Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-28 Thread Doug Jones
Well, here is a single part that would make it much easier to try out WiFi antennas, other kinds of antennas, all kinds of random hardware... http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wishlist:ExpansionSpacer ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-18 Thread Jeff Rush
Doug Jones wrote: > Well, here is a single part that would make it much easier to try out > WiFi antennas, other kinds of antennas, all kinds of random hardware... > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wishlist:ExpansionSpacer A very cool idea - I'd love to have one or two of those, for up to US$30 e

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-18 Thread Robin Paulson
fantastic idea. very flexible, and allows addition of multiple microSD (assuming the necessary IO pins are avialable), batteries, a hi-power LED for a torch, extra buttons, a scroll-wheel, all sorts. On 7/19/07, Doug Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, here is a single part that would make it

Re: ExpansionSpacer (was: Re: this phone, with WiFi)

2007-07-18 Thread Eric van Horssen
Doug Jones wrote: Well, here is a single part that would make it much easier to try out WiFi antennas, other kinds of antennas, all kinds of random hardware... http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wishlist:ExpansionSpacer I think this is a great idea!! Just a small observation, isn't the battery be

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-17 Thread Joachim Steiger
Mikko Rauhala wrote: > ti, 2007-07-17 kello 21:47 +0200, Visti Andresen kirjoitti: >> And finally one more sour lemon, as far as I remember this version of the >> Neo only has USB 1. That will limit the maximum network speed to 11Mb/s >> and that even before deducting USB protocol and driver waste

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-17 Thread Mikko Rauhala
ti, 2007-07-17 kello 21:47 +0200, Visti Andresen kirjoitti: > And finally one more sour lemon, as far as I remember this version of the > Neo only has USB 1. That will limit the maximum network speed to 11Mb/s > and that even before deducting USB protocol and driver waste of bits... I don't know i

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-17 Thread angusa
On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 05:56:19PM -0400, Clay Williams wrote: > > If you do decide to go this route (building a 5V supply), you can power > it from > the neo's 3.7V battery with an LM2621 chip from national semiconductor. It > claims to have 87% efficiency converting 3.6V to 5V with a 500 mA loa

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-17 Thread Visti Andresen
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:25:49 +0200 Visti Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:56:19 -0400 > Clay Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Quoting Christian Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Doug Jones schrieb: > > > > > >> Assuming one has an appropriate cable, and

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-17 Thread Visti Andresen
On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:56:19 -0400 Clay Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Christian Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Doug Jones schrieb: > > > >> Assuming one has an appropriate cable, and assuming one can find some > >> way to get power into the thing, it ought to be possible to ma

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-17 Thread Ted Lemon
Another option: http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/08/ how_to_build_a_4_x_aa_usb_batt.html or: http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/05/ mintyboost_small_batterypowere.html You can buy this second one as a kit for about $20. You'd have to rewire it a bit to provide bus power,

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-17 Thread Clay Williams
Quoting Christian Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Doug Jones schrieb: Assuming one has an appropriate cable, and assuming one can find some way to get power into the thing, it ought to be possible to make it work with the Neo. (The Neo that is hopefully shipping next week, the one without built-

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-16 Thread Mikko Rauhala
ma, 2007-07-16 kello 12:01 +0200, Visti Andresen kirjoitti: > But if all of the issues are solved one gets an internally wifi enabled > phone. (The joy) But I must admit I think I'll stick with USB and/or PAN > networking for quite a while... Indeed. I'm certainly going to set up PAN at home, and

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-16 Thread Visti Andresen
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:11:08 +0300 Mikko Rauhala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > su, 2007-07-15 kello 20:22 -0700, Doug Jones kirjoitti: > > Anyway, figuring out how to power an external WiFi adapter isn't the > > main issue. The question is, is it worth the time to monkey around with > > WiFi dri

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-16 Thread Mikko Rauhala
su, 2007-07-15 kello 20:22 -0700, Doug Jones kirjoitti: > Anyway, figuring out how to power an external WiFi adapter isn't the > main issue. The question is, is it worth the time to monkey around with > WiFi drivers for hardware that isn't going into the final product, just > so we can test WiF

RE: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-15 Thread Richard Reichenbacher
Christian Fischer Cc: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re: this phone, with WiFi Christian Fischer wrote: > Doug Jones schrieb: > >> Assuming one has an appropriate cable, and assuming one can find some >> way to get power into the thing, it ought to be possible to make it

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-15 Thread Doug Jones
Christian Fischer wrote: Doug Jones schrieb: Assuming one has an appropriate cable, and assuming one can find some way to get power into the thing, it ought to be possible to make it work with the Neo. (The Neo that is hopefully shipping next week, the one without built-in WiFi.) The USB-Bus

Re: this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-15 Thread Christian Fischer
Doug Jones schrieb: > Assuming one has an appropriate cable, and assuming one can find some > way to get power into the thing, it ought to be possible to make it work > with the Neo. (The Neo that is hopefully shipping next week, the one > without built-in WiFi.) The USB-Bus Device is unpowered.

this phone, with WiFi

2007-07-15 Thread Doug Jones
I have a little WiFi USB dongle. Found it at Frys for like $5. Tried it on an Ubuntu machine about a year ago. It works. Assuming one has an appropriate cable, and assuming one can find some way to get power into the thing, it ought to be possible to make it work with the Neo. (The Neo tha