Roland Häder wrote: > My suggestion here is that OpenMoko may design another phone - if the market > asks for this: > > - An OpenMoko for younger people who need the gaming controls Ortwin is > mentioning as subject for removal. > > - Another OpenMoko for professionals/business/older people without the > gameing > controls but bigger screen. Maybe there is one available? Surely the software > shipped with this OpenMoko doesn't need include software which requires the > gaming controls. > > Any further ideas? :) > > Roland > > Yes. I propose a modular approach. 1 phone many external similar to this idea: http://www.icontrolpad.com/
Additionally, there is a certain cool factor to having a single unit but many docking stations if done right, for example: Quick preview: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3871478989.html Their overbearing website: http://www.buglabs.net/products Buglabs is doing something really cool, but you gotta code in java and it doesn't fit into a pocket (well it does fit in a really big pocket). It's pretty clear Mokos core group of users are very demanding, and something like that would allow for everyone to be happy. However, why I really think this could be a really great approach for the moko is the 'Hey Cool!' factor. Can you picture the conversation when you meet up with a buddy "hey whats that on your moko? oh it's my new gamepod. COOOOOL! can i try it on my moko? sure ... *CLICK* ... here you go. COOOOOOL!" It also reduces the dev costs for moko, it allows it to remain a smartphone and not move from that niche, reduces the number of formats that people will be demanding the moko be made in and will start to establish a hardware addon ecosystem beyond what is already being developed. What the moko manufacturers then can pull is a NIKE. Instead of relying purely on sales of the moko, they can turn them selves into an R&D and marketing company and not only produce their own hardware if they want to, but also licence officially supported modules and addons to control quality and get a cut of each sale. Also when usb3 comes along you can offload all sorts of stuff to that, such as gfx co-porcessing if you want so all of a sudden you can get ati into the picture with their completely documented processors and really start something interesting. Just some brianstorming ... Rob _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community