Re: Marble Maze
"Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > I was figuring something like that since long time... I hoped to > play with Neverball and accelerometers, but unfortunately we won't > have 3d soon :/. Perhaps it is easier to port enigma. That is a very nice game too http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/ http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/enigma Niels ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Stylus Recommendation
Ben Burdette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Something that might work would be a guitar finger pick. Here's a > link to a selection of those: > http://www.suncreekmusic.com/index.php/cPath/26_34 I thought of buying a simple plastic keyring. I think that the following could do the trick, but I am a little worried about damaging the screen of the phone. http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(5ebbkvzk4jdg2i55dldmps55)/ProductDetails.aspx?SKU=5169487& Niels ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: stylus alternative
"Robin Paulson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > so, i've been following the discussion on finger-based vs. > stylus-based apps. and i thought it might be a good idea to come up > with some ideas for something between the two: a short (20-30mm > long) piece of kit, attached to the finger end Does it hurt a touch screen to use the backend of a disposable ballpen as a stylus? Niels ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Finger Graffiti
Joe Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Much as I've liked Graffiti on my Palm... The technology I'm > interested in pursuing on this device is Quikwriting. Really looks > like a best-of-both-worlds to me. > > http://mrl.nyu.edu/projects/quikwriting/ Wow that would be cool. However random pages on the web seem to claim that it is covered by a very general patent. I am not an expert on patents, but here are some links http://lists.canonical.org/pipermail/kragen-fw/1999-May/000107.html http://www.google.com/patents?id=bVUgEBAJ&dq=5,764,794 "The present invention pertains to an apparatus for electronically storing alphanumeric characters. The apparatus comprises a computer having a memory. The apparatus also comprises a pointing device electrically connected to the computer which serves as a virtual keyboard. Furthermore, the apparatus comprises means for encoding words with alphanumeric characters with a gesture language which is drawn by the pointing device on a surface without the pointing device having to be lifted from the surface. The encoding means is disposed in the memory. The present invention also pertains to a method for electrically storing alphanumeric characters. The method comprises the steps of a) positioning a pointing device electrically connected to a computer to a relative origin on a surface. Next, there is the step b) of moving the pointing device to a predetermined position relative to the origin in a predetermined motion along the surface..." Niels ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Switch to newsgroup
Geert Schuring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd really like to switch to newsgroups for this kind of communication. Best > way to do it if you ask me! No shitty webforums, offline message reading, > and easy subscribing. > > So why not move to newsgroups? You can already read all the openmoko mailing lists as nntp (also known as "newsgroups") at www.gmane.org. http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.handhelds.openmoko.community Niels ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: OK, the forum is coming..
Joe Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And people who remember the term "usenet" can even look at it with a > proper news reader. I don't think that google provides nntp, but you can ask gmane to create an nntp gateway. See the sympy group for an example http://groups.google.com/group/sympy http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.sympy Niels ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: community Digest, Vol 36, Issue 45
"Ryan Lozier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there an openmoko forum? I am really sick of reading this mailing list for > the last year to find subjects im interested in. If there is one, please > someone point me to it, and im not talking about the wiki. I mean, where > would someone go if they had a question about a particular function of > the phone or one of the softwares? This mailinglist? If there is no > forum yet, we need one. > ryan. Gmane provides a web-interface to the lists. It is fairly easy to navigate, but I don't know if it remembers which messages you have read. http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.handhelds.openmoko.community http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.handhelds.openmoko.community Niels ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Reason for openmoko - bugsafe?
"Edwin Lock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My main point was if the state, well, anyone who had connections to > the carriers, could turn the neo into a bug too.. And it seems that it > isn't possible cause of the software mixer being off when the device > is off :) For the German speakers I believe that Harald Welte discussed some of this with Tim Pritlov during an interview with Chaos radio in March this year, but I don't remember if that interview contains much security related information that hasn't allready been mentioned in this thread. http://chaosradio.ccc.de/cre042.html Niels ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: IM application and other questions
"Jeff Andros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Do we have any pidgin devs on here? how heavy is libpurple, it would > be really sweet to build a mobile version (what kind of bird is > smaller than a finch? sparrow?) It looks like maemo is working towards using libtelepathy as a backend for IM. I am not an expert on openmoko nor telepathy, but perhaps telepathy is worth considering. Niels PS: Related links follow to help your google searches http://telepathy.freedesktop.org http://maemo.org/development/documentation/how-tos/3-x/howto_connection_managers_bora.html http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Summer_of_code#IM.2FVOIP_using_telepathy http://share.skype.com/sites/linux/2007/03/sounds_of_the_shuttle.html ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: GPS can work stand-alone (Re: Advertising/hype)
"Nick Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The other idea for a 'killer mobile gps app' that occurred to me is > some sort of dynamic-flash-mob system, where you can express > interest in various activities, and it'll detect whenever a > 'critical mass' of people for a given activity are close enough > together and buzz them all. Imagine walking past a stranger and > suddenly your cellphones buzz to let you know you're both interested > in a quick game of something... That sounds like great fun. Do you plan to introduce a central server and use a critical radius of a kilometer, or do you want to use wifi. I guess that wifi requires a fairly large userbase. Is it possible to design a system that worked with a central server without having the users reveal their position and identity all the time? On a related note I think that Slashdot once had a story about a (bluetooth based??) Japanese dating gadget that worked in a similar fashion. They had to buy the gadget, encode their preferences, and then wait for the unexpected buzz of finding a perfect match. They must have used some kind of encoding to prevent abuse, but I am not sure how it worked. On an even less related note it could be fun to keep a log-file of the wifi phones that stay in your vicinity for more than an hour (ignoring public transport). Then your phone can tell you whether or not you have met a given person before. Perhaps you can use data from the log file to query friends for further information or a vcard. This idea might require a lot of storage and a way to filter out routers, but it could lead to some fun. Enough babling... Actually I just wanted to wish you all good luck with finishing up the phones. I am looking forward to buying one. Niels ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
