Re: [silk] OpenMoko - Thoughts?

2007-07-11 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 10:39:31AM +0530, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: Could you elaborate? I presume camera adds design complexity and price. They wanted the basic design out of the door first, and maybe there will be enhanced models after. The camera is a significant deciding factor in any

Re: [silk] OpenMoko - Thoughts?

2007-07-11 Thread Alok G. Singh
On 11 Jul 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you elaborate? I presume camera adds design complexity and price. They wanted the basic design out of the door first, and maybe there will be enhanced models after. I suppose that this was the 'business' reason why the camera wasn't included,

Re: [silk] OpenMoko - Thoughts?

2007-07-11 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 03:14:26PM +0530, Alok G. Singh wrote: I suppose that this was the 'business' reason why the camera wasn't included, rather than Harald's unwillingness to have a camera. You can't see modern cameras. They're the size of a pencil eraser, and have a pinpick aperture.

[silk] Dave Barry's list of lessons learned (from del.icio.us)

2007-07-11 Thread Venkat Mangudi
http://www.langston.com/Fun_People/1998/1998AWJ.html Venkat

Re: [silk] Outlook feature on S. India

2007-07-11 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: Consider this case. A popular actor/chief minister dies. His wife and his concubine contest his legacy and fight the election. The people vote the concubine as his heir. By what yardstick do you call this cultural conservatism? Is there any mention to the fact

Re: [silk] OpenMoko - Thoughts?

2007-07-11 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Eugen Leitl wrote: The better ones are good enough for family-type events and snapshots. You can't beat the law of optics, but I'm not going to lug a kg of glass, metal and electronics around, unless I'm on quest. Quite agree with you there. But what about small discrete functionally

[silk] It's Only Fair...

2007-07-11 Thread Bruce Metcalf
http://www.unitedmedia.com/creators/othercoast/archive/images/othercoast2052373070703.gif or http://tinyurl.com/2cd3k8 Bruce