On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Igor Stoppa<igor.sto...@nokia.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 01:38 +0200, ext Mark wrote: >> many other devices these days >> are putting the microSD slot under the battery. Grrr... > > for the very same reason why the SIM is located there in the vast > majority (all?) of phones: to prevent hot swap and simplify its > management. > > If you were to connect the battery somehow (wires?) so that the SIM > could be swapped with the phone on, interesting things would happen. > > It also means that the products can be cheaper since there is no need > for the extra sensor to detect the swap. > > Cheers, Igor
Preventing SIM hot-swap is reasonable: how many people actually have a need to *ever* swap their SIM. The only time I've ever removed the SIM from my phone is when I've got a new phone and transferred the SIM. There's also a significant security aspect to SIM cards. But generic memory cards are an entirely different matter, especially with devices that can take and view photos and other media. Mark _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
