> While I agree that USB host seems really cool, I think it is not as > cool as it seems. In fact the current Ben is not used optimally, and > doing so would bring more than USB host would bring, I think. > > For optimal use, we need software which is really useful on the Ben. ... > And so on.
100% agree. > If qi-hardware thinks the same way (not sure if they do, but I think > it at least comes close), they will allow you to use an SD card, > including a wifi SDIO card, with your Ben. But they will not spend > their resources on adding it to the device. They will not adjust > their designs to make it fit in. Yes sure. Keeping proprietary (closed) technology out is a very practical matter. If it's closed, sooner or later you run into a bug you cannot fix, or you run into some small nasty misbehavior you cannot improve, and so on. I don't want to get into a position where I have to tell my customers that I cannot improve the usage experience of the product they bought from me because I don't have full control over what I sold to them. That's just not fun. But of course we are testing against a lot of stuff if people want to use the product in certain ways. That's exactly what we did with the Spectec Wi-Fi card, the eventual outcome was as expected :-) A support nightmare. Cheers, and thanks for all the nice writeup that so very much sums up how I feel about things too. Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
