On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:52:45 +0200 "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <h...@goldelico.com> wrote:
> It has become a little quiet here in the last weeks so that I > really fear about the spirit and status of this community. > > So what are your dreams with respect to open mobile handhelds? A common hardware platform on which different groups can innovate differently. We almost have that thanks to Android pushing a standard which is similar to iApple. The GTA04 is close - maybe close enough. Changes would be: - multi-touch display - 2 more keys. - proximity sensor (so it knows when it is near your head) - multiple cameras - second mic to improve noise reduction - bigger battery The multi-touch is the most important I think. > What would you like as future hardware? Nicer case, bigger display. I don't need a hardware keyboard, but some do. > What to see in software > distros? Anything else? What missing piece are you waiting for? I do all my own software - that is the point for me. Though one day I expect I'll get bored of that and want a telephony stack that someone else supports... There seem to be a few options available, which is good. I'm more concerned about the IPC layer that ties it together. I don't like dbus much and I don't like Android binder for quite different reasons. Something that provided the same functionality is a "better" (that is highly subjective of course) way would be nice. NeilBrown > > If we exchange these ideas it may be possible that we all > work together (with smaller and bigger contributions - everyone > as he/she likes) to fulfill them... > > Otherwise I guess we have just to consume what Apple, Samsung, > MS-Nokia and others are confronting us with in the next years. > May it be open or closed as they like. > > Or is this where we see our future? Or am I completely wrong in my impression? > > Phew - a lot of questions and so early in the morning :) > > Nikolaus > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
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