RE: InvisibleSHIELD UPDATE/QUESTION

2008-06-24 Thread Yorick Matthys
Hi Dan, Thank you very much for your speedy response. I will forward this mail to the mailinglist. Kind regards, Yorick Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:16:00 +0200 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: InvisibleSHIELD UPDATE/QUESTION Hallo Yorick your email / contact

GPS

2008-06-24 Thread Yorick Matthys
Jisakiel wrote: Let's see if I understood correctly the concepts involved here, as I am still a little bit confused... - TTFF is when no almanac data is available. Unlike what's specified in http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner , is not 40 seconds but 12 minutes (nosmall difference).

humor

2008-06-24 Thread Yorick Matthys
Joseph Reeves wrote: It's a bit of a pain, but I'm convinced it will be worth it. I *really* want Openmoko to be at the top. *snip* , but don't vote just because I want my work emails to be really nice, vote for the good of Openmoko! I agree; right now almost nobody knows we exist, it would be

InvisibleSHIELD UPDATE/QUESTION

2008-06-24 Thread Yorick Matthys
Hi, i recieved a mail from Dan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hi Yorick, I just received a call from DHL that they are waiting for something to clear customs. It looks like it is an Openmoko device. I appreciate your efforts with getting the device for us, but there is a fee for creating a Custom order

Re: Vote! Zimbra Mobile on the Openmoko

2008-06-24 Thread Yogiz
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:18:14 -0700 Brian C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I voted for this. I want something that will synchronize my email/contacts/calendar between my Freerunner and my GNU/Linux laptop. I'm willing to adopt different software on the laptop (Thunderbird + Lightning, Evolution,

Re: humor

2008-06-24 Thread Esben Stien
Richard Reichenbacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://xkcd.com/149/ Damn, that was funny;). I'm probably over tired, though. Didn't expect that.. -- Esben Stien is [EMAIL PROTECTED] s a http://www. s tn m irc://irc. b - i . e/%23contact

HOPE and OpenMoko

2008-06-24 Thread Bert Hartmann
I don't know if anyone on the list is planning on attending the last H.O.P.E. (http://www.thelasthope.org/) but I could easily see the groups overlapping. It's in NYC a couple weeks after the dates suggested by Steve a week or so ago. (Steve was talking about July 1st/4th, HOPE is July 18-20)

Re: InvisibleSHIELD UPDATE/QUESTION

2008-06-24 Thread arne anka
- lifetime warranty i always wonder about these -- whose lifetime is it? if the device in question is defect it's dead, isn't it? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Vote! Zimbra Mobile on the Openmoko

2008-06-24 Thread Pietro m0nt0 Montorfano
Vincent MEURISSE ha scritto: -- Zimbra - Forums Statistics ... Welcome to our newest member, openmoko - :) and what do you vote for ?? me : +1 for openmoko [snip] I don't need it

OT: Symbian mobile platform to be open-sourced under the Eclipse Public License.

2008-06-24 Thread Stroller
The demand for converged mobile devices is accelerating. By 2010 we expect four billion people to have joined the global mobile conversation. For many of these people, their mobile will be their first Internet experience, not just their first camera, music player or phone.

Re: InvisibleSHIELD UPDATE/QUESTION

2008-06-24 Thread Lucas Bonnet
Yorick Matthys [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So my question is: is someone willing to become a reseller for these screen and case protectors? It seemed to me that there was quite a bit of interest in it. I'll also mail this to Lucas Bonnet from Bearstech (where I have pre-ordered my Freerunner,

InvisibleSHIELD UPDATE/QUESTION

2008-06-24 Thread Yorick Matthys
arne anka wrote: - lifetime warranty i always wonder about these -- whose lifetime is it? if the device in question is defect it's dead, isn't it? Of course when the freerunner is defect they are not going to buy you a new freerunner. Otherwise people would jsut put an invisbleshield on

RE: InvisibleSHIELD UPDATE/QUESTION

2008-06-24 Thread Yorick Matthys
arne anka wrote: - lifetime warranty i always wonder about these -- whose lifetime is it? if the device in question is defect it's dead, isn't it? Of course when the freerunner is defect they are not going to buy you a new freerunner. Otherwise people would jsut put an invisbleshield on

Re: GPS

2008-06-24 Thread Jisakiel
Hmmm shame AGPS is not yet implemented, as 14d seems pretty reasonable as a requisite, as well as 30 seconds to fix (I somehow doubt it would fix as quick inside a building or in the city, but...). For the project to be viable I guess we (as we are 3 on that university project) would have to

Re: InvisibleSHIELD UPDATE/QUESTION

2008-06-24 Thread arne anka
- lifetime warranty i always wonder about these -- whose lifetime is it? if the device in question is defect it's dead, isn't it? Of course when the freerunner is defect they are not going to buy you a new freerunner. i wasn't talking about the freerunner but the invisible shield thingy.

Re: InvisibleSHIELD UPDATE/QUESTION

2008-06-24 Thread steffen . linux
I haven't read the previous messages about this topic...so my first question: how much does it cost? generally: yes, I'm interested and would buy one (if it is not to expensive) ;) Original-Nachricht Datum: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:39:58 + Von: Yorick Matthys [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: InvisibleSHIELD UPDATE/QUESTION

2008-06-24 Thread Yorick Moko
Sorry but half of my reply did not come through: From their site: The lifetime replacement guarantee is simply what it says. If your invisibleSHIELD™ ever becomes scratched, torn or damaged in any way while protecting your device, we will replace the invisibleSHIELD™ for free, for life. Q:

Re: InvisibleSHIELD UPDATE/QUESTION

2008-06-24 Thread Yorick Moko
you can find tons of examples on their site eg: http://www.zagg.com/invisibleshield/htc-touch-diamond-cases-screen-protectors-covers-skins-shields.php 12$ for the screen protector 25$ for the whole device (shipping free worldwide) On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: InvisibleSHIELD UPDATE/QUESTION

2008-06-24 Thread steffen . linux
thanks...I don't have a credit card, so I can't buy there I think (me is from germany) Original-Nachricht Datum: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:53:59 +0200 Von: Yorick Moko [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: List for Openmoko community discussion community@lists.openmoko.org Betreff: Re:

Re: InvisibleSHIELD UPDATE/QUESTION

2008-06-24 Thread arne anka
atm there's an ongoing discussion whether distributors split the first time fee and sell the the iv shield, pulster is one of them, i think. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: GPS

2008-06-24 Thread john
Well if you mean obtain coordinates via triangulation it is technically possible but in reality we are constrained by the GSM operators and what information they are willing to give us. If you are a large corporation such as Google and throw them some money you will get access to such data. As Joe

FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide

2008-06-24 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, I have prepared docbook format documentation for http://quickstart.openmoko.org/. The .xml and generated .html is available from: svn checkout svn://svn.projects.openmoko.org/svnroot/qsug Please review it, and let me know of any changes. Will need to add pictures, and fill-in the

Re: Video about Dash Navigation (a smart GPS, and cousin of OpenMoko GTAx)

2008-06-24 Thread Steven **
Their software looks interesting. I would strongly consider paying the monthly subscription to run that on my Neo. -Steven On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Ron K. Jeffries [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://blip.tv/file/1017626 Dash http://www.dash.net/ was developed by FIC/OpenMoko for Dash

Re: Patent threat to OpenMoko devices?

2008-06-24 Thread Atilla Filiz
Look who are sued: Palm, Nokia, Aplle, Dell... I thought most of them were doing this for years. :P On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Daniel Mewes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, Typhoon Touch Technologies has initiated legal measures against different companies with reasonings

Re: Patent threat to OpenMoko devices?

2008-06-24 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:12:36 +0200 Daniel Mewes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, Typhoon Touch Technologies has initiated legal measures against different companies with reasonings including - but not limited to - producing touch screen driven smartphones, as far as I understand it.

Re: Patent threat to OpenMoko devices?

2008-06-24 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Atilla Filiz writes: Look who are sued: Palm, Nokia, Aplle, Dell... I thought most of them were doing this for years. :P Any fisherman will tell you that you don't start reeling in when the fish first nibbles the hook, you wait until they've had time to really take a solid bite. Patent trolls

Re: Patent threat to OpenMoko devices?

2008-06-24 Thread Adilson Oliveira
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Mewes escreveu: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1Sect2=HITOFFd=PALLp=1u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htmr=1f=Gl=50s1=5675362.PN.OS=PN/5675362RS=PN/5675362 This one is from 1997 and Palm PDAs, for instance, exist at least

Re: Patent threat to OpenMoko devices?

2008-06-24 Thread arne anka
the first one dates from 1995. did anyone care to read it fully and can say if it is really soemthing else then a troll's catch-all? On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:11:26 +0200, Adilson Oliveira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Mewes escreveu:

Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide

2008-06-24 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Great! One comment on Chapter 7: Currently, the utility dfu_util is only provided for Linux. Support for dfu_util under Windows and Macintosh will be provided at a later date. That is not accurate (at least for OSX). See: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/MacOS_X There is also an Openmoko

Re: Patent threat to OpenMoko devices?

2008-06-24 Thread Daniel Mewes
Perhaps I should also post my personal opinion about this and I think there are different possibilities what may happen: 1. The patents are valid (don't think so) 1.1 After successfully suing Apple, Dell and so on, Typhoon will continue with suing smaller companies like OpenMoko. Probably they

Re: Vote! Zimbra Mobile on the Openmoko

2008-06-24 Thread Marc-Olivier Barre
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Joseph Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I'd like to bring this poll to your attention: http://www.zimbra.com/forums/zimbrame-j2me-client/12642-vote-phones-zimbra-j2me-client.html For those that don't know, Zimbra is an awesome email/collaboration

FSO Image gets it right

2008-06-24 Thread Graeme Gregory
Well I have seen the future and the future is FSO. For the first time I have been able to make and receive phone calls on a gta02 without hassle. GTK+ software could no do this, qtopia software cannot do this. And the best of it is, this was on my broken GTA02 where the gsm is about as reliable

Re: FSO Image gets it right

2008-06-24 Thread arne anka
Well I have seen the future and the future is FSO. link? the wiki does not know about fso. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

BizWeek on iPhone 3G component cost

2008-06-24 Thread Ron K. Jeffries
http://businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2008/tc20080623_505287.htm note that 3G royalties add $45 to iPhone cost of goods sold. Apple's 58 pct. gross margin is ultra sweet for consumer electronics market. Ron K. Jeffries http://www.retaggr.com/Card/RonKJeffries

Re: FreeRunner Quick Start User Guide

2008-06-24 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi! --- On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 7:59 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | One comment on Chapter 7: | Currently, the utility dfu_util is only provided for Linux. Support for | dfu_util under Windows and Macintosh will be provided at a later date. | | That is not accurate (at

Re: FSO Image gets it right

2008-06-24 Thread Yorick Moko
maybe this can help: http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone1/ http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/OpenmokoFramework http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/OpenmokoFramework/Status_Update_1 http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/OpenmokoFramework/Status_Update_2 (I could be entirely wrong..) But I would

Re: FSO Image gets it right

2008-06-24 Thread Kosa
I've seen the past and there is nothing about FSO. WTF is FSO? ;-) Graeme Gregory escribió: Well I have seen the future and the future is FSO. For the first time I have been able to make and receive phone calls on a gta02 without hassle. GTK+ software could no do this, qtopia software

Re: FSO Image gets it right

2008-06-24 Thread Federico Lorenzi
FSO QT GTK ASU GLX. Pick the odd one out :) On 6/24/08, Kosa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen the past and there is nothing about FSO. WTF is FSO? ;-) Graeme Gregory escribió: Well I have seen the future and the future is FSO. For the first time I have been able to make and receive

Re: BizWeek on iPhone 3G component cost

2008-06-24 Thread Federico Lorenzi
And how many 3g modules do you think they ordered? Knock off a few zeros and you get the quantity that Openmoko would buy. On 6/24/08, Ron K. Jeffries [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2008/tc20080623_505287.htm note that 3G royalties add $45 to iPhone cost

Can the Freerunner now be charged with 1 or with 2 Amp ?

2008-06-24 Thread kazaam
Hello, I'm a bit confused. I thought the max. would be 1 Amp the Freerunner can be charged. But on pulster.de which are selling the offical usb-charger for the freerunner is written that it can be charged with 2 Amp: http://pulster.de/d__omnetz__Openmoko_Freerunner_Netzteil993.htm . What's now

Re: Vote! Zimbra Mobile on the Openmoko

2008-06-24 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On 2008-06-24, Marc-Olivier Barre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Joseph Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I'd like to bring this poll to your attention: http://www.zimbra.com/forums/zimbrame-j2me-client/12642-vote-phones-zimbra-j2me-client.html For

Re: Can the Freerunner now be charged with 1 or with 2 Amp ?

2008-06-24 Thread christopher bradski
You can use any charger that will provide the minimum current that the freerunner needs to charge with. From the previous discussions, I believe the freerunner will only draw a max of 1 amp from any charger that is able to supply that current. You probably wouldn't want a low current device

Re: Can the Freerunner now be charged with 1 or with 2 Amp ?

2008-06-24 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On 2008-06-24, kazaam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm a bit confused. I thought the max. would be 1 Amp the Freerunner can be charged. But on pulster.de which are selling the offical usb-charger for the freerunner is written that it can be charged with 2 Amp:

Re: FSO Image gets it right

2008-06-24 Thread Doron [Ofek BIZ]
Graeme Gregory wrote: Well I have seen the future and the future is FSO. Great work !! FSO is the future. - doron For the first time I have been able to make and receive phone calls on a gta02 without hassle. GTK+ software could no do this, qtopia software cannot do this. And the

Re: Can the Freerunner now be charged with 1 or with 2 Amp ?

2008-06-24 Thread Yorick Moko
It is known that the way you charge a battery influences the lifetime. Have there been any tests as to which is the best way to charge the freerunner? On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2008-06-24, kazaam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm

Re: Vote! Zimbra Mobile on the Openmoko

2008-06-24 Thread Tilman Baumann
Joseph Reeves wrote: Dear all, I'd like to bring this poll to your attention: http://www.zimbra.com/forums/zimbrame-j2me-client/12642-vote-phones-zimbra-j2me-client.html Sorry, nobody wants this on a smartphone. Why implement features that we 100% need on the platform anyways. And you

Re: Vote! Zimbra Mobile on the Openmoko

2008-06-24 Thread Steven Kurylo
1. Is this FLOSS ? I think it is not FLOSS:( Its not clear. I think this is the Rich J2ME Client app, which is FLOSS. At the very bottom: http://www.zimbra.com/products/product_editions.html Sorry, nobody wants this on a smartphone. Why implement features that we 100% need on the platform

Re: Vote! Zimbra Mobile on the Openmoko

2008-06-24 Thread arne anka
Sorry, nobody wants this on a smartphone. the replies to the op suggest otherwise. if everything zimbra wants is a sufficient number of votes and they do the porting themselves -- why not? it broadens the number of available applications and thus the choice. and choice is a large part of

Battery life [was: Re: Can the Freerunner now be charged with 1 or with 2 Amp ?]

2008-06-24 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am Di 24. Juni 2008 schrieb Yorick Moko: It is known that the way you charge a battery influences the lifetime. Have there been any tests as to which is the best way to charge the freerunner? Nope, didn't find the time to do the expected 500 charge/discharge cycles ;-) Honestly, this is

FR using OpenStreetMaps

2008-06-24 Thread Francesco Cat
What will be the best way to take advantage of Open Street Maps? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page A Free phone can't be depending of closed-source data for maps (google or others) ;) So we must be able to use OSM! (as well as contributing the project!)

FR using OpenStreetMaps

2008-06-24 Thread Francesco Cat
What will be the best way to take advantage of Open Street Maps? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page A Free phone can't be depending of closed-source data for maps (google or others) ;) So we must be able to use OSM! (as well as contributing the project!)

FR using OpenStreetMaps

2008-06-24 Thread Francesco Cat
What will be the best way to take advantage of Open Street Maps? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page A Free phone can't be depending of closed-source data for maps (google or others) ;) So we must be able to use OSM! (as well as contributing the project!)

Re: FR using OpenStreetMaps

2008-06-24 Thread Joseph Reeves
www.tangogps.org 2008/6/24 Francesco Cat [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What will be the best way to take advantage of Open Street Maps? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page A Free phone can't be depending of closed-source data for maps (google or others) ;) So we must be able to use OSM!

Re: Vote! Zimbra Mobile on the Openmoko

2008-06-24 Thread Tilman Baumann
Am 24.06.2008 um 19:07 schrieb arne anka: Sorry, nobody wants this on a smartphone. the replies to the op suggest otherwise. Wisdom of the masses. if everything zimbra wants is a sufficient number of votes and they do the porting themselves -- why not? it broadens the number of

Re: FR using OpenStreetMaps

2008-06-24 Thread Robin Paulson
2008/6/25 Francesco Cat [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What will be the best way to take advantage of Open Street Maps? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page A Free phone can't be depending of closed-source data for maps (google or others) ;) So we must be able to use OSM! (as well as

Re: FR using OpenStreetMaps

2008-06-24 Thread Robin Paulson
2008/6/25 Robin Paulson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: well, the short answer is tangogps.org is great - very easy to use, stable and solid. available pre-compiled for lots of x86 linuxex and openmoko/freerunner the long answer is to check out the svn repo on the osm wiki, there are several great

Re: Battery life [was: Re: Can the Freerunner now be charged with 1 or with 2 Amp ?]

2008-06-24 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | Am Di 24. Juni 2008 schrieb Yorick Moko: | It is known that the way you charge a battery influences the lifetime. | Have there been any tests as to which is the best way to charge the | freerunner? | |

Re: GPS

2008-06-24 Thread Jisakiel
As a matter of fact that database would not even be needed, as we *do* have a GPS to get positions. So, for instance: - A location is defined somehow, and *beforehand*. Say manually while being there, perhaps with some precission range attached (high: 1m, low: whatever error margin the GSM

upgrade memory card

2008-06-24 Thread Vinc Duran
Hello, I have a question about the miniSD card in the FreeRunner. If I want to install a larger card at some point is it any easier to already have the new card in hand before I even turn on the FR and just install it when I get the FR? I'm wondering if the card comes blank or does it have

warranty

2008-06-24 Thread Ajit Natarajan
Steve/Michael, Sorry to be a bother, but could you update us on the U.S. warranty situation for the FR? I understand that there is a 14-day DOA warranty. Is that it? Or will we getting a 1-year or some such? Please let us know if there will be a difference in warranty between the 10 pack

Re: upgrade memory card

2008-06-24 Thread Kevin Dean
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Vinc Duran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have a question about the miniSD card in the FreeRunner. If I want to install a larger card at some point is it any easier to already have the new card in hand before I even turn on the FR and just install it when I

Re: upgrade memory card

2008-06-24 Thread Nicholas Dube
Will the FR be able to support 16GB SDHC microSD cards? On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:55 PM, ian douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd hoped to buy an 8GB SDHC microSD card for my Freerunner but ordered a non-micro card and got too lazy to return it to newegg.com for an exchange since the bigger

SDHC memory limit (was Re: upgrade memory card)

2008-06-24 Thread ian douglas
I'd heard 8GB, which is why I was going to order an 8GB card. I know a few 4GB cards were tested. Nicholas Dube wrote: Will the FR be able to support 16GB SDHC microSD cards? On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:55 PM, ian douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd hoped to

Re: Delay is getting worse...

2008-06-24 Thread ian douglas
I unsubscribed my iandouglas.com address and resubscribed a few minutes later, and now both my w98.us and iandouglas.com messages show up within a few minutes of each other instead of a 90+ minute delay. I guess the mailing list software processes the addresses in typical first-in-last-out stack

ATT SIM Compatibility in FR

2008-06-24 Thread Daniel Dadap
Sorry if this question has been asked before, but I have noticed that there seem to be issues with ATT SIM cards and the Neo1973. (http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=666) Have they been resolved in the FreeRunner? ___

Re: Vote! Zimbra Mobile on the Openmoko

2008-06-24 Thread Vinc Duran
Joseph, My company uses Exchange servers. Is Zimbra a client that would work with existing Exchange infrastructure or does it replace the Exchange? Thanks, V On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Joseph Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wish there was a way to vote on this URL of yours without

Re: upgrade memory card

2008-06-24 Thread Brian C
ian douglas wrote: [snip] Did anyone else test an 8GB card yet? If not, I'll order another one on the weekend. [snip] I bought an 8GB Sandisk MicroSD card. I'm part of a group purchase for the San Francisco Bay Area and we plan to pick up in Fremont, so as soon as the Freerunners arrive I will

Re: GPS

2008-06-24 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am Di 24. Juni 2008 schrieb Jisakiel: As a matter of fact that database would not even be needed, as we *do* have a GPS to get positions. So, for instance: - A location is defined somehow, and *beforehand*. Say manually while being there, perhaps with some precission range attached (high:

Re: upgrade memory card

2008-06-24 Thread Mikko Rauhala
ti, 2008-06-24 kello 17:02 -0400, Nicholas Dube kirjoitti: Will the FR be able to support 16GB SDHC microSD cards? If it supports SDHC (and I hear it does) it supports at least up to 32GB cards. That is an artificial limit in the spec, by the way, so controllers _may_ be able to be coaxed into

GSM Tower Location and GPS

2008-06-24 Thread Charles Edward Pax
Here's an idea: OpenMoko shows me locations of GSM towers near me by knowing my location via GPS. This could be useful when in a remote area. Let's say I'm in a valley, have no GMS signal, and a member of my party or I have an injury. It would be useful to know in which direction I should travel

Re: GSM Tower Location and GPS

2008-06-24 Thread ian douglas
That's a great idea. Has it been done before? I know there's a GSM coverage map on the 'net somewhere (don't have my home bookmarks at work) which may include actual tower locations already. -id Charles Edward Pax wrote: Here's an idea: OpenMoko shows me locations of GSM towers near me by

Re: GSM Tower Location and GPS

2008-06-24 Thread Robin Paulson
2008/6/25 Charles Edward Pax [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Here's an idea: OpenMoko shows me locations of GSM towers near me by knowing my location via GPS. This could be useful when in a remote area. Let's say I'm in a valley, have no GMS signal, and a member of my party or I have an injury. It would be

Re: upgrade memory card

2008-06-24 Thread Vinc Duran
Wow. Very cool information. Thank you all. On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ti, 2008-06-24 kello 17:02 -0400, Nicholas Dube kirjoitti: Will the FR be able to support 16GB SDHC microSD cards? If it supports SDHC (and I hear it does) it supports at least

Re: GSM Tower Location and GPS

2008-06-24 Thread Joseph Reeves
Here's another idea: Record signal strength and position information for generating a coverage map. We can record tower code, signal strength, and phone location. This information could be used with the Open Street Map data to generate a real-world coverage map. This could also be useful

Re: FSO Image gets it right

2008-06-24 Thread Steven Le Roux
2008/6/24 Doron [Ofek BIZ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Graeme Gregory wrote: Well I have seen the future and the future is FSO. Great work !! FSO is the future. sure :) great demo - doron For the first time I have been able to make and receive phone calls on a gta02 without hassle.

Re: Vote! Zimbra Mobile on the Openmoko

2008-06-24 Thread Joseph Reeves
Hi Vinc, Zimbra is a mail system that, for a long time, did not have a client at all; it was all web based. Currently you are able to use exchange clients (mobile phone sync apps for example) with Zimbra because the Zimbra server emulates an exchange server when these clients connect. We have

Re: GPS

2008-06-24 Thread AVee
On Tuesday 24 June 2008 14:45, john wrote: 2008/6/24 Jisakiel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [snip] - Is it possible then to fetch approximate position from the associated GSM towers then? I guess it depends on the subset of commands the chip implements, but I didn't have the time to read over those

ATT SIM problems

2008-06-24 Thread Daniel Dadap
Sorry if this question has been asked before, but I have noticed that there seem to be issues with ATT SIM cards and the Neo1973. (http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=666) Have they been resolved in the FreeRunner? ___

Re: ATT SIM problems

2008-06-24 Thread Vinc Duran
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Daniel Dadap [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry if this question has been asked before, but I have noticed that there seem to be issues with ATT SIM cards and the Neo1973. (http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=666) Have they been resolved

Re: ATT SIM problems

2008-06-24 Thread sumstultussedesquoque
That sounds like yes to me... This would be a very important issue for me, as I'm definitely going to have to use ATT. On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Vinc Duran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Daniel Dadap [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry if this question has been

Re: GSM Tower Location and GPS

2008-06-24 Thread Pietro m0nt0 Montorfano
Joerg Reisenweber ha scritto: Am Mi 25. Juni 2008 schrieb Joseph Reeves: Here's another idea: Record signal strength and position information for generating a coverage map. We can record tower code, signal strength, and phone location. This information could be used with the Open Street Map

Re: GSM Tower Location and GPS

2008-06-24 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:57:28 +1200 Robin Paulson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Here's another idea: Record signal strength and position information for generating a coverage map. We can record tower code, signal strength, and phone location. This information could be used with the Open