Transcript openmokopresentation1.1.odp

Openmoko
Neo Freerunner
My Story
In case you hadn't noticed:
I'm a teenager
I'm a techie
I'm a free software
advocate
I'm Tim Dobson
For cyberstalkers:
tdobson.net
My first phone:
Nokia 3310
Nokia 3310
...Always Works...
...Obsolete...
...Bad for Street Cred...
...Not many features...
...Completely non-free...
Most Modifiable Aspect:
Ringtone?
Neo Freerunner
Neo Freerunner
...Works...
...or does it?...
...Just released...
...Better for Street
Cred...
...Many uses...
...Completely free...
Most Modifiable Aspect:
Everything?
Openmoko
Neo Freerunner
Various Distributions
Openmoko Old Stable
(om2007.7)
OpenMoko Stable
(om2008.x)
Qtopia
(QT Extended)
FSO
freesmartphone.org
SHR
(Stable Hybrid Release)
Debian
Gentoo
All have one thing in
common:
They suck
Various problems but
mostly...
...they lack basic
smartphone capabilities
(by default)
Fat and Dirty
Openmoko
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Snapshot of
Openmoko 2008.9
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Designed to provide the
best the community has
to offer...
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
...Applies quick and dirty
fixes to problems...
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
...includes almost all
programs regardless of
development status..
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
...Aims to provide image
of a working
smartphone...
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
...But in reality...
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
...the question that
matters...
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
...does it really work?
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Yes!
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
From a stable GUI you
can:
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Make Phone Calls
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Take Phone Calls
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Send SMS
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Recieve SMS
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Using contacts etc.
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Connect to Wifi
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Do Instant Messaging
(Jabber/IRC/MSN)
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Browse the Web
(browsers with mozzilla and webkit
rendering engines available)
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Play Music
(MP3, OGG, SPX, WMA?)
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Play Video
(320x240 only)
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Play Games
(Pingus, Sudoku, Mines,
NumptyPhysics etc. )
FAT AND DIRTY OPENMOKO
Do GPS stuff
(Maps, Starmaps, OSM
etc.)
...back to the big
question...
Openmoko community
Can you use it
as your phone?
...Maybe...
...Probably...
I do
Cool Stuff
(community innovation is king)
Some things people have
been able to turn their
freerunners into:
(currently probably not end user friendly)
Wireless Routers
Bluetooth remote
GPRS Modem
Archealogical
Logging Devices
(Cambridge Archechology Department)
Interesting projects in
developement:
First Person
Shooters
DukeNukem3D
available
Touchscreen
fire/jump inputs
Accelerometer walk
inputs
Currently very
unstable :(
Doom just been
ported...
SIP (VOIP) Client
Great Potential
SIP + GSM + Wifi =
Win?
SIP not undergone
much testing :(
Currently SIP &
GSM not
integrated
Satnav
Love it or hate it
It exists
(Navit)
Not well polished
(issues with map
downloads & speech)
Many
Other
Ideas
200+ New Projects
(on projects.openmoko.org)
Find out more:
Openmoko.org (community)
Openmoko.com (commerce)
Truebox.co.uk (UK Distributor)
Questions
© Tim Dobson 2008
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tdobson.net
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