Re: Some feedback from using the neo as a phone for a day

2007-10-14 Thread Lalo Martins
Also spracht Igor Foox (Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:38:34 -0400): > - The dialer application has the "hangup" button on the top right of the > screen when in a call. When you actually talk on the phone it's _really_ > easy to touch that part of the screen with your face, which results in > 3-4 accidental h

Re: application idea -- anti theft system

2007-10-14 Thread Kyle Bassett
you prolly want to lock down the uboot screen, etc. to prevent the phone from just being re-imaged. It would prolly require the debug board if you forgot the password. -Kyle On 10/14/07, Ian Darwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steve wrote: > > > You may want to do the opposite. Your phone may

Some feedback from using the neo as a phone for a day

2007-10-14 Thread Igor Foox
Yesterday (and today) I used the neo as a phone for the first time, after gsm started mostly working out of the box. I'm really excited about this development and I think that it marks a huge milestone for the project. So congratulations to everyone who worked so hard on this project! I've got a l

Re: application idea -- anti theft system

2007-10-14 Thread Ian Darwin
Steve wrote: You may want to do the opposite. Your phone may think it's being stolen if you happen to get on something like a wireless connection with NoCatSplash. (Which hijacks the first attempt to grab a web page in order to show you a welcome page.) I'd be tempted to have PGP signed stolen

Re: Bi-weekly OpenMoko community update

2007-10-14 Thread Robin Paulson
On 15/10/2007, Pranav Desai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Absolutely agrree. GPS was one of my main points for buying the phone. > I dont really care about the source for the driver as long as I can > get the co-ordinates. hmm. this an open phone with open hardware and (where legal) open drivers. n

Re: List formatting request

2007-10-14 Thread mcb, inc.
On Sat, 13 Oct 2007, Doug Parker wrote: Yes, thank you! ...in the digest, and I assume all the individual messages that get forwarded from the list. I think I can illustrate it easily below. The answer is the same, the problem is on your end. Community digests aggregate messages in 'Message/R

Re: Some ideas for the accelerometer

2007-10-14 Thread Ortwin Regel
This doesn't work well because the screen moves with the phone. So if you want to scroll right fast, you'll have trouble to see what's going on on the screen. Scrolling should rather be done on the touchscreen because that works really well. However, dragging the map/website as if it was physical i

Re: application idea -- anti theft system

2007-10-14 Thread Stroller
On 14 Oct 2007, at 19:52, Steve wrote: Stroller wrote: ... IMO if I'm too far away from the phone to notice someone nicking it then I'm unlikely to hear it making an alarm sound. I would have it instead check http://mywebsite.com/theft.txt and if it doesn't get a 404 (i.e. you only put th

Re: application idea -- anti theft system

2007-10-14 Thread Steve
Stroller wrote: > > On 13 Oct 2007, at 00:09, Derek Pressnall wrote: > >> I have an idea for a simple alarm application. The idea is that if >> you leave your phone sitting at your desk plugged in charging, then >> you can activate an app that will play an alrarm sound as soon as the >> devices

Re: Bi-weekly OpenMoko community update

2007-10-14 Thread Jan Dittmer
Thomas Wood wrote: > On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 18:17 +0200, Jan Dittmer wrote: >> Hello Michael, >> >> it would be nice to have some info about this white screen of death >> plus vibrator which is affecting some people. Especially if that >> is a hardware or software problem. It's pretty annoying and g

Re: Bi-weekly OpenMoko community update

2007-10-14 Thread Pranav Desai
On 10/13/07, Shawn Rutledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/12/07, Michael Shiloh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We're very happy with the u-blox/Atmel ATR0635 GPS Receiver, and thus > > have made the decision to use this chip. > > That sounds like good news. It's not open-source but sounds lik

Re: Usability team?

2007-10-14 Thread Thomas Wood
On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 07:14 -0700, london cowgirl wrote: > Hi Justin & Thomas > > I think the investment made into the UI is extremely important and > valuable (well done, Thomas). > > Shall we put together a usability team so these user centered design > efforts continue? > > I'm a usability ex

Re: Bi-weekly OpenMoko community update

2007-10-14 Thread Thomas Wood
On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 18:17 +0200, Jan Dittmer wrote: > Hello Michael, > > it would be nice to have some info about this white screen of death > plus vibrator which is affecting some people. Especially if that > is a hardware or software problem. It's pretty annoying and generally > happens if you

Re: Bi-weekly OpenMoko community update

2007-10-14 Thread Thomas Wood
On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 12:02 +0200, Pedro Aguilar wrote: > Hi, > > It would be nice that the software development your're doing at the > moment would be backwards compatible with GTA01 (at least the parts that > are not hw dependent and are different between GTA01 and GTA02), > otherwise the users

Python bindings for libgsmd

2007-10-14 Thread Sudharshan S
Greetings all, We have been working on binding libgsmd in python and we must say, we have been successful in wrapping up the voicecall routines upto now. It would be wonderful to have your comments and constructive criticism. Please do note that zecke also has done some python bindings, The mai

RE: Using Openmoko in Japan

2007-10-14 Thread David Schlesinger
You'll need to find some hardware to run it on, the Neo1973 won't function in Japan. It's a GSM phone, and Japan's system is pretty much completely WCDMA... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Huang Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:10

Re: dev mess

2007-10-14 Thread Kero van Gelder
> > > Is dropbear broken for other people updating their OM dev env? > > > > There are thousands of recipes in OE and occasionally a change does > > break things. However, I rebuild my environment most days and haven't > > had the problems you describe. > > Thanks. > I've to install the dev env o