Re: Smartphone definition - Re: Poll Summary & Poll 1b - What Smartphone do you use?
On May 17, 2011 4:30 AM, "Andrei Popescu" wrote: > > On Lu, 16 mai 11, 22:49:15, giovanni_re wrote: > > > > Smartphone == a hardware object which contains a programmable computer, > > with memory & a touch screen user interface, and also contains cell > > phone system connection ability, upon which potentially a properly > > designed Debian GNU(Linux) subdistro could run. > > The touch screen part would leave out users of full-qwerty devices > (which in my opinion are easier to handle than touch screens). > At least programmatically it would be a pain to port UI functions from mouse to gesture.
Re: Smartphone definition - Re: Poll Summary & Poll 1b - What Smartphone do you use?
Hi, (Andrei, it was indeed meant for the list. Sorry for mailing you.) To avoid the marketing lingo I'd say a smart phone is a device which is intended to be used as a phone (if you want to distinguish it from tablets with phone capabilities) and which is beefed up enough to run an OS such as debian (or QNX, Android, iOS, the mobile Windows version) on it with an acceptable response time. But wouldn't it be better to include any mobile device with phone capabilities in your category? I expect that each producer of smart phones, tablets and netbooks will soon try to have only one hardware platform for all three device types and 3G or 4G capabilities make sense for all of them. Android is already running tablets and phones, probably RIM goes the same way with its QNX and I'd be surprised if iOS and Windows wouldn't follow. Also, the market has seen hybrid netbook-tablet devices already (so far without 3G I believe but it's bound to come). I'm using a BB Bold 9700 and like it. (Considering my budget I won't use it for any experiments.) I may be a bit outdated but I prefer a real keyboard, especially for devices that claim to be smart. Cheers, Simon -- /*** * Dipl. Ing. Simon Hoerder * Department of Computer Science * Merchant Venturers Building, 2.01 * Woodland Road * Bristol, BS8 1UB * United Kingdom * * http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/Research/CryptographySecurity/ * UK mobile: +44 7564 035925 ***/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dd25ebc.8070...@hoerder.net
Re: Smartphone definition - Re: Poll Summary & Poll 1b - What Smartphone do you use?
On Lu, 16 mai 11, 22:49:15, giovanni_re wrote: > > Smartphone == a hardware object which contains a programmable computer, > with memory & a touch screen user interface, and also contains cell > phone system connection ability, upon which potentially a properly > designed Debian GNU(Linux) subdistro could run. The touch screen part would leave out users of full-qwerty devices (which in my opinion are easier to handle than touch screens). Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Smartphone definition - Re: Poll Summary & Poll 1b - What Smartphone do you use?
On Tue, 17 May 2011 14:20:43 +0900, "Miles Bader" said: > What defines a "smartphone" anyway? >From my perspective, as an owner of a hardware object which contains a programmable computer, with memory & a touch screen user interface, and also contains cell phone system connection ability, (& upon which hw I'd like to have a Debian GNU(Linux) system running), I define Smartphone, as I use it in reference to the Smartphone Debian subdistro: Smartphone == a hardware object which contains a programmable computer, with memory & a touch screen user interface, and also contains cell phone system connection ability, upon which potentially a properly designed Debian GNU(Linux) subdistro could run. = Miles - what's your smartphone situation? == Join in the Global monthly meetings, via voice, about all Free SW HW & Culture http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/ Smartphone Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/Smartphone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1305611355.27672.1452726...@webmail.messagingengine.com
