Re: NZ Group order

2008-04-26 Thread Robin Paulson
2008/4/26 David Murrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]: do any of you know about the situation on frequencies in nz? i hear telecom and vodafone use different bands, 850 and 900 respectively. is this correct? This is something I've been wondering about as well. It would be particularly nice if I

Re: GPS research project topic

2008-04-26 Thread Schmidt András
Hi, I am developing a map viewer application called Yama. It is planned to work on the Neo. You can see it working on http://yamamap.org/ with a piece of map from http://openstreetmap.org/. It is written in Java so it is very easy to prototype on PC. If you write software that requires

Re: Ugliness (was Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!)

2008-04-26 Thread Federico Lorenzi
On 4/25/08, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Freerunner will be replacing a Sony Ericsson P990i http://www.cellphonebeat.com/images/p990i_.jpg here - now THAT'S a phone which could barely be more ugly, but nevertheless it sold well on its features (and besides,

Re: GPS research project topic

2008-04-26 Thread simarillion
Thanks for your replies, on monday or tuesday I will have a meeting with my supervisor an will tell him my / our ;-) ideas and we have to decide what is possibly realizable and contains enough research. Perhaps it's possible to join an existing project but I think the problem will be that

Re: Youtube Video Playback on Neo Freerunner? (Re: Video Playback virtually impossible on Neo Freerunner?)

2008-04-26 Thread Federico Lorenzi
Just thinking out loud here, as I probably have no clue what I'm speaking about, but what about something like XDamage, that only updates the areas of the screen that have changed? Cheers, Federico On 4/26/08, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:56:44

Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!

2008-04-26 Thread Mohamed Hazem
Cairo, Egypt. On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mohamed Hazem wrote: What about us the poor people with no one around interested in the FreeRunner ... How are we going to get our pouches and earphones ? Where are you? Shachar

Re: Ugliness (was Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!)

2008-04-26 Thread Schmidt András
I myself and all people I talked to think that that the black one has no style. Also the orange-white looks cool. It is not a blocker for me but would be for an average user who is not Open fan. Fancy color case is a must in the future. Stroller wrote: On 25 Apr 2008, at 16:25, Lowell

Re: Ugliness (was Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!)

2008-04-26 Thread Stroller
On 26 Apr 2008, at 11:07, Federico Lorenzi wrote: On 4/25/08, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Freerunner will be replacing a Sony Ericsson P990i http://www.cellphonebeat.com/images/p990i_.jpg here - now THAT'S a phone which could barely be more ugly, but nevertheless

Re: Ugliness (was Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!)

2008-04-26 Thread Alexander Köb
if you don't like the case, get the CAD files, create a new case and make a business out of it. regards ak ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Youtube Video Playback on Neo Freerunner? (Re: Video Playback virtually impossible on Neo Freerunner?)

2008-04-26 Thread The Rasterman
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:10:28 + Federico Lorenzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: Just thinking out loud here, as I probably have no clue what I'm speaking about, but what about something like XDamage, that only updates the areas of the screen that have changed? not useful. :) Cheers,

Re: Ugliness (was Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!)

2008-04-26 Thread Stroller
Hi there, I fixed your top-posting problem for you. You can see the correct posting order at the bottom of this message. On 26 Apr 2008, at 12:44, Schmidt András wrote: Stroller wrote: On 25 Apr 2008, at 16:25, Lowell Higley wrote: Nine out of ten typical consumers I show it to think

RE: Ugliness (was Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!)

2008-04-26 Thread David Murrell
I just don't care about the case. The black is cool, and the black/silver that I've seen in various photos looks pretty slick, but on balance, I'm buying a openmoko phone because it's a phone that I can do cool things with. That's why I'm buying it, not because it looks amazing so I can pop it

Re: Ugliness (was Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!)

2008-04-26 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Schmidt András wrote: I myself and all people I talked to think that that the black one has no style. Also the orange-white looks cool. I don't agree... Imho the black one is more professional... I loved the Black/silver before but now I think that the full-black version is the best. The

Re: Ugliness (was Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!)

2008-04-26 Thread Schmidt András
Stroller wrote: Hi there, I fixed your top-posting problem for you. You can see the correct posting order at the bottom of this message. On 26 Apr 2008, at 12:44, Schmidt András wrote: Stroller wrote: On 25 Apr 2008, at 16:25, Lowell Higley wrote: Nine out of ten typical consumers I

Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!

2008-04-26 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Mohamed Hazem wrote: Cairo, Egypt. When the neo is finally released, we will try to organize a group in Israel. You are free to join in on that group (assuming shipping a device from Israel to Egypt is both easier and cheaper). Otherwise, try to find people around you who are potentially

OpenMoko Remote Controller (SoC)

2008-04-26 Thread Valerio Valerio
Hello, I'm one of the students that will participate in Google Summer of Code under OpenMoko mentoring. The project consist in a implementation of a application that can turn OpenMoko powered devices in a Bluetooth mixed keyboard and mouse. Was recommended by Google do some community

Re: OpenMoko Remote Controller (SoC)

2008-04-26 Thread Bastian Muck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Valério, this is going to get a useful project. I just added a point at the Whish List. Greeting Bastian Valerio Valerio schrieb: | Hello, | | I'm one of the students that will participate in Google Summer of Code under OpenMoko mentoring. |

Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!

2008-04-26 Thread Sebastian Hammerl
only a dump question: when i buy from a reseller in germany, the reseller bought about some hundred pieces in ten packs. so will i get the 10-pack-version when i only buy one? the reseller bought only x*10-packs so he should always get the extra. Sebastian steve schrieb: I decided to do

Re: OpenMoko Remote Controller (SoC)

2008-04-26 Thread Andy Powell
On Saturday 26 April 2008 17:40, Valerio Valerio wrote: Hello, I'm one of the students that will participate in Google Summer of Code under OpenMoko mentoring. The project consist in a implementation of a application that can turn OpenMoko powered devices in a Bluetooth mixed keyboard and

Re: OpenMoko Remote Controller (SoC)

2008-04-26 Thread Bastian Muck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Can it be used to controll presentations? Andy Powell schrieb: | On Saturday 26 April 2008 17:40, Valerio Valerio wrote: | Hello, | | I'm one of the students that will participate in Google Summer of Code | under OpenMoko mentoring. | The project

Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!

2008-04-26 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On 4/26/08, Sebastian Hammerl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: only a dump question: when i buy from a reseller in germany, the reseller bought about some hundred pieces in ten packs. so will i get the 10-pack-version when i only buy one? the reseller bought only x*10-packs so he should always get

Re: OpenMoko Remote Controller (SoC)

2008-04-26 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
It would be nice if we can choose between input. Sometimes it is nice to use the touchscreen as a mice, while other times I would prefer the accelerometers (e.g. if you want to use the display to something else at the same time). -- Please don't send me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See

Re: OpenMoko Remote Controller (SoC)

2008-04-26 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On 4/26/08, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would be nice if we can choose between input. Sometimes it is nice to use the touchscreen as a mice, while other times I would prefer the accelerometers (e.g. if you want to use the display to something else at the same time).

Re: OpenMoko Remote Controller (SoC)

2008-04-26 Thread Andy Powell
On Saturday 26 April 2008 18:32, Bastian Muck wrote: Can it be used to controll presentations? Andy Powell schrieb: | On Saturday 26 April 2008 17:40, Valerio Valerio wrote: | Hello, | | I'm one of the students that will participate in Google Summer of Code | under OpenMoko mentoring. |

Re: Ugliness (was Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!)

2008-04-26 Thread Lowell Higley
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 5:58 AM, Stroller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So please don't be offended but saying I don't like it and neither do my friends is totally irrelevant - come back when you've interviewed a hundred different people and they've scored the Freerunner (alongside several other

Re: OpenMoko Remote Controller (SoC)

2008-04-26 Thread Denis Shulyaka
Is it some kind of port anyRemote ( http://anyremote.sourceforge.net/ ) to Openmoko? Anyway, I think ssh should be enough. 2008/4/26, Valerio Valerio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello, I'm one of the students that will participate in Google Summer of Code under OpenMoko mentoring. The project consist

Re: OpenMoko Remote Controller (SoC)

2008-04-26 Thread Valerio Valerio
2008/4/26 Denis Shulyaka [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is it some kind of port anyRemote ( http://anyremote.sourceforge.net/ ) to Openmoko? Anyway, I think ssh should be enough. No, this new app will not need a server, OpenMoko will be seen by the OS like a regular Bluetooth keyboard, and will have some

ARMv4 rating

2008-04-26 Thread Martin Bernreuther
Hello, the Neo 1973 (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_hardware#Processor) as well as the Neo Freerunner (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_GTA02_Hardware#Processor) have Processors based on the ARMv4 instruction Set. Apparently one consequence (stated on these pages) is, that

RE: Ugliness (was Re: 10 PACK UPDATE!!!)

2008-04-26 Thread clare
Hi David, Thanks for the laugh... clare (who has an orange and white phone, and loves the feel of it.. *and* the hole in the case so it can be tied to me. But I bought it because it is a little linux computer.) On Sun, 27 Apr 2008, David Murrell wrote: I just don't care about the case. The

Re: ARMv4 rating

2008-04-26 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On 4/26/08, Martin Bernreuther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] Are there any OpenMoko compatible smartphone devices with an ARM achitecture v4? (Any plans?) There has been discussions about this on both the kernel and the hardware list and I recommend you to read the hardware mailing list

Re: ARMv4 rating

2008-04-26 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Martin Bernreuther wrote: the Neo 1973 (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_hardware#Processor) as well as the Neo Freerunner (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_GTA02_Hardware#Processor) have Processors based on the ARMv4 instruction Set. Apparently one consequence (stated on