Actually...
I'm pretty sure this is the same screen we're using on the "myPhone"
project, and it's actually quite usable.
The 4.3" 480x272 has the advantages that:
* it's a tad cheaper than the 3.8" 640x480 screen, way cheaper in
volume
* it has slightly better color
* th
Well.. it's UMA (Unlicensed-spectrum Mobile Access) which means it's
a RTP like protocol over IPSec.
I have the service with a Nokia 6086 phone. You can confuse the phone
into accepting a root cert with WTLS, and then modify the cert to be
used for WPA authentication. Once you can do that,
Well... I had some prior art with the "Hang Dial" phone designed by
me and designer Sean Thomas. Lemme dig around for the artwork.
On Jul 4, 2007, at 5:43 AM, Frederic Kettelhoit wrote:
Hello together,
there is one patent application called "Backside Interface for Hand-
Held devices" with t
somewhere in the bay area there are
enough interested designers / makers that sharing the cost and effort
would bring the costs down to something pretty reasonable.
Oh... and it would also be easy to laser etch designs on the newly
created plastic cases.
-Cheers
-Matt H.
On Jul 3, 20
that it's
the bottle of choice for solar water disinfection.
http://www.sodis.ch/Text2002/T-Howdoesitwork.htm
On Tuesday 03 July 2007 19:48, Matthew S. Hamrick wrote:
Oh... but doesn't PETN have some issues with long-term durability
when exposed to UV?
On Jul 3, 2007, at 11:04 AM,
Also.. to follow up on what Adrian recently said.. The tech shop also
has a CNC milling machine. I'm no expert, but I believe that the idea
is that you put a CAD file in one side and take out a completed part
out the other. So... if you have the CAD files for a case, you could
feed them int
Okay... this topic has been discussed to death, here and elsewhere.
Let me recap by saying:
a. A constellation of cooperating devices is bad because you have to
make each device smart enough to talk to each other device, and know
what it's supposed to do. And as Fabien points out, testing
Oh... but doesn't PETN have some issues with long-term durability
when exposed to UV?
On Jul 3, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Jeffrey Thomas wrote:
Clear soda bottles are fairly strong and not nearly as brittle as
some
other clear plastics.
True enough, and i stand corrected. Their flexibility may
7;s a microwave
oven near where you're testing. (i.e. - don't forget to test your
device in something approaching real-world conditions.)
-Cheers
-Matt H.
On Jun 14, 2007, at 1:10 PM, Robin Paulson wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 June 2007 16:26, Matthew S. Hamrick wrote:
>>
Duncan...
Let me just add to what Sudharshan said... There is a stunning amount
of variability in the mobile device supply chain. I used to work for
Gibson Musical Instruments, where we were designing what was
effectively a custom PDA (don't ask.) There were several delays,
including abou
carrier's data center and hook directly into their
terrestrial SS7 network. That way it would be accessible to the whole
network.
-Cheers
-Matt H.
On Jun 12, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Jon Radel wrote:
From:
"Matthew S. Hamrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
A Mobile LLU (Local Lo
A Mobile LLU (Local Loop Unbundling) system would be slightly
different that an MVNO. MVNO's mostly differentiate themselves on
branding instead of services. LLU is what you get when you force
ILECs (Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers) to allow third parties to
connect to the local loop (the
Well... I used to work for PalmSource, one of the LiPS founding
members. I've been trying to find something nice to say about LiPS
for the last 24 hours and the best I can come up with is, "It's not
Microsoft."
But yeah... my impression has always been that some of the companies
involved
n the same direction.
Cheers Adrian
On 6/11/07, Matthew S. Hamrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yeah... we're thinking that we were going to totally separate the
model and domain processing from the view/controller part of the
application. That way we could have a couple different HTML
interf
Yeah... we're thinking that we were going to totally separate the
model and domain processing from the view/controller part of the
application. That way we could have a couple different HTML
interfaces as well as a SVG/ECMAScript interface. I'm not terribly
familiar with XAML or XUL, but I
Florent...
This is something we've been working on at the homebrew mobile phone
club for a while. Our project is called Jowles and is focused on
creating an application architecture that provides both XML and DBUS
interfaces to system services. One of our very old demos can be seen
at htt
a flash-player as well.
So I still see no reason for having a energy comsuming x86-monster
in my phone. :)
[1] http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/mobile/
2007/6/10, Matthew S. Hamrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Before we run off and predict that the sky is falling, let's consi
Before we run off and predict that the sky is falling, let's consider
a couple of things:
1. This is a prototype. This is not a product. This is a system that
demonstrates how small you can make a device with the new C7-S
processors. Also... take a look at how many discrete components are
Hmm... this looks cool. I totally agree with the comments about WIMP
(Windows Icon Mouse Pointer) interfaces. Especially for mobile devices.
Thanks for pointing this one out.
-Matt H.
On Jun 8, 2007, at 6:15 AM, Florent THIERY wrote:
I finally found this again:
http://elevate.sourceforge.ne
Funny.. this is very similar to the interface we designed for the
Wurlitzer Digital Jukebox remote control.
Great minds think alike, I suppose.
I like that HTC is trying to build something other than the most
basic WinCE ports. I spend a lot of my day developing software on a
HTC Apache, a
ers
-Matt H.
On Jun 4, 2007, at 1:07 AM, Pander wrote:
Matthew S. Hamrick wrote:
...
Could it be possible to have you GSM request a non-encrypted
channel? Would this channel provide more bandwidth or less delay
because of that? If so, the extra bandwidth or reduced delay could
be used f
Encrypted voice calls is a question that's been around for a while.
When I worked for RSA and later Certicom, we had frequent discussions
about the strength (or lack thereof) of the LFSR-based encryption
that was then in frequent use in GSM phones.
I should probably mention that GSM and CDM
Well... for a while I was thinking about implanting a strong magnet
under the skin in one of my fingers to detect alternating current.
There are a few people out there who have done this and they say they
can feel a very mild wiggle when the magnet comes near a wire
carrying AC. It might be
It's interesting.. here in the states, people really love the tactile
feedback you get with a "real" keyboard. But I've heard several
people say that touch screens are quite popular in Asia. If so, that
might explain why BenQ (and not Motorola) did this design and maybe
Apple is thinking ab
n't, so thanks for pointing it out.
On Apr 16, 2007, at 9:36 PM, Tim Newsom wrote:
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:58, Matthew S. Hamrick wrote:
Okay.. a few points:
Q. javascript? on a phone? Isn't that going to suck down the power?
A. in a word, yes. But I think the main problem w
I think maybe we need a new version of Godwin's law... "any
discussion about scripting languages should stop as soon as someone
mentions Lisp (or Smalltalk.)"
But seriously... speed probably shouldn't be THE deciding factor in a
built-in scripting language. It's the ability to get things do
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No. we're talking about BOA for the server and Firefox for the
browser. And... I'm also thinking about exporting an interface off
the device, so it might wind up being Firefox, Opera, Safari/WebKit
or IE.
On Apr 17, 2007, at 2:24 PM, Jonathon Suggs wrote:
I wonder if there would be an ad
I think that you can get an extra thread when you do a request, but
I'm not entirely certain.
The way jowles was designed was that it was event based with a timer
to run the function that queries the server for events. I used the
setTimeout() function to effectively put the main loop to sl
to grok these huge class
libraries to make web apps...
I spent a little bit of time playing with RubyCocoa and RubyOnRails.
I did notice that the rails framework was much easier to wrap one's
brainstem around.
On Apr 17, 2007, at 8:26 AM, Rory McCann wrote:
Matthew S. Hamrick said the fo
-Cheers
-Matt H.
On Apr 16, 2007, at 9:36 PM, Tim Newsom wrote:
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:58, Matthew S. Hamrick wrote:
Okay.. a few points:
Q. javascript? on a phone? Isn't that going to suck down the power?
A. in a word, yes. But I think the main problem will not be the added
ov
Okay.. a few points:
Q. is an XSS worm on the way?
A. not unless you make your interface susceptible to known web app
vulnerabilities: XSS, SQL Injection, session hijacking, etc. Of
course, it's very hard to disprove the existence of a vulnerability,
but I can say what I'm doing to prevent
I didn't realize busybox had a httpd daemon.
I've been concentrating on boa (lightweight web server), jowlesd (a
daemon to communicate with the GSM module), and jowlesc (the cgi-bin
client that simply forwards XML to jowlesd over a named pipe.)
If you're httpd daemon can handle CGI (passing
Yeah... there's been some discussion of this already on the SVHMPC list.
At first people rejected the idea as being "silly." I mean seriously,
why would you ever want to put a web server on an embedded device,
right?
Then we started thinking about the tools that are available to web
devel
Forgot to forward this to the lists...
Begin forwarded message:
Subject: Palm, Access, Linux and Irrelevance
Hey Brad...
A friend forwarded me your "Opening up the Wireless Handset"
article, and I figured I have a few apropos comments.
First... I've been "in the mobile value chain" for a
Apple is well know for good design... i.e. - understanding the
interplay between psychology, manufacturing technology and materials.
In terms of hardware quality, they've never been consistently good.
For instance, my 450MHz G4 tower is still crankin' away after 8
years. My G5 and photo iPo
msongs.com/Essays.html
-Cheers
-Matt H.
On Apr 2, 2007, at 12:38 PM, Matthew S. Hamrick wrote:
Depends on the development model. Peter Naur has an interesting
take on software development, which I paraphrase... The software
that's released is an artifact of the true value of the
organization;
Depends on the development model. Peter Naur has an interesting take
on software development, which I paraphrase... The software that's
released is an artifact of the true value of the organization; the
ability to efficiently communicate models in the problem space
amongst the people that a
Matthew... what you're describing is sometimes called "Fixed Mobile
Convergence." Or rather, the "FMC" term has grown to encompass the
scenario you describe.
I use Skype on a HTC Apache (or is it the Wizard?) with EVDO and
voice from Verizon. Honestly, I'm surprised Verizon lets me get away
Cool.
I keep telling people that the reason I'm building my own mobile is
that I want to prototype the thing that I want T-Mobile to sell me
for $50 next year.
I've chatted with the local T-Mob guys about this exact solution and
was greeted with blank stares. Now I'll be able to add the s
Hey Matthew.
My understanding is that Wildfire had an interface vaguely like this
in the 90's, and at least one Canon voice-mail / desktop mash-up
device had a voice-mail system where entries were presented as a list
on a screen. So I would be real surprised if Apple tried to patent
the c
on releasing my code and specs as open
source, so I would think that if enough people thought it was a good
idea, some of the major handset vendors would start integrating it.
-Cheers
-Matt H.
On Mar 14, 2007, at 1:30 PM, Jonathon Suggs wrote:
Matthew S. Hamrick wrote:
Yes... if you have
Yeah... this is called "Meishi." I developed it while I was in Japan.
The idea was that you put a unique bar code on the bottom of your
business card. The code is essentially a serial number and URL to
your online Meishi server MACed with a secret key you maintain. You
give your business ca
Yes... if you have a Blackberry, Treo or HTC phone, run Windows and
don't mind keeping your data on Plaxo's servers, Plaxo is indeed a
good solution.
Still... I'm fairly certain that most GSM phones can't make the data
call to the Plaxo servers _while_ they are on a voice call with
someon
Yup.. This is the "vCard Bursting" concept.
One of the designs we're working on at the Homebrew Mobile Phone Club
includes a mobile phone where the audio path goes through the apps
processor so it can start sending data over the GSM voice channel.
There's a little more info on that at:
ht
Since no one else has lept on this one, I'll pipe in with my comment.
At the eTel conference, I asked Sean Moss-Pulz about this indirectly,
actually asking if the GSM module they're using is open enough for me
to download the details of their AT command set support.
Unfortunately, the GSM m
Viva SIP!
I've been working on some IP telephony applications at my day job,
and the more I learn about SIP and the way people are using it, the
more I like it. (Though I have to admit, I'm pretty illiterate with
respect to IAX, I just like SIP more than I like SS7.) The cool part
about u
Lefty...
I say, "seems like you could do this all without a PC (or a Mac.)"
But I understand what you're saying... people on this list (and most
potential users of the Neo) are likely to have multiple PC's from
which they could do the same thing.
But one of the things that's really vexed m
Just as a data-point, what I'm doing in the US is I have a "family
plan" with T-mobile with 700 or so minutes, free nights and weekends,
unlimited data, and unlimited free T-mobile to T-mobile. I use a Sony-
Ericsson T610 as my daily driver though I carry a Samsung T509 when I
need EDGE. I h
Well... ya' know... the first step might be to not include software
that turns the AV inputs on remotely.
But the real problems are:
a) can you device be upgraded remotely without your knowledge. and
b) can your software be exploited remotely without your knowledge.
With respect to the former,
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