For my own future reference: How to quickly turn the neo1973 into a USB sound card, courtesy of avahi and pulseaudio:

ssh root@fic-gta01.local
ipkg install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-publish
echo "load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.1;192.168.0.0/16" >> /etc/pulse/session
echo "load-module module-zeroconf-publish" >> /etc/pulse/session
/etc/init.d/pulseaudio restart

Now the padevchooser applet on the Desktop lists "output on fic-gta01" as audio sink. I really should stop ripping out my laptop's headphone jacks.

it's a phone!

Daniel's hint was what I needed to understand that the GSM modem indeed works on my GTA01Bv3. Marcin already reported success. And now I can make calls with openmoko-dialer, too (as long as it doesn't segfault). Time to have another look at gsmd.

plotting battery voltage

As the neo1973 was mostly sitting around for the last few days, I decided it could do something with its time. I started to capture some data for the battery voltage scale:


From the first two discharge curves (taken while idling at 200MHz with full display brightness), it looks like my battery still has to be conditioned a bit.

games!

I didn't get the GSM modem to work and there is no way to access the GPS yet. So obviously I had to install puzzles and FreeCiv:



The former causes quite high CPU load wherever you have to pull things around, probably because the redraw is tied to mouse movement and the touchscreen produces a lot of events per second. The latter works quite nicely, thanks to 128MB RAM.

around the world in two days

Today I received my neo1973!



First impressions:

• The display is awesome.
• The bezel is a bit thick, making it hard to hit the touchscreen near the edges.
• Although the rounded edges seem to waste a lot of space, they make the neo comfortable to hold.
• It is slightly bigger in every dimension than the Magician and doesn't feel as solid due to the plastic/rubber case.
• I like the buzz when turning on the device.
• There is some pressure on the back of the LCD. I can see some discolouration in the middle of the screen when pressing against it with the stylus.
  
• The case design is nice. It's really as easy to open as I came to expect from the wiki. The fact that I broke my guitar pick is only due to my own inaptitude.
  
• Did I mention the awesome display?
  

good morning

I made some more or less tango style device icons for these gadgets:

- HP iPAQ hx4700,

- HTC Magician a.k.a. O2 Xda mini,

- FIC neo1973

- Sony Ericsson J100i