Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX

2008-04-03 Thread Thomas P Palarz
> How much of the work do you think could be used in an open > MotoMAGX/OpenLimo kernel? At least here in the US, the only EZX phone > that is still easy to get is the A1200e. (The MotoMAGX V8 and Z6 are > readily available.) > I haven't had a hard time at all getting an A780 in the US recentl

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX

2008-04-03 Thread Patrick Roberts
> > From: Antonio Ospite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 18:31:33 +0200 > Subject: Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX > focus on in the future? > >> On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 08:51:20 -0700 (PDT) >> Patrick Roberts <

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-04-02 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Wed, 2 Apr 2008, Paul Jimenez wrote: Not to be to obvious, but Openezx should focus on whichever phone the devs want to focus on. For instance, if I were to do work, it would all be slanted toward making my A780 more functional, since that's what I own. I suspect most devs are the same: they

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-04-02 Thread Antonio Ospite
On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 08:51:20 -0700 (PDT) Patrick Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From what I understand, MotoMAGX is very close if not > identical to what LiMo's OS will be. Targeting this > iteration of EZX casts the OpenEZX net wider than just > Motorola. > > See: > http://wiki.open

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-04-02 Thread Patrick Roberts
>From what I understand, MotoMAGX is very close if not identical to what LiMo's OS will be. Targeting this iteration of EZX casts the OpenEZX net wider than just Motorola. See: http://wiki.openezx.org/Other_Linux_Phones#LiMo_Foundation ...Which is great, because Motorola is in turmoil. Be

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-04-02 Thread Paul Jimenez
Not to be to obvious, but Openezx should focus on whichever phone the devs want to focus on. For instance, if I were to do work, it would all be slanted toward making my A780 more functional, since that's what I own. I suspect most devs are the same: they're going to work to support hardware they

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-04-02 Thread Jonathan Wilson
> Better support for whatever type of phone only happends if somebody > stands up and does the work. None of the devs have all phones so he > can only work on the onces he has. btw, I am willing to do anything that is non destructive (e.g. I dont want the risk of flashing an untried bootloader an

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-04-02 Thread Stefan Schmidt
Hello. On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 16:17, Konstantin Svist wrote: > > Switching focus to other phones/platforms would pretty much mean nothing > practical will ever come of the project :( While I like to see some traffic again on this ml this thread must be more seen as a proposal instead of a decisi

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-04-01 Thread Konstantin Svist
Justin Treon wrote: Dear OpenEZX, I think that it is important to have more than just the FIC FreeRunner as a development platform. Phones like the Rokr E2 seem very important to me since it is a candy bar phone with no touch screen. Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-04-01 Thread Justin Treon
> On the other hand...is moto going to be around in then next few years? They > continue to make huge blunders in the phone market. Maybe the EZX platform > should just die. I do not think that Moto wireless will be going away, but the brand name may change. Their high end phones missed the mark

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-04-01 Thread Jae Stutzman
On the other hand...is moto going to be around in then next few years? They continue to make huge blunders in the phone market. Maybe the EZX platform should just die. My E2 has the worst reception of any phone I've ever used. Jae

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-03-31 Thread Florian Boor
Hi, Jonathan Wilson schrieb: > My vote also goes to the MOTOMAGX phones. They are the only linux phones > still being made by moto. The kernel is a 2.6.x kernel and if a method > can be found to overcome the signature checks, it should be fairly > simple to migrate up to a newer kernel. The tricky

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-03-31 Thread Antonio Ospite
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:54:03 +0100 "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are 6 million EZX devices out there lusting for a software > update. If we manage to focus on A780 and A1200 to show that 'we can > do it', I'm very sure that we can attract lots of new developers. > Hi

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-03-29 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
There are 6 million EZX devices out there lusting for a software update. If we manage to focus on A780 and A1200 to show that 'we can do it', I'm very sure that we can attract lots of new developers. My view is that kernel-wise we're 80% there -- please correct me if that's wrong. For userland

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-03-29 Thread Who
bar phone with no touch screen. Which of the EZX phones should > OpenEZX > focus on in the future? I would like to hear the option of anyone > interested. > > Justin I am not a developer, just an interested party/lurker, but I thought I'd add my comments to give another POV.

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-03-28 Thread Jonathan Wilson
My vote also goes to the MOTOMAGX phones. They are the only linux phones still being made by moto. The kernel is a 2.6.x kernel and if a method can be found to overcome the signature checks, it should be fairly simple to migrate up to a newer kernel. The tricky part will again be the various us

Re: Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-03-28 Thread Stefan Schmidt
f you are not a totally smart guy that brings in a) a partly re-written UI or b) an abstraction which choose some different widgets on TS or keybpad in realtime. But back to your main question. > Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future? Let me say jehova. First we need som

Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future?

2008-03-28 Thread Justin Treon
Dear OpenEZX, I think that it is important to have more than just the FIC FreeRunner as a development platform. Phones like the Rokr E2 seem very important to me since it is a candy bar phone with no touch screen. Which of the EZX phones should OpenEZX focus on in the future? I would like to