+1 indeed, the screen is about the only thing that truly blows people's minds away atm...
2008/11/21 Ken Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Denis Galvao wrote: >>>On 21/11/2008, at 13:20, Ken Young wrote: >>>> Really, we don't need a hi res screen on a day by day gadget >>> >>> I could not possibly disagree more strongly. >> >>So, give me a reason where you will need that. > > As long as we have at least a VGA resolution screen, it is > relatively easy for us to port linux desktop applications to > the Openmoko phones. Once we drop down to HVGA, or (heaven > forbid!) QVGA, there will need to be extensive UI redesign > to get most apps. from the desktop world to run on an OM phone, > especially when a soft keyboard is needed. So reducing the > resolution will greatly reduce the code base we can leverage. > In addition, I don't think you can ever had too many pixels on > a machine you intend to run a web browser on. Right now, > when I show someone my Freerunner, the only thing that impresses > them is the display. It would be a shame if OM dropped the > one part of its hardware that is actually superior to what > is found on other smartphones. > > Ken Young > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community