Posted: November 29th, 2007 | Author: john | Filed under: Handhelds | 1 Comment »
OpenMoko released the binary for the in-built GPS chip. I did some testing today and was impressed with the sensitivity of the receiver. I was able to maintain a fix with the receiver in my pocket in central London. I also left the receiver running as I took a train home and it eventually picked up a signal. I plotted the logs using http://www.gpsvisualizer.com to see where I had been!
Looking forward to intergrating the new functionality with thumbtribes.
Posted: November 8th, 2007 | Author: john | Filed under: thumbtribes | No Comments »
This update depends on the latest Chicken Scheme package and has a fix for a serious callback bug. Remove the previous software with:
ipkg remove thumbtribes-client
ipkg remove chicken-scheme-interpreter
and install the new version with:
ipkg install http://zedstar.org/ipk/chicken-scheme-interpreter_2.733_armv4t.ipk
ipkg install http://zedstar.org/ipk/thumbtribes-client_0.09_armv4t.ipk
Posted: November 7th, 2007 | Author: john | Filed under: Handhelds | No Comments »
It has been a while seen I updated my Chicken Scheme package for OpenMoko. The build system moved away from autoconf to a more traditional make system. Fortunately it was pretty easy to migrate the change to my cross development environment. The new package can be installed as follows:
ipkg install http://zedstar.org/ipk/chicken-scheme-interpreter_2.733_armv4t.ipk
Posted: November 4th, 2007 | Author: john | Filed under: Handhelds | No Comments »
I will be attending Future of Mobile in London on November 14th. Anyone attending who is interested in OpenMoko or the thumbtribes project and wants to hook up please get in touch. I will bring my Neo1973 with me.
Posted: November 4th, 2007 | Author: john | Filed under: Handhelds | No Comments »
After an update to my Neo I can now browse the web. The browser is based on the WebKit engine and seems to run really smoothly on this hardware. A nice feature also now available is the ability to switch screen orientation. Here is a screenshot in landscape mode of my Neo accessing thumbtribes.mobi.
