Re: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-21 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, And #2. They love hearing your continuous interest in the constant requests for status updates. Are we there yet? No. Are we there yet? No. Are we there yet? No. if you make an announcement for a particular date, you have to live with people asking, when the date passed by. If you

Re: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-21 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, I think I saw some proballys and some shoulds but I don't remember any announcements. maybe, but a concrete date was given. Was there an official announcment? Everything, a member of the company writes, is official ... Sorry, but we are all waiting for several months now. Several

Re: Whats up with the freerunner mass production?

2008-05-21 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi Michele, I agree with what you wrote. But in the end it is about earning money. It is not good to lose potential customers with announcements of probabilities. So again, what hinders production? Openmoko but to learn to be open. It will take time, but is doing a lot. This is main point I

Re: My Openmoko blog is aimed at helping Freerunner users get started

2008-05-19 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, Seriously, feedback and suggestions are welcomed. very good idea. Thumbs up! Dirk ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Freerunner on a Mac ...

2008-05-16 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi! One point on my list is to ask you, if it is possible, to configure (install software) on Freerunner, when you have a Mac? Thanks for any hint Dirk ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: Freerunner on a Mac ...

2008-05-16 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, AFAIK, the Freerunner itself can install software when connected to a Mac. You'll need to setup networking, but I guess that will be covered in the FAQ. ok, great. What I am wondering about (and maybe you as wel...) is if it will be possible to re-flash the Freerunner using a Mac.

Re: Root password and ssh?

2008-05-14 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, That would impede scp'ing said files... security costs comfort ... that is the way it is. scp file freerunner:/tmp ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] sudo cp /tmp/file /final/destination Dirk ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: Root password and ssh?

2008-05-14 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, Well, you can always login via SSH as a root... if this is configured ... You can not login as root on any of my machines, you can not even login with a bare password. But everyone can use the level of security he wants. Dirk ___ Openmoko

Re: Group Sales Page

2008-05-05 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, I've tried to access it with the link in my bookmark but it seems to not to be there anymore. searching for group in the wiki shows http://wiki.openmoko.org/index.php/Group_Order Dirk ___ Openmoko community mailing list

Re: Stylus Recommendation

2008-05-05 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, Someone (read: not me. I AM a EE :) ) could make a stylus with a usb connector sticking out along the side. Then, the stylus could plug into the usb port and be held tight against the side of the phone. really a cool idea. Respect! Dirk

Re: Group Sales Page

2008-05-05 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, But for me, that link is 404 Not Found. The wiki seems to be down. Brenda mentioned in another thread that the wiki was being upgraded. I'm guessing that is in process and is the reason I can't access it. I was do to make a search and to find the link ... so upgrading should be

Re: Group Sales Page

2008-05-05 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, still giving a 404 to me. can you see the main page http://wiki.openmoko.org/ without error? Dirk ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Wiki is down

2008-05-05 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, Ok to me but CSS broken in mediawiki I had the same problems but now everything seems to be ok again. Dirk ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: mobile gps gaming

2008-04-30 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, Interesting. The other obvious game for a GPS-enabled phone is a treasure hunt including geographical clues. this is called Geocaching [1]. SCNR Dirk [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching ___ Openmoko community mailing list

RE: mobile gps gaming

2008-04-30 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, It could be taken a step further. great ideas! First of all the phone has to be delivered ... BTW: Where are we now in the progress of mass production? Dirk ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

New List?

2008-04-28 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, just a question. Do you think that it makes sense to put the distribution questions to a new mailing list? This community list gets flooded with group sales messages. Dirk ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: New List?

2008-04-28 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, What a great idea. Maybe I'm to uncommunicative but I'm tired of marking group order threads and what colour do i like questions as read. At least I found a missing feature in claws: mark folded threats read ;-) try ignore on threads ;-) I think the wiki would be the best place to

Re: Getting Things Done with Openmoko

2008-04-19 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, There's a whole cult around this book. Isn't lifehacker essentially an offshoot? as far as I see it is about time and task management. Since many people have problems with this it is a bestseller. Take a look at this too: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/timemgmt/index.html Cheers Dirk

Re: Don't ship GTA02v5 without the rework

2008-04-19 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, Nothing. Will. Ever. Be. Perfect. thanks for your statement. It is really appreciated. The same is for software. Dirk ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Our new Main page of wiki

2008-04-18 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, Just a thought... Perhaps it would make sense for the wiki pages to fit the horizontal resolution of the Freerunner. I would image that it may be an often visited site by the phones when people are getting started. I agree to that. Plus thinking about the page beeing viewed mostly

Re: Buy the Neo fra Norway

2008-04-16 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, The problem here is that trisoft is selling it for 399€ There was a correction to 350 EUR. If you live outside EU, you don't have to pay the taxes (19%), so it comes to ca. 295 EUR, but you have to pay the taxes in your country. Dirk ___

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-15 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, But who cares? Only our small community of Linux geeks. But there is no *mass market* for that. 100% agreed (with the whole text you sent). Dirk ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update

2008-04-14 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, I spoke to my wife (typical end user). She expects a - computer independent charger - headset - pouch Best regards Dirk ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: What should be included in packaging (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, I think you are right. There are two main opinions on getting the phone. The geek way and the end user way. Geeks have other needs or wishes than end users have. What about addon packs to a basic phone with charger? Dirk ___ Openmoko community

Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update

2008-04-13 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, let me know what you think. My inclination is Open accessories. I agree to Open accessories. Thinks I would like to see in the box: - Charger - USB-Cable - Headset I also would like to have - may be separately: - Stylus - Pouch - MicroSD Just my 0.02 cents. Dirk