Archive For The “Handhelds” Category
I built the dev tools on my Ubuntu (Gutsy) machine and managed to get the classic “hello world” running. I need to build some autotools projects but this is a start!
I needed to install lighttpd on my N810 but could not find a packaged version. I wanted to find the least painful way of solving this. I noticed that the OpenEmbedded (OE) project had a bitbake receipe for lighttpd. I already have OE running on my desktop so in theory I could edit local.conf to [...]
I dug out my Sharp Zaurus and flashed it with Poky Linux. It has a really clean interface. I prefer it to OpenMoko in terms of simplicity. I was close to getting my wireless card talking to my Airport Extreme BS but gave up in the end. I need to read up on WPA.
So it appears that if I idle on a TCP connection a TCP RST takes place. At first I thought this was something in my software, then I assumed it was something in pppd. After a discussion on #openmoko I think this is something happening at the Vodafone NAT/router. It is easy to simulate by [...]
I managed to get my Neo connected to Vodafone PAYG using the scripts I found here. In ‘/etc/ppp/peers/vodafone’ I replaced ‘/dev/modem’ with ‘/dev/ttySAC0 115200′ and set user and password both to ‘web’. In the ‘/etc/ppp/vodafone-chat’ I changed the APN from ‘internet’ to ‘pp.vodafone.co.uk’. I can now actually test my software without being connected to my [...]
One of the things I would like to use my Eee PC for is killing some time using IRC on my train commute. I already own a BT dongle which I used on my Sharp Zaurus. I also had bought a cheap Motorola phone for connecting with a Nokia 770. So in theory it should [...]
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 [...]
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
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.
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.