Re: [OT] combined forum and mailinglist (Re: Why not use forum?)

2008-06-13 Thread Ortwin Regel
We also came upon this idea a year ago. There are a few problems with it. Mail gets sent once. The advantage of a forum is that you can edit, merge, move and delete things. Ortwin On 6/13/08, Arnout Engelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 02:48:27PM -0400, Kevin Dean wrote: >

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Ortwin Regel
Pah, mailing lists are for old people. :P On 6/12/08, Esben Stien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Leonti Bielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? > > Because web forums are a pain. I'm over 250 mailing lists. Imaging the > unbearable pain

Re: Why not use forum?

2008-06-12 Thread Ortwin Regel
http://forums.makeopensource.com/index.php Haven't been there in a while, though. It seems like those weird hardcore Linux people simply prefer mailing lists... <_< Ortwin On 6/12/08, Leonti Bielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community? > I

Re: Dual SIM?

2008-06-12 Thread Ortwin Regel
No, because you don't have access to everything in a sim card and thus can't copy it. Ortwin On 6/12/08, Bumbl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > would it, in theory, be possible to emulate a 2nd sim-card which was > inserted and saved on the flash memory before > and switch between it and the inserted

Re: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price

2008-06-11 Thread Ortwin Regel
Your calculations may well be correct for the awful situation in the USA. In other parts of the world, this is drastically different! Please keep that in mind. Ortwin On 6/11/08, ian douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Taylor wrote: >> Just compare equal things. > > We'll have to agree to

Re: QVGA V/s VGA for GTA03 (was something about yummy CPU-GPU combos!)

2008-06-11 Thread Ortwin Regel
Who are these weird people that think window transparency on an underpowered phone is a good idea?! What functionality does THAT give us? I'd like to see some justification, if not from you then from whoever is responsible for these ideas. I've lived without window transparancy on all my PCs and ha

Re: GTA - Two models? Was: GTA03: New case? Bigger screen!

2008-06-10 Thread Ortwin Regel
I wonder: Might it be useful/possible to add a connector for Bug modules to a future Openmoko phone? On 6/10/08, Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Roland Häder wrote: >> My suggestion here is that OpenMoko may design another phone - if the >> market >> asks for this: >> >> - An OpenMoko f

Re: QVGA V/s VGA for GTA03 - product management, features & assumptions

2008-06-10 Thread Ortwin Regel
Well said. Ortwin On 6/10/08, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9 Jun 2008, at 01:56, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: >> ... i am asked by product management to do >> things that are just not possible in vga (to do sanely/fast). >> ... in the end if product management want X they

Re: GTA - Two models? Was: GTA03: New case? Bigger screen!

2008-06-10 Thread Ortwin Regel
further ideas? :) > > Roland > > On Tuesday, 10. June 2008, Ortwin Regel wrote: >> There has been all this fruitless talk about resolution. Well, what is >> really limiting the Neo's screen right now is not resolution >> (obviously), not speed (at least not on th

Re: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price

2008-06-10 Thread Ortwin Regel
There are cheaper contracts if you don't get a phone with them in Germany. No idea what the situation in the US is. (It's probably godawful... :-/) Personally, I use a prepaid SIM card so I pay no monthly fees at all. Much cheaper for me than any contract. So for me the price advantage over an iPho

Re: Free Runner price vs iphone 3G price

2008-06-10 Thread Ortwin Regel
What the hell?! Seems like a lot of people STILL don't get it: The iPhone does NOT cost 199$. It's a marketing lie. The actual price is 199$ + a two year contract. That makes it probably closer to 1000$. The Neo is still very very cheap compared to that, especially considering how few Neo phones ar

GTA03: New case? Bigger screen!

2008-06-10 Thread Ortwin Regel
There has been all this fruitless talk about resolution. Well, what is really limiting the Neo's screen right now is not resolution (obviously), not speed (at least not on the GTA01, no idea how messed up the 02 situation is. I'd guess it's faster most of the time.) but size! If the GTA03 get's a n

Re: Landscape keyboard

2008-06-10 Thread Ortwin Regel
Interesting idea. There are some problems I see with it: -The screen is very small so typing with two thumbs and trying to see what you type gets difficult. -When you type with two fingers, you happen to touch the screen with both at once sometimes and with our resistive touchscreen that registers

Re: Is case design changing for GTA03?

2008-06-08 Thread Ortwin Regel
Ulrik Rasmusen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Through the USB interface maybe? Or maybe via bluetooth, then there > would be no need to worry about a dangling usb cable. > > On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 07:31:13PM +0200, Ortwin Regel wrote: >> lol, I almost forgot that... The only op

Re: Yummy new CPU/GPU combo

2008-06-08 Thread Ortwin Regel
The number I heard was a first run of 3000... ;) (and 100 prototype devices before that) Ortwin On 6/8/08, Gabriel Ambuehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 08 June 2008 14:23:29 Carsten Haitzler wrote: >> 500k+ are the order sizes. often in multi-millions. that is what they >> "start" deali

Re: Is case design changing for GTA03?

2008-06-08 Thread Ortwin Regel
lol, I almost forgot that... The only open question is how to connect the buttons to the phone. On 6/8/08, Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sunday 08 June 2008 Ortwin Regel wrote: >> Wow, that's quite awesome! I read around a little and it seems to be &

Re: Is case design changing for GTA03?

2008-06-08 Thread Ortwin Regel
Wow, that's quite awesome! I read around a little and it seems to be made by CraigX who is also behind the Pandora and is interested in selling Openmoko phones in the UK. So getting him to make a variant of this design for future (or present?) Openmoko phones might actually be a realistic possibili

Re: resolution preferences??

2008-06-07 Thread Ortwin Regel
On 6/6/08, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >convince me vga is incredibly more useful than qvga. convince me > you > all have amazing eyesight! :) i am doing this because i am trying to listen > to > the community and if given a choice - choose the right way based on what

Re: Yummy new CPU/GPU combo

2008-06-06 Thread Ortwin Regel
On 6/5/08, Ken Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > >> quick question - would you prefer a qvga lcd (save a bit of cost) >> since we'e going to need to software-drive all graphics - the fewer >> pixels you have to fill, the better for speed. i'm really tossin

Re: on screen keyboard enhaced

2008-05-30 Thread Ortwin Regel
On the actual screen that keyboard is very small. Even if you use a stylus, you need to keep a steady hand. I don't think sliding over fields that small would be comfortable or fast. It would be unusable on a bus/train. Ortwin On 5/30/08, christooss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: on screen keyboard enhaced

2008-05-30 Thread Ortwin Regel
Yeah, somewhat, but I think our screen might be a little small for it. I guess it needs to be prototyped. Ortwin On 5/29/08, George Brooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2008 22:42:41 +0200 > christooss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> One of selected projects in google android is Wri

Re: early experince Freerunners w/ ASU load, vs. thousnads of Freeruners

2008-05-29 Thread Ortwin Regel
As far as I can tell everything in the article was already mentioned on the list. Nothing new to comment on... Ortwin On 5/29/08, "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: >> steve wrote: >>> Yes mass pro will start soon. There is another batch of a f

Re: Accellerometer spin

2008-05-20 Thread Ortwin Regel
The problem is the same as with linear acceleration: You get an increasing deviation over time. Ortwin On 5/18/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Instead of adding a compass to the device to be able to read spin about the > gravitational axis, would it not be easier to offset one

Re: Barometric altimeter on 'future' Freerunner ?

2008-05-20 Thread Ortwin Regel
I can see exotic applications for this but certainly not enough to put it into the phone. If you need it, add it via USB host, that's what we've got it for. (Same is true for the railgun. ;) ) Ortwin On 5/18/08, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 17 May 2008, at 22:17, Philippe Guillebert

Re: Dash GPS personal nav device (uses OpenMoko) opens API

2008-05-14 Thread Ortwin Regel
Afaik yes On 5/14/08, Vinc Duran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ron, > Is the Dash in the blog the same as the Dash Express on the dash.net site? > Vinc > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Ron K. Jeffries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Dash GPS personal nav device (uses OpenMoko) opens API >>

Re: Questions about Freerunner: Phone Usability, Battery Life, Shipping Date

2008-05-11 Thread Ortwin Regel
That was usually called HXD8 IIRC. I wonder about GTA03, too... Ortwin On 5/11/08, JW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > or gta03 was the board for that gps (DASH) thing > > hence next phone is gta04 > > JW > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lis

Re: mobile gps gaming

2008-04-30 Thread Ortwin Regel
We'd need a compass for a working 3D world window. Else the phone can't be certain (though it could estimate) where it is facing. I am very interested in GPS games. A PacMan-like game that automatically generates a level based on the surrounding Open Streetmap data would be awesome. :) A Snake gam

Re: OpenMoko Remote Controller (SoC)

2008-04-27 Thread Ortwin Regel
What makes you think the Wii accellerometers are inaccurate? They feel pretty precise as far as I can tell... Ortwin On 4/27/08, David Murrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wait a minute... > > /me backs up the metaphorical truck... > > Just _how_ accurate are these accelerometers? > > Are we talk

Re: photographs of box and POSSIBLE contents of Neo Freerunner

2008-04-21 Thread Ortwin Regel
Yes, I'm pretty sure there will only be the pure black color scheme. On 4/21/08, Ivo Anjo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, they're pretty big, although the camera seems to be pretty bad. > > Btw I was under the impression that the freerunner case was black with > grey, like the 1973 on this pict

Re: Do we REALLY need a phone?

2008-04-21 Thread Ortwin Regel
The problem with small handheld devices is that most of the time it's cheaper to put everything into the device than to create variants. Modularity causes problems with design and space and is also expensive. I also still need a GSM modem and will for a few years. Sure, I'd like to use WLAN, Blueto

Re: Freerunner and Earthquakes

2008-04-19 Thread Ortwin Regel
Yes, AFAIK GPS requires accurate time to function. Ortwin On 4/19/08, Brandon Kruger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat April 19 2008 5:29:50 pm Richard Guest wrote: > > Yeah, it's an interesting idea. > > I read something similar on Evil Mad Scientist > > http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article

Re: Freerunner and Earthquakes

2008-04-19 Thread Ortwin Regel
Sounds like an awesome idea! :D Ortwin On 4/19/08, Brandon Kruger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After recently having a 5.2 earthquake here in the Midwest, I realized the > potential in the Openmoko for detecting/pinpointing earthquakes. What this > is mostly dependant on is the accuracy of the a

Re: Charging Neo Freerunner via USB port

2008-04-19 Thread Ortwin Regel
That's also something I'd like to know as my Minty Boost supposedly does up to ~250 mA and I'd like to use that much if possible. The Neo 1973 doesn't have the necessary hardware to detect chargers, though, or does it? Ortwin On 4/19/08, Hans L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great summary Michael,

Re: Terminology (was: Charging Neo Freerunner via USB port)

2008-04-19 Thread Ortwin Regel
That would obviously require the CPU though not the screen so it should be what Mickey calls standby. It's important to note that this is again not one single mode but can probably appear at different CPU speeds, with Bluetooth/WLAN on or off etc. Ortwin On 4/19/08, Jens Fursund <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: DHL has a package for me!

2008-04-15 Thread Ortwin Regel
Naja, wirklich korrekt wäre: Ihren Ausweis, bitte! ;) On 4/15/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, April 15, 2008 17:09, Kevin Dean wrote: > > Ihre Ausweis! > > > Korrekt: > > Ihren Ausweis Bitte! > > > ___ > Openmoko community mai

Re: Mini jack 2.5mm?

2008-04-15 Thread Ortwin Regel
Space reasons. I've been told that most phones use 2,5mm today for that reason. On 4/15/08, Alexander Frøyseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hei > I just wonder why it is 2.5mm and not 3.5mm mini jack. > After what I know 3.5mm is what is normaly used inn headsets > > Alexander Frøyseth > > ___

Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update

2008-04-15 Thread Ortwin Regel
I do! Well, actually I probably won't get a Freerunner as I have a 1973 and limited amounts of money. However, I'd like my next phone to be in black with pink parts. B) Even more appreciated would be lime green and pink but I'm probably the only person in the world who wants that... Ortwin On 4/1

Re: Unofficial poll: Do you want 3G in the proposed successor, GTA 03?

2008-04-15 Thread Ortwin Regel
Well, it would mean that the casing changes significantly. That means lots of work and cost so it's not a trivial change. I don't think it's worth doing this (or even reasonably possible in time) before the next hardware revision. Ortwin On 4/15/08, Carlo E. Prelz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: PVT Update.

2008-04-14 Thread Ortwin Regel
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Still, poor Freerunners... :'( On 4/14/08, Michele Renda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One minute of silence for the dead freerunner, death to ensure a product > free of defects :) > > 2008/4/14, steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > The last

Re: LCD protector

2008-04-13 Thread Ortwin Regel
Well, maybe if you ask nicely he will ship to the US anyway. On 4/13/08, Ajit Natarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Ortwin Regel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A German ebay seller has some that are advertised as being made for > > the Neo 1973 (and shoul

Re: LCD protector

2008-04-13 Thread Ortwin Regel
A German ebay seller has some that are advertised as being made for the Neo 1973 (and should thus work fine on the Freerunner as it has the same case and screen dimensions): http://cgi.ebay.de/18x-Schutzfolie-Computer-Neo-1973-Tuch_W0QQitemZ290145736835QQihZ019QQcategoryZ38950QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1

Quikwriting

2008-04-12 Thread Ortwin Regel
Quikwriting is the best input method for finger input on a small touchscreen like the Neo's that I have come across. http://mrl.nyu.edu/~perlin/demos/quikwriting.html There have been positive comments towards it on the list before. Does anyone have the time, motivation and ability to implement this

Re: Smart LCD birght/dim...

2008-04-12 Thread Ortwin Regel
Exactly my thoughts: This sounds way too complicated to actually be useful. I'd rather adjust my brightness manually. On 4/12/08, Nick Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 8:50 PM, "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since Freerunner won't have an h

Re: accelerometer thought

2008-04-11 Thread Ortwin Regel
Good idea as long as it's easy to turn it off. On 4/11/08, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 11 April 2008 03:12:45 Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > > It occurred to me as I was thinking about use cases that a setting in > > which the phone would be on vibrate while vertical (as i

Re: Wireless charger for Neo

2008-04-01 Thread Ortwin Regel
Why not simply use standard wireless USB chargers? On 4/1/08, Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > > Some mobile phone vendors are now looking into wireless charging. A > wireless charger technology is more user-friendly than the traditional > wired phone chargers. However, use

Re: TomTom on Openmoko?

2008-03-27 Thread Ortwin Regel
On 3/27/08, David Pottage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, March 27, 2008 1:33 pm, Christ van Willegen wrote: > > > Have you seen the progress that's been made in The Netherlands? > > > > i.e.: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.375&lon=5.24898&zoom=17&layers=B0FT > > (yes, there are ho

Re: Openmoko strives for openness

2008-03-19 Thread Ortwin Regel
What would be interesting to know: What is the next thing Openmoko wants to do? A GTA03 Neo device with some changes in functionality but keeping the general design? An entirely new device with possibly other/revolutionary design goals? Multiple devices at the same time? How about a TI OMAP3 as S

Re: OpenMoko and accessories design

2008-03-13 Thread Ortwin Regel
How about using Bluetooth? Yeah, it would be a little strange but think of it like this: You could take your phone out of the cradle when it has finished charging and it would continue playing music while you'd read the next chapter of your ebook in your bed. With WLAN and Bluetooth, the only thing

Re: Multi-touch: Many questions to one desire....

2008-03-04 Thread Ortwin Regel
On 3/4/08, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have thought a bit about multitouch and its possible usecases and the > longer > I think about it the less exciting I find it on a mobile phone. > > The technology per se is great and I'm sure it will allow for great > in

Re: iphone-haptic

2008-03-03 Thread Ortwin Regel
On 3/3/08, Gilbert Hartmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Does anyone know how this compares to the feedback on the Wii when using the > keyboard? It sounds fairly similar (save for the Wii's lack of a > touchscreen) > > - --Bert It should be simi

Re: iphone-haptic

2008-03-02 Thread Ortwin Regel
On 3/2/08, Andrea Debortoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what about this?? > > http://code.google.com/p/iphone-haptics/ > > it would be very useful to have on FreeRunner too!!! > I have doubts about the usefulness of vibrator feedback. It can't help you find a button or tell you whether you presse

Re: Idea of a voice mail application

2008-03-01 Thread Ortwin Regel
And people just accept paying for incoming connections?! I still can't get over how US phone contracts work... O.o On 3/2/08, Mark Haury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On 29 Feb 2008, at 17:34, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: > > > >> siaPeter Trapp ha scritto: > >>> Hi everybody, > >>> I thought a

Re: Virtual QWERTY Keyboards to be used with Fingers...

2008-03-01 Thread Ortwin Regel
On 3/1/08, Ortwin Regel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/1/08, Sean Moss-Pultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/1/08 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > > On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:47:31 +0100 Karsten Ensinger > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ba

Re: Virtual QWERTY Keyboards to be used with Fingers...

2008-03-01 Thread Ortwin Regel
On 3/1/08, Sean Moss-Pultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/1/08 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:47:31 +0100 Karsten Ensinger > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > > > > Sorry to jump into the thread this late, but I am wondering > > > > if you already examined

Re: Booting from SD

2008-02-28 Thread Ortwin Regel
The problem might be your u-boot version. Try this one: http://buildhost.automated.it/u-boot-good-for-sd-boot-r13_0_2632_0.bin It's what I've been using successfully. I never could get it to work with other u-boot versions I tried. Ortwin On 2/28/08, Emre Turkay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi fo

Re: Unbutu mobile

2008-02-26 Thread Ortwin Regel
Where do you draw the line? The Freerunner should be at least at the lower end of that spectrum. On 2/26/08, Nils Faerber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dean Collins schrieb: > > http://www.ubuntu.com/products/mobile > > Any thoughts? > > Different target: > "Leveraging the MID > > MIDs typically ha

Re: Request for assistance: Need a wiki page for buying and selling GTA01

2008-02-19 Thread Ortwin Regel
Wiki pages are nice but they are not really a good way to push info to people as you would like to do if you have just put your phone on ebay for sale. If I decided to sell my phone, I'd probably send a message to the community mailing list. Is this wanted or would anyone be annoyed by it? I'm not

Re: GTA02 Battery Capacity (Was: Re: More about the GTA02)

2008-02-14 Thread Ortwin Regel
Can GTA01 users upgrade to this battery and would it make sense to do so? Ortwin On 2/14/08, Wolfgang Spraul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy - > > > class to expose it so it is generic. (I don't know for sure if it > > will > > ship with such a battery since it is decided in .tw according to >

Re: Interview with Raider Realm

2008-02-12 Thread Ortwin Regel
It sounds like Michael was talking about GSM in general. The area not covered by that indeed does seem negligible in the US. You have got a different issue. From what I picked up, it is not reasonably possible to change the hardware in a GTA01 to support the 850 Mhz band. The best option you have i

Re: Schematics, circuit diagrams

2008-02-10 Thread Ortwin Regel
How about a different deal: We collect donations to get you a new phone and you make your findings public under a free license? On 2/10/08, joerg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi hardware-hackers! > Anybody interested in my story? > "How i completely disassembled my GTA01, put everything on a > nee

Re: 2007.11 snapshot available

2007-12-08 Thread Ortwin Regel
Tilting is an awful control method for almost anything. The main reason being that you move the screen around while tilting. Other problems are that it's exausting and lacks feedback. Even tilting to automatically switch the screen orientation can be annoying if you're lying on your side in your be

Re: need someone to develop this....

2007-12-03 Thread Ortwin Regel
ut danger of exposing > > anything to other Neo or bluetooth devices within range. > > > > > You mean... like this... > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktJC0S4_X58 > > An interesting (though probably not as useful and secure) variation could be to stack the phones on top of

Re: /. : Feds Have Access To Cellphone Tracking On Request

2007-11-25 Thread Ortwin Regel
If they suspect you anyway. Quote: *In some cases, judges have granted the requests without even requiring the government to demonstrate probable cause that a crime is taking place or that the inquiry will yield evidence of a crime * I wonder how difficult it would be for criminals or the music in

Re: palm apps on linux?

2007-11-25 Thread Ortwin Regel
I NEED this on my Neo, coming from a Tapwave Zodiac... I guess it's up to Access to do it. I wonder if they've got a deal with Nokia? And if not, what's the business model? I'd be willing to pay a reasonable sum for a Palm emulator on my Neo. Ortwin On Nov 21, 2007 5:26 AM, Matthew Naftzger <[EMA

Re: OpenMoko phone comparisons

2007-11-12 Thread Ortwin Regel
On Nov 13, 2007 1:12 AM, Peter Naulls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ortwin Regel wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2007 6:33 PM, Peter Naulls <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > I have concerns about the screen size (even

Re: OpenMoko phone comparisons

2007-11-12 Thread Ortwin Regel
On Nov 11, 2007 6:33 PM, Peter Naulls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have concerns about the screen size (even though it's 640x480, > it's still tiny) The screen is small but usable. The biggest problem I see is text input but there are some interesting projects and ideas flying around to solve t

Re: Battery time

2007-11-12 Thread Ortwin Regel
Yeah, PLEASE give us a terminal! I'm a complete noob at all things Linux but I already don't feel right if I don't have a terminal to mess with... Later when the Neo is a consumer ready device it might be a good idea to take the terminal out of the versions for the general public (or at least hide

Re: Chumby on OpenMoko/Neo1973?

2007-11-07 Thread Ortwin Regel
think the GTA02 would handle that just fine. The only thing it's > missing is the "squeeze sensor". > > -Steven > > On 11/6/07, Ortwin Regel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Would it be possible to run the Chumby ( http://chumby.com/ ) software > on > &g

Chumby on OpenMoko/Neo1973?

2007-11-06 Thread Ortwin Regel
Would it be possible to run the Chumby ( http://chumby.com/ ) software on OpenMoko / the Neo1973? What would it take to make this possible? Why do I want it? Imagine it like this: Plug your Chumby equiped OpenMoko device into the USB charging cable (/cradle). Let it sit for a while. After five minu

Re: HD8X FCC approved

2007-10-31 Thread Ortwin Regel
I hope their awesome fresh software will run on our Neo1973s, too. I'd gladly pay money for that stuff. :) Would be great if they could keep the data open, though. Anyone from Dash around who can comment a little more on what is planned? Ortwin On 10/31/07, Ian Darwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: Possible to add "OpenMoko" to the email title

2007-10-18 Thread Ortwin Regel
This discussion has been had before. The conclusion was that you should get a better email app. On 10/18/07, David Shanks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > New to the list and excited about the possibility of a open phone. Still > new so i'm mainly lurking for now. > > I suppose this is

Re: Some ideas for the accelerometer

2007-10-15 Thread Ortwin Regel
But not while walking... Differentiating between motions and situations will be a big challenge. On 10/15/07, Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:57:52 +0200, Ortwin Regel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's also importan

Re: Some ideas for the accelerometer

2007-10-14 Thread Ortwin Regel
This doesn't work well because the screen moves with the phone. So if you want to scroll right fast, you'll have trouble to see what's going on on the screen. Scrolling should rather be done on the touchscreen because that works really well. However, dragging the map/website as if it was physical i

Looking for debug board near Hildesheim/Germany

2007-10-09 Thread Ortwin Regel
e easy internet access down there and of course I won't have a phone... :P Please help me! Ortwin Regel ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: still having trouble getting Neo to boot Qtopia from SD

2007-10-09 Thread Ortwin Regel
no idea what any of this means. o.o Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Ortwin On 10/7/07, Ortwin Regel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried pretty much exactly the steps you described but I can't get > booting from SD card to work, neither for Qtopia not fo

Re: rootfs?

2007-10-08 Thread Ortwin Regel
A list of different places: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Repositories http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/?M=D has updates every few days and the images are a little customized. It's also got Qtopia images. http://celtune.morb-design.com/images/fic-gta01/?C=M;O=D updates often, too, and it's g

Re: Right-click (as opposed to left-click)

2007-10-07 Thread Ortwin Regel
Right click could be emulated by pressing and holding AUX and then tapping. Of course that means that other AUX button functionality could only be activated after releasing the button without touching the screen. Native apps should never need right clicking, though. It would only be useful for fast

Re: qtopia flash image update

2007-10-07 Thread Ortwin Regel
With the latest build from http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/ I can unlock the phone after inputting my PIN two times but it doesn't want to register with the network. Also, the phone is very unresponsive and only registers touch screen input every once in a while. Sounds like this might be re

Re: still having trouble getting Neo to boot Qtopia from SD

2007-10-07 Thread Ortwin Regel
I tried pretty much exactly the steps you described but I can't get booting from SD card to work, neither for Qtopia not for OpenMoko I must be missing something. http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Booting_from_SD seems to suggest that you need to use a specially prepared kernel. Is this so? Any ide

Re: Neo Developer Version

2007-09-26 Thread Ortwin Regel
Pretty sure they are GTA01 as we haven't heard anything about GTA02 being finalized and it isn't planned before October anyway. Ortwin On 9/26/07, Andreas Hennig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello! > > Some more Phase 1 Neo's will be shiped end of september. Does somebody > now, > whether they

Re: Is neo1973 dual boot possible?

2007-09-21 Thread Ortwin Regel
Seems like it should, with the instructions at http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Booting_from_SD . Could someone prepare binaries ready for putting onto my SD card? And is there a program that can format cards with different filesystems from Windows? Ortwin On 9/21/07, Bartlomiej Zdanowski [Zdanek] <

Re: stylus alternative

2007-09-11 Thread Ortwin Regel
There is also http://www.comfortstylus.com/ which kind of works. It's especially well suited for FPS games on the DS, probably not the best thing for phone navigation, though. The problem with all the finger attachments is that your finger still pretty much obstructs the view instead of being repla

Re: Convince me NOT to cancel my order.

2007-08-28 Thread Ortwin Regel
On 8/26/07, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Why am I not being given the choice to RIGHT NOW to be placed at the > FRONT > >> of the GTA02 sales queue? > > > > Why dont I have a billion dollars? I really want it and I could really > > use it... > > > > > > Why don

Re: mailing list management

2007-08-14 Thread Ortwin Regel
Learn to use Gmail. Also it's relevant for everything where you can only see the first X letters of a topic in your list of emails. Like pretty much every mail client and webmail interface out there. So adding the tags to the end of the subject line is a pretty good idea which I could live with whi

Re: Google Phone is coming...

2007-08-07 Thread Ortwin Regel
I love the rumors... Really hope they are true! :D On 8/7/07, Jeremy G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/4/07, Jeremy G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/4/07, Harrison Metzger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why doesn't Google join Openmoko/Neo? > > > > Google has too many closed-source appl

Re: Gaming with the Neo

2007-08-07 Thread Ortwin Regel
I'd prefer a Wiimote attached to the Neo with some kind of plastic holder but this is a nice alterative. On 8/7/07, Mario Wewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyone of you ever saw something like this? > > > http://www.amazon.de/Handy-GamePad-Bluetooth-Smartphones-Pocket/dp/B000H8TQSM/ref=sr_1_57

Re: What's the real scope of hardware openness?

2007-08-06 Thread Ortwin Regel
I guess you can't have a revolution without breaking some laws... ;) On 8/7/07, Giles Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 6 Aug 2007, at 23:58, Ortwin Regel wrote: > > > Run an open Wifi node. > > > > It's becoming less and less of a good ide

Re: What's the real scope of hardware openness?

2007-08-06 Thread Ortwin Regel
Run an open Wifi node. On 8/7/07, Luca Dionisi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for your explanation. > > So, what are the current proposal for starting the real revolution? > I'm getting bored and frustrated. :) > > There has to be something that we could do from the > base to get rid of the

Re: Finger Graffiti

2007-07-30 Thread Ortwin Regel
What the fuck is even going on here?! On 7/30/07, Giles Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 30 Jul 2007, at 15:35, David "Lefty" Schlesinger wrote: > > > Trademarks exist in specific contexts for particular usages, > > they're not > > a global thing. I'm obligated to deal with trademark law

Re: Finger Graffiti

2007-07-30 Thread Ortwin Regel
Worrying about worrying about the trademark issue is even more irrelevant. Pointing things like this out early is a good thing. Further discussion about the trademark issue isn't necessary, though, it's annoying. Ortwin On 7/30/07, Jay Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 30, 2007, at

Re: OK, the forum is coming..

2007-07-28 Thread Ortwin Regel
On 7/24/07, Gerald A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 7/24/07, Richard Reichenbacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If they were interested in developing, they would follow the wiki as it > is the > only source for finding development specs, cvs links, walkthroughs, etc. Flaw in your logic: One

Re: Java games for openMoko

2007-07-28 Thread Ortwin Regel
Remember that the Neo doesn't have the buttons for games. The touchscreen can only do one button at a time, so an external gamepad (USB or Wiimote) would be necessary. Ortwin On 7/27/07, John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm sorry but I'm new to the openMoko system. So my quest

Re: What happened to the order?

2007-07-27 Thread Ortwin Regel
I am in the same situation. Ortwin On 7/27/07, Asbjørn Sannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If I understood correctly orders within the U.S. was shipped first, and > then international developers would get their phones.. > > I have received three e-mails from openmoko: "AutoReply: OpenMoko dir

Re: Product naming / wiki page naming / restructuring

2007-07-27 Thread Ortwin Regel
On 7/27/07, Harald Welte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There might come > > > > Neo1974 or even > > Neo2007 > > Yes. And actually, nijutsu will also tell us about the Neo1907 at some > point :) > FIC vacuum cleaner? Camera? What about the Neo968? Neo1979? ___

Re: [Germany] GSM Prepaid offer from "Tchibo": user2user calls free for next 24 months

2007-07-27 Thread Ortwin Regel
Only Tchibo - Tchibo calls are free, and only for 24 months if you buy before 2007-08-09. To benefit from this you'd have to get two or more of this offer and give one to everyone you phone often. SMS are relatively expensive and I wasn't able to find anything about data... Ortwin On 7/27/07, Rob

Re: Why you won't find me in the forum much

2007-07-26 Thread Ortwin Regel
On 7/26/07, Raphaël Jacquot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I recently read some "press article" that stated that for younger people, email was dead, and everything happened on MSN. well, I, for one, won't be often in those stupid HTML forums either, I consider those things * a waste of resources and

Re: email vs forum (was Re: OK, the forum is coming..)

2007-07-26 Thread Ortwin Regel
You are talking about flat, web forum style threading, though. What he wants is tree style threading like in the ML archives, Slashdot comments etc. Ortwin On 7/26/07, vivek khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 7/25/07, Steven ** <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Um... That doesn't seem to get Gm

Re: Why you won't find me in the forum much

2007-07-25 Thread Ortwin Regel
On 7/26/07, Mathew Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So there is still no forum solution that I know of that allows me to > download the full content of all posts I haven't read yet, and read them > > on a random small device (e.g. a Treo650, or a Nokia N800, or a Sharp > Zaurus) that supports

Re: email vs forum

2007-07-25 Thread Ortwin Regel
On the other hand, via email you load everything while on a forum you choose what to view. The screen size argument also doesn't work too well as the Neo has 640*480 which is plenty and an official forum would obviously make sure to fit well into that resolution. How about continuing the discussi

Re: Re Multitouch

2007-07-24 Thread Ortwin Regel
And how do you scroll? On 7/24/07, Giles Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: David Samblas Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > An regardin "is multi touch really that awesome? " I > think yes of course, but maybe not in a so little > screen and surelly it is not worth the trouble of > re-codin

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