Re: Smart LCD birght/dim...

2008-04-13 Thread Sean Anderson
On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 14:38 +0100, ewanm89 wrote: > On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:50:11 +0200 > "Marco Trevisan (TreviƱo)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Since Freerunner won't have an hardware light sensor to set its LCD > > brightness, I got some ideas about smartly changing the luminance of > > th

Re: GTA02 Release Date

2008-04-07 Thread Sean Anderson
> The biggest error that some people do is that they thing Openmoko == > Iphone: FALSE I think comparisons with the iPhone are inevitable and, when discussing the consumer market, absolutely justified. Speaking to someone that isn't into FOSS, you might start by saying "well, it's a small phone fo

Re: GTA02 Release Date

2008-04-06 Thread Sean Anderson
> Sometimes the hardest thing to answer is "I don't know". My personal > opinion here is that "I don't know" is probably the best answer there > is. As a user, I want to know EXACTLY when I can expect my next dose > of sexiness in hardware form. As someone who supports and understands > business, s

GTA02 Release Date

2008-04-06 Thread Sean Anderson
I think many people are anxious to know when the Neo FreeRunner will actually be released. I know of many people that are quite eager to buy one; if it won't be ready till December, say so. Stop keeping hundreds of people waiting with bated breath for a device that seems to be be unlikely to ever s

Re: Loosing your moko

2008-04-05 Thread Sean Anderson
It sounds like these anti-theft measures are more likely to confuse the ordinary user. They sound quite ingenious, but are still not going to be an impenetrable barrier to theft - and probably not worth the effort. The thread is concerning the loss of the Moko, and I am reminded of those beeping k

RE: Loosing your moko

2008-04-04 Thread Sean Anderson
I think this thread of discussion is getting a little bit bogged down with random ideas (not that I haven't contributed to that, it's fun!) but does anyone have any technical insight into how easily these ideas could be implemented on the Moko? You know, if all else fails, it would probably be pr

Re: Loosing your moko

2008-04-04 Thread Sean Anderson
It's certainly prudent to realise that this is far from a full-proof phone theft prevention system. I realise it's a little redundant to say "aaw, but no security is airtight anyway!", but it's worth pointing out nonetheless. Encrypted data, a device that phones home... these are all flawed but no

Re: Loosing your moko

2008-04-03 Thread Sean Anderson
I think the original idea was a sensible one, but I doubt many would be willing to risk losing all their data for the rare situation where it would be a security advantage. I think there is something to be said for nifty GPS features. I've lost my phone... why not SMS it and ask it to email me it