Community Updates/2009-04-05

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* A follow up announcement to Openmoko's presentation at ESC has been an official [http://us.direct.openmoko.com/products/neo-freerunner price drop].  FreeRunner is currently selling through the Openmoko webshop for $299 USD, for a limited time only.  
 
* A follow up announcement to Openmoko's presentation at ESC has been an official [http://us.direct.openmoko.com/products/neo-freerunner price drop].  FreeRunner is currently selling through the Openmoko webshop for $299 USD, for a limited time only.  
  
* Some organizational changes with respect to the sales and marketing department can be found in the mail from Steve Mosher.
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* Steve posted a statement on [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-March/044522.html recent organizational changes] with respect to the sales and marketing department, after [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-March/044435.html rumors of Andy's departure] from Openmoko were confirmed.
** http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-March/044522.html
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* Also from Steve, some answers to some confusion that some of us had about the offical buzz fix can be found here
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* Also from Steve, some answers to some confusion that some of us had about the [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-March/044493.html offical buzz fix] can be found here
** http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-March/044493.html
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* '''[http://cgit.freedesktop.org/ModemManager/ModemManager/ ModemManager project]''' has been started at FreeDesktop.org to provide a DBus API to GSM/3G adaptors.
 
* '''[http://cgit.freedesktop.org/ModemManager/ModemManager/ ModemManager project]''' has been started at FreeDesktop.org to provide a DBus API to GSM/3G adaptors.
 
    
 
    
* Some interesting tests of the battery current against display brightness and GPS power mode.The discussions and test details can be followed at
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-March/044553.html Some interesting tests] of the battery current against display brightness and GPS power mode.
** http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-March/044553.html
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Revision as of 07:47, 2 April 2009

Contents

Period 20, Mar ~ 05, Apr, 2009

Distributions

Applications

New Applications

  • Black Sheep: Fight insomnia! Start this software, count the sheep
  • Chronometer: It is in early stage - it has stopwatch with split, big display and big buttons

Application Updates

  • BikeAtor0.0.6 : Like TangoGPS BikeAtor can display OSM Maps V0.0.6: Configuration changed and Speedometer improved
  • CoovaChilli: It turns your phone's WiFi network into an Ad-Hoc Hotspot! Other computers can then connect to your WiFi signal and get a captive portal. From the GUI, you can configure multiple Hotspot setups and easily switch between them. You can also review the current active sessions and authorize, release (DHCP lease), or completely block a device on your network.

Community

  • Sean Moss-Pultz presented the FreeRunner mobile phone to designers and engineers at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, California this week. Moss-Pultz calls the phone a “seed” that provides a rapid start for developers to create devices based on the phone’s open OS, open CAD and open electronics.
  • A follow up announcement to Openmoko's presentation at ESC has been an official price drop. FreeRunner is currently selling through the Openmoko webshop for $299 USD, for a limited time only.
  • Also from Steve, some answers to some confusion that some of us had about the offical buzz fix can be found here
  • ModemManager project has been started at FreeDesktop.org to provide a DBus API to GSM/3G adaptors.


Event News

  • 2009-04-06/08 CELF Embedded Linux Conference | ELC 2009 San Francisco, California.
  • 2009-05-12/13 OSiM Asia | The Kowloon Shangri-la hotel, Hong Kong | Openmoko will give a speech
Personal tools
Period 20, Mar ~ 05, Apr, 2009

Distributions

Applications

New Applications

  • Black Sheep: Fight insomnia! Start this software, count the sheep
  • Chronometer: It is in early stage - it has stopwatch with split, big display and big buttons

Application Updates

  • BikeAtor0.0.6 : Like TangoGPS BikeAtor can display OSM Maps V0.0.6: Configuration changed and Speedometer improved
  • CoovaChilli: It turns your phone's WiFi network into an Ad-Hoc Hotspot! Other computers can then connect to your WiFi signal and get a captive portal. From the GUI, you can configure multiple Hotspot setups and easily switch between them. You can also review the current active sessions and authorize, release (DHCP lease), or completely block a device on your network.

Community

  • Sean Moss-Pultz presented the FreeRunner mobile phone to designers and engineers at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, California this week. Moss-Pultz calls the phone a “seed” that provides a rapid start for developers to create devices based on the phone’s open OS, open CAD and open electronics.
  • A follow up announcement to Openmoko's presentation at ESC has been an official price drop. FreeRunner is currently selling through the Openmoko webshop for $299 USD, for a limited time only.
  • ModemManager project has been started at FreeDesktop.org to provide a DBus API to GSM/3G adaptors.


Event News

  • 2009-04-06/08 CELF Embedded Linux Conference | ELC 2009 San Francisco, California.
  • 2009-05-12/13 OSiM Asia | The Kowloon Shangri-la hotel, Hong Kong | Openmoko will give a speech