Openmoko Om 2008.8 Release

[freerunner at newkirk.us]

Is 'next batch of Freerunners' referring to further units destined for
developers and enthusiasts, or units targeting consumers?

For the former: I'd think OM2008.08, 'opkg upgrade'd past a few
irritations, with developer-friendly keyboard (g) and Terminal.  These
people should easily be up to the task of flashing to whatever they wish,
though a tool (ncurses and gui lin/win) to manage flashing, store and index
possibly multiple backups, etc would be handy.

For the latter: Qtopia, with a one-click 'installer' on CD or thumbdrive
that lets user backup flash to desktop, flash OM2008.08 from media, look
for newest OS images on net, etc.  If OM2008.08 has acquired a bit more
maturity, I'd consider it for consumers, with Qtopia being the default
interface the user sees, but not just Qtopia apps accessible in the
installer.

j

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:00:48 -0700, Steve Mosher <steve at openmoko.com>
wrote:
> That was actually an option we considered.
> 
> Michele Renda wrote:
>>
>> Ship with nothing and everyone put what want
>>
>> So nobody can say it is not a complete software :)
>>
>>
>> steve wrote:
>>> Good question.
>>>
>>> Here are the options.
>>>
>>> 1. Ship with 2007.2. Basicaly a dialer that works. bare bones phone.
>>> 2. Ship with Qtopia. A solid full featured smart phone.
>>> 3. Ship with OM2008.8  An alpha release of our future phone.
>>>
>>>
>>> discuss.
>>>
>>>
>>>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *From:* community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org
>>> [mailto:community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org] *On Behalf Of *Charles
> Pax
>>> *Sent:* Friday, August 08, 2008 12:24 PM
>>> *To:* List for Openmoko community discussion
>>> *Subject:* Re: Openmoko Om 2008.8 Release
>>>
>>> Will this be shipping with the next batch of Freerunners?
>>>
>>> -Charles
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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