On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 00:27 -0500, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > That is true, if one only looks at the primary contributor's > efforts. However, there are other groups that are quite interested > in the handheld potential. Last year (or was it earlier this year?) > there was, for instance, activity concerning an ARM build of OOo; > it's since died (the interest). And, Nokia is quite interested in > the potential of OpenDocument for its handhelds. This is not to say > that there is a definiteness to any of these projects which would > deliver a deadline: there is not. However, if readers of Handheld > magazine wish to *think seriously about helping*, then, well, > anything is possible :-)
This issue has been discussed at length on the lists and I for one believe that getting OOo onto handhelds would be the start of a killer app. With Philips new roll up screens it will not be very long before there will be devices that fit in your pocket but can have a screen large enough for full desktop use. Since the handheld market has no real tradition of MS Office as the defacto standard and is price sensitive consumer electronics, there is little room for large software license fees. Bear in mind that mobile phones are outselling desktop computers at least 3:1. On that basis the potential for OOo on ARM is bigger than it is on i586. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMS Ltd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
