Hi,
We had a great BoF session on the topic of Reinvigorating MeeGo
Netbook. Hirally Santiago Rodriguez took notes for this session and
Gail Frederick was hosting the session.
Here are the notes - thanks to Hillary for sending them to me :),
please do follow up about the topics mentioned here on this mailing
list. Let's see where we can take MeeGo Netbook:
Introductions: 9 attendees
Informal talk about Netbooks
○ Interest in talking about current Netbooks features and
future of Netbooks
○ Call to action - industry says that the Netbook is dead and
cannibalized by Tablet - we think there is still a opportunity for low
cost Netbook.
○ Should we modernize the Netbook UX?
○ Headlines - Microsoft states Market is Down 40% - but last
headline is with Fujitsu making first MeeGo Netbook
§ Is MS making this statement because the price point
keeps going down and below the price point of the MS OS which is why
they state this vs MeeGo being a free OS creates opportunities
○ No one in
§ Chromium book does everything I want
□ Photo Editing
□ Mail and Google Docs
□ What I do on the web I do on this
□ FAST
□ Social NOT that good
□ Full size keyboard (FF has an impact on it)
§ Travel because is light
○ Netbook was fine but the Notebook was faster, more
capabilities, the keyboard on Netbook is smaller even though is
lighter
○ Reviewed the list of the current Netbook Features
§ Social Aggregation - anyone used it? Why would you
skip over it?
□ Foreground application takes the whole screen
and the panel was not visible
§ Sync Functionality
□ We are missing the whole connected device
options in MeeGo - need to be able to connect to the Cloud to get to
my own data and other devices
§ Chat Features
□ Notifications did not come in? The
Specifications for the UI not open so we could not verify
§ Developer - Show stopper bugs to getting fix on time
and response that is not flowing
□ Communication and opens -
□ Not testing with Live Image
□ They were not running same test that the
developer is running to reproduce the bug
□ LOTS of regressions
□ Kids - uses for his homework, email, social networks
□ Social aggregation feature - very liked,
first place that he visits
□ Meegoland??
§ Is it a platform or a product
§ Bluetooth connectivity between devices
§ USED as Notebook
○ TOMORROW's NETBOOK
§ Cost conscious consumer
□ Kids, Education
§ What kind of MW would we need to add to support the
Education field
□ Profiling support - usage profiles -
classroom settings, students in the classroom vs out of classroom,
teacher. Connected Devices
§ Enterprise
□ Model is Google's Chrome book
□ Open mode use facebook and corporate world
you couldn't - Maemo
§ TABLET Is getting pushed by media vs. if the consumer
really needs it or not.
□ Tablet does not have the same type of feel or
productivity
□ Text Entry
□ Voice Entry is trending
§ Convertible Netbook to Tablet?
□ If you are in hybrid need voice support
§ Should we start a MeeGo Working Group?
□ Just do it
□ Where the NETBOOK going?
BR
Carsten Munk
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