I'm following a lot more security hole stories now than I used to as a mere computer user.
Intel Management Engine and Active Management Technology still give me nightmares.
I'm following a lot more security hole stories now than I used to as a mere computer user.
In what ways are you dissatisfied with it?My plan for software is Linphone. To be fair, it's a bad plan but liblinphone seems to be the best option by far. I have been fighting the urge to put down money toward a fork of Linphone or an alternative LibLinphone front-end, which could easily be designed to accommodate smaller displays. If anyone here plans to work on this, send me a P.M. first.
I think that that will certainly not be a problem. That's actually how I see its current state.It would be great if I could combine a dumb Nokia phone with a prepaid SIM installed for phone calls and the Pyra as a smartphone for communications, research, navigation and entertainment.
there is a wire going from the 4g modem to the omap5 which can wake it up from suspend to ram mode or idle on incoming calls or SMS.
We do not know how low we can get power consumption in idle or suspend but the modem draws around 3-10 mA while staying connected to the network and being able to respond to incoming calls.
Regarding software, there are multiple options:
* Replicant
* QtMoko
* Debian + FSO
just to name some. They all need polishing to be adjusted to the Pyra hardware hooks (e.g. display resolution, hardware addresses of accelerometer/position detector).
http://www.freesmartphone.org/What is FSO? is it a program to call from debian? if yes it will be great
What is FSO? is it a program to call from debian? if yes it will be great
http://www.freesmartphone.org/[/URL... right away.[/QUOTE] Thanks for your summary.
Right! SHR is the name of the UI I was referring to.Debian packages are available for FSO, as well as some SHR.
Right! SHR is the name of the UI I was referring to.
I don't doubt there will be some way to make/receive calls or SMS.
But nowadays even I'm using Whatsapp.
For me (and I guess for many people) it can only replace my phone if it can use Whatsapp as well.
It's a shame most people don't use Telegram but well, I have to live with it...
Telegram is available as a PND as far as I remember, so no need to go dark side for thatHave you tried either WhatsApp or Telegram with the Shashlik compatibility layer for Android over GNU/Linux? If neither of them depend on native code (as far as I know, Shashlik has not been tested on an ARM machine with running native code) then they may run on an x86 computer.
It's probably the most realistic usecase for calls for me also. Obvious downsides are:
-you need to charge all this stuff every day so your wall plug will look like a cthulhu and you will look like a mad professor plugging all the wires before you go to sleep
-you need to assess how stable and power efficient bluetooth connection is before you throw out your main phone
Another interesting thing to consider when speaking about pyra phones is security. Debian publicity people describe their security as "we try, guys" https://www.debian.org/security/ but you need to maintain that (manually?). There also could be attacks executed through poorly written netwoking components in apps the community uses as well as hardware vulnerabilities, e.g. in wifi (not sure if it's possible to hijack bluetooth, but can't see a reason why not).
I consider pyra phone a very interesting hobby project with tons of fun things to explore and research, but I wouldn't use it as a real 100% replacement until there is at least somewhat decent assessment of security (so you won't become a moving proxy DDoS machine on wheels) and stability (you want to be able to call 911 asap when it's needed).