Xfbdev+ALSA - which phone?

2009-10-15 Thread carmen
since FICOpenMoko seems to have gotten out of competition against ASUSACerHTCHuaWeiNokiaEriccsonSonySamsungLGApple in the phone dept, which is a suitable option for someone who wants 3G data and the ability to run anything? N900 is $600, i'd rather get 3 $100-150 mainland-china/last-generation A

Re: Freerunner's Future

2009-06-05 Thread carmen
> difference. It causes a revolution where major phone manufacturers like > LG, Samsung, Nokia, etc. will start trembling to figure out their next > moves as the community thrives to make something so much better with > mass collaboration. how so? iphone/pre/blackberry/winmo all offer similarly

Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-16 Thread carmen
> Some ThinkPad X200 Tablets have similar AFFS+ screens of the same > manufacturer if you want to see it in action. my X200 Tablet is unviewable in sun. standard CFFL backlight. i guess the LED is stronger? i use my Astak / Jinke / Hanlin ebook reader in the same sunlight, but refresh is prett

Re: The future of the Neo Freerunner

2009-04-03 Thread carmen
On Fri Apr 03, 2009 at 07:39:19PM +0200, Thomas Bumberger wrote: > As Openmoko sacked/was left by 50% of its developers and halted the > development of GTA03 > i want to know your opinion on the future of the Neo. > As it seems Openmoko stopped funding FSO too. hello, are there any 3G phones which

Re: Stage of GTA03 development?

2008-12-19 Thread carmen
On Fri Dec 19, 2008 at 10:17:40AM +0100, Michael Zanetti wrote: > On Friday 19 December 2008 02:10:59 W.Kenworthy wrote: > > > Actually, please add a camera. Many techos (that is those who work in > > technical areas) use the mobile phone camera in their work. I.e., > > photos of situations, fau

Re: My freerunner on ebay

2008-12-07 Thread carmen
On Sun Dec 07, 2008 at 06:27:42PM -0800, Jonas Berlin wrote: > I just put my Freerunner on ebay: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260328913109&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1123 > > A very fun phone, but I just don't have the time to hack on it. anyone got a procmail script to w

Re: GTA03 - timeframe

2008-10-29 Thread carmen r
On Wed Oct 29, 2008 at 08:22:15PM +0100, t m wrote: > Less bulky would be nice. KB would be nice. To be able to phone with it > would also be nice. any timeframe and ideas on whether a hw change like adding a kbd would affect? i mean it would be useful to know things like "gta03 wont exist until

Re: [Om2008.9] Using Freerunner as a digital audio player

2008-10-14 Thread carmen r
On Tue Oct 14, 2008 at 05:41:55PM -0400, Dylan Reilly wrote: > FWIW, the qtopia media player in the testing branch is vastly better > than it was. Volume control even works now without causing distortion! > > From my observations, the audio quality issue has been due to CPU load > and not the play

Re: Glad to see Gentoo-openmoko distro

2008-10-06 Thread carmen r
On Tue Sep 09, 2008 at 03:34:37PM +0100, Al Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 09 September 2008, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 01:00:36PM +0100, Al Johnson wrote: > > > On Tuesday 09 September 2008, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > > > I hope you guys don't mind killing you

Re: Concept arts. Interface - how I would like it to see.

2008-09-23 Thread carmen r
On Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 12:16:26AM +0200, wp wrote: > Dear Community, > > As first, I want to say thank you for all your great job, by which I can do > what I do now. > > Om2008.* is, (in my opinion!), not very comfortable in use (Qtopia goes way > better, but it is still not what I want). I mean

Re: Sold out aaaah

2008-08-22 Thread carmen r
On Fri Aug 22, 2008 at 12:42:19PM -0600, Jeff Sadowski wrote: > http://us.direct.openmoko.com/products/neo-freerunner > Maybe by the time I get a chance to buy one they will have enough > processor power, ram and disk space to replace my laptop. > Every time I even look to buy it I see the "sold ou

Re: trying to buy a freerunner in taipei?

2008-07-30 Thread carmen r
On Thu Jul 31, 2008 at 10:31:29AM +0800, MKL23 wrote: > > What is the requirements to become a distributor? > A firm? Or personal workshop? you know how in a major city you can find a handful of little stores usually operated by someone from China or Taiwan, and grab the latest ASUS, or MSI (or

SDR chip candidates

2008-07-20 Thread carmen r
are there any SD adc/exciter combinations which are open source and suitable for OpenMoko? i know of the QS1R project off hand.. GTA02 has 4 radios, 3 of which can transmit (BlueTooth, GSM, 802.11) and one extremely sensitive to low-power signal (GPS). im sure the RF coupling / capacitance /