AM/FM radio

2008-06-25 Thread Francesco Cat
Will an AM/FM radio will be implemented in future versions of the GTA? A radio should not be so much hardware/software expensive. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: GSM Tower Location and GPS

2008-06-25 Thread Esbjörn Dominique
Google Maps has a feature somewhat like this. Look at http://www.google.com/mobile/gmm/mylocation/index.html or http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-magical-blue-circle-on-your-map.html /Esbjörn On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 7:32 AM, Gora Mohanty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 25 Jun 2008

Re: OT: Zimbra iCal

2008-06-25 Thread Alastair Johnson
On Tuesday 24 June 2008, Stroller wrote: On 23 Jun 2008, at 16:05, Joseph Reeves wrote: ... http://www.zimbra.com/forums/zimbrame-j2me-client/12642-vote-phones- zimbra-j2me-client.html For those that don't know, Zimbra is an awesome email/collaboration suite, they're asking for people

Re: AM/FM radio

2008-06-25 Thread Yorick Moko
This has already been addressed by an openmoko member. There seemed to be a LOT of additional taxes for devices which can receive FM. y On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Francesco Cat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will an AM/FM radio will be implemented in future versions of the GTA? A radio should

Re: AM/FM radio

2008-06-25 Thread Francesco Cat
thank you. I was not aware of this. I will buy a separate 10€ FM radio ;) 2008/6/25 Yorick Moko [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This has already been addressed by an openmoko member. There seemed to be a LOT of additional taxes for devices which can receive FM. y On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 9:04 AM,

Re: GPS

2008-06-25 Thread Yorick Moko
I'll add a good Belgian beer to that €50! You will be able to find me and claim it because it seems that here in belgium all the towers (dating from 2005) are freely available, with info about them: http://www.sites.bipt.be/antnl/default.asp (just zoom in and press a red square to see the info).

Re: AM/FM radio

2008-06-25 Thread Evgeny Ginzburg
Francesco Cat wrote: thank you. I was not aware of this. I will buy a separate 10€ FM radio ;) 2008/6/25 Yorick Moko [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This has already been addressed by an openmoko member. There seemed to be a LOT of additional taxes for devices which can receive FM. y On Wed, Jun 25,

Re: Vote! Zimbra Mobile on the Openmoko

2008-06-25 Thread arne anka
Should'nt Openmoko have a mail client and PIM with sync for everyone anyways? Before someone wastes time on a j2me solution for one single service? well, i am a fan and user of kde since the pre 1.0 versions -- kde has kmail, kpilot, korganizer and i find them horrible, all of them. so, even

Re: GSM Tower Location and GPS

2008-06-25 Thread john
We have discussed doing this kind of thing in IRC a few times. I think It would be good if somebody setup a project on projects.openmoko.org. I would also be happy to contribute some code. I have written a bluetooth logger which periodically writes to an sqlite database. The code is on the

Re: FSO Image gets it right

2008-06-25 Thread Tilman Baumann
Graeme Gregory wrote: Well I have seen the future and the future is FSO. For the first time I have been able to make and receive phone calls on a gta02 without hassle. GTK+ software could no do this, qtopia software cannot do this. Scaredycats gtk/phonekit/the-plan[tm] build works well for

Re: OT: Zimbra iCal

2008-06-25 Thread Al Johnson
On Wednesday 25 June 2008, arne anka wrote: The iCal interface works ... with the KDE Calendar. since when? i set up an ical-server a while ago and where forced to use lightning because the kde calendar does not understand ical. just looked for it and there's still no way to connect to an

Best Image to run on the neo1973 these days?

2008-06-25 Thread Jay Vaughan
Hi folks, What do you recommend I should run on my neo1973 these days, image- wise? I've been usually lagging way behind with keeping up to date with Scaredycats releases, but I'm aware there are other images out there making the rounds .. so what are your guys' experience with this so

Re: Best Image to run on the neo1973 these days?

2008-06-25 Thread Kevin Dean
ScaredyCat's images are probably the most functional of all of them at this point, especially since they will auto-detect the gllin .ipk if it's installed on your device and it includes TangoGPS. I don't use GPS on my Neo and what I personally run is Qtopia because it's media player can fast

Re: ATT SIM problems

2008-06-25 Thread Kevin Dean
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 1:26 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That sounds like yes to me... This would be a very important issue for me, as I'm definitely going to have to use ATT. On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Vinc Duran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Daniel

Re: Vote! Zimbra Mobile on the Openmoko

2008-06-25 Thread Joseph Reeves
Despite the concerns of some people, the Openmoko option rocketed to the top of the poll. As such I've opened a ticket: http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=29422 Those who want to can vote again for this ;) Thanks all, really happy about how this has gone so far :) Joseph 2008/6/23

Re: Vote! Zimbra Mobile on the Openmoko

2008-06-25 Thread Yorick Moko
still... 77 is not a very impressive number On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Joseph Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Despite the concerns of some people, the Openmoko option rocketed to the top of the poll. As such I've opened a ticket: http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=29422 Those

data collection for GSM coverage mape is COOL idea

2008-06-25 Thread Ron K. Jeffries
I like thw GSM coverage map idea, a LOT! -- ron k jeffries From: Charles Edward Pax [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Openmoko Community community@lists.openmoko.org Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:44:40 -0400 Subject: GSM Tower Location and GPS Here's an idea: OpenMoko shows me locations of GSM towers near me by

Re: GSM Tower Location and GPS

2008-06-25 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:40:25 +0100 john [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have discussed doing this kind of thing in IRC a few times. I think It would be good if somebody setup a project on projects.openmoko.org. I have signed up on http://projects.openmoko.org (did not know about that site earlier)

Re: data collection for GSM coverage mape is COOL idea

2008-06-25 Thread openmoko
Le mercredi 25 juin 2008 à 17:42, vous avez écrit : I like thw GSM coverage map idea, a LOT! -- ron k jeffries +1 I'like all ideas about statistics gatherage (maps, radas, ...) -- Christophe Badoit [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Best Image to run on the neo1973 these days?

2008-06-25 Thread Tilman Baumann
Jay Vaughan wrote: Hi folks, What do you recommend I should run on my neo1973 these days, image- wise? I've been usually lagging way behind with keeping up to date with Scaredycats releases, but I'm aware there are other images out there making the rounds .. so what are your guys'

RE: warranty

2008-06-25 Thread steve
10 pack is a 28 day DOA. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ajit Natarajan Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:41 PM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: warranty Steve/Michael, Sorry to be a bother, but could you update us on the U.S.

RE: warranty

2008-06-25 Thread Dave O'Connor
Is this the final word on warranties or are you still trying to work that out? On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, steve wrote: 10 pack is a 28 day DOA. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ajit Natarajan Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:41 PM To:

Re: warranty

2008-06-25 Thread Kevin Dean
Sounds pretty final to me. 14 day DOA on individual units. 28 day DOA on 10-pack purchases. On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Dave O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this the final word on warranties or are you still trying to work that out? On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, steve wrote: 10 pack is a

RE: InvisibleShield screen protectors

2008-06-25 Thread steve
I think a sample is on the way. Otherwise you have the CAD files _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alexander Frøyseth Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 12:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: InvisibleShield screen

Re: warranty

2008-06-25 Thread Kevin Dean
Realized that looked confrontational. :) I should have phrased it There didn't seem to be any indicaiton that this would or has changed, do you have reason to doubt that this policy is the official one? -Kevin On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Kevin Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds pretty

Re: InvisibleShield screen protectors

2008-06-25 Thread Yorick Moko
Indeed, the sample has already arrived. It looks like Bearstech and Pulster are going to be resellers. I hope it won't take long... y On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 8:07 PM, steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think a sample is on the way. Otherwise you have the CAD files

Re: warranty

2008-06-25 Thread Dave O'Connor
*sniff* you hurt my feelings :( :) Not so long ago steve mentioned that 14 day doa was what the gta01 had and until he knew more that was to be expected. (not his words but I don't have the mail now) On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Kevin Dean wrote: Realized that looked confrontational. :) I should

Re: InvisibleShield screen protectors

2008-06-25 Thread Lucas Bonnet
Yorick Moko [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Indeed, the sample has already arrived. It looks like Bearstech and Pulster are going to be resellers. Well, I said that Bearstech was willing to share the initial fee with the other resellers, so that Openmoko does not have to pay for it. Nothing's done

Re: InvisibleShield screen protectors

2008-06-25 Thread Yorick Moko
Sorry, I was a bit overenthusiastic :) There is also an Indian partner of OpenMoko, and I thought that there also was one in the UK. Maybe they also want to participate (so you can cut the costs)? y On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Lucas Bonnet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yorick Moko [EMAIL

Re: FSO Image gets it right

2008-06-25 Thread Yorick Moko
video of the FSO milestone 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toPe0S8QpJY On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Tilman Baumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Graeme Gregory wrote: Well I have seen the future and the future is FSO. For the first time I have been able to make and receive phone calls on a

Re: warranty

2008-06-25 Thread Ajit Natarajan
steve wrote: 10 pack is a 28 day DOA. If that's the only warranty, I'm worried. Is there any reseller or other option in the U.S. that will give us a longer warranty? Spending $369 on a unit with such a short warranty is scary. I would like to know how others in the U.S. think about this.

Re: warranty

2008-06-25 Thread Dave O'Connor
I'm in Canada and worried about the same thing which is why I asked initially. On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Ajit Natarajan wrote: steve wrote: 10 pack is a 28 day DOA. If that's the only warranty, I'm worried. Is there any reseller or other option in the U.S. that will give us a longer warranty?

Slashdot post but no web store?

2008-06-25 Thread Crane, Matthew
http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/25/1751228from=rss nerdyH writes Openmoko has begun shipping http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS9978560959.html its Linux-based, open source Neo Freerunner phone to five newly announced distributors, in Germany, France, and India, says the company.

RE: data collection for GSM coverage mape is COOL idea

2008-06-25 Thread Fabian Off
Hey, maybe then we should create something like a plugin (or extension) for openstreetmaps, so we can append many kinds of meta-data (such as radar positions, gsm coverage, whatsoever) to existing maps... kinda points of interest (?) :) I think this would address a lot of people... all who

Re: Slashdot post but no web store?

2008-06-25 Thread Andy Selby
nerdyH writes Openmoko has begun shipping its Linux-based, open source Neo Freerunner phone to five newly announced distributors, in Germany, France, and India, says the company. /me checks Gmail and finds nothing on the announce list so heart recommences beating.

Re: GPS

2008-06-25 Thread Yorick Moko
Somebody wrote some code to use google's API to look up location, based on google's cell id database I don't know if this is usefull, but it might be a start: http://www.anddev.org/poor_mans_gps_-_celltowerid_-_location_area_code_-lookup-t257.html On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Joerg

Re: warranty

2008-06-25 Thread Arne Zachlod
in Germany (or the whole EU) every reseller has to give a warranty for private customers from 2 years. i can't imagine that any reseller will sell only one unit if there is no longer warranty option. Ajit Natarajan schrieb: steve wrote: 10 pack is a 28 day DOA. If that's the only

Re: Slashdot post but no web store?

2008-06-25 Thread Kevin Dean
The rumors of the Freerunner being on sale have been greatly exagerated. From what I've heard, SOME distributors have been notified that Freerunner devices are being shipped to those retailers. Retailers need to have a product in stock in order to sell it on the day it is released, that is what

Re: warranty

2008-06-25 Thread Kevin Dean
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Arne Zachlod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in Germany (or the whole EU) every reseller has to give a warranty for private customers from 2 years. i can't imagine that any reseller will sell only one unit if there is no longer warranty option. That's why I think

Re: FSO Image gets it right

2008-06-25 Thread Lorn Potter
Graeme Gregory wrote: Well I have seen the future and the future is FSO. For the first time I have been able to make and receive phone calls on a gta02 without hassle. GTK+ software could no do this, qtopia software cannot do this. ermmm.. Qtopia makes calls just fine on both devices.

Re: Slashdot post but no web store?

2008-06-25 Thread Martin Raißle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 | Of course, they link to a dead page.. actually they didn't always link to a dead page .. when I read the news, there were some links .. since I'm from germany, I only visited the german retailers which are: http://trisoft.de/freerunner.htm

Re: FSO Image gets it right

2008-06-25 Thread Kevin Dean
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Lorn Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Graeme Gregory wrote: Well I have seen the future and the future is FSO. For the first time I have been able to make and receive phone calls on a gta02 without hassle. GTK+ software could no do this, qtopia software

Re: Slashdot post but no web store?

2008-06-25 Thread Peter Strapp
I sure hope it's for sale as I have a UPS tracking number from Truebox (UK Openmoko Distributor) that says that it has been collected from them. I'm hoping it will be in my hands tomorrow. Their website also states that the first batch of Freerunners have been sent to customers

Re: ATT SIM problems

2008-06-25 Thread Daniel Dadap
Thanks, Vinc. What worried me was the fact that the trouble ticket isn't closed yet, and there's no positive confirmation that ATT SIMs work now that I have found. I e-mailed Michael; hopefully he'll have the answers. (Also, sorry to everybody for posting twice. For whatever reason my message

Re: Slashdot post but no web store?

2008-06-25 Thread Andy Selby
That said, Openmoko is getting a lot of attention right now because of that article, so it's probably a very good thing to have some form of anticipation building message or teaser product there to keep the hype going... Not all of it good, If anyone has mod points on slashdot can they mod

Re: ATT SIM problems

2008-06-25 Thread Kevin Dean
Actually, this bug has been closed as far as ATT SIMS. There was a firmware update that corrected the issue (had to be done by an Openmoko employee). The bug is still open because it's a more generic 3G cards don't work and there are some problems with 02 and Vodaphone cards. The last I've heard

Re: Slashdot post but no web store?

2008-06-25 Thread Kevin Dean
In all fairness, I don't think he's a troll, it just appears that the device doesn't meet his needs. Let me put something out there that is VERY VERY clearly stated. The Freerunner is not ready for a consumer grade device today. The hardware that will be available soon is intended for DEVELOPERS

Re: Slashdot post but no web store?

2008-06-25 Thread Yorick Moko
I do not entirely agree with you on this one: In all fairness, I don't think he's a troll, it just appears that the device doesn't meet his needs. Let me put something out there that is VERY VERY clearly stated. The Freerunner is not ready for a consumer grade device today. The hardware that

Re: FSO Image gets it right

2008-06-25 Thread Lorn Potter
Kevin Dean wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Lorn Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Graeme Gregory wrote: Well I have seen the future and the future is FSO. For the first time I have been able to make and receive phone calls on a gta02 without hassle. GTK+ software could no do this,

Re: Slashdot post but no web store?

2008-06-25 Thread Jisakiel
It breaks my heart to hear such news on the current state. As a matter of fact I'd be one of those developers trying to build software on it (just been researching lately while trying to choose a platform), but it certainly sounds as quite broken and not nearly finished enough to base some

Re: Slashdot post but no web store?

2008-06-25 Thread Mike Montour
Jisakiel wrote: - I understand the only problem precluding it as a DAP player is the speaker not muting? Or *with headphones* it is mono? I understood GTA02 to have a single speaker but to be stereo capable with headphones... I'd be devastated if wrong, or if other severe quality issues

Re: Slashdot post but no web store?

2008-06-25 Thread Kevin Dean
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Yorick Moko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It states in the wiki (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner) clearly: The Neo FreeRunner is a GNU/Linux based touch screen smart phone aimed at general consumer use as well as GNU/Linux desktop users and GNU/Linux

Re: Slashdot post but no web store?

2008-06-25 Thread Vinc Duran
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Crane, Matthew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/25/1751228from=rss nerdyH writes Openmoko has begun shipping its Linux-based, open source Neo Freerunner phone to five newly announced distributors, in Germany, France,

Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide

2008-06-25 Thread BrendaWang
Here is the getting start guide from wiki. http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_your_Neo_FreeRunner Shakthi Kannan 提到: Hi! --- On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 7:59 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | One comment on Chapter 7: | Currently, the utility dfu_util is

Is press release mentioned in Linux Devices available?

2008-06-25 Thread Ron K. Jeffries
Where is the press release mentioned in Linux Devices OpenMoko article? http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9978560959.html Ron K. Jeffries http://www.retaggr.com/Card/rjeffries ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org