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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