Re: Freerunner and Earthquakes

2008-04-20 Thread Peter Kraker
Actually it is incredibly accurate only if you use PPS output otherwise idea of having atomic clock in your pocket goes out of the window. Richard Guest pravi: GPS essentially *is* accurate timing... GPS satellites are flying atomic clocks. Trimble has a good GPS tutorial -

Will Freerunner Be Available to Purchase in Australia ?

2008-04-20 Thread Wilkinson, Alex
Hi all, I have seen much discussion on this list with respect to Freerunner only being available to purchase in the US and Europe. Can someone please confirm whether or not Freerunner will be able to bought in Australia also ? Cheers -aW IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the

Re: Don't ship GTA02v5 without the rework - reply

2008-04-20 Thread Neng-Yu Tu (Tony Tu)
Dear Ron/Community: This confusion comes from time latency of series of events, but no matter A5 or A6 should all apply the LED transistor change. I already update all the changes that shipping A5 will apply.

Re: Don't ship GTA02v5 without the rework - reply

2008-04-20 Thread Carlo E. Prelz
Subject: Re: Don't ship GTA02v5 without the rework - reply Date: dom 20 apr 08 05:15:29 +0800 Quoting Neng-Yu Tu (Tony Tu) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): This confusion comes from time latency of series of events, but no matter A5 or A6 should all apply the LED transistor change.

Re: Freerunner will be GTA02v5 or GTA02v6?

2008-04-20 Thread Neng-Yu Tu (Tony Tu)
Dear Tim: Why this? Why not selling v6 directly? And... Which are other diffs between v5 and v6? I think that the power usage of every element of the phone is vital. This part could also be fixed on A5. And we don't have mass production A6 PCB yet, the 100 pcs sample A6 factory made some

Do we REALLY need a phone?

2008-04-20 Thread Stefano Cavallari
(sorry for the length of this message) I was thinking today about how the phone system is quite dead without no one noticing it. We are paying unreasonable tariffs for just sending data which happens to be voice. The whole motivation behind having a number is no longer existent as with

Re: Will Freerunner Be Available to Purchase in Australia ?

2008-04-20 Thread Wilkinson, Alex
0n Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 08:06:38PM +1000, clare wrote: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Category:Community and count the people in the Australian capital cities you will get about 10. These will all have bought from the US last time. So the likelihood of getting 10

Re: Group Sales in Denmark

2008-04-20 Thread Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen
Sunday 20 April 2008 skrev Jens Fursund: Just wanted to put the word out! We are five people in Denmark trying to make a group sale, so if anyone is interested please go to the Group Sales wiki-site and put your name in the list. http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GroupSales Best Regards, Jens

Re: Don't ship GTA02v5 without the rework

2008-04-20 Thread ramsesoriginal
I this mail is great. I totally agree! Sure, as Marco said, if no phone is still produced, and the change is minimal, then it would be better to start proucing right away with he improved versions.But I think most people can live with a brighter led, even if that means some battery life less. On

Re: Do we REALLY need a phone?

2008-04-20 Thread ramsesoriginal
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Stefano Cavallari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (sorry for the length of this message) I was thinking today about how the phone system is quite dead without no one noticing it. We are paying unreasonable tariffs for just sending data which happens to be voice.

Re: Do we REALLY need a phone?

2008-04-20 Thread Schmidt András
I disagree with that GSM phone is dying. In Europe almost everyone over 12 has a GSM phone and use it every day. How can you state it is dying? On the other hand noone knows what would happen to the Internet if all those people would choose to use VOIP instead of PSTN (Public switched telephone

Re: Do we REALLY need a phone?

2008-04-20 Thread Stefano Cavallari
On Sunday 20 April 2008 13:49:29 Schmidt AndrXs wrote: I disagree with that GSM phone is dying. In Europe almost everyone over 12 has a GSM phone and use it every day. How can you state it is dying? I said it is dying but few realizes it yet. Sooner or later people will want a internet

Re: Do we REALLY need a phone?

2008-04-20 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
Well, no matter whether it's dying out or not; while I tend to agree that it actually is; I'm also sure it will still be ubiquitous for probably the better part of another decade. Plenty of time and market share available to manufacture and sell people the best open GSM phones :) :M:

Re: Do we REALLY need a phone?

2008-04-20 Thread kenneth marken
On Sunday 20 April 2008 14:23:26 Stefano Cavallari wrote: You can potentially use less bandwidth if you choose more intelligent codecs. And yes I'm for paying actual bandwidth for mobile Internet. The Internet doesn't mean necessarily broadband and flat prices. And remember that IM is way

Re: Do we REALLY need a phone?

2008-04-20 Thread ramsesoriginal
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 2:51 PM, kenneth marken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 20 April 2008 14:23:26 Stefano Cavallari wrote: You can potentially use less bandwidth if you choose more intelligent codecs. And yes I'm for paying actual bandwidth for mobile Internet. The Internet

Re: Don't ship GTA02v5 without the rework - reply

2008-04-20 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Neng-Yu Tu (Tony Tu) ha scritto: This confusion comes from time latency of series of events, but no matter A5 or A6 should all apply the LED transistor change. I already update all the changes that shipping A5 will apply.

Re: Do we REALLY need a phone?

2008-04-20 Thread kenneth marken
On Sunday 20 April 2008 15:14:58 ramsesoriginal wrote: On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 2:51 PM, kenneth marken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 20 April 2008 14:23:26 Stefano Cavallari wrote: You can potentially use less bandwidth if you choose more intelligent codecs. And yes I'm for paying

Re: Do we REALLY need a phone?

2008-04-20 Thread Stefano Cavallari
On Sunday 20 April 2008 15:14:58 ramsesoriginal wrote: [...] I also would say that I don't know about Stefano, but i thought of this as a modular system when I read this mail: If you feel the need for gsm you put in the gsm module, if you think oyu need 4g you put in that chip, and if you

Re: Do we REALLY need a phone?

2008-04-20 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
I want to comment on the modularity thing. PCMCIA is not even an option. If you look at the trend, you will notice that more and more comes in SoC (System on Chip). This is complete systems with internal bus, etc. This is micro system technology. I know that we will see more of those and they

Re: Don't ship GTA02v5 without the rework - reply

2008-04-20 Thread Steven Le Roux
Thank you Tony for the update ! On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neng-Yu Tu (Tony Tu) ha scritto: This confusion comes from time latency of series of events, but no matter A5 or A6 should all apply the LED transistor change. I already

Re: Steve on V5 versus v6

2008-04-20 Thread Dylan Semler
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 2:21 PM, steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as the goodies in the box go. Whether it's an A5 or a A6, the box will the following at least. I'm still sorting through some issues. 1. phone. 2. Battery 3. Custom Charger 4. Sdcard. 5. Stylus. 6. USB cable.

Re: Steve on V5 versus v6

2008-04-20 Thread thomasg
We're all going to die!!! On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Dylan Semler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 2:21 PM, steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as the goodies in the box go. Whether it's an A5 or a A6, the box will the following at least. I'm still sorting

RE: Don't ship GTA02v5 without the rework

2008-04-20 Thread Crane, Matthew
Exactly. Every cell phone I've ever had has contained obvious firmware bugs, firmware or otherwise. The difference is with openness you are far more likely to find and resolve the bugs. I hope it ships, it would be crazy to not ship with such a minor issue that can be soft fixed. Matt

RE: Steve on V5 versus v6

2008-04-20 Thread steve
The Guitar pick story is funny. remind me later and I will tell you _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of thomasg Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 10:02 AM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: Steve on V5 versus v6 We're all going to

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-20 Thread Flyin_bbb8
It needs lots of advertising, and i think for basic end-users the device should come with something in the settings like Turn on advanced mode to make the shell icon 'n all those techie things to turn on, or else the basic end-users will just see it too complicated 'n stuff 'n start

turn GSM off?

2008-04-20 Thread Ajit Natarajan
Hello, With Freerunner, is it possible to turn the GSM off while keeping the rest of the unit on? I am interested in web browsing using WiFi or using the unit like a PDA or music device without the power consumption or radiation of the GSM. Thanks. Ajit

99

2008-04-20 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
The prices for GTA02 and the debug board are $399 and $99, respectively. While there's nothing wrong with charging exactly 99 dollars for something, the practice of reducing a round price by one dollar, AKA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_pricing is often associated with cheap

Re: 99

2008-04-20 Thread Peter Kraker
I see those 2€ as some kind of twisted way of openmoko giving me a free beer ;) Alexey Feldgendler pravi: The prices for GTA02 and the debug board are $399 and $99, respectively. While there's nothing wrong with charging exactly 99 dollars for something, the practice of reducing a round

Re: 99

2008-04-20 Thread Ivo Anjo
Yeah, I think that would be an excellent idea! Stop with the -1 or -5 prices! Free your mind :) . And as an added bonus we pay you a little more. Ivo On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Alexey Feldgendler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The prices for GTA02 and the debug board are $399 and $99,

Re: 99

2008-04-20 Thread Michael Shiloh
So with every n Neos you get a free beer? A weird frequent buyer program? Peter Kraker wrote: I see those 2€ as some kind of twisted way of openmoko giving me a free beer ;) Alexey Feldgendler pravi: The prices for GTA02 and the debug board are $399 and $99, respectively. While there's

Re: 99

2008-04-20 Thread Michele Renda
I agree, I'd like to pay for Freerunner 400$ in place of 399$ I alway liked 0 finishing number more than 9 finishing number. I vote for 400$! It is a very strange request, I admit :) Alexey Feldgendler wrote: The prices for GTA02 and the debug board are $399 and $99, respectively. While

Re: Steve on V5 versus v6

2008-04-20 Thread Sebastian Reichel
Am Montag, den 21.04.2008, 00:28 +0200 schrieb Marco Trevisan (Treviño): steve wrote: As far as the goodies in the box go. Whether it's an A5 or a A6, the box will the following at least. I'm still sorting through some issues. 1. phone. 2. Battery 3. Custom Charger 4. Sdcard.

Re: 99

2008-04-20 Thread Daniel Selinger
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:11:59 +0200 Alexey Feldgendler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The prices for GTA02 and the debug board are $399 and $99, respectively. While there's nothing wrong with charging exactly 99 dollars for something, the practice of reducing a round price by one dollar, AKA

Re: 99

2008-04-20 Thread Kevin Dean
I'm happy paying $399 for all ye who feel the need to pay $400 to make it even. :P Though, I'll hop on the even bandwagon if it's dropped as long as Openmoko makes profit. :) If you really want to pay more, you could set up a Tip a Developer program... -Kevin On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 7:13 PM,

Re: 99

2008-04-20 Thread Nick Guenther
It's not about paying more, it's about transparency and setting a standard for others to follow. I vote for 400$ also. On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Kevin Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm happy paying $399 for all ye who feel the need to pay $400 to make it even. :P Though, I'll hop on the

RE: 99

2008-04-20 Thread steve
no free hops, barley, and yeast. make your own beer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shiloh Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 3:02 PM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: 99 So with every n Neos you get a free beer? A

Re: 99

2008-04-20 Thread Brandon Kruger
On Sun April 20 2008 7:27:06 pm Kevin Dean wrote: I'm happy paying $399 for all ye who feel the need to pay $400 to make it even. :P Though, I'll hop on the even bandwagon if it's dropped as long as Openmoko makes profit. :) If you really want to pay more, you could set up a Tip a Developer

Re: 99

2008-04-20 Thread Nick Guenther
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Brandon Kruger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun April 20 2008 7:27:06 pm Kevin Dean wrote: I'm happy paying $399 for all ye who feel the need to pay $400 to make it even. :P Though, I'll hop on the even bandwagon if it's dropped as long as Openmoko makes

RE: Steve on V5 versus v6

2008-04-20 Thread steve
The pouch, alas, did not fit into the box. When Michael gets his photos done, or my spawn get their video done, then you will see that we have greatly reduced the size of the box. Partly for aesthetics, and partly to create a product where I could pack 10 phones boxes in a bigger box, and then

Re: 99

2008-04-20 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
steve ha scritto: I'll gladly put the price back to $650 which was the first price we released. LOL... BTW for me you can also put the price at 398 for staying a little more far from 399... :P -- Treviño's World - Life and Linux http://www.3v1n0.net/

Re: Do we REALLY need a phone?

2008-04-20 Thread Brandon Kruger
On Sun April 20 2008 11:09:07 am Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote: I want to comment on the modularity thing. PCMCIA is not even an option. If you look at the trend, you will notice that more and more comes in SoC (System on Chip). This is complete systems with internal bus, etc. This is

RE: Steve on V5 versus v6

2008-04-20 Thread steve
Michael and I are talking about using the pouch as a give away in certain venues. But I had to optimize to get the price down to the level I thought people deserved. I'll look into it, The lanyard is also out and I know that maddog will chew my butt because he loves it. -Original

99 vs RED (or was it PINK) Phone cases

2008-04-20 Thread Ron K. Jeffries
It's wonderful the focus of the community is now all about $399 vs $400 rather than availability of Freerunner in certain colors. who says the community-based process with complete open-ness doesn't have an impact. and YES I agree, the remaining V5 vs V6 issues seem small (but we did get extra

Re: 99

2008-04-20 Thread Federico Lorenzi
Hmm, isn't the dollar price just an estimation? Cheers, Federico On 4/21/08, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: steve ha scritto: I'll gladly put the price back to $650 which was the first price we released. LOL... BTW for me you can also put the price at 398 for staying a