Re: Software

2008-05-06 Thread Clinton Ebadi
David Murrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A thought. > > My current phone has birthday notifications for contact list members. > > This is fine, but a better extension would be to alert, and offer to > send happy birthday text message around a pseudo random time (one > wouldn't want to be seen t

Re: Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread joerg
The display? OR the projector? maybe they have no USB at all ;-) Read it again! /j Am Di 6. Mai 2008 schrieb Alexander Frøyseth: > no > USB1.1 > nickd skrev: > > bear in mind it's only usb 1.0 > > -nick > > > > Ian Darwin wrote: > >> > - not being able to connect a VGA-over-USB > >> > >>

Re: Software

2008-05-06 Thread Mike Baroukh
About this, I was wondering if there was possibility to have cron like tasks even if the phone is suspended ? If no, there is no way to make anything like this bithdays remeber. If yes, what will happend ? The phone will wkae up then suspend again ? The tasks have to suspend it after completion

Re: Freerunner Sale Price in India - Official partner with Openmoko

2008-05-06 Thread rakshat hooja
> > Shakthi, I have been using GTA01 (Neo 1973) my main phone for some time and felt that at its price point (under INR 12000 for GSM and GPS and VGA display) it would make a great phone for the Indian market. Unfortunately with its power draining problems (I carry 2 spare batteries in my pock

Re: Multi-Level Markting - Is OpenMoko interested in?

2008-05-06 Thread Roland Häder
On Tuesday, 6. May 2008, Stefan Misch wrote: > Hello Roland, Hi Stefan, > > while I think that the OpenMoko should get more attention in the media I > don't think it's a good idea to use all methods you mentioned. I have just listed possible ways. Taking all ways would be too much and maybe wrong

Re: Freerunner Sale Price in India - Official partner with Openmoko

2008-05-06 Thread Ganesha Krishna
Hi, First off, my 'thank you' s are due.. 1. To Rakshat for setting up the Indian distribution. You obviously have the know how of open device and open source which is great. This shop has greatly relieved my anxiety of shipping and customs which tends to become a hassle. 2. To Harry, fo

Re: Warranty on phase 1 phones

2008-05-06 Thread Eric Smith
Openmoko, A lot of people on the Group Order forum are asking about the warranty protection of individual buyers when we consolidate our orders. Is openmoko able to provide a solution where buyers may take advantage of the bulk discount and reduced shipping costs through Group Order and at the sa

Re: Freerunner Sale Price in India - Official partner with Openmoko

2008-05-06 Thread Lally Singh
I didn't think Skype ran on the openmoko stack. Please, pretty please, tell me that I'm wrong :-D On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Ganesha Krishna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > First off, my 'thank you' s are due.. > 1. To Rakshat for setting up the Indian distribution. You obviousl

Re: Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread Ian Darwin
- not being able to connect a VGA-over-USB Sheesh. Stick a cheap USB 2.0 webcam on a stick, err, a tripod, above your phone and run that onto your display or projector. As Rasterman said, "it's a phone". nickd wrote: > bear in mind it's only usb 1.0 > -nick Seriously, though. Connect the US

Re: Freerunner Sale Price in India - Official partner with Openmoko

2008-05-06 Thread joerg
Am Di 6. Mai 2008 schrieb Lally Singh: > I didn't think Skype ran on the openmoko stack. Please, pretty > please, tell me that I'm wrong :-D Nope, right! So forget about skype, use plain SIP! /j > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Ganesha Krishna > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > >

Re: Freerunner Sale Price in India - Official partner with Openmoko

2008-05-06 Thread Mo Abrahams
I am 99.998 % certain that it doesn't, although it is foreseeable that it one day will, especially if the platform takes off. Since Skype is closed source it would need official developers to port it, although if somebody built the front-end and did some of the generic voip stuff for them maybe

Re: Freerunner Sale Price in India - Official partner with Openmoko

2008-05-06 Thread Robert Schuster
Lally Singh schrieb: > I didn't think Skype ran on the openmoko stack. Please, pretty > please, tell me that I'm wrong :-D AFAIK skype has serious issues being conformant to the principles of swatantra software[0]. ;) Skype is used for communication in IT departements? I would not trust a proprie

Re: Freerunner Sale Price in India - Official partner with Openmoko

2008-05-06 Thread Ganesha Krishna
> > -- Forwarded message -- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: community@lists.openmoko.org > Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 19:18:54 +0800 > Subject: Re: Freerunner Sale Price in India - Official partner with > Openmoko > Am Di 6. Mai 2008 schrieb Lally Singh: > > I didn't think Skype ran on

Re: Freerunner Sale Price in India - Official partner with Openmoko

2008-05-06 Thread Mo Abrahams
The only problem is convincing all your contacts who use skype already that they should switch to {insert libre alternative here}. For the majority of protocols we linux users have our own implementation now, getting people to switch is less of an issue, but for skype... On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 17:2

Re: Software

2008-05-06 Thread andy selby
2008/5/6 David Murrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > My current phone has birthday notifications for contact list members. *cough* May 10th *cough* *cough* a certain phone *cough* ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.

Re: Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On 5/6/08, Ian Darwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > - not being able to connect a VGA-over-USB > > > Sheesh. Stick a cheap USB 2.0 webcam on a stick, err, a tripod, above > your phone and run that onto your display or projector. As Rasterman said, > "it's a phone". > > nickd wrote: > > bear

Re: Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread Andy Powell
On Tuesday 06 May 2008 00:38, Fredrik Wendt wrote: > Florian Rebstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Actually, I'm starting to feel like I'm going to be somewhat disappointed > by the performance of the device: > - battery drainage Some people are putting in a lot of work to get this sort of thing

Re: Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread joerg
Am Mi 7. Mai 2008 schrieb Flemming Richter Mikkelsen: > On 5/6/08, Ian Darwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > - not being able to connect a VGA-over-USB > > > > Sheesh. Stick a cheap USB 2.0 webcam on a stick, err, a tripod, above > > your phone and run that onto your display or projector.

Re: Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread Ian Darwin
> Seriously, If everyone put as much effort into development as they do into > bitching and whining this phone would be able to cure cancer by now. +1 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/li

Re: Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread Lally Singh
-1 While I completely understand the irritation with all these experiments and heavily detailed ideas, I'd rather have people thinking and loud than quiet and apathetic. If even a few of of them end up committing code, we're all the better for it. Maybe we can get a few people started on Vala.

Re: Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread Andy Powell
On Tuesday 06 May 2008 20:13, Lally Singh wrote: > -1 > > While I completely understand the irritation with all these > experiments and heavily detailed ideas, I'd rather have people > thinking and loud than quiet and apathetic. If even a few of of them > end up committing code, we're all the bett

Re: Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On 5/6/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Mi 7. Mai 2008 schrieb Flemming Richter Mikkelsen: > > Hmm... the LCD on the Freerunner is VGA... maybe it is possible to split > > the signal to the display to a VGA out and create a driver... > > I have a feeling this will not work:( >

Re: Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
On Tuesday 06 May 2008 22:00:50 Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote: > (My second idea is to simply create a BT2VGA adapter. I will try this > first. It will only be usable for still images, but it would be just for > fun. But first I need some time...) There are ready made WLAN to VGA adapters for p

Re: Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread Bradley Hook
http://www.xkeys.com/viewport/viewportspc.php This is the first one I could find that explicitly says it will work with USB 1.1. For slideshows it should work just fine, though slide changes might take a second to redraw the screen. You probably would not want to try to do motion video at any res

Re: Software

2008-05-06 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
Hi, On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Mike Baroukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > About this, I was wondering if there was possibility to have cron like > tasks even if the phone is suspended ? You could always run something like anacron{1] on the phone. As long as yoy don't keep you phone suspen

RE: Stylus Recommendation

2008-05-06 Thread Daniel Barkalow
On Mon, 5 May 2008, steve wrote: > I looked at emachines a few years back for doing some custom car parts. The > CAD tool was a bit funky. The price was not hobby friendly as you note. > My friend owned a machine shop so he just CNCed the thing since he wanted it > too. I never tried a plastic p

Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread ian douglas
Hey all, I'm randomly getting a second and sometimes a third copy of messages coming to the list. For exampe, Torfinn Ingolfsen's last Email with a subject line "Re: Software" -- I got three copies. I also got three copies of Bradley Hook's message about the external displays, but only one co

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread ian douglas
Likewise, I got one copy of Daniel Barkalow's Email just before I sent my message, but received three copies of my own post. ian douglas wrote: Hey all, I'm randomly getting a second and sometimes a third copy of messages coming to the list. For exampe, Torfinn Ingolfsen's last Email with a

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread Mo Abrahams
Nope, not me On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 14:56 -0700, ian douglas wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm randomly getting a second and sometimes a third copy of messages > coming to the list. For exampe, Torfinn Ingolfsen's last Email with a > subject line "Re: Software" -- I got three copies. I also got three

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread Mo Abrahams
Nope, not me On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 14:56 -0700, ian douglas wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm randomly getting a second and sometimes a third copy of messages > coming to the list. For exampe, Torfinn Ingolfsen's last Email with a > subject line "Re: Software" -- I got three copies. I also got three >

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread Michele Renda
Only one copy also for me. It is like you registered two / three times. Are you sure you don't have mail fowarding activated to another email address registered to this mailing list? ian douglas wrote: Hey all, I'm randomly getting a second and sometimes a third copy of messages coming to th

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread ian douglas
Michele Renda wrote: > Only one copy also for me. It is like you registered two / three > times. Are you sure you don't have mail fowarding activated to > another email address registered to this mailing list? Nope, I've always only had a single address on the list, and I've been a member since

Re: Wiki distorted in Firefox 3?

2008-05-06 Thread Jeremiah Flerchinger
I concur that the left menu is now at the top, except for the search and toolbox items. On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 07:05 +0200, Joachim Steiger wrote: > please retest, ive added a small patch, courtesy of abraxa. > thanks for testing (most of us is till on FF2 here) _

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread Stefan Misch
I have the same problem and ironically I got this "Nope, not me" twice. I'm pretty sure, I did not subscribe twice, because I do not get every mail twice, only a rare few of them. I checked the headers of both mails and they seem to be identical save for the Message-Id. (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> v

Re: Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread Clinton Ebadi
Gabriel Ambuehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 06 May 2008 22:00:50 Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote: >> (My second idea is to simply create a BT2VGA adapter. I will try this >> first. It will only be usable for still images, but it would be just for >> fun. But first I need some time...

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread Mo Abrahams
I'll be honest, I sent my message twice just for kicks =P But I didn't send it three times, so one of the times that Ian received it was through no fault of mine. On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 00:23 +0200, Stefan Misch wrote: > I have the same problem and ironically I got this "Nope, not me" twice. > > I

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread Hugo Mills
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 12:23:37AM +0200, Stefan Misch wrote: > I have the same problem and ironically I got this "Nope, not me" twice. Actually, I got "Nope, not me" once, and "ope, not me" once. I think Mo was pulling your leg. (And making typos) Hugo. -- === Hugo Mills: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread Dave O'Connor
Same here, this happens every once in a while. Wasn't there a stage where one message was sent numerous times? On Wed, 7 May 2008, Stefan Misch wrote: I have the same problem and ironically I got this "Nope, not me" twice. I'm pretty sure, I did not subscribe twice, because I do not get every

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread Kosa
I had that issue for a couple of days when I created a folder to store the messages I was reciving from this list, but it was way worse. I recived some time ten or more times the same messages, but they had all the same time (hour and minute), and these two I got from Mo Abrahams have different ti

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread Kosa
Hahaha Funny!!! Kosa Mo Abrahams escribió: I'll be honest, I sent my message twice just for kicks =P But I didn't send it three times, so one of the times that Ian received it was through no fault of mine. On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 00:23 +0200, Stefan Misch wrote: I have the same p

Re: Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread Frederik Sdun
Hi, you are talking of something similar to this: http://www.internettablettalk.com/2008/03/14/the-nobounds-project/ it's really nice and it works (but the glasses look strange ;)) and is implemented in software. just a short interrupt/inspiration. regards, Frederik _

Programming OM (was: Software)

2008-05-06 Thread Thomas Jensen
Clinton Ebadi wrote: > The nice part about the Openmoko platform is that you can now apply > the Emacs mentality to a phone: if it is a simple feature you can hack > it together in an afternoon yourself. I am new here. Do I understand this correct - it will be possible to write programs on the pho

Re: Programming OM (was: Software)

2008-05-06 Thread wim . delvaux
On Wednesday 07 May 2008 01:19:00 Thomas Jensen wrote: > Clinton Ebadi wrote: > > The nice part about the Openmoko platform is that you can now apply > > the Emacs mentality to a phone: if it is a simple feature you can hack > > it together in an afternoon yourself. > > I am new here. Do I understa

Re: Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On 5/6/08, Clinton Ebadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But are there any that use VNC? It looks like at least that device > uses an evil proprietary program making it useless for what people > seem to want to do here. Also it would be nice that it is so small that you can have it in your pocket, an

Re: Software

2008-05-06 Thread Bastian Muck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anachron can unfortunately run tasks once a day, which you can read at the Drawback. I guess that tasks, with a "remember-funktions" canot really be realized with anachron. I don't know if there is a timer, which can send an wakeup-interupt, but wh

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread Bastian Muck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 there might be an answer to this. When you write an email an someone uses the "answer-all" function you get an email adressed to your email adress and one to the mailinglist. Possibly that might be an answer. And of course sometimes there are doubl

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread ian douglas
As I've mentioned already though, the copies I'm getting are all duplicates from the mailing list -- I got two copies of your message, but both copies were only sent to the mailing list. None of the extra copies I've received today had me personally listed as a To: or CC: recipient, and the Mes

Re: Stylus Recommendation

2008-05-06 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Tom Russell wrote: I like to have both a pen and stylus handy but hate carrying more than necessary. I found a very small (10cm, closed) combo What about those [1] ? I like the Confort Stylus... [1] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Stylus_Alternatives -- Treviño's World - Life and Linux http:/

Re: Software

2008-05-06 Thread Ryan Prior
Perhaps "phone-cron" needs to be written, to take anacron to the level of task flexibility required for modern cell phones. Cron and anacron are crusty old beasts - we need something fresh and sharp. On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Bastian Muck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED M

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread Bastian Muck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hmm, i don't have this Problem. Do you use an emailclient? ian douglas schrieb: | As I've mentioned already though, the copies I'm getting are all duplicates from the mailing list -- I got two copies of your message, but both copies were only sent

Re: Software

2008-05-06 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Ryan Prior wrote: Perhaps "phone-cron" needs to be written, to take anacron to the level of task flexibility required for modern cell phones. Cron and anacron are crusty old beasts - we need something fresh and sharp. Talking with dbus too... -- Treviño's World - Life and Linux http://www.3v1

Freerunner and external Display

2008-05-06 Thread Adam Steele
I've had the thought of a micro projector rolling around in my head for a few weeks after stumbling upon this: http://spritesmods.com/?art=picframe It's software driven and can do ~8FPS, although it's passive matrix and 128x128 resolution. With a few ultra bright LEDs (I have a few 265 lumen LEDs**

Re: Programming OM

2008-05-06 Thread Clinton Ebadi
Thomas Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Clinton Ebadi wrote: >> The nice part about the Openmoko platform is that you can now apply >> the Emacs mentality to a phone: if it is a simple feature you can hack >> it together in an afternoon yourself. > > I am new here. Do I understand this correct

Re: Programming OM

2008-05-06 Thread Yoni Rabkin
Clinton Ebadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (not that anyone but me would care for Common Lisp on a phone). You are not alone: I'd love Common Lisp on the phone. -- "Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice" ___ Openmoko community mailing lis

Re: Software

2008-05-06 Thread joerg
Am Mi 7. Mai 2008 schrieb Marco Trevisan (Treviño): > Ryan Prior wrote: > > Perhaps "phone-cron" needs to be written, to take anacron to the level > > of task flexibility required for modern cell phones. Cron and anacron > > are crusty old beasts - we need something fresh and sharp. > > Talking

Re: Is anyone else getting 2 or 3 copies of every mails?

2008-05-06 Thread joerg
Am Mi 7. Mai 2008 schrieb Mo Abrahams: > Nope, not me > yep, this very one was twice /j ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Software

2008-05-06 Thread Steven Kurylo
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:31 PM, "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ryan Prior wrote: > > > Perhaps "phone-cron" needs to be written, to take anacron to the level of > task flexibility required for modern cell phones. Cron and anacron are > crusty old beasts - we need something