Just thought I would offer some reflections and comments on what I hope the next Nano is. First of all, my approach since 2007 when I searched for the HP Jornada has been to migrate almost completely to a mobile platform. The more the next nanonote lets me not use my laptop, the better. The 2 main things that would do this on the hardware side are USB Host and wifi. with a good browser, I would seriously almost abandon my laptop. On the software side, I need things that let me be creative without being heavy. The main things we are lacking now are (as I see it and for my particular needs):
image/photo editor (cropping, resizing, adding text, other basic functions) my thinking is, that if on-board camera interfaces can do it, why not the Nano? music tuner (preferably one that displays exact frequency of input) graphics creation program for something other than ascii art some way of writing and synthesizing midi files So basically as odd as it sounds, I strive for a laptop-replacement media studio in my pocket type of device. It does take compromise, but nowhere could it work more than with Free hardware AND software. I think it is almost feasible on the Ben, so for sure on the Ya one thing I could not abide is if the cpu on Ya were to gererate any heat making unit warm. I would say it is always easy to want more and if we jump to a 700 mhz cpu, we will not have optimized efficiently our MIPS one. Also, if we add parts that take more cpu, the potential of higher clock speed is spent on just controlling those things. I will stop rambling now and leave you with food for thought. Thanks for listening
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