Notices

Ok, Im giving up. In theory 1.0.4-2 should appear in extras-devel any moment now. Its late and I'm going to bed. I hope it works out.

It isn't strange that people are using an app on a Linux handheld to do instant messaging... It is weird that the app in question is sending the instant messages by screen-scraping a website, which then sends the messages via cellular voice networks...

I hope SMS just goes away soon. After all, soon everyone will have the Internet on their handhelds, won't they all just use Internet-based IM services...?

Sorry, off-topic, I know, I just find this whole Dialcentral-Google Voice-SMS thing really strange... like using your tablet to type up a message which is then printed out and sent via carrier pigeon....

not everyone has a data plan on their cell, but everyone has a cell.

Some of us have a cellular data plan and not a cell. What's the point in having a mobile phone, if you have a mifi portable hotspot, and a tablet with voip?

if you have GV, you have SMS too.
The mifi looks awesome. How much is your data plan with it. I would love to get rid of my cell. Most everywhere I go has wifi and I use my tablet for almost everything, but I still need my cell for the travel in between. A mifi would be perfect.

epage: just to give you something to wake up to...more work. No really sorry to bug you. DC won't even open up any more. I hit the icon and nothing.

Has anyone found a way to change the notifications from 0 minutes? No matter what, it resorts to zero minutes. I suppose I can edit the config file myself. What's a good interval to set that respects battery life? How about adding some 'intelligence' to the SMS notification? After a SMS is sent, it should check every minute (or faster?) for a few minutes for new SMS messages, since statistically a reply SMS is due back shortly after one is sent.

Persistent about that changelog huh? Man, its almost as if you expect some magical feature to be in it

* "Back" button and tabs now visually indicate when they've entered a "hold" state
* Fixed the duplicate title on Maemo
* Removing some device connection observer code due to high bug to low benefit ratio
* Notification support
* Fixed a bug from 1.0.3 where once you refreshed a tab by holding on it, every tab would then be forced to refresh

I just tested 1.0.4-2 and it seems to launch for me. Could you run it form the command line and let me know what its doing?

Yes changing how often notifications occur is a known issue (unfortunately I didn't have a chance to post it about 1.0.4-2 until you had already tried it, sorry). Changing the notification automatically makes it 0. The only way to fix it is to modify "~/.dialcentral/settings.ini".


I do have to say I am impressed at how quickly someone brought up one of the features they would want me to add which was one of the reasons I was trying to avoid adding SMS notification support Its a messy situation adding "intelligence" to an app especially since it is hard for the app to judge towards its intended audience. My best recommendation is if you are expecting a SMS back is to do a manual refresh by holding down the "Messages" tab.

O.k. here is the output when DC fails to start


~ $ /usr/bin/dialcentral.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/dialcentral.py", line 12, in <module>
dc_glade.run_dialpad()
File "/usr/lib/dialcentral/dc_glade.py", line 801, in run_dialpad
with gtk_toolbox.flock(_lock_file, 0):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/contextlib.py", line 15, in __enter__
File "/usr/lib/dialcentral/gtk_toolbox.py", line 30, in flock
fd = os.open(path, os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL | os.O_RDWR)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/user/.dialcentral/.lock'
~ $

Depends on where you are. Obviously if you're in the US, you will probably get screwed into some kind of contract and locked hardware. I pay 10€/month, data only, no contract.

There is a CDMA version (often locked I believe), and a GSM version of the Mifi. If you get the GSM mifi from http://www.mobilx.hu/en/novatel-wire...e-hotspot.html, it is unlocked. From there, you can either get a data plan added on to your voice plan, or you can get a pay as you go plan. In the states, I would still buy the european (GSM) version, to get freedom of choice on carriers and worldwide coverage.

If you add a data plan to an existing voice plan, I suspect that means you will have to clone your sim chip in order to continue using your sim chip in a phone.