[Xastir] TechCrunch Web Tablet Project

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Just FYI,

I have begun working on aprs software for Nokia S60 Mobile phones (N95
etc), using a USB<->Serial Connection from the phone to the TNC.

Porting all of xastir to this platform is unrealistic, but these
devices should work quite well for mapping received positions and may
even be able to act as an IGate if there is Cellular Service
available. We have been working with MGMaps (http://www.mgmaps.com/)
which supports the full range of web mapping services, and lets us
cache imagery/maps to the device intelligently.

The program is written in Python for S60, and we use C++ modules when
necessary.

If anyone is interested in contributing to this effort, drop me a line.

FWIW, I doubt that xastir would run well on the N810s etc. Check out a
program called Maemo Mapper for a place to start on this platform.

Jeff

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Curt, WE7U <archer at eskimo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, Tom Hayward wrote:
>
>> TechCrunch Web Tablet Project:
>> http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/07/21/the-techcrunch-web-tablet-project/
>>
>> Vaporware at this point, but I can only hope it will run Xastir. No
>> mention of available serial or USB (host) I/O yet.
>>
>> With the lack of new NMEA mapping GPS receivers, I've been thinking
>> about an open hardware project that can run Xastir. This one might do
>> it.
>
>  "The planned stack so far is to run BSD or Linux, with the Gnome
>   desktop."
>
> I hope they mean Gtk+ widget set and not Gnome desktop, but who
> knows?  Gnome is a pig.  For that matter, so is KDE.
>
> The current problem with PDA-sized devices is that they generally
> don't run X11 underneath.  They often run Gtk+ (Maemo) or Qt (Qtopia
> and Opie?).
>
> Why wait for hardware like the web tablet described?  Doesn't the
> Nokia 810 perform many of these features right now, with an included
> GPS, for about the same price?  I haven't looked so perhaps the 810
> is much more.
>
> One would need to port the Motif/X11 code in Xastir to Qt and/or
> Gtk+ before it would run on such devices, unless somebody ported X11
> /OpenMotif or X11/Lesstif to the device.
>
> Porting Xastir to Gtk+ would make people with Qt devices unhappy and
> vice-versa.
>
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