[Tfug] OT: RFC about Android and ebook software

[Tom Rini]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 04:31:21PM -0700, Robert Hunter wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 01:23:26PM -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> >   Its not really targeting people like you and I, its for investors
> > and media people primarily.  please don't get nauseous over it.
> 
> No worries, I wasn't directing that at you.  Contempt for the
> marketroids is standard fare in "unix culture". ;-)
> 
> >> 1) No support for WPA-EAP (i.e., can't use it with UAWifi)
> 
> > I would assume that with OpenMoko + Android, youll be able to make
> > VOIP calls at a Wifi hotspot.  If you remember correctly, this very
> > feature was quite the controversial item with the iPhone.  not sure
> > if you can do this right now with the iPhone.  The cell phone
> > companies generally don't want their cell networks being sold as a
> > data transport commodity (which it would be if I could switch to
> > Wifi at any time to make a call).  This greatly reduces the general
> > sales value, both on the shelf and at the stock ticker.
> 
> I know very little about the iPhone.  The G1 does support WiFi
> according to what I've read, but not WPA-EAP (which is used for
> authentication in "enterprise" environments).  You obviously could
> still use an open network, or one that uses WEP, or WPA-PSK.

I wonder how hard that would be to add in.  In a normal Linux setup,
what more do you need on top of the stuff for WPA-PSK1/2 ?

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Tom Rini