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Java for OpenMoko moves forward
FSFE fellow Robert Schuster informed me about his progress bringing Java to OpenMoko and presents an interesting free software view of OpenMoko.
Collaboration Launch on PhoneServer and DeviceDaemon
With a subtle delay of something like 11 months, I managed to visit the friendly guys from Kernel Concepts in Siegen last week. The most important subjects were how to move forward with regards to a phone server and device daemon collaboration. Here is a short summary what these two things are, why we need them, and what we are going to do. PhoneServer A phone server encapsulates the access to the telephony subsystem. It is necessary to allow multiple clients query the state of the subsystem and to perform operations taking non-functional requirements like concurrent access, security, information caching,...
Maemo & OpenMoko
I've been accepted to the N810 Internet Tablet developer device program -- thanks Nokia! I'm going to use this opportunity to work on sharing more technology between the Maemo and the OpenMoko platforms.
OpenMoko Media Player and Web Browser
On the last day I was in the OpenMoko Office, MokoNinja visited me and we recorded videos where I present the state of the OpenMoko Media Player and the Web Browser.
Almost back in Germany
::: {.img-shadow} {width="200"} ::: 你好! My stay in Taipei is almost over and I want to update you all on some news around my work here in the OpenMoko, Inc. office. During the past couple of months, I have dedicated lots of my resources to improving the current incarnation of the software stack for our existing users, the GTA01 early adopters. We have now come to a point where the OpenMoko SmartPhone Stack is almost there. Especially Telephony, PIM and the mediaplayer have gotten much better throughout the last months. We even have a nice new webkit-based browser with a...
On to Taipei
Tomorrow, I'm heading over to Taipei for a while. I have mixed emotions here, on one hand I'm really looking forward to meeting all the guys again and seeing the shiny new OpenMoko office -- on the other hand, there is quite a bit of internal disagreement which may only be resolved by some serious discussions. Being the optimist though, it is my hope and utter belief that I will return from this journey with a renewed vision and plan for the next 12 OpenMoko months.
Back from OEDEM'07
::: {.img-shadow} {width="200"} ::: The second annual OpenEmbedded DEvelopers Meeting took place in Berlin from the 6th to the 10th of October 2007. Due to the slight overlap with my vacation in Portugal, I couldn't attend the coding sprints on 6th and 7th, however I could make it to the technical discussion days on 8th and 9th. On 9th, the generous folks from Tarent sponsored our dinner for which I'd like to say a big "Thanks, folks!!!" This time we not only had the core developer team on board, but also key people from the various communities and interest groups,...
OpenExpo 2007
::: {.img-shadow} {width="200"} ::: Just returned to Frankfurt after visiting the OpenExpo 2007 in Zurich/Oerlikon. Benjamin 'C7' Hagen organized a small but fine OpenMoko booth (next our friendly GNOME colleagues) and we had two very good days with lots of interested people stopping by. My talk on Thursday also attracted quite some people (as you can see in the photo). To silence all the "it's cool, but doesn't work as a phone" nay-sayers, I demonstrated a phone call during the talk :D ::: {.img-shadow} {width="200"} ::: On to some bad news... Benjamin got his backpack stolen, including a Laptop and...
Hello (again), Qtopia!
So Trolltech recently ported the Qtopia application suite to the Neo. Right after the release, the community almost immediately started to join one of three camps -- two being huge, one being small. The first camp is the ultra-pro's: They embrace Qtopia and demand OpenMoko Inc. to halt all efforts working towards a non-Qt/Embedded-based platform immediately. The second camp is the ultra-con's: They are afraid of C++, have not forgotten the less-than-optimal community relationship during the last five years, or claim Trolltech stealing attention from the "sole real free way to write software" in order to facilitate their "dubiously dual...
OpenMoko and OpenEZX at Mobile Developer Days 2007
The Mobile Developer Days are a new conference aiming to create a platform where developers, network operators, service providers, and mobile manufactures can exchange their ideas and visions in the field of mobile communication. This year was the first shot at what is hoped to be an annual event. I was invited to give a presentation about the OpenMoko project and the FIC Neo1973 mobile phone. Stefan Schmidt was invited to present the OpenEZX project. Besides performing our talks, Stefan and me installed a kind of an ad-hoc lab in the lobby of the venue at Aalborg University where we...