Re: Apple's heavy hand an opportunity for Linux smartphones likeOpenMoko

I second that! - Original Message From: Pius A. Uzamere II [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: List for OpenMoko community discussion community@lists.openmoko.org Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 8:47:03 PM Subject: Re: Apple's heavy hand an opportunity for Linux smartphones likeOpenMoko IMHO,

Re: Myth Busting FTW

/rant start I couldn't complete his article.. he really wants me to make him eat his shorts... :) he states half truths at some points and omits features just to show up the iPhone. /rant end ok. got that out of my system. - Original Message From: Nkoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: List for

Re: Yet another finger keybord (gui mock-up).

I believe a simple two character per key would be more than enough as a start (where the current phones are 3 chars per key). A full qwerty is too dense, so cut the density in half by bundling 2 keys into one. I've attached a 2 minute mokup. Image is 480px accross. just tossing ideas.. layout

Re: X Server MultiTouch Support

Well I don't know what so cool about multi-touch screen on a phone unless for scaling images and webpages. So maybe just implementing a gesture to do that function, no need for a full blown implementation of a multi-touch support. unless i'm not getting something... - Original Message

Re: A little bad press? OpenMoko already facing difficulties?

I agree no one should panic. But the guys at openmoko should take their blogs more seriously and stop putting frustrations. remember alot of eyes are upon them these days. they should put their best foot up front. (i think thats how it goes ;)) and look more professional to be taken seriously.

Application UI Design Recommendations

I've added a section for UI design recommendations and guidelines. This should help new old developers to agree on a uniformed user experience. http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Application_UI_Design_Recommendations lets all work together on filling this section.