Then there's the fact that the phone that's available doesn't have WiFi (a deal breaker for me), nor a camera (which kind of sucks, but maybe forgivable).
In short, this is a few years away from being any sort of competitor with the iPhone or S60-based phones.
If you'd have done a tiny bit of searching, you'd see that the version available right now is the developer edition (aka GTA01). This version was designed with price in mind. It purposely lacks some non-essential features to make it more affordable to developers. The next revision is the consumer edition (aka GTA02) which happens to be coming out in October. If my math is correct, that's 2 months away... much sooner than "a few years away".
If you want to build/install third party apps on a smartphone, why not buy something a little more open?
Not trying to troll or anything... I'm being serious. I truely believe in what OpenMoko is doing. Apple makes OK hardware and systems, but I will still side with whichever is more open.
*shrugs*
I suppose I've just never found the iPhone to be anywhere near appealing.
/dev/null would be great! And you could use/dev/random to read it!;-)
But in all seriousness, would you not be able to create something like/dev/writeonly and pipe it through a socket into a file. That way you could only feed in data. Pass the socket data to a program/driver/something to write the data to a file in which only that single program can write.
Just a thought.. I have no idea if it would work as I'm at work in a Windows-freaking-only environment. *sigh*
P.S. - And no! I will not get back to work!;-)
I use a Belkin USB-Serial adapter at work nearly every week. In all honestly, I think it's actually gotten faster since we moved to the USB adapter, but maybe that's just me.;-)
P.S. - I work for an Advertising firm in my city. We run a few big digital (LED) billboards. One of which is pretty old and requires a serial port. The others are Ethernet.
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If you'd have read the article, you'd notice that it states firmly:
However, DMA transfer between userspace and kernelspace is not yet implemented. This means essentially that drivers which involve high traffic are not an option yet. So graphic drivers as well as file system drivers and similar cannot use this API at the moment.
I seriously think that "Google Homepage" was much better.
What the hell does iGoogle even mean? I stopped using it the moment they changed the name, it bothered me that much. (the little i thingy is also why I have never bought anything from Apple that started with an i... I have a Mac Mini, though -- even though I despise the OS. Thank $genericReligiousOverlordHere for rEFIt)
I'm in the process of building a very similar system.
About the only difference I can see is that I'll be running Gentoo, and a few low powered 'embedded' systems [200Mhz-ish machines] will be running the thin clients. Basically it will default to very basic XFCE session and will have a stripped-down firefox that will display the web-based software that is being served from the server on the local LAN.
Since I am in the same situation, is there anything specifically you would suggest I ensure I take into account?
Basically we are a small office, 3-4 thin clients and one server machine. All open source software and indeed will be contributing back to the projects we use [most likely in the form of cold hard cash and bug fixes as we come across them].
Essentially we are a small Computer & Repair Shop. We sell fully-built systems as well as custom systems and separate parts as needed. We also offer in-home and drop-off computer service [most people in this area uses Windows as per the stereotype]
I am very close friends to some other businesses that are not in the same business, but are looking for a similar system. So far it's pretty extensible, as it can be used as a cash/invoice terminal, etc. It is appropriate for restaurants, etc. After I get everything worked out I will be releasing it to the public under the terms of the GPL.:-)
In high school I was 'banned' (really they revoked my account... problem is they left the Administrator account without a password on the local system -- idiots) from using the schools computers because I had ssh'd into my home system and was fiddling around. Obviously because there was a command line involved, I was 'hacking.'
If I want an OS that Just Works, I go with Mac OS X.
I recently purchased a Mac Mini for my girlfriend a few months ago. I've been playing with it while she's not around [eg: at school]. I've found a lot of things do work okay, however if you want to do anything useful, it usually requires buying a product, trying to compile/port a program from Linux or it's just not easily possible.
A couple of examples: watching a video in Safari(switched to firefox and used the MediaPlayerConnectivity plugin as I use on Linux), mounting an NFS share(WTF happened to the good ol fstab file!?), burning a CD is not exactly point and click, as with an MP3 CD.
Those were my gripes, anyway. My girlfriend had a few other problems. We just recently installed Gentoo on it, and she seems much happier with that over OS X.
I know what I mainly need from an "office suite" is just a good word processor, one that doesnt lag 10 keystrokes behind me typing a simple letter.
I don't want to buy or install a whole office suite, just the apps I need. Why does it all have to be bundled with junk I dont care about?
You, my friend, are in need of AbiWord.
I only have experience with it on Gentoo Linux, so I have no idea how it performs on other operating systems. However, the experience I have had with it has been quite pleasant. Especially if all I want to do is create a quick document
I love MediaPlayerConnectivity! It has the option to only play when you click on the button, which I really like! No more annoying songs playing without my knowledge. Occasionally I leave the volume up and forget to turn it down... which is not a pleasant sound. Especially if the music sucks.
As a fairly well established web developer [nearing on 8 years of commercial development] I just have one quick thought: I can see Microsoft gaining some market share here *IF* they can be able to export to the Flash Player format [.swf]. Although this is incredibly unlikely, it would indeed be a change for once. Microsoft choosing compatibility over flashy-ness.
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If you want to build/install third party apps on a smartphone, why not buy something a little more open?
Not trying to troll or anything... I'm being serious. I truely believe in what OpenMoko is doing. Apple makes OK hardware and systems, but I will still side with whichever is more open.
*shrugs* I suppose I've just never found the iPhone to be anywhere near appealing.
[So sorry! I just had to!
/dev/null would be great! And you could use /dev/random to read it! ;-)
/dev/writeonly and pipe it through a socket into a file. That way you could only feed in data. Pass the socket data to a program/driver/something to write the data to a file in which only that single program can write.
;-)
But in all seriousness, would you not be able to create something like
Just a thought.. I have no idea if it would work as I'm at work in a Windows-freaking-only environment. *sigh*
P.S. - And no! I will not get back to work!
I use a Belkin USB-Serial adapter at work nearly every week. In all honestly, I think it's actually gotten faster since we moved to the USB adapter, but maybe that's just me. ;-)
P.S. - I work for an Advertising firm in my city. We run a few big digital (LED) billboards. One of which is pretty old and requires a serial port. The others are Ethernet.
SSX Blur. ;-))
Funnest Game Ever (for the Wii
... just as I compiled 2.6.20!
;-)
As am I.
Muahahah!
I seriously think that "Google Homepage" was much better.
What the hell does iGoogle even mean? I stopped using it the moment they changed the name, it bothered me that much. (the little i thingy is also why I have never bought anything from Apple that started with an i... I have a Mac Mini, though -- even though I despise the OS. Thank $genericReligiousOverlordHere for rEFIt)
Now, the question we are all asking... which license?
I'm in the process of building a very similar system.
:-)
About the only difference I can see is that I'll be running Gentoo, and a few low powered 'embedded' systems [200Mhz-ish machines] will be running the thin clients. Basically it will default to very basic XFCE session and will have a stripped-down firefox that will display the web-based software that is being served from the server on the local LAN.
Since I am in the same situation, is there anything specifically you would suggest I ensure I take into account?
Basically we are a small office, 3-4 thin clients and one server machine. All open source software and indeed will be contributing back to the projects we use [most likely in the form of cold hard cash and bug fixes as we come across them].
Essentially we are a small Computer & Repair Shop. We sell fully-built systems as well as custom systems and separate parts as needed. We also offer in-home and drop-off computer service [most people in this area uses Windows as per the stereotype]
I am very close friends to some other businesses that are not in the same business, but are looking for a similar system. So far it's pretty extensible, as it can be used as a cash/invoice terminal, etc. It is appropriate for restaurants, etc. After I get everything worked out I will be releasing it to the public under the terms of the GPL.
My answer to all three questions: The Pirate Bay :-D
If only it worked that way...
In high school I was 'banned' (really they revoked my account... problem is they left the Administrator account without a password on the local system -- idiots) from using the schools computers because I had ssh'd into my home system and was fiddling around. Obviously because there was a command line involved, I was 'hacking.'
A couple of examples: watching a video in Safari(switched to firefox and used the MediaPlayerConnectivity plugin as I use on Linux), mounting an NFS share(WTF happened to the good ol fstab file!?), burning a CD is not exactly point and click, as with an MP3 CD.
Those were my gripes, anyway. My girlfriend had a few other problems. We just recently installed Gentoo on it, and she seems much happier with that over OS X.
Well, I have OCPD... which is similar but completely different. If that makes any sense.
This if I find a place with a contract like this, I'll be sure to let them know about my condition _after_ I sign it. ;-)
What I find even worse is that 'r' and 'l' are on two completely different sides of the keyboard, not to mention different rows...
... unless they are using Dvorak?
I only have experience with it on Gentoo Linux, so I have no idea how it performs on other operating systems. However, the experience I have had with it has been quite pleasant. Especially if all I want to do is create a quick document
At first glance I had thought you said "CS should be an Engineering degree, as it is in my school (UFC)"
Man that would be one hell of a school.
I love MediaPlayerConnectivity! It has the option to only play when you click on the button, which I really like! No more annoying songs playing without my knowledge. Occasionally I leave the volume up and forget to turn it down... which is not a pleasant sound. Especially if the music sucks.
As a fairly well established web developer [nearing on 8 years of commercial development] I just have one quick thought: I can see Microsoft gaining some market share here *IF* they can be able to export to the Flash Player format [.swf]. Although this is incredibly unlikely, it would indeed be a change for once. Microsoft choosing compatibility over flashy-ness.
You seem to be misinformed.