Presentation Agenda – SOMS First Introductory Seminar

SOMS Working Circles

SEECS is stepping proudly into open mobile technology establishing a lab “Open Mobile Lab “ which provides you a golden opportunity to play/unlock the mobile devices which are completely documented. So get yourself equipped before entering into the industry. Don’t miss it because you never get a chance to work on multiple technologies all in a single device and in one lab.

The SOMS – SEECS Open Mobile Squad is going to conduct its very first seminar on smartphones, particularly the ones launched by openmoko (a Taiwan based daughter company of FIC First International Computers, Inc).

Seminar Agenda:

1. The Evolution of mobile device
2. OPENMOKO products n technology
3. Who should involve and how?
4. Possible projects
5. SOMS – SEECS Open Mobile Squad

Agenda 1

The evolution of mobile devices

Traditional Telephones > Cell Phones > Smart Phones
Just voice Communication > Multimedia > Desktop Environment

Closed vs. open industry

1. Operators do not allow VoIP applications to be installed because it’s a competition to their primary business.
2. Handset come with GPS installed but the mobile operators doesn’t allow to use it the way customer wants.
3. To update or add something we have to attach the mobile with desktop PC but with the concept of open mobile no one can stop people to do what they want to do with their devices.
4. New models of the handset may have the same hardware but improved software.However, existing users cannot upgrade their firmware.
5. A user cannot develop an application for the phone even if he has the time and skills, or the applications the user can develop are limited in features available to them, speed and visual appearance (e.g. J2ME)
6. Handset will only operate with SIM registered to a particular operator

Proprietary Phones Dilemma
The close phone vendors just sell their hardware firmwares not the mobile hardware y? just to snatch the market as much as they can. It’s business good form them but not for the customers y? because what the open source community is predicting is that: “Customers the NeXt Creators”.

Little Box a Huge SINK
Every technology, concept, idea wants to sink into the mobile

Open Software stack
- A collection of different Programs/Applications/Utilities/Routines/Technologies that work togather to produce some results.
So it comes with every neccesary tool that is used for application development.
Mobile Application development

MobileOS
The mobile Operating system provides a software platform for running mobile applications and programs on mobile devices

Open Hardware stack

1. Optimization of hardware
2. Hardware extendibility

Battle for Mobile Application Framework
At the times when companies were fighting with each to set standards for Internet browsers you know how won… h’mmm ya Microsoft among the compitetors “Netscape which is now MOzila FireFox”. Microsoft won because thay have the huge market share and people were addicticed to. But now every1 can see Firefox is a head from Micosoft’s Internet Browsers just because of it’s openess and strong community of FOSS.

Like the same way a new war has been started to make standards for Mobile Application framework and that was started by openmoko in feb 2007. And everyone is now following their footprints…

Involvement of Open industry

1. Breaking monopolies
2. Major industry players

Mobile Hacking/Reverse Engineering

1. Hacking is all about catching Design flaws (-ive )
2. Hackers are excelent designers
3. Modifying device policies
4. Manipulting device’s firmware
5. Knowing every inch n bit of the hardware

What is hacking?

1. Software vs. hardware hacking
2. Hacking is all about catching design flaws
3. MIT Graduates hacked Xbox 360

Reconfiguring device components firmware

1. Modifying device drivers operational polices
2. Remixing your MobileOS
3. Converting NokiaN70 to NokiaN75

CAD Computer Aided Design Files

The files contains the complete circuit of the systems

1. Build your device from scratch
2. Why there is need of open Mobile
3. Competitive Industry
4. The next BIG thing

Agenda 2

Openmoko

The Leaders

Mission/Concept

1. Create great mobile products using the Openmoko stack: Open. Mobile. Free
2. What does openess means?/Ultimate Openness
3. Killing iPhone
4. Kicking out nokia’s Symbian
5. Before gPhone

Supported Frameworks

1. GTK SDK (Python Developers)
2. Qtopia SDK (C++ Programmers)
3. Android SDK (Java Programmers)
4. Openmoko SDK (X11 Applications)
5. Jalimo (Java Programmers)

Operating Systems

1. Ubuntu:Linux
2. Windows:Microsoft
3. MAC:Apple

Products

1. Neo1973/FreeRunner (Developer’s Lunch box)
2. Advance neo kit (Hacker’s Lunch box)
3. Product Capabilities/limitations

Targeted People

1. Customers the next Creators
2. Economic incentive

Competitors/Followers

Big Brother

1. GOOGLE with Android framework (Open Software Stack)
2. Nokia’s Symbians (Open Symbian Stack)
3. Young SisterStarup Companies

Agenda 3

How should involve?

1. Mobile hackers
2. Embedded systems
3. Application development
4. Wireless networking
5. Future mobile OpenOS
6. Hardware optimization

Advantages you receive

1. Robust project development
2. Hands on experience before industry
3. Learning
4. Get license of your product by “Creative Commons”

The space is still empty get something n get acknowledge worldwide

Note:

The venue and timings for the seminar will be announced soon.