Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-17 Thread Ian Stirling
Lars Hallberg wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: the GPS daemon would need to be updated to allow for kallman filtering using those accelerometers, so that the GPS apps could continue pointing the phones location inside tunnels and stuff Unfortunately not. As already pointed out on that list,

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-12 Thread Lars Hallberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: the GPS daemon would need to be updated to allow for kallman filtering using those accelerometers, so that the GPS apps could continue pointing the phones location inside tunnels and stuff Unfortunately not. As already pointed out on that list, the accelerometers error

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-05 Thread Raphaël Jacquot
el jefe delito wrote: Could someone please explain to me the difference between Phase 1 and Phase 2 phones, from an availability standpoint? Will it be the Phase1 being released in September, and Phase2 sometime in 2008? Or is Phase1 a design prototype and Phase2 closer to the for-sale unit

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-05 Thread Mauro Iazzi
On 05/06/07, Tim Newsom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If your tracking movement with 2 3D accelerometers... What would another one provide. As far as I can tell (I am not an expert...) Tracking all 6 vectors will tell you absolute movement in space. I.e, when 2 vectors point in the same direction

Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-05 Thread Ortwin Regel
Including more than one accelerometer doesn't really make sense I think because there are rotation sensors for detecting rotation. I have one in my DS Motion ( ndsmotion.com ) which can detect rotation around one axis. Include 3 of those (or probably a combined one) and you are good to go. In

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-05 Thread David Duardo
Why the Neo is going to have 2 tri-axis accelerometers is beyond me. The only reason you would want to use 2 3d accelerometers is if you want higher accuracy in rotation measurements, but for the type of application I see little gain in the extra accuracy. The Nintendo Wiimote only uses 1 3d

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-05 Thread Al Johnson
I think the reason for using accelerometers not solid state gyros is cost. Sean quoted $3 for accels on the list a while back, while 3 axis gyros with SPI were closer to $20 last I looked, and that was for one that wasn't available yet. Production will ramp up, prices will fall and a future

Accelerometer Fundamentals (was Re: Neo1973 Update!)

2007-06-05 Thread openmoko
I think the reason for using accelerometers not solid state gyros is cost. Sean quoted $3 for accels on the list a while back, while 3 axis gyros with SPI were closer to $20 last I looked, and that was for one that wasn't available yet. Production will ramp up, prices will fall and a future

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-04 Thread Marcin Juszkiewicz
Dnia niedziela, 3 czerwca 2007, Oleg Gusev napisał: Am Sonntag, 3. Juni 2007 17:00 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Phase 2 (GTA-02) will feature: -a 2D/3D-Graphics Accelerator This one needs more clarification. I doubt that it will be some ATI chipset. Looking at recently released code from

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-04 Thread Oleg Gusev
Am Montag, 4. Juni 2007 09:09 schrieb Marcin Juszkiewicz: Looking at recently released code from coreteam it will be SMedia chip. Yes, having such chip http://www.smediatech.com/product3370.htm would be really nice. And as user of ATI gfx cards I am happy that they do not use ATI chipsets as

Re: [Fwd: Re: Neo1973 Update!]

2007-06-04 Thread Attila Csipa
On Sunday 03 June 2007 19:47, kenneth marken wrote: 3dacceleration? That means 3D desktop can be done now? Or what should we think of that? My guess is that the primary application of that chip will be audio/video reproduction, and perhaps some blitting improvements, the 3D part is just

Re: [Fwd: Re: Neo1973 Update!]

2007-06-04 Thread Florent THIERY
My guess is that the primary application of that chip will be audio/video reproduction, and perhaps some blitting improvements, the 3D part is just bonus/eyecandy material. I do not agree with you: the neo currently struggles with 2D drawing; a real (understand: usable) zooming user interface

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-04 Thread Raphaël Jacquot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And the finally thing everybody has been asking for: 2 Accelerometers. F**k yeah. Looking forward to it. (Has anyone heard any updates concerning possible multi-touch-abilities of the neo yet?) the GPS daemon would need to be updated to allow for kallman filtering

Re: [Fwd: Re: Neo1973 Update!]

2007-06-04 Thread Attila Csipa
On Monday 04 June 2007 11:03, Florent THIERY wrote: My guess is that the primary application of that chip will be audio/video reproduction, and perhaps some blitting improvements, the 3D part is just bonus/eyecandy material. I do not agree with you: the neo currently struggles with 2D

Re: [Fwd: Re: Neo1973 Update!]

2007-06-04 Thread Attila Csipa
On Monday 04 June 2007 12:48, Frank Coenen wrote: H264 will probably not work. If you look at the website: http://www.smediatech.com/product3370.htm The chip used by the GTA_02 will probably be the 3362-version. That supports VGA displays, but does not support H264. At least it lists MPEG4,

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-04 Thread Florent THIERY
From official SMedia press release for Glamo3662 [1]: * MPEG4 full hardware codec function * 5M pixel high resolution picture Glamo3362 supports up to 5M pixel resolution picture function, including auto focus, auto white balance and auto exposure that are reaching the image quality of a

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-04 Thread Al Johnson
On Monday 04 June 2007 10:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the GPS daemon would need to be updated to allow for kallman filtering using those accelerometers, so that the GPS apps could continue pointing the phones location inside tunnels and stuff Unfortunately not. As already pointed out on

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-04 Thread Rory McCann
Florent THIERY wrote: Just a thought: on macbooks, apple uses the hard drive's acceleration sensors (normally, safety function) as input device. Wanna tilt your neo? :) Someone wrote a programme that'll emit star wars light saber noises when you swing your laptop around. It'd be cool to have

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-04 Thread Thomas Gstädtner
Wow, that all sounds really awsome! But there's one thing I don't understand: I expected the Phase 2 Hardware to be the same as in Phase 1+. So does this new informations mean P1+ will get this fantastic hardware upgrade, too or is it just for P2 which will be different to P1+ then? The Neo seems

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-04 Thread el jefe delito
How does Phase1 and Phase2 differ for the user (non-dev) who will be buying in September (or whenever the release date is)? Will the first public release of these phones be Phase2 or Phase2+? Should we be hyping the wifi on the Neo1973 when discussing the phone with others, or should we be

Re: [Fwd: Re: Neo1973 Update!]

2007-06-04 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
Florent THIERY wrote: My guess is that the primary application of that chip will be audio/video reproduction, and perhaps some blitting improvements, the 3D part is just bonus/eyecandy material. I do not agree with you: the neo currently struggles with 2D drawing; a real (understand: usable)

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-04 Thread Shawn Rutledge
Hmm. Are there any existing devices or eval boards that have this chip? On 6/4/07, Florent THIERY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From official SMedia press release for Glamo3662 [1]: ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: [Fwd: Re: Neo1973 Update!]

2007-06-04 Thread Bradley Hook
I imagine some creative programmer could offload some GPS calculations into 3D space... just an idea if the GPU is very efficient. ~Bradley Attila Csipa wrote: On Monday 04 June 2007 11:03, Florent THIERY wrote: My guess is that the primary application of that chip will be audio/video

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-04 Thread kkr
If I well understand, three accelerometers are necessary to fully define all phone's movements. Isn't it? http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-May/005216.html So, what's the reason to have only two, and not three 3D accelerometers? - the cost?... 3 $US (But I don't know if it's a

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-04 Thread Steven **
There are two 3D accelerometers according to the talk at Tossug. -Steven On 6/4/07, kkr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I well understand, three accelerometers are necessary to fully define all phone's movements. Isn't it? http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-May/005216.html So,

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-04 Thread Tim Newsom
If your tracking movement with 2 3D accelerometers... What would another one provide. As far as I can tell (I am not an expert...) Tracking all 6 vectors will tell you absolute movement in space. I.e, when 2 vectors point in the same direction with the same magnitude at approximately the same

Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread openmokolist . 50 . minime
Hi list, I got some news to share with you. As of Mickey's OpenMoko-talk at the Berliner LinuxTag (LinuxDay) there are some new hardware information: Phase 2 (GTA-02) will feature: -a 2D/3D-Graphics Accelerator -256MByte of Flash Memory -WiFi -updated battery: 1700mAh And the finally thing

Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread openmokolist . 50 . minime
... so excited that I completly forgot to give you my source: http://sicherheitsschwankung.de/gallery/v/openmoko/IMG_8662-slide.JPG.html tim/minime ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread kenneth marken
Phase 2 (GTA-02) will feature: -a 2D/3D-Graphics Accelerator -256MByte of Flash Memory -WiFi -updated battery: 1700mAh oh ye flippin gods! yes, now we are talking phone! im seriously looking forward to seeing what people can make of this device :D

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread Dylan McCall
Samsung S3C2442/400 does 400 mHz, right? That almost beats the ancient and huge PC I am typing this on right now. (Just 50 mHz short). And if we count bluetooth, touch screen and form factor, that PC is now useless except as a file server! (Well, assuming the graphics accelerator is nice. It

[Fwd: Re: Neo1973 Update!]

2007-06-03 Thread kenneth marken
An one more thing.. Is there a camera for the phone too? Just because I saw on the Samsung's website that it has a camera support: Camera Interface supporting up to 4096 x 4096 resolution (2048 x 2048 pixel input support for scaling)

[Fwd: Re: Neo1973 Update!]

2007-06-03 Thread kenneth marken
3dacceleration? That means 3D desktop can be done now? Or what should we think of that? Dan On 6/3/07, kenneth marken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phase 2 (GTA-02) will feature: -a 2D/3D-Graphics Accelerator -256MByte of Flash Memory -WiFi -updated battery: 1700mAh oh ye flippin gods! yes,

Re: [Fwd: Re: Neo1973 Update!]

2007-06-03 Thread Richard Boehme
Hmm, does that list mean that the GTA-02 will lose the GPS and the bluetooth? Also, it would be nice to know when GTA-02 has been pushed back to. Does anyone have any information on that? Thanks. Richard ___ OpenMoko community mailing list

Re: [Fwd: Re: Neo1973 Update!]

2007-06-03 Thread Edwin Lock
Does this mean the Neo 1973 has this hardware? That would just be fantastic :) When will Phase 2 be ready? 3d desktop would be really cool too, but I think the desktop at the moment is best for such a small screen.. ___ OpenMoko community mailing list

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread Denis Parchenko
Phase 2 (GTA-02) will feature: -a 2D/3D-Graphics Accelerator -256MByte of Flash Memory -WiFi -updated battery: 1700mAh That would be f%%%ing great =) And what's about price of GTA-02? =#=-===-===#=--- - -- -=#=-- - - - - Best regards, Denis

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread Zack Shivers
Excellent news. I'm looking forward do doing development on such a rich platform, in terms of both the hardware and software. Any word on what specific chip the graphics acceleration will be? Also, I know people have been asking a lot for Wifi, which is definitely a good feature considering the

Re: [Fwd: Re: Neo1973 Update!]

2007-06-03 Thread Frank Coenen
No... Look at the rest ;-) That would also mean that GTA02 doesn't have a gsm-chip :-p The GTA02 part simply says what it has extra to the GTAb_v4 On 6/3/07, Richard Boehme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm, does that list mean that the GTA-02 will lose the GPS and the bluetooth? Also, it would be

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread Ortwin Regel
Sounds great! Now I have to figure out if I wait for phase 2 or get a phase 1 device ASAP and upgrade later... I really need a phone NOW but I also need a phone with Wifi, Accelerometers and more raw power! B) Ortwin On 6/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list, I got some

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread Oleg Gusev
Am Sonntag, 3. Juni 2007 17:00 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Phase 2 (GTA-02) will feature: -a 2D/3D-Graphics Accelerator This one needs more clarification. I doubt that it will be some ATI chipset. Oleg. ___ OpenMoko community mailing list

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread Tomasz Zielinski
2007/6/3, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Phase 2 (GTA-02) will feature: -a 2D/3D-Graphics Accelerator -256MByte of Flash Memory -WiFi -updated battery: 1700mAh Well, GTA-01 is now definitely dead on arrival. Without finished software is hasn't any chance. My bet: it won't be sold at

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread Hans Cats
2007/6/3, Tomasz Zielinski [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2007/6/3, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Phase 2 (GTA-02) will feature: -a 2D/3D-Graphics Accelerator -256MByte of Flash Memory -WiFi -updated battery: 1700mAh Well, GTA-01 is now definitely dead on arrival. Without finished software

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread Frank Coenen
Developers, developers, developers!!! (Steve Balmer style, if you know what I mean). It will be a while for GTA_02 to come out. The GTA_01 batch will probably be sold to (community)developers. Hardware will of course be continually upgraded, but you have to start somewere with the software.

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread Mark Eichin
Well, GTA-01 is now definitely dead on arrival. Without finished software is hasn't any chance. My bet: it won't be sold at all, nobody would buy it now. GTA-02 will be the first model on sale. Am I correct? Not a chance. It's a common mistake (sometimes called The Osborne Mistake after

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread Jeff Andros
On 6/3/07, Tomasz Zielinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Well, GTA-01 is now definitely dead on arrival. Without finished software is hasn't any chance. My bet: it won't be sold at all, nobody would buy it now. GTA-02 will be the first model on sale. /snip Actually, I think this is great