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Joshua Judson Rosen
rozzin at geekspace.com
Thu Jan 13 06:02:34 CET 2011
Gennady Kupava <gb at bsdmn.com> writes:
>
> В Втр, 11/01/2011 в 19:03 +0100, Sylvain Paré пишет:
> > http://pare.sylvain.perso.sfr.fr/video/FRvsP2.ogg
>
> Look like slowness question finally closed :)
Speaking of advertisements..., I just happened to be rummaging through
some IM-logs looking for something else, and came across a response
that I gave a friend when he asked me if he should buy a FreeRunner,
back in early 2009:
I guess what I'd say about the FreeRunner at this point is,
if you can see yourself doing some sort of project with it--
like hacking on the phone-stack, or making some sort of SMS-autoresponder,
or doing something with the GPS or accelerometers (and there are
all sorts of cool things you can do with them--some people are using
FreeRunners to do things like autopilot autonomous boats), then
it's one of the best, most fun, constructive toys since Lego
or Erector Set. And for only $300, it's on par with something
like Lego Mindstorms.
But if you just want a phone that happens to run Linux, but all of
that opportunity doesn't actually mean much to you, $300 is
probably a tough sell [just like Lego Mindstorms].
And, further:
It /is/ really interesting developing software for the FreeRunner--
partly because the UI requirements are just sometimes so different
than on the desktop--the screen is so much smaller, and the resolution
is so much higher (something like 200 DPI, as opposed to 96 DPI
on the desktop), and there's only one `mouse button', and no scroll-wheel
(like back in 1999 ;)), and text can be smaller because of the
high-density display, but things that the user is supposed to
be able to click need to be bigger because of the resolution-mismatch
between the screen and the *finger*. The interaction-models I was using
in the VisualID-editor on the desktop turned out to be completely
unworkable on the FreeRunner, for example.
Take that as you may; to be compared to Lego Mindstorms or Erector Set
(niche markets as they may be) seems like high praise, to me.
--
"Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))."
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