> >> So what is your desired feature list? (processor, ram, flash, peripherals?) > >> > > I am looking for something in the form factor of the gta04/openmoko but > > with a display not requiring any backlight in bright sunlight. So it is > > good for outdoor use. I do not want millions of brilliant pixels which > > can be only seen with a backlight consuming excessive amount of power in > > sunlight. Then I would prefer like 300000 not so brilliant pixels which > > can be seen without much power like it was the case with old Compaq/HP > > Ipaq devices. > > That seems to also be a combination which seems not to be easily > > available on the market. The smartphones I have seen solve the sunlight > > problem by using excessive backlight brightness consuming vast amounts > > of power. > > I’d love to have a hackable Linux-based (smart-)phone with an E-Ink display > and a massive standby time, like, say, one week or so. > > Since I don’t need much of the classical smartphone apps, I would be content > with it > having more of a feature phone style UI on it though. I could even imagine > FSO being a great middleware for such a thing.
Having the defining features from gta*/neo900 (openness, security) in a pluggable form factor, such as USB. It allows me to use it on a platform of my choice, which is still going to be some computer running linux. It would be a much smaller design, with fewer components to source. Hopefully easier to update, too (I'm a SW person, but I imagine this applies to HW, too). It needs some driver on the host to work when plugged into it, providing control and data interfaces. In response to the prev mail: I am interested in the features that smartphone apps provide, but not in the existing apps-ecosystems. Bye, Kero. -- If travel is searching and home what's been found Hunter - Homogenic - Bjork _______________________________________________ Community mailing list Community@openphoenux.org http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/community http://www.openphoenux.org