RE: $100 computers (was: Microtouch)

2012-02-09 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
$100 would also get you Qi Hardware's Nanonote units, which is comparable to a Raspberry Pi + monitor + keyboard that you can actually carry in your pocket and use on the go (comes with a Li-ion battery, runs for ~9 hours in my experience). I have one. I like it. I use it mainly as a

RE: Microtouch

2012-02-08 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
On 02/07/2012 10:13 AM, Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE) wrote: Subject: Microtouch Just spotted on: http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Microtouch - The ultimate AVR-based iPhone killer! http://www.ladyada.net/products/microtouch/ SNIP Does anyone know how old this is? I've got ~$100

RE: Microtouch

2012-02-07 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
Subject: Microtouch Just spotted on: http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Microtouch - The ultimate AVR-based iPhone killer! http://www.ladyada.net/products/microtouch/ SNIP Does anyone know how old this is? I've got ~$100 ready to buy it they get more in stock. The page says 3-5 days, but not

RE: GTA04 Group Buy - Status

2011-12-01 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
-Original Message- From: community-boun...@lists.openmoko.org [mailto:community-boun...@lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 10:49 AM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Cc: List for communicating with real GTA04 owners

RE: Potential buyer

2011-06-06 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
Depends on how you define open and phone. Openmoko, depending on the distro you install and how much you play with it varies from basically usable phone to extremely fun/frustrating hardware that might make occasional calls or texts. I've used it as both over the years I've used mine. For a

OpenMobile.nl Image?

2011-03-07 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
How out of date is the OpenMobile.nl image listed here? http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/QtMoko#OpenMobile.nl_Download Is it possible to apt-get update from this image? As I no longer have any Linux boxes, except my FreeRunner, this is the least painful way to try qtmoko, but I would prefer a

The epoch is upon me.

2010-12-21 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
The last time my FreeRunner's battery died, the clock reset to epoch. Now, it no longer keeps time during suspend either. I'm guessing this means the clock battery has finally died. Someone recently commented that they replaced their battery with a pair of super caps. I just wanted to confirm my

RE: The epoch is upon me.

2010-12-21 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
is to blame, but I just wanted to mention that I replaced the battery with a single supercap. The pair of supercaps was because I have two freerunners. Ben On 12/21/2010 07:55 AM, Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE) wrote: The last time my FreeRunner's battery died, the clock reset to epoch

MeeGo 1.1 for FreeRunner?

2010-11-16 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
Does anyone know how difficult it would be to port MeeGo to the FreeRunner? After all, we don't have enough distro's yet (-= Cheers, John Gay ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

RE: Yocto for Openmoko?

2010-11-01 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
Am Samstag, den 30.10.2010, 13:15 +0400 schrieb Nikita V. Youshchenko: Just saw the announcement on lwn.net for the Yocto Project. This aims to create a standard build system for embedded systems. Sounds like it might be an interesting way to build for the FreeRunner. Of course it

Yocto for Openmoko?

2010-10-29 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
Just saw the announcement on lwn.net for the Yocto Project. This aims to create a standard build system for embedded systems. Sounds like it might be an interesting way to build for the FreeRunner. Of course it also sound like 'yet-another-build-system' tool. Just wanted to high-lite this to

RE: When is the next and more powerful openmoko releasing

2010-08-12 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
Hi, Hello, there (-= When is the next and more powerful openmoko (capable of seamless 3D video and faster processor) is going to be released??? As soon as you design it? I've heard that some people are looking at taking the openmoko core project and trying to apply it to better hardware.

RE: [Hackable:1] serial terminal program

2010-08-12 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE) john@ge.com writes: recognizes and assigns to /dev/ttyUSB0. My problem is, minicom won't run I prefer picocom. Tried that, but it's too small . . . Is there a microcom? (-= Actually, it works like a dream! I plugged my USB- serial adapter from my

RE: [Hackable:1] serial terminal program

2010-08-12 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
...@lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Timo Juhani Lindfors Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 10:15 AM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: [Hackable:1] serial terminal program Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE) john@ge.com writes: Actually, it works like a dream! I plugged my USB

[Hackable:1] serial terminal program

2010-08-11 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
I've been wanting to try using my freerunner as a serial terminal to debug servers via serial. I've got a USB-serial adapter that H:1 recognizes and assigns to /dev/ttyUSB0. My problem is, minicom won't run because the shell screen is to small. Mickeyterm fails to find a bunch of python modules

RE: [gta02-core] Openmoko Beagle Hybrid

2010-06-16 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
Anyway, can you please keep focus on the original question (everything else does not bring us forward): Which option would you prefer? 1. PCB and very special components only (you can go shopping yourself). 2. PCB and complete component set (unsoldered) 3. PCB and components already

RE: Freerunner Remote Desktop?

2010-05-25 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
I use tightVNC on my PC and run x11vnc on my freerunner. Cheers, John Gay From: community-boun...@lists.openmoko.org [mailto:community-boun...@lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Nashvin Gangaram Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 4:22 AM To: Openmoko_Support;