Re: Idea for OpenMoko: Kid Mode

2007-01-25 Thread Gervais Mulongoy
Hello all, This doesn't have to be a feature restricted to kids. I routinely go over what is alloted by my current phone plan. And the carrier I am with isn't very forgiving. The bills pile up rapidly. Being able to define usage restrictions could be very useful as one could setup the profile ba

Squeak for the kids! Use Linux-vserver power before giving your Neo to a kid (or someone else) Re: Idea for OpenMoko: Kid Mode

2007-01-24 Thread Robert Michel
Salve Sam! On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Sam Kome wrote: > I like this thread, although I'm not giving my $350 phone to my kids! In case that I would have kids, I wouldn't either, it is because of the price, but also because it isn't rough enough. Some more stuff for kids: see my mail "OpenMoko/Neo1973 i

Re: Idea for OpenMoko: Kid Mode

2007-01-24 Thread Fabian Off
Well, but what about any free-lessons? I know your problem very well, being a student myself. I tried to solve it like you did, coding an application which selects - depending on the cell-id my phone supplies - the right profile. But I often get calls in times we have no school. The phone just don

RE: Idea for OpenMoko: Kid Mode

2007-01-24 Thread michael
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Sam Kome wrote: I like this thread, although I'm not giving my $350 phone to my kids! Not yet, no. My daughter gets my current phone as soon as I get the Neo 1973 (unless my wife wants it - she has priority.) My daughter gets my Neo V1 when V2 comes out! My goal of a

RE: Idea for OpenMoko: Kid Mode

2007-01-24 Thread Sam Kome
imenez Cc: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re: Idea for OpenMoko: Kid Mode On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 11:33 -0600, Paul Jimenez wrote: > How about a locked-down 'kid version' of the UI with touchable pictures for 'mommy', 'daddy', etc ? Maybe not even labelled, but jus

Re: Idea for OpenMoko: Kid Mode

2007-01-24 Thread michael
That is brilliant. As the parent of an 11-year old, I'd want a highly configurable profile: * Allow calls to/from (parents/grandparents/babysitter/etc.) anytime * Allow calls to/from (list of friends) between 4pm and 9pm weekdays, 10-10pm weekends only * Allow a maximum of (x) outgoing calls to

Re: Idea for OpenMoko: Kid Mode

2007-01-24 Thread Richard Franks
On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 11:33 -0600, Paul Jimenez wrote: > How about a locked-down 'kid version' of the UI with touchable pictures for > 'mommy', 'daddy', etc ? Maybe not even labelled, but just the pictures? Nice idea - I see where you're going with this, not making it too complex.. for slightly

Idea for OpenMoko: Kid Mode

2007-01-24 Thread Paul Jimenez
How about a locked-down 'kid version' of the UI with touchable pictures for 'mommy', 'daddy', etc ? Maybe not even labelled, but just the pictures? --pj ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/ma