Thankyou for the clarification!
On Tuesday, May 17, 2011 08:47:46 AM Dr. Michael Lauer wrote: > Hi Corey, > > > On Monday, May 16, 2011 09:02:58 AM Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote: > >> NOTE: Cross-posted to three mailing lists, please keep it that way, if > >> you want to reply. > >> > >> Aurora is supposed to be something we call a "featurephone client" – > >> featurephones being those things we used for telephony before > >> smartphones were invented. > > > > Could you please elaborate a bit further for those of us who are > > unsure of the specific functional differences between a "featurephone" > > and a "smartphone"? > > For sure. Featurephone vs. Smartphone is resembling the difference > of, lets say, a Sony Ericsson K700, and an iPhone. > > On the K700, the whole OS is designed around the telephony. While it > has additional "features", it doesn't allow you to install native > applications (well, yes, there are some Java applets, but these don't > count as they are not at all integrated into the system and they can't > access the phone databases nor talk to each other) – it sells because of > the quality of the telephony. > > On the iPhone, the whole OS is designed around the idea of a mobile > computer that allows you to perform a vast variety of tasks. You can > install a myriad of apps and only a very minor percentage of these apps > have anything to do with telephony. The telephony is a "feature" among > many others. In fact, telephony is pretty lousy on an iPhone, but that's > ok, because it is not the feature that sells this device. > > Bottom line: feature phone is less flexible, comes with everything > preinstalled, and is designed around the telephony. > > Cheers, > > :M: _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community