Re: Seamless switching from gprs to wifi calling

2007-06-07 Thread kenneth marken
arnign curve so that is why I am asking the question here. while not fully up to speed on how it all works, here is my quick take on it: as long as its a voip connection, and said voip service allows two ip's to share a account and call, there should be little to no problem having

Seamless switching from gprs to wifi calling

2007-06-07 Thread mathew davis
Dear community, I am not sure if this is a widely known thing or not, but I just found out about it and had some questions about this working on the neo. T-mobile has hotspots all around my area, but have been experimenting with a new service called T-mobile HotSpot @Home. It uses a UMA (unlice

wifi chipsets

2007-04-02 Thread Christopher Friedt
I was looking on the wiki just to see if any decision has been made on the Wifi chipsets to go into the next version of the openmoko. Although I suggested the SyChip devices (admittedly only to have the chance to win a Neo), I should say a couple of things. I do a lot of arm development, and

Wifi for OpenMoko - NXP BGM220 just announced

2007-03-22 Thread John Clark
Dear OpenMoko developers, I'm new to this list, but have been watching OpenMoko developments with great interest. I think the OpenMoko platform (and hardware) is the best thing to ever hit the phone market. I noticed your call for people to suggest Wifi chipsets that may be suitable fo

yet another small wifi chip to consider (NXP)

2007-03-22 Thread Steve Bibayoff
Hello, Just to throw more info into the fire: "NXP readies ultra small 802.11b/g package" http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198100726 "NXP Semiconductors is about to start sampling a single-package 81-pin TFBGA Wi-Fi chip that it says is the smallest device yet for

Re: Call-for-WiFi (was Re: Crossroads)

2007-03-15 Thread el jefe delito
So, which device is expected to have WiFi inside? Because to me, wifi is a big selling point, but the whole Neo1973 itself seems highly desirable and I just don't know if I could wait for a second-generation device ;) ___ OpenMoko community ma

RE: Thanks for all the WiFI help

2007-03-14 Thread Ryan
> Subject: Thanks for all the WiFI help > > Dear Community, > > A _huge_ thanks for all the feedback on this WiFi stuff! We've got some > new leads now and will keep you all posted when we find one that meets > our "freedom requirements." ;-) > > -Sean

Re: Call-for-WiFi (was Re: Crossroads)

2007-03-14 Thread Ole Tange
On 3/14/07, Harald Welte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We absolutely need chipset (or even SMT module using the chipset) specifically designed for the power and size constraints of mobile phones or other equipment such as portable media players. Can you give some numbers for the power consumption

Re: Call-for-WiFi (was Re: Crossroads)

2007-03-14 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
On Wednesday 14 March 2007 16:34:48 Harald Welte wrote: > I've added this (and some more info) to > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/WiFi_support_in_OpenMoko I've added a link to http://www.zcomax.com/1mbfile/G%20product/XG-880M_specification%20.pdf to the wiki. prplague on #openmoko is working on

Call-for-WiFi (was Re: Crossroads)

2007-03-14 Thread Harald Welte
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 12:51:00AM +0800, Sean Moss-Pultz wrote: > 1) We can't find a WiFi Chipset with GPL'ed drivers -- We know > this has been discussed (to death) on this list, but as we're > beginning work on the next summer hardware refresh we still can

Thanks for all the WiFI help

2007-03-14 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
Dear Community, A _huge_ thanks for all the feedback on this WiFi stuff! We've got some new leads now and will keep you all posted when we find one that meets our "freedom requirements." ;-) -Sean ___ OpenMoko community mailing

Re: Wifi (was Re: community Digest, Vol 15, Issue 1)

2007-02-19 Thread Martin Lefkowitz
Thats great! Curious to know how open Marvell is to this? Do you have access to their firmware spec and driver porting guide? Marty Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote: > Dnia poniedziałek, 19 lutego 2007, Martin Lefkowitz napisał: > >>> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:58:04 +0100 >>> From: Marcin Juszkiewi

Re: Wifi (was Re: community Digest, Vol 15, Issue 1)

2007-02-19 Thread Marcin Juszkiewicz
Dnia poniedziałek, 19 lutego 2007, Martin Lefkowitz napisał: > > Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:58:04 +0100 > > From: Marcin Juszkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Marvel 8385 can be connected to SDIO, CF, SPI and it is one of chips > > you are talking about. > > Yes, and it looks like there is at least a

Wifi (was Re: community Digest, Vol 15, Issue 1)

2007-02-19 Thread Martin Lefkowitz
> > Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:58:04 +0100 > From: Marcin Juszkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> t the complaints here should be about no SDIO, or CF interfaces, >> > but again they've bitten off enough. >> > > Marvel 8385 can be connected to SDIO, CF, SPI and it is one of chips you > are t

Re: homebrew hardware and WiFi

2007-02-18 Thread michael
as we get them done, and I've been playing around with one-off case designs that can be produced on a 3D printer, to accomodate any LCD size and feature set - which has become known as the "my phone" project :-) There is a WiFi and Bluetooth combo card available here that

Re: homebrew hardware and WiFi

2007-02-18 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
Ian Stirling writes: > Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: >> Does a GSM/wifi/bluetooth/GPS phone really need >> 4 different RF chips and associated antennas and cabling? > There are a large number of reasons why not - firstly, 1GHz A/D > converter chips are both large, power-

Re: homebrew hardware and WiFi

2007-02-18 Thread matthieu castet
Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > One other hope I have is that the RF chip designers will start making > more flexible radios. Does a GSM/wifi/bluetooth/GPS phone really need > 4 different RF chips and associated antennas and cabling? Using > s

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-18 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
Broadcom and Marvell use an embedded ARM chip also. An interesting blog entry by Jim Gettys (at http://www.gettysfamily.org/wordpress/?p=27 ) mentions how Marvell helped free up the Marvel wifi driver. He also talks about how the Marvell chip is crucial to the OLPC low power goals. (Although the 300mw

Re: homebrew hardware and WiFi

2007-02-18 Thread adrian cockcroft
You can already get the Telit GM862-GPS GSM Modem w/ GPS, along with the Bluetooth/WiFi module, thats four networks in two packages, with open specs and existing project plans for Linux. the fun part is going to be figuring out how to lay out four antennas in a small package. The OpenCell

Re:homebrew hardware and WiFi

2007-02-18 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
I'm not authorized to speak on behalf of anybody but myself, but welcome! I've been watching the homebrew mobile phone club (and also tuxphone) for a while, and they both look likereally interesting projects. In the period between when I got discouraged about Motorola and when the OpenMoko projec

Re: homebrew hardware and WiFi

2007-02-18 Thread Ian Stirling
Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: One other hope I have is that the RF chip designers will start making more flexible radios. Does a GSM/wifi/bluetooth/GPS phone really need 4 different RF chips and associated antennas and cabling? Using software-radio techniques it might be possible to combine

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-18 Thread Martin Lefkowitz
They've gotten GSM to the point to where it uses a standard AT command set (I think it's standard). This means the driver is very simple. The current Wifi chips have a different approach. They leverage the resources on the host (i.e. scatter gather) and have the upper layer MAC functi

Re: homebrew hardware and WiFi

2007-02-18 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
One other hope I have is that the RF chip designers will start making more flexible radios. Does a GSM/wifi/bluetooth/GPS phone really need 4 different RF chips and associated antennas and cabling? Using software-radio techniques it might be possible to combine some of the hardware. GPS

Re: homebrew hardware and WiFi

2007-02-18 Thread Ian Stirling
adrian cockcroft wrote: Hello, I'm new to the OpenMoko lists, but I'm a member of the Silicon Valley Homebrew Mobile Phone Club that started up last year at http://www.hbmobile.org . We have been working towards our own family There is a WiFi and Bluetooth combo card available here

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-18 Thread Mikko Rauhala
la, 2007-02-17 kello 19:29 -0800, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht kirjoitti: > > This has been discussed many, many times in the last month. According > > to Sean, no wifi chips that both are low-power and have open specs. > > It sounds like the GPS and GSM chips aren't open spec

homebrew hardware and WiFi

2007-02-18 Thread adrian cockcroft
around with one-off case designs that can be produced on a 3D printer, to accomodate any LCD size and feature set - which has become known as the "my phone" project :-) There is a WiFi and Bluetooth combo card available here that some of us intend to use: http://www.embeddedworks.net/newsit

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
> This has been discussed many, many times in the last month. According > to Sean, no wifi chips that both are low-power and have open specs. It sounds like the GPS and GSM chips aren't open spec either. That didn't stop them from being included. I wonder if openmoko could be

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread ryan lerch
I have added a bit more information to the wiki about the exclusion of wifi. i have tried to summarise the information that was discussed in this thread. Please have a read and edit at will :P hopefully, with this documented in the wiki, if this discussion comes up again, we can point the

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread Oleg Gusev
Am Samstag, 17. Februar 2007 23:57 schrieb t3st3r: > > hacking linux to HTC and getting wi-fi to > work is not impossible ... > The screenshots id=88 and id=89 at http://scap.linuxtogo.org/index.php?page=3 are showing openmoko running on HTC Universal. WiFi is disabled because (guess(

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread t3st3r
Okay, stopping it. If you urgently need wifi in a phone take a HTC model where the ACX100 chipset has Linux support (Universal). Will consider buying it only if they'll use linux by default and if it will not be crippled in bastardized manner. Bastardized means for example, when some assholes &

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread t3st3r
t in. This is a BIG hardware design mistake IMHO. Linux without network is something like North Pole without snow. And the only somehow popular networking in public places is WI-FI. This has been discussed many, many times in the last month. According to Sean, no wifi chips that both are low-

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread Perry E. Metzger
to affect project's success? I think everyone knows that the next version of the phone needs WiFi. There is a lot of stuff about it in previous mail and in FAQs etc. I am absolutely certain the folks from FIC understand that there is enormous market demand for WiFi in the next version. However

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread t3st3r
David Schlesinger wrote: >This is a BIG hardware design mistake IMHO. I think you should go right out and build your _own_ phone. Tell us all about it when you get done. Kinda strange reply. I have to admit your reply is completely useless and even looks like an insult. Next time please ke

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread Oleg Gusev
Am Samstag, 17. Februar 2007 12:24 schrieb t3st3r: > > P.S. As for me, I'm still do not understand, why there is no WI-FI built > in. This is a BIG hardware design mistake IMHO. > It does not make sense to complain here about the (missing) hardware features. If you urgently nee

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
ly somehow popular >networking in public places is WI-FI. This has been discussed many, many times in the last month. According to Sean, no wifi chips that both are low-power and have open specs. ___ OpenMoko community mailing list

RE: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread David Schlesinger
>This is a BIG hardware design mistake IMHO. I think you should go right out and build your _own_ phone. Tell us all about it when you get done. ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinf

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread Martin Lefkowitz
mer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> >> > wrote: >> > >> > So the Wifi will not be integrated in the first Neo 1973, but is >> > there a >> > chance for a hardware addon? Has someone some information about that? >

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread Marcel de Jong
that comes out IS FOR DEVELOPERS. You can help write the applications to work with wifi, if you wanted to. Then, when a production model for CONSUMERS comes out, I can almost guarantee wifi will be part of the equation, due to mass acceptance. Also, as I have pointed out, among others, there will

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread Perry E. Metzger
x27;m sure that future ones will have WiFi. You'll just have to be a bit patient. -- Perry E. Metzger[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread t3st3r
then enjoy by the results :). You can help write the applications to work with wifi, if you wanted to. Without Wi-Fi hardware on board to test on it? Er... but how this possible? Ok, actually I'm also quite weak programmer with only some moderate C knowledge :( but I'm a professional

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread Mike Hodson
[rest is deleted] This is not a joke, this is a limitation in the production environment and time needed to come out with a working product. Please, PLEASE remember, that the first Neo1973 that comes out IS FOR DEVELOPERS. You can help write the applications to work with wifi, if you wanted

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread Krzysztof Kajkowski
2007/2/17, t3st3r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Alessandro Iurlano wrote: >> > Neo1973 will have a USB interface capable of connecting to a WiFi > adapter. > Sounds like a joke. Can you imagine someone using this solution? Except very few (most hardcore) geeks on the planet. Let

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread t3st3r
Alessandro Iurlano wrote: On 2/16/07, *Esra Kummer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: So the Wifi will not be integrated in the first Neo 1973, but is there a chance for a hardware addon? Has someone some information about that? Cheers Es

Re: Wifi again

2007-02-17 Thread Alessandro Iurlano
On 2/16/07, Esra Kummer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So the Wifi will not be integrated in the first Neo 1973, but is there a chance for a hardware addon? Has someone some information about that? Cheers Esra Neo1973 will have a USB interface capable of connecting to a WiFi adapter. B

Wifi again

2007-02-16 Thread Esra Kummer
So the Wifi will not be integrated in the first Neo 1973, but is there a chance for a hardware addon? Has someone some information about that? Cheers Esra ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org

Re: Wifi option summary (Was: Re: OpenMoko Challenges)

2007-02-12 Thread Nils Faerber
Shouldn't wifi be possible via the use of a USB "dongle"? > > Yes yes, if you get it power from somewhere other than the Neo (such as > an internal battery, USB power injector, or a (battery) powered hub). > It's been discussed before. Speeds won't be great (USB

Wifi option summary (Was: Re: OpenMoko Challenges)

2007-02-12 Thread Mikko J Rauhala
On ma, 2007-02-12 at 01:54 -1000, Joshua Hoblitt wrote: > Quick thought: Shouldn't wifi be possible via the use of a USB "dongle"? Yes yes, if you get it power from somewhere other than the Neo (such as an internal battery, USB power injector, or a (battery) powered hub). I

Possible Bluetooth to WiFi device

2007-02-01 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070201-8753.html "DAVE will be a small, portable hard drive that will use WiFi and Bluetooth to transfer media and other files between devices" ... " It will also be an open-source system, allowing third-party developers to write apps to

Re: idea: linuxtogo wiki: Linksys NSLU2 and Neo 1973 HOWTO (Was: Why do I want WiFi?)

2007-01-30 Thread Rod Whitby
Brad Midgley wrote: > If you do go this route, I'd suggest you get a class 1 bluetooth > adapter. You won't get 100m range, but in my experience when one side of > the bluetooth link is a class 1 radio, you'll increase the range by 50 > to 100% over the standard 10m. The bluetake bt007ex is a great

Re: idea: linuxtogo wiki: Linksys NSLU2 and Neo 1973 HOWTO (Was: Why do I want WiFi?)

2007-01-30 Thread Brad Midgley
Rod If you do go this route, I'd suggest you get a class 1 bluetooth adapter. You won't get 100m range, but in my experience when one side of the bluetooth link is a class 1 radio, you'll increase the range by 50 to 100% over the standard 10m. The bluetake bt007ex is a great class 1, bt2.0, csr-b

Re: WiFi

2007-01-26 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
On Friday 26 January 2007 09:31:18 Richi Plana wrote: > True that. I can't think of an application right now for 11n on a phone. > But then again, someone said 640KB of RAM was sufficient for the > desktop. :) Sure, but unlike with DOS, there's nothing stopping the devs from adding N when we need

Re: WiFi

2007-01-26 Thread Richi Plana
On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 08:38 +0100, Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: > Not sure just how 802.11n is useful on a *phone*. Just about everything the > CPU can reasonably be expected to handle runs just fine on 11G True that. I can't think of an application right now for 11n on a phone. But then again, someone

Re: WiFi

2007-01-25 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
On Friday 26 January 2007 06:35:41 Richi Plana wrote: > I guess it's just as well that the first version didn't contain WiFi as > the specs for 802.11n seems all but finished > (http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS9415304733.html). Hopefully Intel and > Atheros come out wit

Re: WiFi

2007-01-25 Thread Richi Plana
On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 15:11 +, Tom Berger wrote: > I'm new to the list, so I don't know whether this was already > discussed, but I'm surprised (and a bit sorry) that the OpenMoKo spec > doesn't include WiFi I guess it's just as well that the first version di

Re: WiFi

2007-01-22 Thread Jon Phillips
On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 16:25 +0100, Tomasz Zielinski wrote: > 2007/1/21, Tom Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I'm new to the list, so I don't know whether this was already discussed, but > > I'm surprised (and a bit sorry) that the OpenMoKo spec doesn&

Re: WiFi

2007-01-21 Thread michael
On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, David Schlesinger wrote: What is the rationale behind the exclusion of WiFi? The long and short of it is that there?s no sufficiently low-power WiFi chip available which has an open driver, or at least there wasn?t when the hardware design got nailed down. It?s too

Re: WiFi

2007-01-21 Thread Renaissance Man
Heh, I think OpenMoko needs a web forum, otherwise such subjects are going to be done to death over and over. I recently just sparked a big discussion on just this subject Tom. I'm of much the same opinion as you. The absence of WiFi appears to be purely down to technical issues

RE: WiFi

2007-01-21 Thread David Schlesinger
>Done: >http://www.linuxtogo.org/gowiki/OpenMoko/QuestionsAndAnswers Hurray! The power of the open source community! =D ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: WiFi

2007-01-21 Thread Ole Tange
On 1/21/07, Tom Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What is the rationale behind the exclusion of WiFi? Will you consider including it on future revisions? Will it be possible to extend the MoKo with a WiFi card or something like that? See: http://www.linuxtogo.org/gowiki/Op

Re: WiFi

2007-01-21 Thread Richard Franks
On 1/21/07, David Schlesinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >What is the rationale behind the exclusion of WiFi? The long and short of it is that there's no sufficiently low-power WiFi chip available which has an open driver, or at least there wasn't when the hardware design go

Re: WiFi

2007-01-21 Thread Robin Sonefors
It's not included, because no low powered wifi chip with free drivers could be found when the phone was being designed. If one can be found for the next revision, I'm sure it will be included (since the lack of wifi seems to be the no 1 complaint so far) sön 2007-01-21 klockan 15:11 +

Re: WiFi

2007-01-21 Thread David Schlesinger
>What is the rationale behind the exclusion of WiFi? The long and short of it is that there¹s no sufficiently low-power WiFi chip available which has an open driver, or at least there wasn¹t when the hardware design got nailed down. It¹s too late in the process to add one now, but maybe in s

Re: WiFi

2007-01-21 Thread Tomasz Zielinski
2007/1/21, Tom Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I'm new to the list, so I don't know whether this was already discussed, but I'm surprised (and a bit sorry) that the OpenMoKo spec doesn't include WiFi Whoa, you are right! Nobody noticed this thing before you mention

WiFi

2007-01-21 Thread Tom Berger
Hya, I'm new to the list, so I don't know whether this was already discussed, but I'm surprised (and a bit sorry) that the OpenMoKo spec doesn't include WiFi - I'm currently using an HTC Universal and would very much like to switch to the MoKo as soon as it's avail

Re: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-18 Thread Renaissance Man
You might like to read the FAQ Gabriel: http://www.truphone.com/scn/blog/faq.tru On 18 Jan 2007, at 12:25 pm, Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: Doesn't really say how it works. "An all SIP solution" doesnt really sound like it could ever be seamless with GSM. I'd really like to know just how this supp

Re: idea: linuxtogo wiki: Linksys NSLU2 and Neo 1973 HOWTO (Was: Why do I want WiFi?)

2007-01-18 Thread Rod Whitby
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Rod Whitby wrote: >> Jean-Philippe Monteiro wrote: >>> Need to set up a server though, it won't just access my Linksys Box :( >> >> It will access your Linksys NSLU2 running SlugOS with a bluetooth USB >> dongle plugged into it, sitting beside your Li

idea: linuxtogo wiki: Linksys NSLU2 and Neo 1973 HOWTO (Was: Why do I want WiFi?)

2007-01-18 Thread michael
Treo 650 to get bluetooth network coverage in my house. Rod, Can you write a short HOWTOs on the wiki telling us how to do this, even just in outline form? Many question like this will need to be documented shortly: How do I configure the Neo 1973 to use an external USB keyboard? ... to use a

Re: Fwd: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-18 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
nough for High-Fidelity earphones, especially considering that it support Quality-of-Service, which you don't get with pure WiFi stuff. Andreas > > People have mentioned interference between Wifi and Bluetooth: Is this > an insuperable problem, or can I make one or the other operate on a T

Re: Fwd: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-18 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
t was kinda USB-Wireless (wireless > Keyboards, some games, send of vCard) & not fully Ethernet-like. Then learn before you start to whine. BT even in the most basic version will be enough for 90% of the intended WiFi uses. Should we get some better BT, it can basically do almost everything

Re: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-18 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
* Renaissance Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070118 03:28]: > On 18 Jan 2007, at 2:14 am, Jean-Philippe Monteiro wrote: > > >Why do I want WiFi? ... NOT to make expensive VoIP calls in airports - if I > >want to spend money in airports, there are plenty of other ways...

Re: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-18 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
w > >this supposed to work, because if > >they pulled this off, it would be really huge. > > Perhaps if were drop the assumption that it would try to go from IP-based SIP > call to GSM voice call. What if the phone were simply smart enough to go > from wifi to GPRS - then

Re: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-18 Thread Richard Bennett
he presentation they gave: http://www.openser.org/events/2006-OpenSER-Summit/slides/openser-summit-2006_04_james.body_truphone-reversing-the-paradigm.pdf At the time the presentation did seems a little 'too good to be true' to me though, given that nobody at VON could manage to get their Nokia e-series

Re: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-18 Thread Renaissance Man
r Neo include WiFi the better in my view. Renaissance man On 18 Jan 2007, at 12:25 pm, Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: On Thursday 18 January 2007 09:54, Renaissance Man wrote: Seamless swapping needs the carriers' help. And they won't do it for free, rest assured. Already being done. See http

Re: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-18 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
* Jean-Philippe Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070118 03:16]: > Hi Community > > A lot of stuff around WiFi these days - A feature that does _not_ seems to be > even planned as of now! :) > > Why do I want WiFi? > > NOT to make expensive VoIP calls in airports

Re: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-18 Thread Paul Bohme
voice call. What if the phone were simply smart enough to go from wifi to GPRS - then it's more a matter of having the endpoints able to withstand an IP address change mid-call. Something like that could go BT->wifi->GPRS and back without missing a beat - assuming that each step of t

Re: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-18 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
On Thursday 18 January 2007 09:54, Renaissance Man wrote: > > Seamless swapping needs the carriers' help. And they won't do it > > for free, rest assured. > Already being done. See http://truphone.com Doesn't really say how it works. "An all SIP solution" doesnt really sound like it could ever b

speex codec down to 2kbit/s instead of 2kbyte/s Re: Fwd: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-18 Thread Robert Michel
Salve Gabriel! Gabriel Ambuehl schrieb am Donnerstag, den 18. Januar 2007 um 08:55h: > > VoIP over Bluetooth IP to be practical? > Plenty fast for that. I think Speex can run on as little as 2kbyte/s. Ohhhmmm I've tested 1kByte/s bewteen two asterisks this is a quite good quality. Remember that G

Re: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-18 Thread Renaissance Man
On 18 Jan 2007, at 7:56 am, Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: On Thursday 18 January 2007 03:25, Renaissance Man wrote: your device is intelligent enough it will seamlessly swap between the two, using WiFi when it's available and GSM when it's not (and vice versa), just as Truphone does.

Re: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-18 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
On Thursday 18 January 2007 03:25, Renaissance Man wrote: > your device is intelligent enough it will seamlessly swap between the > two, using WiFi when it's available and GSM when it's not (and vice > versa), just as Truphone does. Seamless swapping needs the carriers' he

Re: Fwd: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-18 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
On Thursday 18 January 2007 06:12, Alexander McLeay wrote: > What sort of speed does this give you? Is it actually good enough for It's assumed Bluetooth 2.0 EDR will allow about 2mbit. > VoIP over Bluetooth IP to be practical? Plenty fast for that. I think Speex can run on as little as 2kbyte

Re: Fwd: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-17 Thread Rod Whitby
uming that's much faster than bluetooth). My rule of thumb is that a wired connection is always going to be faster and more reliable than a wireless connection. > People have mentioned interference between Wifi and Bluetooth: Is this > an insuperable problem, or can I make one or the o

Re: Fwd: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-17 Thread Alexander McLeay
People have mentioned interference between Wifi and Bluetooth: Is this an insuperable problem, or can I make one or the other operate on a different channel/frequency, seeing as I control both network setups? (My laptop is my only computer with Bluetooth, and it's usually connected via Wifi.) (S

Re: Fwd: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-17 Thread Rod Whitby
Jean-Philippe Monteiro wrote: >>> Need to set up a server though, it won't just access my Linksys Box :( >> It will access your Linksys NSLU2 running SlugOS with a bluetooth USB >> dongle plugged into it, sitting beside your Linksys Router ... >> >> I do this today with the Treo 650 to get bluetoot

Re: Fwd: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-17 Thread Jean-Philippe Monteiro
> > Need to set up a server though, it won't just access my Linksys Box :( > > It will access your Linksys NSLU2 running SlugOS with a bluetooth USB > dongle plugged into it, sitting beside your Linksys Router ... > > I do this today with the Treo 650 to get bluetooth network coverage in > my house

Re: Fwd: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-17 Thread Rod Whitby
Jean-Philippe Monteiro wrote: > On Thursday 18 January 2007 09:25, you wrote: >> Thankfully most of this can be done over Bluetooth. At least with >> linux computers you'll be able to access it as a network device, and >> you'll be able to run smb or sshfs albeit at reduced speed. Neos >> won't b

Re: Fwd: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-17 Thread Jean-Philippe Monteiro
On Thursday 18 January 2007 09:25, you wrote: > Thankfully most of this can be done over Bluetooth. At least with > linux computers you'll be able to access it as a network device, and > you'll be able to run smb or sshfs albeit at reduced speed. Neos > won't be islands, even when untethered from

Re: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-17 Thread Renaissance Man
On 18 Jan 2007, at 2:14 am, Jean-Philippe Monteiro wrote: Why do I want WiFi? ... NOT to make expensive VoIP calls in airports - if I want to spend money in airports, there are plenty of other ways... Yeah you could make expense GSM calls instead. Naturally you're much better off

Fwd: Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-17 Thread Chad
Thankfully most of this can be done over Bluetooth. At least with linux computers you'll be able to access it as a network device, and you'll be able to run smb or sshfs albeit at reduced speed. Neos won't be islands, even when untethered from USB. :) - Chad ___

Why do I want WiFi?

2007-01-17 Thread Jean-Philippe Monteiro
Hi Community A lot of stuff around WiFi these days - A feature that does _not_ seems to be even planned as of now! :) Why do I want WiFi? NOT to make expensive VoIP calls in airports - if I want to spend money in airports, there are plenty of other ways... I want WiFI so that the Phone is a

Re: WiFi through Bluetooth (Was: Non-gprs Internet access options without wifi)

2007-01-17 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
>Who knows, perhaps the software will bridge wifi->bluetooth as a feature >and selling point by the time it's released. It makes sense to me, they've >got everything they need right there. As long as their phone supports the >PAN bluetooth profile (or may

This is interesting :)) also legal? Re: Time to copy 1GB via USB 1.1 = 12 minutes? Re: MikroSD under the battery - unmount, sleep modus, small capacitator Re: MicroSD Wifi ?

2007-01-16 Thread Robert Michel
Salve Ole! On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Ole Tange wrote: > On 1/16/07, Robert Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > - changing SIM / microSD card without reboot > >> Not sure why anyone would need to switch SIM constantly... > > > >gooing abroad - using a cheaper tariff > >I would prefer a mutipexe

Re: Time to copy 1GB via USB 1.1 = 12 minutes? Re: MikroSD under the battery - unmount, sleep modus, small capacitator Re: MicroSD Wifi ?

2007-01-16 Thread Ole Tange
On 1/16/07, Robert Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - changing SIM / microSD card without reboot > Not sure why anyone would need to switch SIM constantly... gooing abroad - using a cheaper tariff I would prefer a mutipexer for 4 sim cards... but we already had this discussion.. on this li

Re:MikroSD under the battery - unmount, sleep modus, small capacitator Re: MicroSD Wifi ?

2007-01-16 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Robert Michel writes: >> >> As far as we know, it requires powering-down the phone. > >Alternative: >- small capacitator parallel to the battery >- script/function that >-- unmount the SD >-- let the phone sleep for a while Sure -- this is essentially the PalmOS solution. >This is why I'm not

Re: Time to copy 1GB via USB 1.1 = 12 minutes? Re: MikroSD under the battery - unmount, sleep modus, small capacitator Re: MicroSD Wifi ?

2007-01-16 Thread Koen Kooi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Michel schreef: > Salve Gabriel! > > Gabriel Ambuehl schrieb am Dienstag, den 16. Januar 2007 um 14:12h: >>> Ok you are right, most devices with microSD will have Bluetooth, >>> most cameras have no Bluetooth, but also using no microSD. >>> An

Re: Time to copy 1GB via USB 1.1 = 12 minutes? Re: MikroSD under the battery - unmount, sleep modus, small capacitator Re: MicroSD Wifi ?

2007-01-16 Thread Robert Michel
Salve Gabriel! Gabriel Ambuehl schrieb am Dienstag, den 16. Januar 2007 um 14:12h: > > Ok you are right, most devices with microSD will have Bluetooth, > > most cameras have no Bluetooth, but also using no microSD. > > An normal size SD slot, usable from outside, would be fine :) > > You can use

Re: Time to copy 1GB via USB 1.1 = 12 minutes? Re: MikroSD under the battery - unmount, sleep modus, small capacitator Re: MicroSD Wifi ?

2007-01-16 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
On Tuesday 16 January 2007 14:04, Robert Michel wrote: > Two things you have to carry with you. > > And USB 1(.1?) has only 11? Mbit/s. > Copy 1 GByte = 727 seconds = 12 Minutes, > this is quite slow. Um with 128MB RAM it would be more like 100s which is to beat... Yeah but how often do you do thi

Time to copy 1GB via USB 1.1 = 12 minutes? Re: MikroSD under the battery - unmount, sleep modus, small capacitator Re: MicroSD Wifi ?

2007-01-16 Thread Robert Michel
Salve Gabriel! Gabriel Ambuehl schrieb am Dienstag, den 16. Januar 2007 um 13:03h: > On Tuesday 16 January 2007 10:53, Robert Michel wrote: > > Hope that I haven't to hack my Neo1973 myself with my solder iron :) > > I still dont see why anyone would really need that. If you need to copy from >

Re: MikroSD under the battery - unmount, sleep modus, small capacitator Re: MicroSD Wifi ?

2007-01-16 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
On Tuesday 16 January 2007 10:53, Robert Michel wrote: > Hope that I haven't to hack my Neo1973 myself with my solder iron :) I still dont see why anyone would really need that. If you need to copy from microsd to microsd, attach a powered hub and SD reader to the Neo. Besides, microsd is such a

Re: MikroSD under the battery - unmount, sleep modus, small capacitator Re: MicroSD Wifi ?

2007-01-16 Thread Robert Michel
Salve Grahame! On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Grahame Falvey wrote: > On 16/01/07, Robert Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Alternative: > >- small capacitator parallel to the battery > >- script/function that > >-- unmount the SD > >-- let the phone sleep for a while > I know it's probably too late, b

Re: MikroSD under the battery - unmount, sleep modus, small capacitator Re: MicroSD Wifi ?

2007-01-16 Thread Grahame Falvey
On 16/01/07, Robert Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Salve Joe! On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > Grahame Falvey writes: > > > >Is the microSD slot accessable while the phone is operational? Or > >does one have to remove the battery and hence power down the device in > >order to swap

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