Hi, first of all congratulations on your approach. I must say that your presentation sums pretty well what I (and a lot other people) feel about the current status of mobiles. It makes perfect sense to go open source since it adds extra functionality to the sphone and thus increases its value.
Now, the reason i'm sending you this email is due to the hardware specs of the Neo1973. It seems it's hard to build a gadget that pleases everybody... unless it includes every feature... but that affects the price... and ends up by not pleasing everybody. Currently most people want or have: phone, pda, digital camera, video recorder, sound recorder, read books, listen to mp3, internet, gps, games (java, dosbox, snes, ...)
From the (beta version) specs posted on the webpage, i can say that
unfortunately the neo1973 isn't a gadget for me :-/ I don't want to carry 3 or 4 gadgets everyplace i go... i want a multi-gadget! It was surprising to see that the neo1973 doesn't include any multimedia features... Can i raise some hoppes for this: - great image capture (>= 800x600, "without" noise) - great video capture (> 20fps, memory space being the only limit for recording time) - great audio capture (use it as a recorder) - big screen size (> 2", 480x640) to read pdf and html files, read manga, view anime - toggle between landscape/portrait - allow some kind of expansion slot (eg, adding a SD card of 1GB) - gravity tolerance (must survive falling in the floor and getting sprinkled by water a couple of times :-) - bluetooth If we add this, it would be perfect: - japanese language support (both keyboard and OCR... and i guess both can be done via software) - run nes, snes emulators (multiple key press could be done via software... eg: for super mario run+jump at the same time) - mp3 player (use it like an ipod) - wifi - gps - usb Luxury item: - voice recognition (understand orders like "phone, dial, girlfriend") Thanks _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
