Openmoko - opportunity to have collective "community" server side assistance

2008-01-28 Thread JW
nominated developers * funded by donation? the advantages of having this all on "OpenMokoServer" will really draw the community together I think JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.o

Re: GTA02 powered USB host port and power management (Was: Re: Worries are gone? (was FM Tuner for RDS on the Neo ?))

2008-01-31 Thread JW
the tables show which type of speeds offer what rewards http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_GTA01_Power_Management JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Wiki - confusion

2008-02-02 Thread JW
linked to by 50 other pages many in other languages Should i just go ahead and change the core structure to being correct and the rest will follow?Is there someone overlooking wiki structure? JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list

Re: Wiki - confusion

2008-02-03 Thread JW
that is definitely needed before u start selling Freerunner :-) JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

New wiki page - Problems of typical "closed" phones

2008-02-03 Thread JW
Hi Openmoko community I created a new page to list the problems of typical "closed" phones with the intention of informing potential Openmoko phone buyers. Please add your examples to the 4 I included as a starting point. Feedback welcome! :-) JW http://wiki.openmok

Re: New wiki page - Problems of typical

2008-02-03 Thread JW
> > Quite a few of the 'problems' you have pointed out are carrier issues not > handset issues, ie it wont matter if you have a GTA01/02 or not. eg the use > of voip software... > > Andy > Andy If you look I specifically said VOIP over wifi. OpenMoko ph

Re: New wiki page - Problems of typical

2008-02-03 Thread JW
stand corrected - I will remove this one Please add others that you have ideas for JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: GTA02 Wiki update/ GTA02 ordering thought

2008-02-05 Thread JW
; one,will be buying a GTA02. Already exists http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Buying_Interest_List JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: how to enable usb host mode?

2008-02-05 Thread JW
to create?? Are there any file need to be modified to get host mode up.thanks in advance for any help.-Phani if you are talking about GTA01 then there is no host mode (I believe). GTA02 (not released yet) has 100mA host mode JW ___ OpenMoko community

Re: Wiki - confusion

2008-02-05 Thread JW
Pioter view properly (check further up thread) Would be good to know from one of Openmoko team members (michael?) so wiki can reflect correct picture JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman

Re: Wiki - confusion

2008-02-05 Thread JW
:-) Ok will use this in Wiki from now on. Still seems wierd to have 2 names for 1 phone... anyways... This article agrees with you http://gizmodo.com/339965/openmoko-launches-neo-freerunner-open+source-smartphone-for-the-masses JW ___ OpenMoko

Wiki - New Page - OpenMoko Community Applications

2008-02-06 Thread JW
ki.openmoko.org/wiki/OpenMoko_Community_Applications JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Wiki - New Page - OpenMoko Community Applications

2008-02-07 Thread JW
peal to the ordinary smartphone user * add the link to the projects page (which I meant to add but forgot) If anyone feels that is counterproductive then feel free to remove and simply replace with a link to the projects page. JW ___ OpenMoko co

A bit of fun - freerunner and the wisdom of crowds

2008-02-07 Thread JW
nMoko community to whip up a little webpage script which allows you to * enter your nick * click yes/no if you will buy yourself * enter your guess for no. sold in first two months * press button to see results (min/max/ave/no.of votes/no.of intended purchasers) Anyone offering to make the webpage

Re: A bit of fun - freerunner and the wisdom of crowds

2008-02-08 Thread JW
dy aware of this page - i am already in the list! but hard to put a script in a wiki page? beyond me anyway! anyone else offers to do this (see first post)? JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: A bit of fun - freerunner and the wisdom of crowds

2008-02-09 Thread JW
Tim Kersten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As there doesn't seem to be any takers, I'll offer to give it a shot.--tim nice one tim! JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.o

Re: Power management questions

2008-02-10 Thread JW
CesarB/cpufreq. Apps/userspace can control this and screen on/off JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: A bit of fun - freerunner and the wisdom of crowds

2008-02-11 Thread JW
> http://openmoko.hobby-site.com/It has the features that were mentioned in the original opening email of this thread. It's not possible to edit entries at the moment, but I can add this if it's needed. I figured it doesn't need any authentication. Do you think a captcha is necessary? Feedback is o

topic for next community update [was Community Update Wed Feb 13 2008]

2008-02-14 Thread JW
. Will take a little longer but will impress journalists more... 3) What does Sean think of the numbers here! :-) http://openmoko.hobby-site.com/ JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: topic for next community update [was Community Update Wed Feb 13 2008]

2008-02-14 Thread JW
> this is going well. Sounds great! > I think its fine if > we target providing solid very minmal apps initially I agree Thanks for the info Andy. JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Wiki - organising by end user type - Wiki Personas

2008-02-16 Thread JW
Hi All Do you have comments about the Wiki Personas now described here? http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Personas JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Wiki - organising by end user type - Wiki Personas

2008-02-16 Thread JW
I still think using [[categories]] will help once the wiki and phone user types are defined. JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Wiki - organising by end user type - Wiki Personas

2008-02-17 Thread JW
PS adding "Stan the student" wasn't me :-) JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: To everybody! Brenda -Full time editor on board

2008-02-19 Thread JW
welcome Brenda! It is good that you have arrived! JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Virtual QWERTY Keyboards to be used with Fingers...

2008-02-24 Thread JW
078334075080674416&ei=JYfBR4D9KIPUwwHewPiRDQ&usg=AFQjCNHPLpw6J0mNpCdiI71pmE7k9b563A&sig2=vSrR8kyg4wwdAEIxO6GKqQ 2) how did you get dasher to work on the desktop to try out.i tried on desktop (ubuntu 7.10) sudo apt-get install dasher but t

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread JW
> That was my original thought, but then I thought "why not go with > something a little more exotic?" Why do people want metal cases so much...???Features in wiki hardware wishlist too. My thought is aluminium = metal = faraday cage = stops gps, gsm, wifi, bt signal

Re: Application idea: Bicycle computer

2008-03-06 Thread JW
cure / waterproof is very important If you want to proceed then many precision eng companies can convert IGES to CNC I would estimate 2500 dollars as a single unit job if you can find the right guys JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list communit

Re: Metal case [was: Application idea: Bicycle computer]

2008-03-07 Thread JW
mensions between GTA01 and GTA02. This is because we have different components inside (Wifi antenna? etc) JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Porting OpenMoko to a system with 320*240 LCD screen

2008-03-09 Thread JW
Tand see also this (and add your experience) http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/OpenMoko-supported_hardware JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: FreeRunner delayed a further 6 months?!?!??

2008-03-14 Thread JW
On 14/03/2008, Tom Cooksey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.telecoms.com/itmgcontent/tcoms/news/articles/20017514053.html > Please, PLEASE tell me this is not true? Or at least it's the consumer > version >that's delayed? Is this just not sowing seeds of realism along previous lines...? F

Re: FreeRunner delayed a further 6 months?!?!??

2008-03-14 Thread JW
On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wake up, folks, the Neo/Freerunner/whatever is *NEVER* going to be > available as a "consumer" device. troll-tastic! JW ___ OpenMoko community

Re: FreeRunner delayed a further 6 months?!?!??

2008-03-15 Thread JW
On 16/03/2008, "Marco Trevisan (TreviƱo)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So please, give us some words about delays if there are any... NO! You don't get these words from Openmoko You already know what you get 1) full access to kernel/dev discussions - you should make your own mind up on what the

Re: FreeRunner delayed a further 6 months?!?!??

2008-03-16 Thread JW
extensively described otherwise as the policy of the project team) might even be considered extreme arrogance. but i don't know how long you have been watching the mailing lists so will not accuse you of this. JW ___ OpenMoko community maili

Re: 2.6.24 kernel RNDIS is not work when I use the same NeoRndis.inf

2008-03-17 Thread JW
A bug has just been listed saying that winxp-usb-neo works ok with 2.6.22 kernel but not 2.6.24 check it out - bug no 1279 sounds like you found same thing maybe you can add your experience to bugzilla ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lis

Re: 850MHz or 900MHz? AT&T or TMobile?

2008-03-19 Thread JW
850 for USA 900 for Europe (ok that's the brief version!) JW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

dual mode OLPC style screen - one for the future?

2008-03-20 Thread JW
WM6/HTC) Of course this is for the generation to follow Freerunner only JW ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: TomTom on Openmoko?

2008-03-27 Thread JW
JW ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: TomTom on Openmoko?

2008-03-28 Thread JW
> source. agreed. tangogps.org can use - OSM data - googlemaps data (ssshhh!!) JW ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Wrist Computing

2008-03-29 Thread JW
> Any thoughts? watch less star trek ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update

2008-04-13 Thread JW
ticks plus a groovy small rubber stick holder on the back of the phone.disposable styli... works for me... i am always losing them anyway... JW ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: A bit of fun - freerunner and the wisdom of crowds

2008-04-15 Thread JW
g their own guess.This may have polluted the answer somewhat but I still reckon most people will have voted before looking at the other guesses... 4) Will Openmoko/Trisoft/US distrib tell us the real answer in due course? Wait and see JW ___ O

Re: Questions about Freerunner: Phone Usability, Battery Life, Shipping Date

2008-05-10 Thread JW
or gta03 was the board for that gps (DASH) thing hence next phone is gta04 JW ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Wisdom of crowds - the update

2008-05-27 Thread JW
created only 9 more) actually next time we could always use it to guess the release date for son of freerunner jw [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://l

Re: Library can handle MP3 id3tag encoding

2008-05-28 Thread JW
> > > > 2008/5/27 Bin Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> HI, > >> > >> Is there a good library can handle MP3 id3tag encoding easily? there is a good one for python...which also does ok job for vorbis and flac pytags i think not s

Re: Freerunner CPU-scaling

2008-05-29 Thread JW
g/wiki/User:CesarB/cpufreq JW ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: OpenMOKO availbility

2008-06-02 Thread JW
soon should be less than 1 month please wait for official announcement i believe one of the german distributors is taking advance orders i think trisoft.de or could be pulster.de jw 2008/6/3 Masoom Alam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi every one, > > I wanted to ask, that when the

Re: Wisdom of crowds - the update

2008-06-03 Thread JW
2008/6/3 steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > So the crowd guessed 4000 GTA01? for linux developers only? > > nope it was 4000 gta02 in the first 2 months from sale date in total (that was the posed question) good to hear about all the niche / large purchaser interest com

Re: GTA - Two models? Was: GTA03: New case? Bigger screen!

2008-06-10 Thread JW
On 10/06/2008, Ortwin Regel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think branching into multiple devices starts making sense with the > switch to a new SoC Trouble enough to produce one model :-) . As it is, it looks like GTA03 is supposed to be > the Neo camera edition. Nope Read mails el

Re: Which image

2008-07-01 Thread JW
2008/7/1 Mo Abrahams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Are there any screenshots anywhere of the current state of FSO? > I am interested because this thread is the first I have heard of it. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=toPe0S8QpJY ___ Openmoko community mailing

Re: Number of GTA02s ordered as of 10 Jul 2008

2008-07-10 Thread JW
see also http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Where_is_my_Freerunner ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Which Distro?

2008-07-16 Thread JW
think they paid Openhand to make this for them.Then they recognised the enormity of the task around making this a complete working distro (also underlying probs with stability of gsmd) and realised they needed to take advantage of the Trolltech work Now it is ASU ...

Re: Reason for GPS problems found!

2008-07-16 Thread JW
2008/7/17 Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > > Are we not pioneers of the open source mobile phone revolution? > > And remember: It's the pioneers who take the arrows. nope, we are the indians establishing

Re: In the press. "The OpenMoko wiki - a tangled pile of mostly outdated and incomplete documentation."

2008-07-18 Thread JW
Ok here are two ideas 1) Use mind mapping software using the existing links in the WIKI to let people search / view the wiki info in a different way 2) Allow each page to be receive votes in the following ways On 18/07/2008, Hugo Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 06:

Re: In the press. "The OpenMoko wiki - a tangled pile of mostly outdated and incomplete documentation."

2008-07-18 Thread JW
On 18/07/2008, JW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok here are two ideas > > 1) Use mind mapping software using the existing links in the WIKI to let > people search / view the wiki info in a different way > > 2) Allow each page to be receive votes in the following way

Re: Reason for GPS problems found!

2008-07-18 Thread JW
ding configuration in your in-door test suddenly shaded one crucial satellite Overall, getting indoor gps fix at all is pretty impressive - SIRF III is great chipset. If you bought GPS from 5 years ago this would be impossible for phone app. Also my (last year) O2 XDA Orbit is will no

Re: Terminal for ASU

2008-07-21 Thread JW
t this design specification? > surely this is a prime candidate for a motion detection / gesture detection to bring up the keyboard easy - no extra button needed geeks who enable their gesture of choice get the keyboard when they want it carsten can you bui

Re: GTA02 GPS rework for SD card interference issue

2008-07-22 Thread JW
en on so looks to me that the hardware kids can go ahead if they want to but not proved necessary right now... jw ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

fledgling open source web tablet project.... similar to moko business model

2008-07-22 Thread JW
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/21/we-want-a-dead-simple-web-tablet-help-us-build-it/ so steve, which other products are YOU going to bring us (joke, i know you have hands somewhat full at the moment ) jw ___ Openmoko community mailing list

openphone + opensettopbox = ?

2008-07-29 Thread JW
ok someone cleverer than me will do something cool with this and their freerunner at some point http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080729-neuros-open-set-top-platform-puts-linux-in-living-rooms.html JW ___ Openmoko community mailing list

Using freerunner as a telephone

2008-08-09 Thread JW
go to the DISTRIBUTIONS page on the wiki follow the link to the QTOPIA / Trolltech image JW ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: OpenMoko apps website ?

2008-08-19 Thread JW
there was an attempt to make a page like this in wiki http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_Community_Applications ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

android cross successfully compiled for EEE 1000H

2009-01-02 Thread JW
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/01/android-netbooks-on-their-way-likely-by-2010/ ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Questions and Answers

2009-01-02 Thread JW
am very forgiving of the hw and sw bumps in the road that are inevitable - keep up the good work! I will buy another Openmoko phone as soon as the next one is released. Happy new year JW ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.

SF / Citysense

2009-01-02 Thread JW
oh and seeing you are in SF with your BB have you seen this :-) http://www.citysense.com/moreInfo.php ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: will GTA03 be ready for holiday season?

2008-08-26 Thread JW
Ron K. Jeffries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [in the subject line...] > will GTA03 be ready for holiday season? No. JW ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: FDOM (FAT and Dirty Openmoko) Distribution ready to download

2008-09-09 Thread JW
SD card when in range of Wifi for later use when out and about (works with OSM or googlemaps) tangoGPS also allows GPRS or WIFI instant download of maps when needed [disclaimer - this knowledge all second hand] JW ___ Openmoko community mailing li

Re: Qtopia and VOIP

2008-09-16 Thread JW
rn, what other features have been removed or are under threat since Nokia joined the table?[question suitable for a software engineer...] why do Nokia view VOIP as legally dodgy? [question not suitable for a software engineer but still relevant to Qtopia's status within the FOSS commu

Re: Qtopia and VOIP

2008-09-16 Thread JW
> It's not voip itself they think is dodgy. > > http://www.qtopia.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=51 > > Like they say, 'back to the drawing board'. > hey, then you can join the other om stacks are still on the drawing board... :-)

Re: 2/3: What people want Openmoko to do?

2008-10-11 Thread JW
one to take queries from "serious" developers and get them over the initial hurdles and notify of upgrades which knock down critical bugs/barriers Much more useful than pandering to community at large JW ___ Openmoko community mailin

Re: 2/3: What people want Openmoko to do?

2008-10-12 Thread JW
Rod Whitby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm surprised that the community and devel numbers are so low > considering it is almost 2 years since launch many follow via nabble/gmane I do JW ___ Openmoko community ma

GTA03 - buttons or touchscreen

2008-10-25 Thread JW
s, my preferred user input method - intuitive, fast, flexible 3) no, i think combo is too much to ask from OM right now ciao JW ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community