Neo1973: Mobile Phone or Mobile Computer?

Al Johnson openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk
Thu Jan 25 11:36:00 CET 2007


On Thursday 25 January 2007 09:38, Shu Hung (Koala) wrote:
> Why don't we just use the Flash for Linux 9 on OpenMoko?

Because it's only available for x86 CPUs.

> We may also use Minimo <http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo> on OpenMoko
> as browser, too.
>
> Koala Yeung
>
> On 1/25/07, Andrew Turner <ajturner at highearthorbit.com> wrote:
> > Not sure if this fits the bill, but:
> > Gnash is a GNU Flash movie player
> > http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/
> >
> > On 1/24/07, Richard Franks <richard.franks at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 18:16 +0000, Al Johnson wrote:
> > > > Getting a flash-capable browser will be another problem entirely...
> > >
> > > I wondered about that before posting, but I found this link, so it
> > > looks like options may be available.. although I gather the standard
> > > approach is to have the manufacturer negotiate the license with
> > > Macromedia: http://board.flashkit.com/board/archive/index.php/f-62.html
> > >
> > > But I think the bigger issue may be if mobile phones are subjected to
> > > different legislation than your regular PC - I can see the major phone
> > > manufacturers lobbying this point of view to protect and lock-in their
> > > market shares.
> > >
> > > Richard
> > >
> > >
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> > Andrew Turner
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