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An update from OpenMokoAn update from OpenMokoPosted Jun 29, 2007 8:05 UTC (Fri) by pointwood (guest, #2814)Parent article: An update from OpenMoko
I'm really looking forward to the OpenMoko - I will never buy an iPhone, it is simply way too locked down.
Neither will probably ever become my primary phone since they both lack a keyboard - I doubt it will ever be possible to create a touch screen keyboard that works as well as a normal one.
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An update from OpenMoko Posted Jun 29, 2007 17:28 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link] Well I believe Neo1973 will support bluetooth.
So it should be possible to use a bluetooth keyboard with the thing. They are kinda expensive, but you can find little ones that you can fold up and such.
I am very interested in the 3D accelerator chip they have added to the specs recently.
From wikipedia:
That SMedia 3362 is suppose to be able to support OpenGL-ES. The 3D accelerometers are potentially very cool also.
Does this stuff have good Linux support? Are they going to have DRI drivers aviable for the SMedia thing?
It has the potential of not only being a miniturized Linux workstation, telephone, and smart PDA... but also a handheld gaming device for home brew gamers!
Either way it should go good with the Asus EEE device I want to get...
Ultra portable laptop with..
:)
An update from OpenMoko Posted Jun 29, 2007 17:35 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link] With those 3D accelerator thingy would it be possible to use phone as a sort of 3D mouse for a laptop or desktop computer?
Like the WII controller?
An update from OpenMoko Posted Jun 30, 2007 0:39 UTC (Sat) by njs (subscriber, #40338) [Link] Yes. The accelerometers are absolutely capable of tracking position on the relevant time-scale, and then you can just wire up the phone as a bluetooth input device to your laptop...
You can actually buy such mice stand-alone now -- they're marketed for presenters, so you can control your powerpoint while standing up at a screen, and by themselves they're already quite expensive.
An update from OpenMoko Posted Jul 1, 2007 15:00 UTC (Sun) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] by themselves they're already quite expensive. And that's the problem. There are no need for them to be expensive
An update from OpenMoko Posted Jun 29, 2007 17:38 UTC (Fri) by pointwood (guest, #2814) [Link] I was thinking about a keyboard on the phone itself. Michael Robertsonhave some good points about the iPhone which are relevant for the OpenMoko too: http://www.michaelrobertson.com/archive.php?minute_id=240
An update from OpenMoko Posted Jul 6, 2007 7:27 UTC (Fri) by p3ngwin (guest, #46102) [Link] i've found the graphics companies site with some info on the graphics chip. i am too interested in the multimedia chips of phones as the more features they get the less able the main CPU is and another chip is needed to help get decent performance. SMedia 3362 G this is Smedia's Glamo series. http://www.smediatech.com/product3362.htm not enough info on the media chip, but better than nothing, if anyone finds out more then please share. this phone is very promising and i'm seriously thinking of getting it.
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