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.

I'm happy that Nokia deemed me eligible for their N810 developer rebate program. I'm even more happy about Mickey's post, because that was exactly my motivation to apply at all.

OpenMoko came a long way since my last post. But still, a current ångström 2008.1 openmoko-devel-image (+zImage) has quite some issues on the magician (and other QVGA devices). First impressions:

• some panel icons (bt, usb) are still too big for qvga, others (gsm, battery) look washed out due to rescaling
• keypad control doesn't work properly in many places, there is no support for shortcut buttons yet (except for the power button and the camera button, which is used as AUX on neo)
  
• openmoko-dialer spews empty notification messages if there is no SIM inserted.
• the media player does not start
• bluetooth control doesn't work
• and probably many more

And I could verify that the pxa27x mmc controller supports SDHC :-)

openmoko-dialer + ångström + magician = ?

This was a good week for the quest to a fully functional Ångström image on the HTC Magician. OpenEmbedded now has X11R7.2, gsmd works out of the box and with some patches it is even possible to run openmoko-dialer on top of that:



I uploaded the test image. The openmoko-dialer patches are not really ready yet. The button to hang up a call is still off-screen...

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.

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?