Re: Openmoko ads now on youtube

2007-07-05 Thread Frank Coenen
of images and increasing productions values through better sourced media. People need to see the benefits of an open handset, not just be told how great it is. I think this project is great and have high hopes for its success. Feedback is appreciated about the videos. -adam Frank Coenen wrote: Wow

AND donate entire Netherlands to OpenStreetMap

2007-07-05 Thread Frank Coenen
Good news for openstreetmap!!! see: http://www.opengeodata.org/?p=223 Automotive Navigation Data (AND) is a leading provider of location, routing, mapping and address management are donating a street network of the entire Netherlands. Yes, an entire country. :-D

Re: AND donate entire Netherlands to OpenStreetMap

2007-07-05 Thread Frank Coenen
. [...] Initially, AND will make its street level data of the Netherlands and the major road networks of China and India available to the OpenStreetMap community On 7/5/07, Frank Coenen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good news for openstreetmap!!! see: http://www.opengeodata.org/?p=223 Automotive Navigation Data

Re: Openmoko ads now on youtube

2007-07-04 Thread Frank Coenen
Wow... you sure made some good virals! Nice work. How long did it take you to come up with these idea's. I really like most of them! Here's my review in case you want some feedback: # 1: Good for the hardwarepeople :-), general public (GP) won't care probably. #2: Nice, sowing of the apps. You

Re: Advertising/hype

2007-07-02 Thread Frank Coenen
Somehow I don't think that 'the OS/ browser/ app that you built' will excite anyone except linux-guru's. ;-) (it would scare me away...) Take a look at some of the N95 vs iPhone spoofs on youtube. Some of them are really good: Battery replacement:

Re: Anti theft protection of our cherished device.

2007-06-30 Thread Frank Coenen
The problem is of course that you can't sent sms/emails if there is no sim. And even IF there is a sim, you cant always sent emails since you need to have a data plan. SMS of course is an option. On 6/30/07, Buddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been thinking for a system like this sinds my

Re: Anti theft protection of our cherished device.

2007-06-30 Thread Frank Coenen
can call my own ISP and connect on a standard dial-up line. The problem with sms is, you can sent it to your own number but can't acces the sms till you get your replacement simcard, and you can't get a new simcard with prepayed. On 6/30/07, Frank Coenen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem

Re: [OpenMoko][FIC] Neo1973 - sample ?

2007-06-29 Thread Frank Coenen
The GTA01 version will go on sale at www.openmoko.com on July 9th. Everyone can order one if he/ she wishes to do so. Though it is primarily meant for developers, (because of lack of software, not very stable and a limited supply of neo's) there are no criteria for who is and isn't a developer.

Re: What, no GPS?

2007-06-28 Thread Frank Coenen
I believe the GPS is already in the GTA01 version?! So, it will also be in the GTA02 version... On 6/28/07, BJ Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't help but notice that GPS is not on the list of scheduled upgrades in the recent announcement. Is that a confirmed no for GPS, or had it already

Re: rough seas

2007-06-20 Thread Frank Coenen
Sean, Herald and Mickey and all the other dev's who's name I can't remember: Your doing a great job! In less than a week, we will update you about what's going on at FIC/ OpenMoko, the status of GTA01/02, and our plans for selling these neos. I presume many readers will put this date time in

Re: virtualization of OpenMoko...

2007-06-18 Thread Frank Coenen
There is even a tested Qemu version for windows with OpenMoko. Unfortunatly it is quite old. So, if you want to be up to date, role your own with the mokomakefile. (though be warned, it can take you quite some time to set up the OE enviroment...) On 6/18/07, Robin Paulson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Open Moko Themes

2007-06-12 Thread Frank Coenen
Making your icons/panels/butons in svg-format and make a shell-script that (using imagemagick for example) converts all of them to the requered resolution in png. It shouldn't be the worry of the designer in what resolution use intend to use OpenMoko.The program/GTK should take care of that. On

Re: [Fwd: Re: Neo1973 Update!]

2007-06-03 Thread Frank Coenen
No... Look at the rest ;-) That would also mean that GTA02 doesn't have a gsm-chip :-p The GTA02 part simply says what it has extra to the GTAb_v4 On 6/3/07, Richard Boehme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm, does that list mean that the GTA-02 will lose the GPS and the bluetooth? Also, it would be

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread Frank Coenen
Developers, developers, developers!!! (Steve Balmer style, if you know what I mean). It will be a while for GTA_02 to come out. The GTA_01 batch will probably be sold to (community)developers. Hardware will of course be continually upgraded, but you have to start somewere with the software.

Re: information efficient text enty using dasher

2007-05-30 Thread Frank Coenen
What is wrong with just using the stylus? I've tried it with my Wacom tabled, Dasher works great! If your using an on screen keyboard, you'll need the stylus anyway. On 5/30/07, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just one more thing On my laptop I have this little

Re: HXD8?

2007-05-26 Thread Frank Coenen
What I found: Wifi: SWEET :-) (from: doc\hardware\HXD8v011\gpio.txt) GPE11 I MISO0 SPI_MISO WiFi GPE12 O MOSI0 SPI_MOSI WiFi GPE13 O CLK0 SPI_CLK WiFi and a low-res widescreen: (from \src\target\kernel\patcheshxd8-core.patch) +/* LCD driver info */ [...] + .width = 480, + .height = 272, Really

Re: Durability of the Neo1973?

2007-05-15 Thread Frank Coenen
Sean, does this have to do with the recent shortage on LCD-displays in Taiwan? - Source: http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20070508PD204.html Quote: The supply of 2.2- to 2.5-inch panels for entry and medium-level DSCs began running short of demand by about 10% early last month and the shortage

Re: Battery powered charging/USB hub

2007-05-10 Thread Frank Coenen
On 5/10/07, Aloril [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Small battery-powered USB charger: http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/ I assume above should be able to charge Neo1973? No it won't be able to charge the Neo1973, since it doesn't identify itself as a USB2.0 host. Hence, the Neo will only draw

Re: Battery powered charging/USB hub

2007-05-10 Thread Frank Coenen
? ;-) On 5/10/07, Ian Stirling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank Coenen wrote: On 5/10/07, *Aloril* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Small battery-powered USB charger: http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/ I assume above should be able to charge Neo1973

Re: picture viewer

2007-04-19 Thread Frank Coenen
. If you need a mock up to understand this, tell me and I can make one. It will look crappy, though. Ortwin On 4/19/07, Frank Coenen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hay, Browsing the wiki, I found that the picture viewer was to be a stylus application. Viewing photos is something you do together

picture viewer

2007-04-18 Thread Frank Coenen
Hay, Browsing the wiki, I found that the picture viewer was to be a stylus application. Viewing photos is something you do together, making it very unpractical to do with a stylus. I think it should be a combination of both stylus and finger. Managing and looking for a specific dir should be

Re: OpenMoko light web server

2007-04-16 Thread Frank Coenen
. On 4/16/07, Frank Coenen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree. I don't fancy giving any acces to the phone from a remote location. Exept via SSH or something. Locally 'installed' web-apps would be great though. http + CSS + javascript = widgets. (think of the Vista Gadgets, OSX and iPhone widgets

Canada OpenMoko

2007-04-12 Thread Frank Coenen
I would defiantly be interested. A VMware image would be great! I haven't been able to set up a build environment. I don't have much time to search for all the right packages, so I eventually gave up. But with a ready made image we could all start experimenting with OpenMoko. A .torrent would