Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-10 Thread Maelvon HAWK
# settrans r...@settrans.net -f -R -S Or, The thread is very interesting, but it seems that's Bob will never change is point of view. Nicolas is open to discussion, and is also working on the Gta project, I don't think that Bob is ready to do one step forward before having all the spec,

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-10 Thread EdorFaus
On 10/09/2013 08:10 PM, Bob Ham wrote: On Sun, 2013-10-06 at 08:42 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: 1. you are talking about open SOURCE hardware (which I call free hardware) No. I've explicitly refrained from distinguishing between such labels because I'm aware that they are not as

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-09 Thread Bob Ham
On Sun, 2013-10-06 at 08:42 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Can you agree on the following? 1. you are talking about open SOURCE hardware (which I call free hardware) No. I've explicitly refrained from distinguishing between such labels because I'm aware that they are not as well

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-09 Thread Fernando Martins
On 10/09/2013 08:23 PM, Bob Ham wrote: And the next day, when you've found an old definition that accords with your view, suddenly that one definition would have obviated any discussion. The meaning of the words are defined by the communities that use it and different communities can have

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-09 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Wed 09 October 2013 20:47:01 Fernando Martins wrote: It is laudable to have more hardware open and it would be nice if goldelico would release the schematics in source. But I don't see them has having such obligation neither I see any inconsistence in their actions or words. Goldelico has

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-06 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 06.10.2013 um 08:42 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: Hi Bob, Am 05.10.2013 um 12:12 schrieb Bob Ham: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 07:50 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Neither the Openmoko, OpenPandora, Ubuntu Edge, GTA04 are open hardware - and never were intended to be. That

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 05.10.2013 um 08:28 schrieb Paul Wise: On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: You are mixing Free dom with Free Beer. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html But: some people are able to jump out of the window. So do you do as well? I followed the FSF

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Parchet Michaël
Hello, Your free hardware idon't use the Planned obsolescence concept isn't it ? Thanks for your answer. Best regards mparchet Le 5 oct. 2013 à 09:11, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com a écrit : Am 05.10.2013 um 08:28 schrieb Paul Wise: On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Dr.

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Bob Ham
On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 07:50 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Neither the Openmoko, OpenPandora, Ubuntu Edge, GTA04 are open hardware - and never were intended to be. That isn't what your OpenPhoenux page says: Open Hardware Devices. Letux 2804 / GTA04 Smartphone

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Bob Ham r...@settrans.net wrote: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 07:50 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Neither the Openmoko, OpenPandora, Ubuntu Edge, GTA04 are open hardware - and never were intended to be. That isn't what your OpenPhoenux page says: Open

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Bob Ham
On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 13:34 +0200, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: You're nitpicking about different meanings of open and free. This is hardly nitpicking. If I had known what Nikolaus's position was back in 2010, I doubt I would ever have bought a GTA04. There seems to be (1) the meaning that

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Fernando Martins
On 10/05/2013 01:34 PM, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Bob Ham r...@settrans.net wrote: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 07:50 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Neither the Openmoko, OpenPandora, Ubuntu Edge, GTA04 are open hardware - and never were intended to be.

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Bob Ham r...@settrans.net wrote: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 13:34 +0200, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: You're nitpicking about different meanings of open and free. This is hardly nitpicking. If I had known what Nikolaus's position was back in 2010, I doubt I would

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Bob Ham
On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 14:07 +0200, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: I can agree that the usage of free hardware term may be a bit confusing. Describing the GTA04 as Open Hardware on openphoenux.org is, I believe, not just confusing but dishonest. -- Bob Ham r...@settrans.net for (;;) {

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Sat 05 October 2013 11:09:02 Parchet Michaël wrote: Hello, Your free hardware idon't use the Planned obsolescence concept isn't it ? Thanks for your answer. Best regards mparchet Now THIS is a good question! And the answer is: of course NO planned osolescence, we build that stuff

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 05.10.2013 um 12:12 schrieb Bob Ham: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 07:50 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Neither the Openmoko, OpenPandora, Ubuntu Edge, GTA04 are open hardware - and never were intended to be. That isn't what your OpenPhoenux page says: Open Hardware Devices.

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 05.10.2013 um 14:14 schrieb Bob Ham: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 14:07 +0200, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: I can agree that the usage of free hardware term may be a bit confusing. Describing the GTA04 as Open Hardware on openphoenux.org is, I believe, not just confusing but dishonest.

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Fernando Martins
On 10/05/2013 02:14 PM, Bob Ham wrote: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 14:07 +0200, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: I can agree that the usage of free hardware term may be a bit confusing. Describing the GTA04 as Open Hardware on openphoenux.org is, I believe, not just confusing but dishonest. When the

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 05.10.2013 um 14:14 schrieb Bob Ham: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 14:07 +0200, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: I can agree that the usage of free hardware term may be a bit confusing. Describing the GTA04 as Open Hardware on openphoenux.org is, I believe, not just confusing but dishonest.

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 05.10.2013 um 17:42 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: Am 05.10.2013 um 14:14 schrieb Bob Ham: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 14:07 +0200, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: I can agree that the usage of free hardware term may be a bit confusing. Describing the GTA04 as Open Hardware on

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Bob Ham
On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 17:17 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Am 05.10.2013 um 12:12 schrieb Bob Ham: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 07:50 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Neither the Openmoko, OpenPandora, Ubuntu Edge, GTA04 are open hardware - and never were intended to be.

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Martin Jansa
On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 05:37:59PM +, Bob Ham wrote: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 17:17 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Am 05.10.2013 um 12:12 schrieb Bob Ham: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 07:50 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Neither the Openmoko, OpenPandora, Ubuntu Edge,

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Sat 05 October 2013 19:37:59 Bob Ham wrote: Hm, I wonder what you want to prove? I want you to stop describing the GTA04 as open hardware. You seem to be aware that there is a difference between what you describe as open hardware and what others describe as open hardware and yet you

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread joerg Reisenweber
on a sidenote: Was KDE no open source software when Qt wasn't FOSS (for those who still remember that time)? In layout project files they might even be (C) non-free libraries for e.g. component footprints, which would *forbid* disclosing them to the general public. Is the hardware less open

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 05.10.2013 um 19:37 schrieb Bob Ham: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 17:17 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Am 05.10.2013 um 12:12 schrieb Bob Ham: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 07:50 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Neither the Openmoko, OpenPandora, Ubuntu Edge, GTA04 are open hardware -

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 05.10.2013 um 20:10 schrieb Martin Jansa: On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 05:37:59PM +, Bob Ham wrote: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 17:17 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Am 05.10.2013 um 12:12 schrieb Bob Ham: On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 07:50 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Neither the

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Bob Ham
On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 20:10 +0200, Martin Jansa wrote: On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 05:37:59PM +, Bob Ham wrote: I want you to stop describing the GTA04 as open hardware. You seem to be aware that there is a difference between what you describe as open hardware and what others describe as

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
But none of them is building modular devices. I wonder why. For the same reason they don't make their hardware open, for the same reason they don't make their software Free, for the same reason they don't want you to have root access on your phone. Stefan

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Álvaro Lopes
On 05/10/13 18:37, Bob Ham wrote: 'Access to the *complete* design is precondition to this' http://www.ohanda.org/ (My emphasis) Long time has passed since I post to this list. Dearest all, open software is something quite easy do define - it's written in common languages, so that it's

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread Martin Jansa
On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 07:05:10PM +, Bob Ham wrote: Your accusations sounds like if Nikolaus is using OHANDA clearly defined label without fulfilling requirements defined by OHANDA. Well, I'm not sure how you get that impression. It's not like it's a matter of adherence to a

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-05 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Sat 05 October 2013 21:03:44 Stefan Monnier wrote: But none of them is building modular devices. I wonder why. For the same reason they don't make their hardware open, for the same reason they don't make their software Free, for the same reason they don't want you to have root access on

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-04 Thread Bob Ham
On Thu, 2013-10-03 at 21:32 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Am 03.10.2013 um 20:09 schrieb Bob Ham: I would note that the GTA04 is not a Free Hardware project. Yes that is correct. It is not Free Hardware in the strict FSF definition I don't think FSF has a definition of Free

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-04 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Fri 04 October 2013 19:48:19 Bob Ham wrote: You've previously said that the reason you refuse to release the hardware source files, making the device more open, is because you expect money in return. Are you now saying restricting access to the hardware source files is somehow a design

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-04 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 04.10.2013 um 19:48 schrieb Bob Ham: On Thu, 2013-10-03 at 21:32 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Am 03.10.2013 um 20:09 schrieb Bob Ham: I would note that the GTA04 is not a Free Hardware project. Yes that is correct. It is not Free Hardware in the strict FSF definition I

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-04 Thread Bob Ham
On Fri, 2013-10-04 at 20:16 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Am 04.10.2013 um 19:48 schrieb Bob Ham: I don't think FSF has a definition of Free Hardware. Possibly we're ascribing different meanings to the phrase. Yes they have one and even do a certification (which would not be

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-04 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: I already told you that the hardware source files are open and public. I agree with Bob Ham on this. The source files are not public and even the PDFs are not open, they are licensed under a non-commercial license (CC-BY-NC-SA).

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-04 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 04.10.2013 um 21:26 schrieb Bob Ham: On Fri, 2013-10-04 at 20:16 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Am 04.10.2013 um 19:48 schrieb Bob Ham: I don't think FSF has a definition of Free Hardware. Possibly we're ascribing different meanings to the phrase. Yes they have one and even

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-04 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 05.10.2013 um 05:09 schrieb Paul Wise: On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: I already told you that the hardware source files are open and public. I agree with Bob Ham on this. The source files are not public and even the PDFs are not open, they are licensed

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-03 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, Am 03.10.2013 um 05:15 schrieb Stefan Monnier: Production problems show almost immediately, even if there is only one person. And they show after making let's say 20 units. As you know, that has not been the experience with the GTA02, where audio quality output (works fine for

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-03 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Thu 03 October 2013 08:56:43 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: I know. But I'm not talking about swapping the actual CPU or the actual display. I'm talking about swapping the CPU module or the display module. I.e. create a standardized module interface around off-the-shelf (i.e.

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-03 Thread Bob Ham
On Wed, 2013-10-02 at 23:15 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: It would have its own cost (in money and in size), but in the long run, I hope the benefits of relying on standardized interfaces would make up for it. From what I can tell, Free Hardware projects don't benefit nearly enough from

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-03 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 03.10.2013 um 20:09 schrieb Bob Ham: On Wed, 2013-10-02 at 23:15 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: It would have its own cost (in money and in size), but in the long run, I hope the benefits of relying on standardized interfaces would make up for it. From what I can tell, Free Hardware

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
Production problems show almost immediately, even if there is only one person. And they show after making let's say 20 units. As you know, that has not been the experience with the GTA02, where audio quality output (works fine for line-out but not for headphones), GPS issues, and the 1024

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-09-26 Thread Parchet Michaël
Hello, Is there a device on production with witch I can choice the os I want install or install several os (multi boot) ? Best regards mparchet Le 25 sept. 2013 à 21:32, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com a écrit : Am 25.09.2013 um 20:45 schrieb Stefan Monnier: I don't see

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-09-26 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 26.09.2013 um 11:06 schrieb Parchet Michaël: Hello, Is there a device on production with witch I can choice the os I want install or install several os (multi boot) ? Almost. The GTA04A5 can go on production (again) as soon as we get enough orders. -- hns Best regards mparchet

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-09-26 Thread Parchet Michaël
Hello, Can you send me the URL for GTA04A5 ? Best regards mparchet Envoyé de mon iPhone Le 26 sept. 2013 à 11:18, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com a écrit : Am 26.09.2013 um 11:06 schrieb Parchet Michaël: Hello, Is there a device on production with witch I can choice

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-09-26 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 26.09.2013 um 11:42 schrieb Parchet Michaël: Hello, Can you send me the URL for GTA04A5 ? https://shop.goldelico.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04 A5 is the board revision/variant: http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-main/page/Versions/ Best regards mparchet Envoyé de mon iPhone

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-09-26 Thread Parchet Michaël
Hello, Is there a phone or tablet with GTA04A5 ? Thanks for your answer ? Best regards mparchet Le 26 sept. 2013 à 11:47, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com a écrit : Am 26.09.2013 um 11:42 schrieb Parchet Michaël: Hello, Can you send me the URL for GTA04A5 ?

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-09-25 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Stefan, Am 25.09.2013 um 05:01 schrieb Stefan Monnier: The main problem I see with such Free and/or Open phone is the small production syndrome. Small productions mean high prices and low reliability, whereas we need reasonable prices and reliability. Yes, small production is the key

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-09-25 Thread Stefan Monnier
I don't see reliability as a problem because it depends on what type of reliability you are thinking of: component, software, hardware, production, or availability. Small production runs means very few people have a chance of discovering, let alone, fixing the various problems that can show

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-09-25 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 25.09.2013 um 20:45 schrieb Stefan Monnier: I don't see reliability as a problem because it depends on what type of reliability you are thinking of: component, software, hardware, production, or availability. Small production runs means very few people have a chance of discovering, let

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-09-25 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Wed 25 September 2013 21:32:13 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Am 25.09.2013 um 20:45 schrieb Stefan Monnier: Production problems show almost immediately, even if there is only one person. And they show after making let's say 20 units. I.e. it does not need to produce let's say 1000 units

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-09-24 Thread Stefan Monnier
The main problem I see with such Free and/or Open phone is the small production syndrome. Small productions mean high prices and low reliability, whereas we need reasonable prices and reliability. So we need to focus on making larger production. For that, we need to widen the target market.

Battery graphs - was Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-27 Thread NeilBrown
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:46:12 +1000 NeilBrown ne...@suse.de wrote: On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:31:19 +0200 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Hm. That sounds quite different from the situation about 1 year ago when you did the first releases of QtMoko and I always thought that

Re: Battery graphs - was Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-27 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Wed 28 August 2013 00:29:18 NeilBrown wrote: On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:46:12 +1000 NeilBrown ne...@suse.de wrote: On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:31:19 +0200 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Hm. That sounds quite different from the situation about 1 year ago when you did the

Re: Battery graphs - was Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-27 Thread joerg Reisenweber
also check video bus. We know on GTA02 the display used iirc 20mA plus for a black screen. Oh and for the 1kR termination, just driving high a dataline that runs to an unpowered chip will eat quite some current via clamp diodes from input pin to 0V-VDD, often even enough to power the chip ;-D

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-26 Thread Yury Sakarinen
Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller писал 2013-08-24 17:31: For me GTA04 is not usable as daily phone. It's now collecting dust in shelf. Why? 1/ poor power management 2/ bugged reenumerating modem GTA04 is good enough only in some situations. E.g. ok if i carry it to work where i can anytime charge

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-26 Thread Radek Polak
On Saturday, August 24, 2013 03:20:10 PM joerg Reisenweber wrote: On Sat 24 August 2013 14:22:55 Radek Polak wrote: 1/ poor power management [...] something. But i always worked in userspace. I barely understand kernel and i have no EE skills and equipment to contribute. I can

Re: [Gta04-owner] Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-26 Thread Radek Polak
On Monday, August 26, 2013 01:17:09 PM Radek Polak wrote: To give you a simple example: on N900 maemo you have scanning period in settings-internet, which makes device scan for WLAN APs only every 5, 10, ... even 30 min. This is needed since the WLAN chip cuts thru the battery in less

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-26 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Mon 26 August 2013 13:17:09 Radek Polak wrote: On Saturday, August 24, 2013 03:20:10 PM joerg Reisenweber wrote: On Sat 24 August 2013 14:22:55 Radek Polak wrote: 1/ poor power management [...] something. But i always worked in userspace. I barely understand kernel and i

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-26 Thread NeilBrown
On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:31:19 +0200 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com wrote: Hm. That sounds quite different from the situation about 1 year ago when you did the first releases of QtMoko and I always thought that the 3.7 kernel is working well enough, so that I started to add new

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-24 Thread Radek Polak
On Friday, August 23, 2013 10:21:33 PM arne anka wrote: the missing money is just the indicator for this project's failure to create sufficient public interest or even awareness. while the GTA01/2 was a nice idea, it was already slightly outdated when it appeared -- and since then nothing has

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-24 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Sat 24 August 2013 14:22:55 Radek Polak wrote: 1/ poor power management [...] something. But i always worked in userspace. I barely understand kernel and i have no EE skills and equipment to contribute. I can contribute only as a tester. I thought that i will deliver working userspace and

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-24 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Radek, Am 24.08.2013 um 14:22 schrieb Radek Polak: On Friday, August 23, 2013 10:21:33 PM arne anka wrote: the missing money is just the indicator for this project's failure to create sufficient public interest or even awareness. while the GTA01/2 was a nice idea, it was already

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-24 Thread NeilBrown
On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 14:22:55 +0200 Radek Polak pson...@seznam.cz wrote: And the reenumerating modem - i really dont understand why we havent tried newer firmware. For me missed calls is quite serious problem. I'm starting to think the the re-enumeration could be an omap-usb problem. I

Modem reenummerating (was: Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone)

2013-08-24 Thread Lukas Märdian
Am 24.08.2013 23:04, schrieb NeilBrown: On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 14:22:55 Radek Polak pson...@seznam.cz wrote: And the reenumerating modem - i really dont understand why we havent tried newer firmware. For me missed calls is quite serious problem. I'm starting to think the the re-enumeration could

Re: Modem reenummerating (was: Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone)

2013-08-24 Thread NeilBrown
On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 23:24:29 +0200 Lukas Märdian l...@slyon.de wrote: Am 24.08.2013 23:04, schrieb NeilBrown: On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 14:22:55 Radek Polak pson...@seznam.cz wrote: And the reenumerating modem - i really dont understand why we havent tried newer firmware. For me missed calls is

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-23 Thread Bob Ham
On 2013-08-23 07:26, openm...@pulster.de wrote: the GTA04 is a ready-to-use OpenSource smartphone. The GTA04 *is* out of production and no longer for sale. It *could* be the motherboard in a ready-to-use smartphone but it *isn't*. There are no other reasons why it isnt available, just

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-23 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Fri 23 August 2013 10:35:38 Bob Ham wrote: On 2013-08-23 07:26, openm...@pulster.de wrote: the GTA04 is a ready-to-use OpenSource smartphone. The GTA04 *is* out of production and no longer for sale. Says who? It *could* be the motherboard in a ready-to-use smartphone but it *isn't*.

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-23 Thread Bob Ham
On 2013-08-23 09:38, joerg Reisenweber wrote: On Fri 23 August 2013 10:35:38 Bob Ham wrote: On 2013-08-23 07:26, openm...@pulster.de wrote: The GTA04 *is* out of production and no longer for sale. Says who? Says Golden Delicious: Note: we currently have no stock since we need to

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-23 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 23.08.2013 um 12:08 schrieb Bob Ham: On 2013-08-23 09:38, joerg Reisenweber wrote: On Fri 23 August 2013 10:35:38 Bob Ham wrote: On 2013-08-23 07:26, openm...@pulster.de wrote: The GTA04 *is* out of production and no longer for sale. Says who? Says Golden Delicious: Note: we

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-23 Thread arne anka
I don't think money is the only problem. the missing money is just the indicator for this project's failure to create sufficient public interest or even awareness. while the GTA01/2 was a nice idea, it was already slightly outdated when it appeared -- and since then nothing has changed, the

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone

2013-08-23 Thread Ben Wong
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:21 PM, arne anka openm...@ginguppin.de wrote: i am still undecided if i should admire or pity the thread starter, if he honestly believed that this community would be able to succeed where ubuntu failed -- and on top of that to jump from todays GTA04 to the device as

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Ben Wong
Well, the deadline is up. The pledges rolled in and they got $12.8 million, which sounds amazing until you see that their goal was for $32 million. I guess that means all that money is getting refunded and there will be no Ubuntu Edge. Here's Shuttleworth's upbeat closing comment:

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Ben Wong wrote: I wonder if OpenPhoenix has an opportunity now, with all those frustrated would-be buyers out there. Are the Ubuntu Edge specs (or something close) achievable by OpenPhoenix? -- bye, pabs ___

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Ben Wong lists.openmoko@wongs.net writes: Here's Shuttleworth's upbeat closing comment: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge?c=activity I wonder if OpenPhoenix has an opportunity now, with all those frustrated would-be buyers out there. Maybe some; I'm pretty sure that there

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Bob Ham
On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 20:22 +0200, Paul Wise wrote: On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Ben Wong wrote: I wonder if OpenPhoenix has an opportunity now, with all those frustrated would-be buyers out there. Are the Ubuntu Edge specs (or something close) achievable by OpenPhoenix? No. I

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Bob Ham wrote: No. I think a better question is whether OpenPhoenix can achieve production of *any* phone? Not currently in stock, but as I understand it, GTA04 exists and is a phone. https://shop.goldelico.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04 -- bye, pabs

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Bob Ham
On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 21:10 +0200, Paul Wise wrote: On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Bob Ham wrote: No. I think a better question is whether OpenPhoenix can achieve production of *any* phone? Not currently in stock, but as I understand it, GTA04 exists and is a phone. The GTA04 is a

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Bob Ham r...@settrans.net wrote: On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 21:10 +0200, Paul Wise wrote: On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Bob Ham wrote: No. I think a better question is whether OpenPhoenix can achieve production of *any* phone? Not currently in stock, but as

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Bob Ham
On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 21:19 +0200, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: Well, there are (or were) complete phones based on GTA04 available to buy from Golden Delicious, so yes, OpenPhoenux has already achieved production of any phone. The phones consisted of GTA04 motherboards inside second-hand

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 22.08.2013 um 21:28 schrieb Bob Ham: On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 21:19 +0200, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: Well, there are (or were) complete phones based on GTA04 available to buy from Golden Delicious, so yes, OpenPhoenux has already achieved production of any phone. The phones

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 22.08.2013 um 21:00 schrieb Joshua Judson Rosen: Ben Wong lists.openmoko@wongs.net writes: Here's Shuttleworth's upbeat closing comment: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge?c=activity I wonder if OpenPhoenix has an opportunity now, with all those frustrated would-be

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Sebastian Reinhardt
Am 22.08.2013 21:44, schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: Am 22.08.2013 um 21:28 schrieb Bob Ham: On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 21:19 +0200, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: Well, there are (or were) complete phones based on GTA04 available to buy from Golden Delicious, so yes, OpenPhoenux has already

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Bob Ham
On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 21:44 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: The phones consisted of GTA04 motherboards inside second-hand GTA01/02 cases. These cases were produced by Openmoko, not OpenPhoenix. Producing new cases is a matter of enough money, not of capabilities... The OpenPhoenix

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Bob Ham r...@settrans.net wrote: On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 21:19 +0200, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: Well, there are (or were) complete phones based on GTA04 available to buy from Golden Delicious, so yes, OpenPhoenux has already achieved production of any phone.

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Ed Kapitein
On 08/22/13 23:11, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: So what? Those are still phones. Working, functional phones which have much better specs than GTA02. User wants a free phone, user orders a free phone, user gets a free phone. Without the need of owning GTA02 and replacing motherboard by himself

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Thu 22 August 2013 21:44:13 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Am 22.08.2013 um 21:28 schrieb Bob Ham: On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 21:19 +0200, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: Well, there are (or were) complete phones based on GTA04 available to buy from Golden Delicious, so yes, OpenPhoenux has

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Thu 22 August 2013 23:00:52 Bob Ham wrote: muddled view of the situation. The idea that it would be possible for the community to produce a phone with the same kind of specs as the phone that Canonical, with its billionaire owner, just tried and *failed* to build, seems to me to be rooted

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Bob Ham
On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 23:20 +0200, joerg Reisenweber wrote: On Thu 22 August 2013 21:44:13 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Producing new cases is a matter of enough money, not of capabilities... As already suggested by me[1], you also could go the other way and adapt the PCB shape (plus a

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Bob Ham
On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 23:30 +0200, joerg Reisenweber wrote: If this Shuttleguy really been interested in building a Edge , he'd simply DO it instead of starting nonsensical crowdfunding. Don't you see this is a marketing gag, nothing else? No, I don't. It was indeed a wonderful marketing

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread kardan
On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:46:28 + Bob Ham r...@settrans.net wrote: On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 23:30 +0200, joerg Reisenweber wrote: If this Shuttleguy really been interested in building a Edge , he'd simply DO it instead of starting nonsensical crowdfunding. Don't you see this is a

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-07-30 Thread Lukas Märdian
Am 30.07.2013 22:43, schrieb Carsten Gerlach: Am 30.07.2013 20:59, schrieb Joshua Judson Rosen: They've already raised just over $7-million in just over 7 days; if they can keep up that momentum, maybe they /can/ actually meet the goal. Well, I wish them that they reach this goal, but it