[Gvsig_english] gvSIG mobile wish

[Agustin Diez Castillo]

Chris,
You're right, but the iPhone is a whim of mine, and free software is  
not only about money it's also about principles, at least on my side.
Let's go for FreeRunner and let me fulfill my whim.
Best


On Mar 7, 2008, at 10:29 AM, Chris Puttick wrote:

>
> gvSIG runs on Java - if iPhone does Java then I guess yes. But a far  
> mroe exciting mobile device is the FreeRunner for gvSIG, the first  
> consumer product from the OpenMoko project. Through the project  
> there is not just an SDK but access to the entire OS and chipset/ 
> case design; the hardware is notably better than the iPhone also:  
> 3G, GPS, wifi, USB, awesome screen.
>
> A gvSIG implementation for the FreeRunner would be so much more  
> relevant than one for the iPhone also; after all, if you can afford  
> an iPhone, you can afford proprietary GIS licences...
>
> Chris
>
> ----- "Agustin Diez Castillo" <Agustin.Diez at uv.es> wrote:
>> ___Hi all,
> Reading news about apple's iPhone plans [1] I got a question. Will  
> gvSIG mobile run in the iPhone? In the affirmative case,  
> congratulations; in the negative: why not? I'm still excited about  
> having a gvSIG mobile in my hands at the Girona meeting, it was  
> really great but my plans don't include to run Windows mobile in any  
> PDA. Even if we (spaniards) are still waiting for the iPhone, it  
> seems that the iPhone is growing faster than any other gadget  
> everywhere.
> This is one of my technological dreams having an iPhone where gvSIG  
> could run when I am doing my fieldwork. Let's do it real with gvSIG  
> [2].
> Sweet dreams.
> Agustin
>
> [1] Here's a special news alert from Macworld: At a Thursday press
> briefing at its Cupertino headquarters, Apple took the wraps off its
> iPhone Software Development Kit, which will allow software makers to
> build native apps for the mobile phone. The company also outlined new
> iPhone features aimed at enterprise users during the Thursday
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