Salve, I already wrote that a light sensor could avoid that the backlight is on, when it is not necessary: http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2006-November/000263.html
But this light sensor could also combined with localisation, time and provile (or movement sensor) E.g. when I'm at home and the light sensor detects light at 2 o'clock in the morning, I will still be reachable for calls from my frinds. They could have a signalisation that I'm still awak. Maybe quantitiy and colour analysing of this sensor would be interesting as well - I think there are cheap sensors called "camera". But that would consume CPU power and battery power, so a photo diode or LED would be better. AHHHH this could be integrated into the multi-coloured-touch screen this will have light sensors - when it could analyse other light as well - it could swith the backlight and could give informations to the programmes. With the colours of the light (anlysing) could it also possible to detect in which room the Neo1973 is at the moment. (Dependances of window orientation, type of electricaly light, wall colour - things inside...) So at last an smart backlight managment would be a "must have" and whis such a sensor would be possibel to do other nice things rob _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community
