GTA03 - buttons or touchscreen

Rui Miguel Silva Seabra rms at 1407.org
Sat Oct 25 21:34:09 CEST 2008


I was undecided but Stroller really hit the point for me, so I vote 1)

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 08:09:56PM +0100, Stroller wrote:
> 
> On 25 Oct 2008, at 17:39, JW wrote:
> > vote and tell OM what you want for the next phone
> >
> > [also realise this is still a long time away and Freerunner is  
> > available to buy
> > now!]
> >
> > 1) touchscreen (no qwerty buttons) - freerunner, HTC Orbit, iphone
> > 2) qwerty keyboard and tracker ball - blackberry curve
> > 3) combination touchscreen plus qwerty - G1
> >
> > ***************************************
> > Please don't write endless pages about why - just indicate which one  
> > YOU want.
> > ***************************************
> 
> Hi JW,
> 
> You're not posting from an @openmoko address, so does this vote have  
> an actual benefit?
> 
> Do we get to influence the final design of the GTA03?
> Or is this just an exercise in filling up our email boxes?
> 
> I apologise for asking this if I've failed to realise that you're  
> famously Openmoko's hardware design manager.
> 
> I would personally vote for touchscreen just like the Freerunner, so  
> that there is less risk of divergence in the input methods of  
> important software whilst Openmoko-based software stacks are  
> establishing themselves. Adding options for different input methods  
> and dealing with the bugs that may introduce by supporting them is not  
> beneficial at this time - once the stack is solid & stable, then they  
> can be added.
> 
> (Actually, having looked at the other options, I would vote for  
> touchscreen-only in any case. I might potentially find a trackball, d- 
> pad or a couple extra programmable buttons useful, but I don't want  
> space taken up by a keyboard that will be too small to use, anyway.  
> Just maximise the screenspace!)

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