> This would be correct, and the only way many (most?) national
> governments would have it.
What has the government to do with that?
> It would be a gross understatement
Well, I mean for the purpose of using the GSM network. No doubt about
any kind of other uses, but this setup precludes you from doing things like:
- implement a SIM card in software
- utilize a different SIM card which you have access to via a network
- many other potentially interesting things
I need to say, I was hoping that I could get closer to the RAC (radio
access) layer with OpenMoko.
Regards,
Torsten
Mikko J Rauhala schrieb:
On pe, 2007-12-14 at 12:49 +0100, Torsten Schlabach wrote:
I had been playing a bit with gsmd these days and was a bit suprised to
see that there is something called a "GSM modem" which seems to be a
black box subsystem IIUC.
This would be correct, and the only way many (most?) national
governments would have it.
Did I misunderstand anything or would it be correct to say that OpenMoko
basically is the UI layer for a given phone which is controlled via AT
commands?
It would be a gross understatement as it is a complete operating system
which has many useful uses, some completely unrelated to the phone
subsystem. However, one of the things it does is indeed providing a user
interface to utilize a GSM modem, thus making the whole a "phone".
