16 Aug
2006
16 Aug
'06
3:14 p.m.
I stumbled on this one today:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8030785497.html
- Trolltech, best known for development tools and Linux application
stacks for phones and other mobile devices, will ship an "open"
Linux-based phone in September. The "Greenphone" features a
user-modifiable Linux OS, and is meant to jumpstart a third-party native
application ecosystem for Linux-based mobile phones.
[...]
So far I've figured out that it's an Xscale of the kind with mmx, which
suits my purposes just fine. And that there is a /dev/dsp in there
somewhere :-)
I have no idea what kind of price point they are considering, but I have
notifyed my significant other that this is the *ultimate* christmas
present for a u**x geek ...
I suppose one will have to "play" it by wawing ones hand in front of the
camera?
16 Aug
16 Aug
4:12 p.m.
So far I've figured out that it's an Xscale of
the kind with mmx, which
suits my purposes just fine. And that there is a /dev/dsp in there
somewhere :-)
very cool. although quite a few phones run QT, and there are ongoing efforts to run
arbitrary kernels on Motorola's smartphones, i had more or less resigned to just
getting something non-linux, since it looked like it was pretty much impossible to even
get Mplayer or Ekiga-over-UMTS/WIFI/etc going on them, due to all the lack of source and
hw specs..
i assume this Xscale is more or les x86.. definitely be interested int hese if theyre
priced reasonably.
7:38 p.m.
On 8/16/06, carmen <_(a)whats-your.name> wrote:
i assume this Xscale is more or les x86.. definitely
be interested int hese if theyre priced reasonably.
Nope: ARM. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_XScale
8:14 p.m.
On Wed, 16 Aug, 2006 at 05:38PM -0400, Paul Coccoli spake thus:
On 8/16/06, carmen <_(a)whats-your.name> wrote:
I'm going to have to start reading my e-mail in reverse order when
I've been away from it for more than a few hours.
This isn't the first time I've duplicated someone's response because I
didn't look down far enough.
Sorry.
James
i assume this Xscale is more or les x86..
definitely be interested int
hese if theyre priced reasonably.
Nope: ARM. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_XScale
8:12 p.m.
On Wed, 16 Aug, 2006 at 06:13PM +0000, carmen spake thus:
No, xscale is more or less ARM. But intel.
So far I've figured out that it's an
Xscale of the kind with mmx, which
suits my purposes just fine. And that there is a /dev/dsp in there
somewhere :-)
very cool. although quite a few phones run QT, and there are ongoing efforts to run
arbitrary kernels on Motorola's smartphones, i had more or less resigned to just
getting something non-linux, since it looked like it was pretty much impossible to even
get Mplayer or Ekiga-over-UMTS/WIFI/etc going on them, due to all the lack of source and
hw specs..
i assume this Xscale is more or les x86.. definitely be interested int hese if theyre
priced reasonably. 
1 Sep
1 Sep
6:44 p.m.
On Thursday 17 August 2006 03:03, Jens M Andreasen wrote:
I stumbled on this one today:
Just saw this post, have been on holiday and not really paying attention to
emails much.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8030785497.html
- Trolltech, best known for development tools and Linux application
stacks for phones and other mobile devices, will ship an "open"
Linux-based phone in September. The "Greenphone" features a
user-modifiable Linux OS, and is meant to jumpstart a third-party native
application ecosystem for Linux-based mobile phones.
[...]
So far I've figured out that it's an Xscale of the kind with mmx, which
suits my purposes just fine. And that there is a /dev/dsp in there
somewhere :-)
of course.
I have no idea what kind of price point they are considering, but I have
notifyed my significant other that this is the *ultimate* christmas
present for a u**x geek ...
It is part of a Qtopia Development Kit, and is not targeted at consumers and
is in limited supply, so don't expect a normal consumer mass market price
point.
It will be affordable, but not cheap.
I suppose one will have to "play" it by wawing ones hand in front of the
camera?
The hardware support is in various states of working, but we will provide
updates as it improves.
--
Lorn 'ljp' Potter
Trolltech Qtopia Community Manager
Opie Core Developer
http://qtopia.net
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