerunner will be produce ?

2009-04-07 Thread Steve Mosher
; I a little bit worried for our future with the GTA02. > > Thanks, > Mickael. > > Steve Mosher a écrit : >> Hi. >> >> Mickael LABROUSSE wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I work in a french compagny making up a produce base

Re: Time for press release published on w.om.c ?

2009-04-11 Thread Steve Mosher
we are on it. If you have specific criticism please vent away or constructive suggestions as well. PR was pretty busy getting corrections done all over the place so now they focus on getting the press stuff up to date. Olivier Berger wrote: > Hi. > > I think www.openmoko.com deserves some update

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-11 Thread Steve Mosher
arne anka wrote: >>> phone development means gta03 -- and that indeed stopped. >> it wrong, surely a lot of other people will get it wrong too. No, phone >> development doesn't mean GTA03. Openmoko can release a device which is >> not a successor to the GTA02. > > i never said, it has to be a

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-12 Thread Steve Mosher
arne anka wrote: >>> development has stopped. period. >> There other phones "in the pipeline" >> Three variants of GTA02, 2 entirely new concepts aimed at >> different target markets. Not smart phones, but phones nontheless. > > the first time i hear that. > even the statements qu

Re: Slashdotted

2009-04-12 Thread Steve Mosher
"cancel", since to me it has some finite > touch about it, while "stop" means, it can start again. > > according to steve mosher's mail there's ongoing work, development if you > will, to kind of fork from the gta02 -- i can't recall having heard o

Re: [om2009] - send SMS GUI logic

2009-04-15 Thread Steve Mosher
My samsung allows both methods. So when I want to send a broadcast, like "merry christmas" I do the following. 1. Create new message. 2. enter msg. 3. Hit options 4. add people I want to braodcast to.. Then I get to browse through my contects checking off people... 5. hit send. Or I just

Re: bluetooth spam

2009-04-22 Thread Steve Mosher
Hmm.. The possibilities are endless. I imagine, however, that thre might be some media assets, like personal photos, that one would not want to spam around the club... or maybe not..Self promotion at its best. Carlo Minucci wrote: > Evgeny ha scritto: >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:20 PM, The Di

Re: bluetooth spam

2009-04-25 Thread Steve Mosher
http://www.opkg.org/package_61.html Alexey Feldgendler wrote: > On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:44:32 +0200, Tilman Baumann > wrote: > >> Hehe, I once did this on a ICE train. >> I was bored so I scanned for bluetooth devices. And then send them text >> files. >> >> O group of girls answered. Was rea

Re: SF/CA BuzzFix Party (Was Re:US Buzz/GPS Fix)

2009-04-25 Thread Steve Mosher
but I will be at the SuperHappyDevHouse tomorrow > in Oakland: > http://superhappydevhouse.org/SuperHappyDevHouse32 > > But if someone wanted to show up with parts and soldering iron, I'll > have my Neo and play along. > > Jason > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Stev

Re: Will my phone buzz?

2009-05-05 Thread Steve Mosher
If you remove the two tork screws and remove the front cover you will se the board rev. In anycase if you have A5 or A6 you are susceptible to the buzz issue. If you bought 900 and dont experience it it is likely that you are communicating on 1900 which doesnt, according to anecdotal reports, s

Re: Ain't it funny..

2009-05-07 Thread Steve Mosher
e. Who you bought it from and when. Also, if you take the battery out you'll see a IMEI number and a serial number. That will help with tracking as well. So send those along as well. Best Regards Steve st...@openmoko.com Dale Maggee wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE

Re: Ain't it funny..

2009-05-08 Thread Steve Mosher
Dale Maggee wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Steve, > > I appreciate your replying to this thread. > > I would however point out that I believe that you should have already > been aware of this issue before I raised it in this public m

Re: [Om2009] testing Release 3

2009-05-11 Thread Steve Mosher
Thanks Risto, I just finished my review on Sunday and made many of the same points. The good news is that (after the long boot) it was very usable as a phone. There were of course some annoyances and somethings in the IU paradigm that took some getting use to Risto H. Kurppa wrote: > Hi! > >

Re: It Ain't funny [Was: Ain't it funny..]

2009-05-11 Thread Steve Mosher
Best of all is to avoid hyperbolic claims of totalitarian behavior all together, since the claim, if true, will never see the light of pixels, and if false, is self refuting. That's my rhetorical observation for the day. Dale Maggee wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > S

Re: Ain't it funny..

2009-05-12 Thread Steve Mosher
roguem...@roguewrt.org wrote: > On 8/05/2009 6:58 PM, David Garabana Barro wrote: > >> Some time ago, I have recommended several friends*NOT* to buy a Freerunner, >> because software was not ready. It was a great toy for me, but my friends >> would get desperated. I think it's being open minded

Re: It Ain't funny [Was: Ain't it funny..]

2009-05-12 Thread Steve Mosher
yet... I presume > you're looking into it? > > > Steve Mosher wrote: > >> Best of all is to avoid hyperbolic claims of totalitarian behavior all >> together, since the claim, if true, >> will never see the light of pixels, and if false, is self refuting. >>

Re: Ain't it funny..

2009-05-12 Thread Steve Mosher
roguem...@roguewrt.org wrote: > On 12/05/2009 10:39 PM, Steve Mosher wrote: > >>Well, you are assuming facts not in evidence. Dale's case is somewhat >> special. >> > > You're right and I don't purport to be in possession of all the facts.

Re: Debuzzing

2009-05-23 Thread Steve Mosher
When OM throws a party nobody leaves with a buzz. Yorick Moko wrote: > thanks for the update! > i'm gonna miss the buzz ;-) > > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller > wrote: > >> Am 23.05.2009 um 14:04 schrieb Yorick Moko: >> >> >>> any news on the repair? >>>

Re: Visit at Openmoko

2009-05-26 Thread Steve Mosher
ck for an Android conference on wensday and thursday. Steve Vasco Névoa wrote: > Hey, take it easy, stop going berserk, and wait for the announcement. > They will talk to us when they're good and ready, so save your energy for > then, and stop raising confusion. > Be civilised.

Re: Buzz is Fixed

2009-05-27 Thread Steve Mosher
I want to take some time to thank a bunch of people for this. Joerg. People have no idea how persistent he was in insisting that he had a fix for this and then writing an SOP. Tony Tu. While he worked at OM Tony helped me get the fix verified. All the volunteers who put their own FR under th

Re: Debuzzing

2009-05-31 Thread Steve Mosher
Joerg, Dr. N and I have been discussing this. There is no need for the HWD fix of 1024 as there is a software fix. The hwdware fix of 1024 would require much more work than the debuzzing. Joerg recommends against it. I would agree. I can have him come on here and explain. Even if the fix were

Re: Debuzzing

2009-06-01 Thread Steve Mosher
Agreed. I've not heard about the jump in standby time, but joerg mentioned something about that ( as i recall). arne anka wrote: >> as there is a software fix. > > imo it is still a workaround, not a fix. > and standby time jumping up 25% looks a lot to me. > > __

Re: Debuzzing

2009-06-01 Thread Steve Mosher
ote: > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Steve Mosher wrote: > >> Joerg, Dr. N and I have been discussing this. There is no need for the >> HWD fix of 1024 as there is a software fix. >> The hwdware fix of 1024 would require much more work than the >> debuzzing. Joe

Re: Debuzzing

2009-06-01 Thread Steve Mosher
See inline below Ori Pessach wrote: > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Steve Mosher wrote: > >> Getting a focused effort in the US has been problematic. The reason is >> simple. The vast majority of sales in the US have been through the OM >> store. The disty, theref

Re: Debuzzing

2009-06-01 Thread Steve Mosher
YA, When I first started putting the program together I asked Tony Tu to get me a test protocal for incoming. Engineering ( and others) then pointed out that the Buzz problem was conditioned by enviromental factors that we CND ( could not duplicate) such that a phone with Buzz in the feild may

Re: Debuzzing

2009-06-01 Thread Steve Mosher
Yes. Since I'm marketing I'll give the only description I can which is considerably dumbed down. RF ( from GSM) gets coupled onto the lines leading INTO the audio mixer. the mixer cannot filter this signal. The RF remains on the line coming out of the mixer. The only way to remove it before i

Re: Freerunner's Future

2009-06-02 Thread Steve Mosher
can do to support the community efforts. I am leaning toward putting Werner's FAQ on the wiki and also having a wiki entry for a community "wish list" where the wishes are directed at how OM can help. Anybody who is better at wiki than me volunteer, please. Steve Sean Moss-Pult

Re: Freerunner's Future

2009-06-02 Thread Steve Mosher
bunch of people tried things they have never done before to keep customers happy. Steve Lon Lentz wrote: > Steve, > > Is this going to affect OM trying to find us Americans someone to > implement all of the pending hardware fixes? > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:

Re: Freerunner's Future

2009-06-02 Thread Steve Mosher
? - Will "project B" continue ? - What's the future of Open phone hardware without Openmoko Inc. ? Steve Mosher wrote: > No, it will not impact the program. > >I just sealed the deal on that this morning! of course there are > details to be worked out so watch this

Re: Freerunner's Future

2009-06-02 Thread Steve Mosher
Hi Nelson, Thanks good to hear from you. I really enjoyed the pictures you gave me from our last time together in Taipei. Anything you can do to help will be appreciated. Steve Nelson Castillo wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Steve Mosher wrote: > >> Community,

Re: a new keyboard - discuss and critique

2009-06-03 Thread Steve Mosher
I Wonder if you actually need to implement a visual triangle or if a triangular touch area would work just as well? And I wonder how tighly the patent is written around the concept of a triangle.. Perhaps shave off a tiny prtion of the tip of the triangle and you have a parallelogram... hmm jus

Re: a new keyboard - discuss and critique

2009-06-03 Thread Steve Mosher
Perhaps he thinks by presenting the keyboard in that way you will be "more careful" in where you tap your finger.. Worth a test.. but in theory I agree with you.. more dead space = more failed keypresses.."im touching put nothing is happening... Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Wed

Re: Tuxbrain offers Neo FreeRunner in three flavors

2009-06-03 Thread Steve Mosher
A7 is sitting at the factory waiting for orders Timo Jyrinki wrote: > 2009/6/3 David Reyes Samblas Martinez : >> Devel Upgraded Version(A6+) at 259 EUR >> Retail Version(A7) at 299 EUR > > Great news! Are both A6+ and A7 available for shipment right way? Not > that it would matter regarding A7, s

Re: a new keyboard - discuss and critique

2009-06-03 Thread Steve Mosher
yes, you substitute one error for the other. the issue is the probablity of those errors and the time to correct.. no harm in testing the approach, if somebody has time on their hands Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:07:07 +0200 Marcel said: > >> I simply want to

Re: a new keyboard - discuss and critique

2009-06-03 Thread Steve Mosher
before you test you need a good theory. that way you know what data to collect. raster has a theory why it wont be better. That's a testable theory, I think. Michal Brzozowski wrote: > 2009/6/3 Carsten Haitzler > >> but u'll hit dead space (nothing) about 50% more often than the actual key >>

Re: a new keyboard - discuss and critique

2009-06-03 Thread Steve Mosher
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:10:49 +0200 Michal Brzozowski said: > > >> I'm amazed how much you guys can theorize about the idea before actually >> trying it. > > i theorize because hat's what i've done for decades doing code, ui etc. i sit > and think about

Re: a new keyboard - discuss and critique

2009-06-03 Thread Steve Mosher
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:13:12 -0700 Steve Mosher said: > > >> yep. triple damages. When doing 3D graphics we NEVER looked at >> patents, otherwise we couldnt build shit. >> > > oh indeed. the only way to go i

Re: a new keyboard - discuss and critique

2009-06-03 Thread Steve Mosher
ually did test design for UIs in fighter aircraft. nasty business. fun if you get paid for it, but not how i'd spend my free time. So I aint volunteering. Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:08:51 -0700 Steve Mosher said: > > indeed. i believe "its

Re: Freerunner's Future

2009-06-04 Thread Steve Mosher
Thanks Jeremy for your kind words. I've copied pat meier Johnson our PR person on the thread. Like you we believe there is a great positive story here. In addition, I've copied some of the key people in the Openmoko community to get their reaction to your ideas Jeremy McNaughton wrote: > Layoff

Re: Openmoko Neo FreeRunner GTA02 versions A5 & A6 Audio Buzz - Quality Enhancement Service

2009-06-04 Thread Steve Mosher
Thanks Brian. Brian Fuller wrote: > Hello Openmoko Community! > > As users of the Openmoko Neo FreeRunner GTA02 versions A5 & A6, you > may have experienced an audio buzz while making a phone call. > Openmoko has identified the issue and upgraded the hardware to fix > this issue. The

Re: Openmoko Neo FreeRunner GTA02 versions A5 & A6 Audio Buzz - Quality Enhancement Service

2009-06-05 Thread Steve Mosher
Max wrote: > Great to hear that... > Btw, where do you actually situated?... at least information about > continent you're in would greatly help in estimating shipment costs :) > > cheers, > Max. > > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lis

Re: Pat Meier

2009-06-05 Thread Steve Mosher
I'm responsible for generating the information, not Pat. Basically it works like this. I want to to do a press release. I talk with Pat and we discuss whether the item is newsworthy in our estimation. "Steve ate breakfast" may be a fine tweet, but it isn't news. Then if we agree i

Re: Freerunner's Future

2009-06-05 Thread Steve Mosher
Thanks Christoph for your clarification. I have a minor quibble with your characterization. When Openmoko started as a project in FIC, it started with a Vision. That vision was to create a open mobile phone. Its the job of marketing to message that vision to the customer. Thats what we did. Ver

Re: MP3 patents (was: Freerunner's Future)

2009-06-05 Thread Steve Mosher
I am somewhat constrained in what I am able to say. On one view there is the position, held by some, that any hardware that is merely CAPABLE of mp3 decode is required to apply for a license. MP3 was removed from our images long ago and from the repositories. The requirements of the license agr

Re: MP3 patents (was: Freerunner's Future)

2009-06-06 Thread Steve Mosher
David Reyes Samblas Martinez wrote: > 2009/6/5 Tim Schmidt : > >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Steve Mosher wrote: >> >>> I am somewhat constrained in what I am able to say. On one view there is >>> the position, >>> held by some, that any

Re: MP3 patents (was: Freerunner's Future)

2009-06-06 Thread Steve Mosher
Al Johnson wrote: > On Saturday 06 June 2009, Harald Welte wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 12:26:42PM -0700, Steve Mosher wrote: >> >>> I am somewhat constrained in what I am able to say. On one view there is >>> the position, held by some, that an

Re: Freerunner's Future

2009-06-07 Thread Steve Mosher
see inlined. Jeremy McNaughton wrote: > On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 6:23 AM, Werner Almesberger wrote: >> You can view the situation also as an opportunity to change some >> of the structure of the project. Openmoko Inc. had certain >> constraints due to the way it was conceived. Some of them looked >>

Re: Help requested: SHR Screenshots

2009-06-07 Thread Steve Mosher
Good resources for a user guide... Michael Zanetti wrote: > On Sunday 07 June 2009 12:00:44 Petr Vanek wrote: > >> i am uploading it on http://scap.linuxtogo.org/ as we speak, please >> select what you like :) >> >> > > Very nice screenshots! > > How did you get the category bar on the bo

Re: Stress test of my Freerunner

2009-06-07 Thread Steve Mosher
Thanks Sven, Sorry I was not there on Monday when you visited the office. I left TPE the previous friday. Glad to hear you love you FR, keep up the good work and best of luck on your project. Sven Klomp wrote: > As you already noticed from my last mail (Visit at Openmoko), I was traveling

Re: Freerunner's Future

2009-06-07 Thread Steve Mosher
Swap. Thanks. There are many options available to OM. I'm sure they all be considered Steve swap38 wrote: > Steve Mosher a écrit : >> see inlined. >> >> Jeremy McNaughton wrote: >> >>> (...) >>> >>> Organizing an Openmoko Fou

Re: Linux International and Openmoko

2009-06-07 Thread Steve Mosher
program our community would still be buzzed! Thanks also for helping our partners in North America bring your program to that continent. Steve Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > I am very happy that my ideas that I had expressed and discussed > beginning of April (and even non-public in

Re: Freerunner's Future

2009-06-10 Thread Steve Mosher
Many thanks to you Christoph, I always make a habit of returning to decisions I have played a role in to review my thinking and uncover the mistakes I may have made so that I can make new ones the next time around. ( hat tip to Werner) I like very much your idea of a multi purpose platform.

Re: Pat Meier (=public relation of Openmoko)

2009-06-10 Thread Steve Mosher
ll announce they decide the time is right. It's not for me to pre-empt that. Christoph Pulster wrote: > Hi Steve, > > thanks for explaining the way PR with PatMeier works. > It was a mistake by myself to approve some quotes in the realeases about > Pulster, so blame it on me. >

Re: Freerunner's Future

2009-06-10 Thread Steve Mosher
I would offer this. The vision that Werner has, shared by a good number of us ( hat tip to Dr Schaller) is to create a process whereby the design effort can be shared collaboratively. As I look at the EE design process it is currently controlled at several points by closed proprietary systems.

Re: Freerunner's Future

2009-06-16 Thread Steve Mosher
Tully have some very good ideas on how to change the 02 case and get rid of some annoyances-- bring the screen flush with the surface, reduce the parts count. And I had a camera solution that looked promising. Write me if you decide to go down this path and I'll explain our ideas Fabian Schölze

Re: FreeRunner A6 Sale

2009-06-16 Thread Steve Mosher
The deal for 10 FR makes this even more attractive Jason Self wrote: > I've been holding off on buying a FreeRunner until until it seemed > sufficiently problem-free to me. > > $250 is a very appealing price. I just wanted to confirm my > understanding that the only difference between A6 and A7

Freedom Redfined.

2009-06-22 Thread Steve Mosher
ace. I'll be back to announce the name of the company in the coming week or so as we build out the web page. You can write me here or at my personal gmail account. (moshersteven@) Best Regards All, Steve. ___ Openmoko community mailing list com

Re: Openmoko chronology

2008-11-10 Thread Steve Mosher
David, Thanks for doing this. It was on my TODO list for CES. Steve David Samblas wrote: > El lun, 10-11-2008 a las 10:39 +0100, Minh Ha Duong escribió: >> Hi, >> >> I think openmoko-the-project was founded not by FIC but by a core team >> comprising a ha

Re: The forbidden topic: Glamo OpenGL

2008-11-19 Thread Steve Mosher
they don't already? please issue a ticket. we'll fix the bug. George Brooke wrote: > On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:01:47 +1100 > Dale Maggee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Tig wrote: >>> Ok I will bite :) >>> >>> Q: Why did OM cross the road? >>> A: To get to another toolkit :) >>> >>> Q: How many

Re: Will there be a hardware revision for the buzzing issue?

2008-11-21 Thread Steve Mosher
That would be great, especially for guys in the community who want to start a repair business. Joerg Reisenweber wrote: > Am Mo 17. November 2008 schrieb robert lazarski: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm about to buy an openmoko, as I finally have some time and cash. >> However, my understanding is that the

Re: Survey about the Touchscreen

2008-11-23 Thread Steve Mosher
Neil, We could not have said it better. In my view the surveys serve a good, albeit limited, purpose. They get ideas out in the open and expose potential shortcoming of various design decisions. In the end, design decisions are complex system dependent choices, choices made under constrain

Re: Android rootfs image?

2008-11-25 Thread Steve Mosher
I met with Maddog at the summit to discuss the some of these issues, so I'll ask him to chime in here. Brian Code as well could speak to some of these issues. C R McClenaghan wrote: > All, > > I am not an official spokes person for Koolu, but I had a chance to > speak with Jon "Maddog" Hall

Re: Funding Global Domination

2008-12-04 Thread Steve Mosher
all you have to do is ask me. I like saying yes. Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 09:51:44AM +0100, Minh Ha Duong wrote: >>> Could somebody official in OpenMoko respond to this email and perhaps >>> indicate whether the company would be interested in this idea and >>> perha

Re: Optimization team update (11/23 ~ 11/29)

2008-12-04 Thread Steve Mosher
nt cover. 2. Changing a resistor ( in some cases this is not necessary) 3. Adding a Cap. Steve Jakob wrote: > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Andy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "buzz / echo / hiss"... no software change can fix buzz. It's baked >

Re: How to remove microSD card

2008-12-04 Thread Steve Mosher
I think joerg patented that. Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: > Franky Van Liedekerke wrote: >> Ok, so I'm feeling totally moronic now ... I'm pretty sure I entered my >> microSD card some 3 months ago, but I can't seem to figure out how to >> remove it again ... some howto for a gta02? I can't see

Re: Funding Global Domination

2008-12-04 Thread Steve Mosher
please do. DJDAS wrote: > Arigead ha scritto: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Minh Ha Duong wrote: >> >>> Le mercredi 03 décembre 2008, arne anka a écrit : >>> >> The second option is more like it. It takes a few hours to design a >> T-Shirt >> and upl

Re: Funding Global Domination

2008-12-04 Thread Steve Mosher
Let me look into doing this on cafepress. Marcel wrote: > That would be soo geeky, great idea! :D > > -- > Marcel > > Am Thursday 04 December 2008 14:23:40 schrieb Steve Mosher: >> please do. >> >> DJDAS wrote: >>> Arigead ha scritto: >>&g

Re: Funding Global Domination

2008-12-04 Thread Steve Mosher
use cafepress, when I tried to get this going internally that was my choice. DJDAS wrote: > Steve Mosher ha scritto: >> please do. >> >> DJDAS wrote: >> >>> What about making a T-shirt with the hardware schematics? ;) > > Well :) I'm a bit pract

Global Domination 0.9

2008-12-06 Thread Steve Mosher
Community. At your urging we have opened a storefront to sell Openmoko merchandise. http://www.cafepress.com/openmoko_inc Sean and I had a couple of hours to kill this weekend. He did all the work and I pushed him to release ASAP. Going forward we will add more products and improv

Re: Optimization team update (11/23 ~ 11/29)

2008-12-06 Thread Steve Mosher
Maybe even make a Youtube vid. But, I won't hold up the document for that. I expect we can go live with the document sometime next week. Bug me if you want a Pre release of the doc and would like to suggest changes for clarity I'll see what I can do. Steve Jakob wrote: > Thank

Re: Global Domination 0.9

2008-12-06 Thread Steve Mosher
hooja wrote: >> Is ir possible to have a T-Shirt with the Open CAD poster design. That >> would be cool. >> >> Rakshat >> >> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Steve Mosher <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> &g

Re: Global Domination 0.9

2008-12-06 Thread Steve Mosher
we didnt limit the dimensions to English. Sean and I both are multi currency multi measurement standards kinds of guys. "what about more widely used and > understood units?" We be happy with cubits and quatloos, but I think we were stuck with inches and dollars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Re: Optimization team update (11/23 ~ 11/29)

2008-12-09 Thread Steve Mosher
yes joerg has a DRAFT version of the SOP for the buzz fix rework of A5/A6. Not everybody has the buzz issue. 1. It's a draft. 2. We need to have some independent test of the SOP arne anka wrote: "buzz / echo / hiss"... no software change can fix buzz. It's baked into the hardware and

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips!

2008-12-09 Thread Steve Mosher
The DRAFT fix for the buzz problem is here: C&P of joerg's mail. http://people.openmoko.org/joerg/GSM_EMI_noise/big-C_rework_SOP__DRAFT!!__.pdf Please NOTE IT'S A DRAFT! It's not secret, but it's not yet destined to anybody not actively searching for it. Status of this paper is: "should be exac

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-10 Thread Steve Mosher
: > 2008/12/10 Steve Mosher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> The DRAFT fix for the buzz problem is here: >> >> C&P of joerg's mail. >> >> >> http://people.openmoko.org/joerg/GSM_EMI_noise/big-C_rework_SOP__DRAFT!!__.

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Steve Mosher
RE 1024. The optimization team was not working on 1024. there is one dedicated engineer working on 1024 who specializes in this area. There is some understanding but not certainty on the root cause which may be related to the base station rather than the phone. I don't intend to distract

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-10 Thread Steve Mosher
Probably best to send the requests directly to Joerg. Vasco Névoa wrote: > I'd really like pictures with better focus and a little more light... > especially the last one, which is very blurred! > > Citando Steve Mosher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Sorry, >

Re: [Android] Converting a brick into a phone

2008-12-10 Thread Steve Mosher
( insert gripe) 2. End user data: a. email (optional) b. Date code on phone ( under battery) c. s/n d. p/n e carrier. f. 900Mhz or 850? g distro etc... anything else? It might be nice to know what band the phone is operating on ( 900/1800/1900) if that's possible.

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-11 Thread Steve Mosher
k to fix > our Free runners, raise your hands. > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Steve Mosher wrote: >> Probably best to send the requests directly to Joerg. >> >> Vasco Névoa wrote: >>> I'd really like pictures with better focus and a little more ligh

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