Hi All, I'm a student interested in a gsoc project for 2009. I'm a 5th (final) year studying BEng (Electronics and Computer Systems)/BSci (Research and Development) at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia.
I'm interested in two ideas listed in the wiki: Touchscreen improvements and Rockbox as an Android application. I'm an owner and regular user of an iriver H140 and Cowon D2. I find the touchscreen driver on the D2 inadequate for reliable usage, while the main thing it probably needs are some tweaks (to reduce sensitivity etc), I think it would be good to extend the WPS to include onscreen buttons for interaction. This could be useful for rockbox as it is ported to more touch screen devices. I'm also interested in an attempt to "port" Rockbox to Android. I realise that would mostly likely be a complete code rewrite and it may not be practical. I've done a little bit of investigation and it seems possible to run native code on the G1, but it is unsupported and I don't know if a native library can be accessed though the Dalvik VM. OpenMoko is also a possibility for a port, but I prefer the idea of Android over OpenMoko as it is more stable, the development environment seems better and it could reach a wider audience, it is less free however. I also think it could be possible to combine both ideas, improve the touchscreen interface and then use that knowledge and apply it to an Android rewrite. Please let me know what you think. Thanks, Alex
