Re: Alternatives to FR

2010-02-12 Thread Lowell Higley
On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Paul Fertser wrote: > > > Lowell Higley > writes: > > So I would say that no, the device drivers will not be open > > source. I would say the developer community would be provided with > > binary kernel modules." > >

Re: [Shr-User] Alternatives to FR

2010-01-10 Thread Lowell Higley
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Marc-Olivier Barre wrote: > On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:58:38 +0100, Lowell Higley > wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:12 AM, William Kenworthy > > wrote: > > > >> What alternatives to the FR (with the same functionality) are there?

Re: [Shr-User] Alternatives to FR

2010-01-09 Thread Lowell Higley
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:12 AM, William Kenworthy wrote: > What alternatives to the FR (with the same functionality) are there? I > want 3G phone/sms access and the FR doesnt cut it any more ... > > Sorry to join the conversation so late but this is my favorite so far as a FreeRunner replacement.

Re: [Shr-User] Babiloo on Openmoko - Second milestone

2009-11-23 Thread Lowell Higley
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Vaudano Luca wrote: > Hi guys, > > I just release the second milestone of Babiloo, a offline dictionaries > reader, for SHR. > Please note that it works only with MrMoku SHR branch. > > Babiloo for Neo page: > http://babiloo-project.org/wiki/index.php/Babiloo:Neo

Re: [ALL] POLL: What distro do you use?

2009-09-01 Thread Lowell Higley
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Patryk Benderz wrote: > [cut] > > > > I completely agree... over 275 respondents with SHR claiming 65% of > > the usage votes. I don't think carrying on the poll will alter the > > results significantly. > So, you assume almost no one reads CU? In that case maybe

Re: [ALL] POLL: What distro do you use?

2009-09-01 Thread Lowell Higley
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Risto H. Kurppa wrote: > (I personally think that we've already seen what we want: what's the > most popular distro, and how much more popular it is than the others > and the same for the boot loader -> I'm sure the results will not > radically change, and OTOH my

Re: [shr-unstable] making bricks...

2009-06-28 Thread Lowell Higley
; [r...@localhost sbin]# ./ip addr add 192.168.0.200/24 dev eth1 > Cannot find device "eth1" > > also got a lovely little notification on the linux system bar > "SELinux is preventing the iptables from using potentially mislabeled > files" > > > On S

Re: [shr-unstable] making bricks...

2009-06-28 Thread Lowell Higley
As root, I drop the following in a terminal: *iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s 192.168.0.0/24 sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 ip addr add 192.168.0.200/24 dev eth1 ifconfig eth1 up ssh r...@192.168.0.202* Works like a charm. Only caveat is make sure you clear the previous SSH sign

Re: [shr-unstable] making bricks...

2009-06-28 Thread Lowell Higley
There's been a change to the bootloader.. the following text was from a message that came across the developer mailing list back in April. *>As this looks like it's becoming a Frequently Asked Question, I'll send >this note to a wider audience. Please forgive me if this is obvious to >most of the

Re: how dangerous Freerunner could be?

2009-06-07 Thread Lowell Higley
you can recieve from a > US version is rare case of lack of coverage in some rural zones of > Europe. > I live in Kosovo... I don't know how you can get more rural than that. lol. > > LOL for the chicken sacrifice, a BBQ always helps! > > 2009/6/7 Lowell Higley :

Re: how dangerous Freerunner could be?

2009-06-07 Thread Lowell Higley
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 9:30 PM, ivvmm wrote: > Ignacio Torres Masdeu wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 20:37, ivvmm wrote: > >> koolu.com wrongly sent North American variant of devices to our > European > >> country in a pack. So what we got now is that devices operate only on > >> 1800MHz freque

Analyst Angle: The dark side of the open OS handset trend

2008-12-15 Thread Lowell Higley
I debated for about 10 minutes whether or not this article is pertinent to this mailing list. In the end, I decided to forward it. I think it's a good sign that the analysts are even looking at the "open handset trend." Operative word is "trend", perhaps? http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20081

Re: SIM cards for Freerunner (was Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price)

2008-06-11 Thread Lowell Higley
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Kevin Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please note this is an OFF LIST reply, since it is off topic for > Openmoko mailing lists. Huh? I agree, this is off topic but your reply did go out to the entire list. > > > On Wed, Jun 11, 20

Re: No 3G for GTA03, 2G/EDGE only?

2008-06-11 Thread Lowell Higley
Dismal. although AT&T is currently scurrying to significantly upgrade their 3G network in order to support iPhone 2.0. http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=25146 I don't think TMobile currently uses 3G. I barely even got EDGE coverage from Tmobile when I left the S

Re: SIM cards for Freerunner (was Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price)

2008-06-11 Thread Lowell Higley
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Joe Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin Dean writes: > >On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Joe Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> > >> US. To me, it's quite obvious that a contract without a phone > >> *should* be cheaper, but that's a long way from

Re: SIM cards for Freerunner (was Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price)

2008-06-11 Thread Lowell Higley
AT&T in the US does offer SIMs without a phone. However, you have to go into a Corporate store. The resellers generally won't or can't do this. I do not know, however, if they offer SIMs with contracts. To my knowledge, they only do this with "pay as you go" SIMs. On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:41

Re: comparing Apples and Oranges $199 iPhone Freerunner GTA02

2008-06-10 Thread Lowell Higley
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Robin Paulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i remember reading somewhere that the iphone's os can't run multiple > applications at once - sorry no source for this. did i get this right, > if i did, that's a major bonus to om/freerunner? > > It's not that it "can't".

Re: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price

2008-06-10 Thread Lowell Higley
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A $600 SUBSIDIZED phone on a 2 year contract ($200 up front cost to > subscriber) VS a $200 moko UNSUBSIDIZED phone PLUS a 2 year contract. > > Of course they are bloody the same price up front, THE MOKO ISN'T > SUBSIDIZED

Re: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price

2008-06-10 Thread Lowell Higley
I think what Ian is trying to say is that contract or not, you still have to pay for your phone service and data service. So if you spend US$50/mo on a data plan, it does come out to be more expensive with the FreeRunner if and *only if* you plan to use the phone for two years. if you plan on dit

Re: Landscape keyboard

2008-06-09 Thread Lowell Higley
I think it's a great idea. Kin to the old "ergonomic" keyboards. On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Steven Milburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Chris Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> ...The keyboard itself has very minimal needs in terms of resolution, but >

Re: OT: TinyURL [Was: OT: ajax image galleries]

2008-06-04 Thread Lowell Higley
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Joerg Reisenweber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Do 5. Juni 2008 schrieb AVee: > > On Wednesday 04 June 2008 22:55, Andy Powell wrote: > > > > > > tinyurl is useful instead of typing in twattishly long urls which many > > > sites insist on using. Generally you don

Re: QTopia Contacts issue

2008-05-29 Thread Lowell Higley
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Ian Darwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that I have so many contacts, it would be nice if you had more control > over the list format. The only choices I see (under Options->Display > Settings) are "First Last or Company" and > "Last,First or Company". I'd like

Re: Engineering Driven vs. Community Driven (was Re: Ugliness)

2008-04-29 Thread Lowell Higley
on't think it was suggested that there was some kind of wall in the middle, > that's ridiculous. But the best products come from a respect for the > others roles and intense focus on what people are good at. > > Matt > > > -- > *Fro

Re: Engineering Driven vs. Community Driven (was Re: Ugliness)

2008-04-29 Thread Lowell Higley
; > If you read further back in this thread you'll see that the subject > changed in reply to my message, "Re: Ugliness" (26 April 2008 > 13:58:04 BST). > > If you read back you'll see that before that someone was complaining > "the Freerunner will never sel

Engineering Driven vs. Community Driven (was Re: Ugliness)

2008-04-27 Thread Lowell Higley
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Lowell Higley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 5:58 AM, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >So please don't be offended but saying "I don't like it and neither do my > friends" is totall

Re: Ugliness (was Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!)

2008-04-26 Thread Lowell Higley
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 5:58 AM, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >So please don't be offended but saying "I don't like it and neither do my friends" is totally irrelevant - come back when you've interviewed a hundred different people and >they've scored the Freerunner (alongside several other p

Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!

2008-04-25 Thread Lowell Higley
t's ugly" but just about everyone I've > handed it to said "It's HUGE". > > I personally LOVE it, I'm huge too. :) > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Lowell Higley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > It was the GTA01.. the first pics I saw

Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!

2008-04-25 Thread Lowell Higley
It was the GTA01.. the first pics I saw of the GTA02 was last week. I showed both colors of the GTA01. I got the impression was it was the shape that was a turn off but I am not sure because I never asked for that kind of detail. Although I do have to admit I'd never heard it called a buttplug b

Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!

2008-04-25 Thread Lowell Higley
Nine out of ten "typical consumers" I show it to think it's ugly and wouldn't buy it because of looks alone. If I show it to a techie type, I get the "what are the specs?" question. Lesson? To the consumer, beauty is only skin deep. Us techie types are deeper and can see the true beauty. Who wo

Re: 3G? What about CDMA?

2008-04-17 Thread Lowell Higley
I believe CDMA is a proprietary technology owned/licensed/patented by Qualcom. If that is correct, you'd have to license to use the patent. Kind of conflicts with the idea of an "open" phone. I guess no more so than some of the GSM stuff... but hey.. who knows. On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:02 AM,

Re: End User Input....and Question

2008-04-16 Thread Lowell Higley
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 4:15 AM, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The hardware is complete. But I assume that if hardware bugs are discovered, it will be considered to fix them before the consumer release (depending on the bug). Since all the software isn't ready yet, I guess

Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update

2008-04-16 Thread Lowell Higley
Spare the case plastics (create an orderable part number) and have a "Trick out your Neo" contest. Grand prize? An autographed photo of the Neo Team! Or perhaps the remains of a Neo after the "destructive tests". If I could buy an extra case for around US$20 to $30, I'd probably give it a whirl.

Re: Charger? (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread Lowell Higley
Just trying to help. Not terribly useful at the engineering stuff any more so trying to help how I can. :) On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:59 AM, steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Lowell. > > > > The phone will ship with a wall charger. > > > -- > ___

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-14 Thread Lowell Higley
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Marcus Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>My personal view is looking at the Neo as a Linux computer and not just >>as a phone - this opens a completely different perspective: as such the >>Neo is an absolutely unique device. There is only one similar device >>which

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-14 Thread Lowell Higley
Then I'll shut up. BTW, I don't hate or love the visual look of the Neo. It's more function than anything else to me. On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/14/08, Lowell Higley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: &g

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-14 Thread Lowell Higley
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 4:01 AM, thomasg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Well, you'll get used to it :) >>USB-Charging is fine. You can use a standard usb-wallcharger as well as any mini-usb cable or usb-carchargers and so on. I know this isn't the case, but if were to HAVE to plug it into a computer

Re: Charger? (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread Lowell Higley
;hey guy, there is > some unknown charger, I currently take only 100mA, shall I pull more > anyway?" - and this lets you use *any* USB charger out there. Be it one > from Apple or one from eBay. > > best, > marcus > > > On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 00:57 -0700, Lowell Hi

Re: Charger? (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread Lowell Higley
I think I'm going to have to completely disagree on this one. I RARELY plug anything into a computer to simply charge it. I'd venture almost never. The idea that I HAVE to plug a device into a computer to charge it is completely ridiculous to me. I'd bet my experience as a product marketer that c

Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update

2008-04-13 Thread Lowell Higley
I would consider the following if I were in your shoes... 1) include the custom (closed) cable or at least make it an option 2) ensure the manual includes that a standard USB cable will work. Be sure to list the limitations of said cable. (I think the wiki has this but it needs to be in the docs

Re: 850MHz or 900MHz? AT&T or TMobile?

2008-03-23 Thread Lowell Higley
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 usually not crippled. T-Mobile in particular likes to artificially lim

Re: 850MHz or 900MHz? AT&T or TMobile?

2008-03-23 Thread Lowell Higley
I've had the exact opposite experience. I had been a T-Mobile USA customer for over three years..they made a mistake, even admitted to making the mistake but wouldn't correct it (refunding money to me). I've found that T-Mobile's customer service is not great... each time I contact them, it gets

Re: Price of the Freerunner published?

2008-03-20 Thread Lowell Higley
Having lived in the US and Europe... 1) We usually do pay shipping from China. It's usually built into the cost of the product so it's hard to say exactly what it is. I would guess less than $10 a unit. 2) We do not have VAT in the US. Closest thing we have to it is sales tax. Most states have

Re: Go Phone without the phone

2008-03-10 Thread Lowell Higley
You can buy a Go Phone SIM card ($25, I think) at any AT&T store operated by corporate (resellers are generally useless in anything out of the norm.) On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Ajit Natarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a way to subscribe to AT&T Go Phone in the U.S. wit