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<font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Thanks for the info. I kinda figured the Meego thing was stalling on my own. A couple of manufacturers I've seen so far, but no big numbers yet.</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I did send in some notes for the Mobile sprint a couple of weeks ago., never heard any comments though, so don't know where they went.</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I think my real question for the long term, is do I stick with Linux and bend it to my will :c) , or go Andriod and/or Mac OS.</font> </p>
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>>> Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt@crschmidt.net> wrote:<br> </p>
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On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 08:56:14AM -0600, Bob Basques wrote:<br>><br>> All,<br>><br>> Just resurrecting this thread. It's been 6 months. I've done a couple of little projects with the N900 which are detailed here: <a href="http://pwultra5.ci.stpaul.mn.us/OPERA/">http://pwultra5.ci.stpaul.mn.us/OPERA/</a><br>><br>> Question to Chris S., do you have any other insights into the directions that<br>> the N900 device (or others like it) might be taking in the future (that you<br>> can mention? :c) <br><br>The N900 platform is dead. MeeGo will continue to exist as an open source<br>development platform, but you're not going to see it on any mass-produced<br>phones in the near future, based on public statements from Nokia. (I'd<br>expect numbers similar to the N900; you may see them, but it'll be a toy,<br>not a commonplace.)<br><br>> I'm setting up some netbooks next for the two projects<br>> listed above, using essentially the same software stack as used for the N900,<br>> which it is somewhat amazing when you think about it.<br><br>Maemo and MeeGo are definitely interesting platforms, though I don't know if<br>they're more exciting than other Netbook distros, since I haven't used many<br>of them.<br><br>> I would still like to revisit the Mobile controls issues for OpenLayers and<br>> GeoMoose at some point, but focusing on flexibility with software stack at<br>> the moment.<br><br>There's an OpenLayers sprint for Mobile taking place next week in Lausanne.<br>If you have things you've thought of, you should share them on the mailing<br>lists to help support the effort.<br><br>-- Chris<br><br>><br>> Thanks<br>><br>> bobb<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> >>> Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt@crschmidt.net> wrote:<br>><br>><br>> On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 03:25:45PM -0500, Bob Basques wrote:<br>> > Milo,<br>> ><br>> > You mentioned MEEGO in your post, I just ordered a N900 to do some testing for GIS related stuff on the N900. What types of functionalities are you focusing your efforts on for MEEGO?<br>><br>> Note that the current development platform for the N900 (and likely<br>> for the next 6 months at least) is still Maemo. The two platforms<br>> will likely not differ greatly; a lot of the UI functionality is already<br>> SDK-level in Maemo, and apps themselves likely won't change much<br>> other than packaging. In either case, it's mostly just a Very Small<br>> Linux Box.<br>><br>> -- Chris, proud owner of an N900<br>><br>> > bobb<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > >>> miblon <moblin@dogodigi.net> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > I have been using navit and osm2go on moblin. There is a debian build<br>> > for osm2go which is targeted at maemo, I managed to get it up on moblin<br>> > and will try to get it running on meego.<br>> ><br>> > If you are interested in me filling the blanks for these 2 apps on your<br>> > feature list, let me know.<br>> ><br>> > Kind regards,<br>> ><br>> > Milo van der Linden<br>> ><br>> > Miguel Montesinos wrote:<br>> > > Hello to all,<br>> > ><br>> > > I'm preparing a presentation for the FOSS4G, with title "Comparison of<br>> > > Mobile GIS applications". I know some, but I think that the best way to<br>> > > make an objective analysis is to offer the chance for anyone to<br>> > > collaborate, in order to define common feature lists as well as<br>> > > perfomance or usability check lists.<br>> > ><br>> > > Is anyone developing or using a mobile geospatial application<br>> > > interested?<br>> > ><br>> > > Regards,<br>> > ><br>> > > ---------------------------------------------<br>> > > Miguel Montesinos<br>> > > CTO<br>> > > PRODEVELOP, S.L.<br>> > > mmontesinos [at] prodevelop [dot] es<br>> > > www.prodevelop.es<br>> > ><br>> > > _______________________________________________<br>> > > Discuss mailing list<br>> > > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>> > > <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Discuss mailing list<br>> > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>> > <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br>> ><br>><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Discuss mailing list<br>> > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>> > <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Christopher Schmidt<br>> Web Developer<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Discuss mailing list<br>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Discuss mailing list<br>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br><br><br>--<br>Christopher Schmidt<br>Web Developer<br>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list<br>Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br>
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