Re: [maemo-developers] New Nokia 770 software image available

2006-04-25 Thread Frantisek Dufka
Brad Midgley wrote: I noticed the rs-mmc has more connectors than a plain mmc card. In theory, requiring rs-mmc might make it so the nokia doesn't have to run the card in a slower compatibility mode. Well, not exactly. RS-MMC is what is says 'reduced size' MMC. I've got few MMC and RS-MMC

Re: [maemo-developers] New Nokia 770 software image available

2006-04-25 Thread Disconnect
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Fr?d?ric Crozat did have cause to say: Le lundi 24 avril 2006 à 22:35 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : 2) Why did Nokia use a RS-MMC connector? A standard SD- Card interface would have been nice. Maybe for a future device... The Nokia people already explained

Re: [maemo-developers] New Nokia 770 software image available

2006-04-24 Thread Jac Kersing
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2) Why did Nokia use a RS-MMC connector? A standard SD- Card interface would have been nice. Maybe for a future device... Isn't SD a closed format requiring non-disclosure agreements (and it does not mix well with Linux for this reason) ???

Re: [maemo-developers] New Nokia 770 software image available

2006-04-24 Thread Disconnect
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Jac Kersing did have cause to say: On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2) Why did Nokia use a RS-MMC connector? A standard SD- Card interface would have been nice. Maybe for a future device... Isn't SD a closed format requiring non-disclosure agreements (and

Re: [maemo-developers] New Nokia 770 software image available

2006-04-24 Thread Brad Midgley
hey Isn't SD a closed format requiring non-disclosure agreements (and it does not mix well with Linux for this reason) ??? Plenty of linux devices with SD exist. (The entire zaurus line, for example.) Even skipping the whole SD thing, how about a full-size mmc? I noticed the rs-mmc

Re: [maemo-developers] New Nokia 770 software image available

2006-04-24 Thread Bob Lees
I think that's because it's a dual voltage card Bob On Monday 24 April 2006 23:08, Brad Midgley wrote: hey Isn't SD a closed format requiring non-disclosure agreements (and it does not mix well with Linux for this reason) ??? Plenty of linux devices with SD exist. (The entire zaurus

Re: [maemo-developers] New Nokia 770 software image available

2006-04-24 Thread Peter Robinson
2) Why did Nokia use a RS-MMC connector? A standard SD- Card interface would have been nice. Maybe for a future device... Isn't SD a closed format requiring non-disclosure agreements (and it does not mix well with Linux for this reason) ??? Not exactly. Its apparently an open(ish) format

Re: [maemo-developers] New Nokia 770 software image available

2006-04-24 Thread Frédéric Crozat
Le lundi 24 avril 2006 à 22:35 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : 2) Why did Nokia use a RS-MMC connector? A standard SD- Card interface would have been nice. Maybe for a future device... The Nokia people already explained they designed 770 with parts already used in other Nokia phones, to

[maemo-developers] New Nokia 770 software image available

2006-04-20 Thread team maemo
Greetings! A new Nokia 770 software image -2005 Software Edition- is available from http://www.maemo.org/downloads/nokia_770?f=Nokia_770_SE2005_5_2006_13_7.bin The version is 5.2006.13-7. Changelogs are not available. Regards, maemo team ___

Re: [maemo-developers] New Nokia 770 software image available

2006-04-20 Thread Siarhei Siamashka
Disconnect wrote: Will changelogs be provided later? (Not to threadjack this into the other conversation, but this is a great example of where nokia can better their interaction with the community in a fairly easy way. Even if some parts have to be left out or summarized as Browser stability,

Re: [maemo-developers] New Nokia 770 software image available

2006-04-20 Thread Disconnect
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Siarhei Siamashka did have cause to say: Disconnect wrote: Will changelogs be provided later? (Not to threadjack this into the other conversation, but this is a great example of where nokia can better their interaction with the community in a fairly easy way. Even if

Re: [maemo-developers] New Nokia 770 software image available

2006-04-20 Thread reggie
Early reports have found the following: 1. Opera Browser - can load large sites without using swap file workaround 2. PDF reader - faster in opening pdf files (e.g. 40 seconds to 3 seconds) 3. Sound prompt when inserting/removing into/from case - some have found this a bit annoying The

Re: [maemo-developers] New Nokia 770 software image available

2006-04-20 Thread Santeri Lindgren
Sup, I just tried it, i have the newest OS and only x chat + x terminal installed. And i found that they have turned everything that logs anything off. There isn't any log files in /var/log/. So at least wtmp file growing has been handled. Cheers, Forge -- Siarhei Siamashka wrote: