Much has been written about what people would like to see changed in Neo1973 so this isn't yet another "gimme BT" "gimme WiFi" post but instead something further out if you want.
I'll start, and encourage others to join me, describing my dream mobile hardware (since we're talking about open platforms, the software is always fixable ;): Basically, start with the HTC Hermes hardware: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Hermes which has a sideways slide out backlit keyboard (look at the picture if you've never seen it). Quote from the above page: Samsung SC32442A-400MHz stacked CPU Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 5.0 with Messaging and Security Feature Pack GSM 850/900/1800/1900, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS(3G), HSDPA(3.5G) WiFi: 802.11g (backward compatible with Wi-Fi "b") MicroSD IrDA 2.0 megapixel camera VGA secondary camera for videoconferencing 128MB flash ROM and 64MB RAM 2.8-inch QVGA (240x320) display Bluetooth 2.0 with AKU2.3/A2DP and MSFP push-email QVGA screen (flips automatically to landscape mode when opened) 320 x 240 , 65k colour Built-in single loudspeaker Stereo output for headphones (via USB type proprietary headset - not the usual 2.5ø jack) Internal antennae 1350mAh battery (4-5 hours talk) real wheel not simply a jog dial The hardware is fine as it is save for replacing the screen with a VGA one and bumping RAM to 128MB and of course having it run OpenMoko ;). Winmobile is a truly sorry OS to have on a phone.... That is the currently feasible device. As for the truly far out one, i.e. the true dream device, that's mostly similar but comes with an ever higher resolution screen (something like Nokia 770 maybe), 256+ MB RAM, a CPU fast enough to run a somewhat slimmed down KDE on it ;) and camera with optical zoom as well as VGA 30fps video recording. More pluspoints for some hinge mechanism that makes it possible to bend the slide out keyboard upwards to get some sort of tiny laptop that can stand on its own ;). _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community
