Joel Newkirk wrote: > Unfortunately there are also those in technical areas who are prohibited > from having a camera in the workplace. There are other situations where > it's prohibited (at least in my experience) like courthouses. > > It's one of those pretty clear-cut "you'll never please everyone" > situations. Both wishes (with/without) are valid with good reasons behind > them, but clearly a single device can't deliver both. (without a removable > cam, which would then be the pro/anti removable conflict ;)
Seems a camera will be ok with most people, as long as it doesn't drive up the price too much. I'd rather have more/faster memory and flash for the money, but that's just me. A modular camera may be too expensice, but how about a "user removeable" one? Simplify production by having a more cumbersome camera removal procedure, such as: * remove the case completely (camera held in place by the case) * carefully pull camera wiring out of internal connector(s) Hardware hackers might want to plug their own stuff in, a camera leaves behind a connection with nice bandwith. And it is documented... * make a plug for the camera hole out of some flat material, a template can be downloaded from the website. Or make a custom case. * put the case together without the camera component. De-soldering should be avoided, it is too easy to wreck it all. Helge Hafting _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community