Hi Joe, I don't have experience with the products you mentioned, but I would be hugely in favour of a linux port to the BSP.
The vaunted new upgrade to braillesense did not usher in windows mobile 6, and even if it did, windows mobile 7 is right around the corner, and the roomers are as bad as it is possible to be. Winmobile 5 is painfully far behind the hardware curve to begin with. They could easily keep the interface more or less the same from a user perspective, only add features that users want such as open development kits and wireless connectivity upgrades. After some heavy duty research one of my prospective clients has nearly chosen the apex over the braille sense, and I can't honestly gainsay her, even though I love the braille sense and really believe it's a good product. It is just simply losing it's edge, and maybe linux firmware would revitalize it. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com Toll-free: 888-255-5194 On 2010-07-18, at 6:39 PM, Joe Orozco wrote: > Hello all, > > So, this post is purely brainstorming. If you're more into practical, > please delete now. *grin* > > I was just wondering, and this would be a great question for Joseph, how > feasible it would be to switch the BSP to Linux? I'm curious because > yesterday I came across information about the Braille+, and even though it > is a PDA in the truest sense of the word in that I don't think the > manufacturer meant for consumers to write long documents or do extensive web > surfing, it does boast features that have been previously recommended for > the Sense products like an RSS reader. It also features some cool little > features like an Internet radio tuner, but best of all, the platform is open > source. Though it seems people have mostly developed games for the product, > it's feasible that developers could write financial aps, enhanced word > processing, etc. > > Am I off my rocker here? I don't know how much success the Alva product had > among consumers, but it seems like something somewhat comparable to the > Android phenomenon of a user-driven development. I wonder if switching out > Windows CE for Linux would be a terrible inconvenience. > > At any rate, just a thought, and if anyone has had experience with the Icon > or Braille+, please drop me a note off-list. I'd love to ask you a few > questions. > > Best, > > Joe > > "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, > some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: > > http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv
