Re: OpenMoko != Neo1973 (Was: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics))

2007-06-13 Thread Shawn Rutledge
Would you post more details about this please? I have used JTAG for programming Atmel micros but am not yet very familiar with how it is used for system exploration when there are multiple devices on the bus. What is your favorite hardware and software for doing this? On 6/12/07, [EMAIL

Re: OpenMoko != Neo1973 (Was: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics))

2007-06-13 Thread Werner Almesberger
Shawn Rutledge wrote: used for system exploration when there are multiple devices on the bus. We only have the Samsung MCU in the JTAG chain. What is your favorite hardware and software for doing this? We use our own debug board. You need a special flexible cable to connect to JTAG (*), and

Re: OpenMoko != Neo1973 (Was: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics))

2007-06-13 Thread michael
JTAG is basically a way to inspect and/or set each and every register on the processor, not only the registers you're familiar with from a programmer's point of view, but also registers that might hold the state of input and output pins, etc. Also since you can control each register and single

Re: OpenMoko != Neo1973 (Was: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics))

2007-06-13 Thread Bryan Larsen
Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote: Dnia środa, 13 czerwca 2007, Werner Almesberger napisał: Shawn Rutledge wrote: What is your favorite hardware and software for doing this? We use our own debug board. You need a special flexible cable to connect to JTAG (*), and our board has the corresponding

Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread John Seghers
Michele Manzato wrote: Don't get me wrong, I can guess (some of) the reasons behind the plain words. But then I wonder whether there is really any transparency in the development of Neo/OpenMoko? One of the things I've seen while lurking on the list is the propensity for people to want Neo

Re: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Christopher Tokarczyk
I agree definitely with the parts that I excerpted below from what John said, and would further like to point out what I personally see as one of the major strengths of this project: To show the world and other device makers that there can be a market for open mobile devices/phones. Of course

Re: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Jonathon Suggs
First, the mailing list is to be used for ideas and communication. You are absolutely correct that FIC will have to make the final decisions about what is and isn't included. However, suggesting that people shouldn't be expressing their interests about features no matter how

RE: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread John Seghers
Jonathon Suggs wrote However, suggesting that people shouldn't be expressing their interests about features no matter how niche/picky/whatever is just plain wrong. I specifically said, in my summary paragraph: By all means give them feedback, tell them your desires, etc. But please don't

RE: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Milan Votava
You are all going to become slaves of capitalists (Sean on behalf of FIC). Better to support guys from xda-developers.com (like cr2) to make machines like HTC Universal a real free phones Milan At 22:51 12.6.2007, you wrote: Jonathon Suggs wrote However, suggesting that people

Re: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Steven **
Seems like xda-developers.com is focused on reverse engineering cell phones. Specifically because the company that made those phones wouldn't give them the information. And that's better than FIC how? FIC is giving us the information! How is that bad? -Steven On 6/12/07, Milan Votava [EMAIL

Re: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Milan Votava
Becose is clear who is a foe and who is a friend Sorry you are to blinded to understand... At 00:31 13.6.2007, Steven ** wrote: Seems like xda-developers.com is focused on reverse engineering cell phones. Specifically because the company that made those phones wouldn't give them the

Re: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Milan Votava
(correction) Because is clear who is a foe and who is a friend Sorry, you are already too blinded to understand... At 00:31 13.6.2007, Steven ** wrote: Seems like xda-developers.com is focused on reverse engineering cell phones. Specifically because the company that made those phones

Re: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Oleg Gusev
Am Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2007 00:31 schrieb Steven **: Seems like xda-developers.com is focused on reverse engineering cell phones. Specifically because the company that made those phones wouldn't give them the information. And that's better than FIC how? HTC phones are commodity hardware

Re: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Milan Votava
(sorry for my english) I'm subscribed for this this thread for about 6m now. I don't want to be rude but: 1/ 99% of this thread is about an unrealistic things to be implemented on a non existent (underpowered) device. Who in the World cares about things being discussed in this thread?

Re: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Robin Paulson
damn, wrong address, sorry oleg. repost. twice can someone at openmoko fix the auto-generated reply-to fields on this mailing-list? every time this gets me On 6/13/07, Oleg Gusev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HTC phones are commodity hardware that anybody can buy right here and right now. Linux on

Re: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Oleg Gusev
Am Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2007 01:42 schrieb Robin Paulson: are we duplicating work? familiar is 6+ years old, i'm sure they must have some good ideas that can be used? maybe we can make openmoko a fork from their project? Robin, please read down to the bottom of the status page. All modern

Re: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Robin Paulson
On 6/13/07, Milan Votava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (sorry for my english) I'm subscribed for this this thread for about 6m now. I don't want to be rude but: why so long? you must be interested or you would have long since left 1/ 99% of this thread is about an unrealistic things to be why

RE: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Milan Votava writes: You are all going to become slaves of capitalists (Sean on behalf of FIC). Better to support guys from xda-developers.com (like cr2) to make machines like HTC Universal a real free phones Better to work on a machine in spite of the manufacturer rather than with the

Re: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Milan Votava writes: 1/ 99% of this thread is about an unrealistic things to be implemented on a non existent (underpowered) device. Who in the World cares about things being discussed in this thread? People wants to use their pones, to make calls, send sms/mms/emails. I'm being tired to read

Re: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

2007-06-12 Thread kenneth marken
Joe Pfeiffer wrote: Milan Votava writes: You are all going to become slaves of capitalists (Sean on behalf of FIC). Better to support guys from xda-developers.com (like cr2) to make machines like HTC Universal a real free phones Better to work on a machine in spite of the manufacturer

OpenMoko != Neo1973 (Was: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics))

2007-06-12 Thread Rod Whitby
kenneth marken wrote: but the neo seems to be designed from day one to be made from virtually of the shelf parts. FIC is just the hired factory (like how apple do for their stuff or microsoft does for the xbox's), they hold no copyright or patent on the neo iirc. so if FIC comes up short, one

Re: OpenMoko != Neo1973 (Was: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics))

2007-06-12 Thread Joe Friedrichsen
On 6/12/07, Rod Whitby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OpenMoko (the registered organisation, separate from FIC the company who is creating the first piece of hardware designed for the OpenMoko software) never promised open hardware. They promised open software (the OpenMoko software, which is being

Re: OpenMoko != Neo1973 (Was: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics))

2007-06-12 Thread Werner Almesberger
Joe Friedrichsen wrote: Yes, most of the hardware designs and schematics aren't distributed, Actually, I hope that we can release at least schematics of the debug board and the immediate surroundings of the MCU. There seems to be a lot of red tape surrounding all this, though :-( but there are

Re: OpenMoko != Neo1973 (Was: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics))

2007-06-12 Thread Rod Whitby
Joe Friedrichsen wrote: Given that this phone is meant to be opened and tinkered with I'm not sure that that is actually the case. (Sean, please correct me if I am wrong in the following - I will be pleasantly surprised if you are able to do so). Yes, the OpenMoko software is meant to be fully

Re: OpenMoko != Neo1973 (Was: Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics))

2007-06-12 Thread michael
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007, Joe Friedrichsen wrote: On 6/12/07, Rod Whitby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OpenMoko (the registered organisation, separate from FIC the company who is creating the first piece of hardware designed for the OpenMoko software) never promised open hardware. They promised