Re: Will GTK be used in Openmoko? (was: Re: Software Status Update)

2008-05-19 Thread Stefan Gojan
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) schrieb: On Thu, 15 May 2008 19:56:41 +0200 Flemming Richter Mikkelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: On 5/15/08, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People that want to use Qt prob. prefer Qtopia over OM, so I think GTK is the only correct

Re: Will GTK be used in Openmoko? (was: Re: Software Status Update)

2008-05-19 Thread The Rasterman
On Mon, 19 May 2008 08:17:27 +0200 Stefan Gojan [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) schrieb: On Thu, 15 May 2008 19:56:41 +0200 Flemming Richter Mikkelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: On 5/15/08, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People that

Re: OpenMoko codebases with Linux Cross Reference (LXR)

2008-05-19 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | Andy Green wrote: | Somebody in the thread at some point said: | | Greetings all, | | | | I wonder if it would be useful for devel purposes to have the OM | | sourcetree imported into LXR

Re: Will GTK be used in Openmoko?

2008-05-19 Thread Piotr Duda
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) belkocze: [...] please READ THE EMAIL. suddenly the use of efl means We are efl based. the non-use of shipepd gtk apps means we dont support gtk and so on are all bizarre views people hold and are espousing on these lists. they are not true. we use EFL for

Re: Will GTK be used in Openmoko?

2008-05-19 Thread The Rasterman
On Mon, 19 May 2008 09:31:15 +0200 Piotr Duda [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) belkocze: [...] please READ THE EMAIL. suddenly the use of efl means We are efl based. the non-use of shipepd gtk apps means we dont support gtk and so on are all bizarre views people

Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-19 Thread Steffen Winkler
Hey guys, A few days ago, Steve said that the mass production will start on May 16...now, we have May 19 and I haven't found any announcement/confirmation that they are producing...so whats up? Are they already producing the Freerunner? Steffen -- Pt! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger

Re: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-19 Thread Michele Renda
shhh... don't get up the child :) Let them to work in peace, our baby is becoming bigger :) Steffen Winkler wrote: Hey guys, A few days ago, Steve said that the mass production will start on May 16...now, we have May 19 and I haven't found any announcement/confirmation that they are

Re: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-19 Thread Tim Niemeyer
Hallo Michele, * Michele Renda [EMAIL PROTECTED] [19-05-08 11:01]: shhh... don't get up the child :) Let them to work in peace, our baby is becoming bigger :) Uhh... please not more features, a working phone is big enough at first! Tim Niemeyer signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-19 Thread Michele Renda
I don't think they are implementing other features... it is a bit too late. I think they are testing what they already have. :) Tim Niemeyer wrote: Hallo Michele, * Michele Renda [EMAIL PROTECTED] [19-05-08 11:01]: shhh... don't get up the child :) Let them to work in peace, our baby is

Re: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-19 Thread Denis Shulyaka
2008/5/19, Michele Renda [EMAIL PROTECTED]: shhh... don't get up the child :) Let them to work in peace, our baby is becoming bigger :) It is OK if they need more time, we have already been waiting for a couple of years, so we can wait for a couple of weeks more. We just want to hear the

Re: GPRS IP Networking

2008-05-19 Thread Tim
Hi, I tried it two years ago with the german provider base (they had the first UMTS/GPRS flatrate). They gave my device some internal IP address. To get my device accessible from the internet I wrote a script that build an SSH tunnel (with port forwarding from server to mobile device) from

picking up voicemail

2008-05-19 Thread Ian Darwin
There ought to be a specialization of Dialer to be able to type your voicemail password without having it echo, switchable dynamically. Just an idea - my son was complaining that his cheap Nokia didn't have such a feature, so I figured that OpenMoko should.

Re: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-19 Thread digger vermont
On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 11:01 +0200, Michele Renda wrote: shhh... don't get up the child :) Let them to work in peace, our baby is becoming bigger :) It'd be fun to see a picture of them on the assembly line. Kinda like an ultrasound :) digger

Re: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-19 Thread Steven Le Roux
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:04 PM, digger vermont [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 11:01 +0200, Michele Renda wrote: shhh... don't get up the child :) Let them to work in peace, our baby is becoming bigger :) It'd be fun to see a picture of them on the assembly line. Kinda

ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread Ian Darwin
I have been using a FreeRunner for a few days with a pre-pre-alpha snapshot of the ASU software. For those who have been off-list for a while, or who have not been looking at the Wiki much, the April Software Update switches the Window Manager from matchbox to Enlightenment (E17) and the main

Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread Mo Abrahams
How does one go about getting the new software version as a qemu image? I am intrigued... and since I have (in the last week or so) started having doubts about getting a freerunner I would very much like something to inspire me again. It is not the freerunners fault, by the way, that I am having

Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread Carlo E. Prelz
Subject: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions Date: Mon 19 May 08 10:27:25AM -0400 Quoting Ian Darwin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): ... and the main applications from the GTK-based apps (developed by OpenMoko and OpenedHand) to QTopia (but using X11, of course). Thanks for

Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread Jakob
Hi to all (have been reading along this list for a long time :), Sure you can use the Freerunner without gsm. It will just be was any PDA without gsm-modem (well it will be better ;) Jake On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Mo Abrahams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How does one go about getting the

Re: GPRS IP Networking

2008-05-19 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Brandon Kruse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Either way, you could write a simple program on the phone to keep connecting to an end point (server) and give the server reverse access (stunnel) back to the device. Yeah, thats what I was hoping to avoid :-) I was

Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread Ian Darwin
I would like to know if the original GTK-based libraries and apps have been left in a decent (useable) state, and if it will be possible to switch to them in a direct and clean way. OF COURSE THEY ARE :-) Carsten has made it very clear on this same list within the last few days that all

Re: picking up voicemail

2008-05-19 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Ian Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There ought to be a specialization of Dialer to be able to type your voicemail password without having it echo, switchable dynamically. Just an idea - my son was complaining that his cheap Nokia didn't have such a feature,

Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread Carlo E. Prelz
Subject: Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions Date: Mon 19 May 08 12:16:30PM -0400 Quoting Ian Darwin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I would like to know if the original GTK-based libraries and apps have been left in a decent (useable) state, and if it will be possible to

Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread Kevin Dean
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Ian Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been using a FreeRunner for a few days with a pre-pre-alpha snapshot of the ASU software. I've done Daily Snapshot Reviews since January. I enjoy bug hunting and communication. Where can I get this image? Does it run

Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread Travis Tabbal
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Carlo E. Prelz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those apps are the heart of the phone, and I would not want to have C++/QT versions running on my phone. I really don't understand the sentiment there. If the app works well and gets the job done, why does it matter

Re: picking up voicemail

2008-05-19 Thread Steven Milburn
Hmmm, the two would seem to counteract each other. (not displaying, but remembering it for you) I would be happy if it acted like my office phone does. It only displays, and re-dials, the actual phone number, and nothing after that. This is easy to do on a cell phone. Display the number typed

Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread Michael Shiloh
Ian Darwin wrote: I have been using a FreeRunner for a few days with a pre-pre-alpha snapshot of the ASU software. For those who have been off-list for a while, or who have not been looking at the Wiki much, the April Software Update switches the Window Manager from matchbox to Enlightenment

Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread Ivo Anjo
I second that. Is there a way to test the new software on qemu? Looking forward to start hacking stuff on my OM... Ivo On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Mo Abrahams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How does one go about getting the new software version as a qemu image? I am intrigued... and since I

RE: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-19 Thread steve
The factory made us do one more Pre MP run to maximize yield. basically you build a XyZ phones. you test them, Xy% pass the test, and the factory says. good. can you reduce the test time and decrease the false negatives on the test software, because that bad phone really was good. arrg. Talked

Re: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-19 Thread Alexander Frøyseth
Can you estimate a time frame? Please Alexander Frøyseth steve skrev: The factory made us do one more Pre MP run to maximize yield. basically you build a XyZ phones. you test them, Xy% pass the test, and the factory says. good. can you reduce the test time and decrease the false negatives on

Re: picking up voicemail

2008-05-19 Thread Lasse Poulsen
On Mon, 19 May 2008 11:49:20 -0700 Steven Kurylo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Steven Milburn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm, the two would seem to counteract each other. (not displaying, but remembering it for you) Not at all. When I enter a password in my

Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread Fredrik Wendt
Travis Tabbal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Carlo E. Prelz wrote: Those apps are the heart of the phone, and I would not want to have C++/QT versions running on my phone. I really don't understand the sentiment there. If the app works well and gets the job

Re: picking up voicemail

2008-05-19 Thread ian douglas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not at all. When I enter a password in my blackberry, it shows the character for a second, then puts in a *. The Samsung Blackjack 2 does this too, pretty handy to making sure you've typed what you intended. Lasse Poulsen wrote: On my old old old Nokia 1610 i

Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread Kevin Dean
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Fredrik Wendt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Travis Tabbal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Carlo E. Prelz wrote: Those apps are the heart of the phone, and I would not want to have C++/QT versions running on my phone. I really don't

Re: OpenMoko codebases with Linux Cross Reference (LXR)

2008-05-19 Thread Arnout Engelen
Joachim Steiger wrote: Nicholas A. Bellinger | I wonder if it would be useful for devel purposes to have the OM | sourcetree imported into LXR (http://lxr.linux.no/) currently i would rather like to put that onto the 'todo when we have a bit more time again' list. This seems like a great

Re: OpenMoko codebases with Linux Cross Reference (LXR)

2008-05-19 Thread Joachim Steiger
Andy Green wrote: | currently i would rather like to put that onto the 'todo when we have a | bit more time again' list. Never, then :-) didn't say that. but we have to prioritize stuff, else we will sink that boat pretty fast by drilling to many holes without proper plugging em. ;) | also

My Openmoko blog is aimed at helping Freerunner users get started

2008-05-19 Thread Michael Shiloh
I've just posted about the software update that has been discussed here today, so I figured I'd take this opportunity to tell you all about my blog: gettingstartedopenmoko.wordpress.com I welcome comments but please be gentle. I'm new to blogging. Seriously, feedback and suggestions

RE: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-19 Thread steve
yes. I figure the first of June or such phones will ship out of china to Disty in EU and our HUB in the US. We still need to figure whether to air freight or sea ship. that’s a 2-3 diffrence right there. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: My Openmoko blog is aimed at helping Freerunner users get started

2008-05-19 Thread Brandon Kruse
Hey michael. I think this is a great idea for you and other openmoko employees, but why not just run your own wordpress? Its so simple. Blogs.openmoko.com or something. Either way, the idea of internal people blogging is great :) -- Brandon Kruse On May 19, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Michael

RE: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-19 Thread steve
I'm a Dope. best case is I would start to test phones around the first of june. Then pack and ship. Air freight is probably 1 week to Fremont ca. Sea is like 3-4 weeks. hate logistics yet? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of steve

Re: Europe Distribution

2008-05-19 Thread Samuel Melrose
Oh right, well thank you =]. You say selling, sorry to take your words so seriously... but are they already on sale? I've heard a few people say that they are on sale in the US, but I've seen nothing. Has anyone got anything on this please? I know its probably on the mailing list

Re: GPRS IP Networking

2008-05-19 Thread Samuel Melrose
Hey, Erm, you say that SMS is free, or at-least receiving them is. Maybe if you could implement such an application, you could get your server to SMS your phone when you have important messages with a special trigger code, and then you're phone would connect and download the messages? Not

Re: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-19 Thread Mischa Beitz
Ok . . . this a completely self interested question. I'm ALREADY IN CHINA and would happily venture to the factory to get my hands on one of these (I've been using a company phone for the last month waiting for it to appear - the boss is starting to wonder). Is this possible? Where in China is

Re: Europe Distribution

2008-05-19 Thread Al Johnson
One of the resellers in Germany appeared to be accepting orders last I looked, but production handsets aren't shipping yet. See Steve's post from this evening for an official update on timescales. Some key developers have recently received preproduction handsets, so someone may have mistaken

Re: My Openmoko blog is aimed at helping Freerunner users get started

2008-05-19 Thread Michael Shiloh
Good idea, but not top priority for a little while. M Brandon Kruse wrote: Hey michael. I think this is a great idea for you and other openmoko employees, but why not just run your own wordpress? Its so simple. Blogs.openmoko.com or something. Either way, the idea of internal people

Re: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-19 Thread George Brooke
On Mon, 19 May 2008 15:12:12 -0700 steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hate logistics yet? I'm sure that some people enjoy organising stuff like that, I'm certainly not one of them! Good to know that the phone is beginning to materialise though, solar.george

Re: Europe Distribution

2008-05-19 Thread Bastian Muck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Your question was answered 27 minutes before you wrote to the mailinglist. see: http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-May/017531.html I guess somewhere in the last week of june (when shipped via air). But this is just my guess!

Re: My Openmoko blog is aimed at helping Freerunner users get started

2008-05-19 Thread George Brooke
Hi, It would be great if you could post instructions for emulating the new software solar.george On Mon, 19 May 2008 14:54:56 -0700 Michael Shiloh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just posted about the software update that has been discussed here today, so I figured I'd take this opportunity to

Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread Mike Montour
Ian Darwin wrote: I have been using a FreeRunner for a few days with a pre-pre-alpha snapshot of the ASU software. [...] Short form: functionally, it works. Among other things, the phone wakes up reliably on incoming rings (assuming it's booted and suspended, of course), and GSM voice works

Re: My Openmoko blog is aimed at helping Freerunner users get started

2008-05-19 Thread Ian Darwin
Michael Shiloh wrote: I've just posted about the software update that has been discussed here today, so I figured I'd take this opportunity to tell you all about my blog: Cool! Here is another FAQ entry (with a few holes to be filled in):

Re: My Openmoko blog is aimed at helping Freerunner users get started

2008-05-19 Thread Michael Shiloh
Yeah - I was thinking of that after I saw the questions regarding running OSA on Qemu. I'll post this as soon as I find out how to do this :-) Michael George Brooke wrote: Hi, It would be great if you could post instructions for emulating the new software solar.george On Mon, 19 May 2008

Re: My Openmoko blog is aimed at helping Freerunner users get started

2008-05-19 Thread George Brooke
Great, It will need a custom kernel patched for the emulator it appears. George On Mon, 19 May 2008 16:42:43 -0700 Michael Shiloh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah - I was thinking of that after I saw the questions regarding running OSA on Qemu. I'll post this as soon as I find out how to do

Re: Will GTK be used in Openmoko?

2008-05-19 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: no it was not announced. it was a management decision. :) [CUT] Im not trying to continue this thread, Im not trying to start any flame wars about one toolkit vs another... Im very sorry if it looked like this - it was no my intention... :-) that's

Re: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-19 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
digger vermont wrote: On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 11:01 +0200, Michele Renda wrote: shhh... don't get up the child :) Let them to work in peace, our baby is becoming bigger :) It'd be fun to see a picture of them on the assembly line. This [1] is not live neither it's building a Freerunner, but

Re: GPRS IP Networking

2008-05-19 Thread Steven Kurylo
Erm, you say that SMS is free, or at-least receiving them is. Maybe if you could implement such an application, you could get your server to SMS your phone when you have important messages with a special trigger code, and then you're phone would connect and download the messages? Not sure if

Re: Will GTK be used in Openmoko?

2008-05-19 Thread Rod Whitby
Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: Well, I much appreciate your work and your openness with community, unfortunately I can't say the same about Openmoko in this occasion since this should be an Open company and so I'd have appreciated it more if the decision would have been debated before with

Re: Will GTK be used in Openmoko?

2008-05-19 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Rod Whitby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: Well, I much appreciate your work and your openness with community, unfortunately I can't say the same about Openmoko in this occasion since this should be an Open company and so I'd have

Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread liwei
On 一, 2008-05-19 at 16:27 -0700, Mike Montour wrote: Ian Darwin wrote: Thanks for posting your review. Perhaps you (or another Freerunner user) can answer a few more questions: How good is the audio quality when having a GSM voice conversation with another person? Can the other caller

Re: GPRS IP Networking

2008-05-19 Thread Bastian Muck
What about the Email-Push-Service. I don't know if this is provider specific. T-Mobile Germany offers this service for about 5 €/month with free transfer. I don't know how it works, but the name makes me think, the provider pushes the mail to the phone. Any ideas? Greetings Bastian Steven

Re: Will GTK be used in Openmoko?

2008-05-19 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Steven Kurylo wrote: And you'd end up arguing about the colour of the bike shed none stop. Some decisions openmoko just needs make to deliver us a phone. I know and I appreciate it... I'd just like more if they would have a better communication with us and with 3rd party developers (anyway

Re: GPRS IP Networking

2008-05-19 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Bastian Muck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about the Email-Push-Service. I don't know if this is provider specific. T-Mobile Germany offers this service for about 5 €/month with free transfer. I don't know how it works, but the name makes me think, the provider

Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

2008-05-19 Thread The Rasterman
On Mon, 19 May 2008 10:27:25 -0400 Ian Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: 2) The ASU software features a qwerty-keyboard. It is switchable between alphabetics and numerics; unfortunately the gesture needed to do this (a triangle drawn counter-clockwise from lower left) is a bit hard to it is?

Re: My Openmoko blog is aimed at helping Freerunner users get started

2008-05-19 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, Seriously, feedback and suggestions are welcomed. very good idea. Thumbs up! Dirk ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community