Re : Learning from Apple...
except we don't have such many money I'm thinking of it Dr Schaller. That's the key factor. I sent you a letter about that. -- Guillaume Farny CCAS de Bagnolet Place Salvador Allende 93170 Bagnolet FRANCE 06.16.52.42.32 farny.guilla...@yahoo.fr___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Re : Learning from Apple...
Hi all There is this cool site that could help in raising some funds: http://www.kickstarter.com/ On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Farny Guillaume farny.guilla...@yahoo.fr wrote: except we don't have such many money I'm thinking of it Dr Schaller. That's the key factor. I sent you a letter about that. -- Guillaume Farny CCAS de Bagnolet Place Salvador Allende 93170 Bagnolet FRANCE 06.16.52.42.32 farny.guilla...@yahoo.fr ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Re : Learning from Apple...
Am 12.06.2012 um 12:03 schrieb Alessandro Iurlano: Hi all There is this cool site that could help in raising some funds: http://www.kickstarter.com/ Hi, yes this is going through the press every now and then with highlighting some very successful projects. But usually the 1000 not so successful projects are not mentioned. Generally the barriers are very high. So we have our own, more direct mechanism: http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04%3ADonation Well, kickstarter can be used not only as a fundraising platform but also as a marketing tool to make projects better known. But this needs very good preparation so that it is successful. If someone wants to step in, please let me know. Nikolaus ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: ideas for a personal cluster with gta04
On Wednesday 06 June 2012 09:38:58 robin wrote: what did you have in mind for the geolocating via gsm towers and wifi? http://openbmap.org ? do you know any projects which make use of such data (triangulation). this might be very interesting to enhance navit's routing possibilities if it takes to long to get a gps-fix. Geoclue[1] is an open location system that is supposed to agregate data from multiple sources including gps. AFAIK there isn't an openbmap plugin for it yet. Gsmloc is mentioned for cell tower triangulation but a cursory look suggests it's no longer active. [1] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/GeoClue regards robin ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
OpenPhonix?
On 02/06/12 17:36, pike wrote: ... We arent voting, but if we were, Phonix would be my #1 (phone,unix,phoenix), and Phonux #2 (phone,linux,phoenix). Actually I agree, OpenPhonix is good, better than OpenPhonux. It's nearer to phoenix in English AND German (where it can be spelled with an o-umlaut instead of oe?) and broadening from linux to *nix in general can only be good. NetBSD anyone? And in the future, maybe those new microkernels like L4 and Minix3? But we do know it will be a *nix of some kind. Also, if I say Phonux and Phonix, I find myself not pronouncing the second vowel very clearly. Because it's not stressed it comes out more as an uh sound than a clear vowel, and I think someone half-hearing me would be more likely to guess ix than ux. So I think the pronunciation suggests the spelling better with OpenPhonix, and it's easy to remember the correct spelling after only a quick glimpse of the word (not true of OpenPhoenux, I think ... :) ). And, the other way round, I think native speakers of a lot of different languages would end up reading OpenPhonix aloud in the same way. The fact that we English-speakers have just found out that we've been mispronouncing OpenPhoenux all this time means (I think) that there is room for improvement here. And, to a stranger to the project, it presents the most important information first: it's an OpenPhone, using Unix. Once they learn more, the fact that it sounds like phoenix said in German (most appropriate!) will emerge like a sort of good aftertaste. So, we aren't voting, but if we were, I would be switching my vote to OpenPhonix. On 11/06/12 22:58, pike wrote: Hi ... I feel sort of idiot trying to emphasize how important I think this is. But I do. Here I go again. It's the first impression. All the connotations that bubble up with the name, define, in a split second, just how much attention people are going to give it. And all those split seconds together could make the difference between a thriving userbase or a bunch of hardcore hobbyists. Both are great goals ofcourse. But if you want to change the world fundamentally, take the branding seriously all the way. Learning from Apple ? $2c, *-pike I agree with all of this. Words are important, and naming is important. Worth a bit of discussion, anyway. Nick Sheppard PS: Google gives only two hits for openphonix. One is a misspelling for openphonyx, which is in use, and the other seems to be a Twitter id. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: OpenPhonix?
Nick Sheppard ns...@attglobal.net writes: On 02/06/12 17:36, pike wrote: ... We arent voting, but if we were, Phonix would be my #1 (phone,unix,phoenix), and Phonux #2 (phone,linux,phoenix). Actually I agree, OpenPhonix is good, better than OpenPhonux. It's nearer to phoenix in English AND German[...] It's even nearer to phonics, which makes it sound more to me like an FOSS system for teaching kids to read than a phone I say just give up on the whole `come up with a name that sounds like two different words that don't sound each other', and just call it PiratePhone. Revisions can be designated by different R numbers. -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
QtMoko v45
Hi, QtMoko v45 is out now. You can get images for GTA02 (Freerunner) here[1] and GTA04 (Phoenux) here[2]. For more info about QtMoko please visit our homepage [3]. This is list of changes since previous v44 version: * fixed wifi password not saving problem * new big transparent keyboard * GTA04 has new 3.4 kernel thanks to Neil Brown * GTA04 has now vibra motor support * show atmospheric pressure on home screen on GTA04 (Neil Jerram) * removed all other input methods from build * display wifi icon in title bar * run ping on default DNS when wifi icon is clicked * gps icon in title bar with number of satellites and fix indicator * gps has now api for number of satellites * gps plugin for GTA04 now makes gps always enabled * GTA04 charge indicator is polling battery every 30s * GTA02 gps - checking for ntpserver available with ping (Jiri Pinkava) * qterminal can now run scripts using setDocument() api method * scripts for powering on/off modem on GTA04A04 * charging udev rules for GTA04 (Neil Brown) * options to boot from all mmc partitions in shutdown ui * build fixes and various code improvements (Yann Dirson) * added new freecell game Probably most noticeable is new keyboard. It has two layouts - one suitable for terminal and one for SMS. They look like this: http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/screenshots/abc.png http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/screenshots/qwerty.png Layouts are completely customizable. You can easily change key size, position, background. It's very easy to add international characters and new layouts. Just have a look at /opt/qtmoko/etc/im/svgkbd/ The layouts are normal svg images. You can use inkscape to open and edit them. It should be very clear what to do. Only thing to explain is how you should name the key XML elements. In Inkscape go to Edit-XML editor and click on key. The element name must be in form: key_QtKeycode_unicode For possible QtKeycode values check this link[4] and for unicode values use your favourite unicode character map. Please not that my layouts are just very simple. If you manage to create better ones i will be glad to replace them. I can also make your national keyboards variants easily installable from qtmoko apps page. As for the other changes - you can now make clickable elements in themes that launch scripts in qterminal. So e.g. you can have icon on homescreen with your favourite script. For example how to do it check what happens when you click the new wifi icon in finxi theme (search for setDocument string here [5]). Another nice thing is atmospheric pressure indicator on GTA04 homescreen or number of gps sattelites/fix indicator on title bar. One more is freecell game - you can now waste a lot of time here :) GTA04 owners can now enjoy latest 3.4 kernel thanks to Neil Brown's amazing kernel work. I have been running this kernel for several days and all works perfectly. No regressions were spotted. Many thanks for this Neil. Thanks also everyone for their support and work. Enjoy the release! Radek [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtmoko/files/GTA02/ [2] http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtmoko/files/GTA04/ [3] http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/ [4] http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qt.html#Key-enum [5] https://github.com/radekp/qtmoko/blob/master/etc/themes/finxi/title.xml ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: QtMoko v45
On Tuesday 12 June 2012 22:40:27 Radek Polak wrote: QtMoko v45 is out now. You can get images for GTA02 (Freerunner) here[1] Btw the gta02 image is completely untested yet. I will do some testing tomorrow. Regards Radek ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
