On Nov 11, 2007 6:33 PM, Peter Naulls <<a href="mailto:peter@chocky.org">peter@chocky.org</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I have concerns about the screen size (even though it's 640x480,<br>it's still tiny)</blockquote><div>The screen is small but usable. The biggest problem I see is text input but there are some interesting projects and ideas flying around to solve that.
<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">and the ruggedness of the device</blockquote><div>I can't say too much about that but it seems pretty solid to me. I read about other people's buttons breaking and that sounds like a realistic issue if you use them a lot. You should get some sort of protector foil for the screen as the danger of damaging it is always big, especially with touchscreens.
<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">My requirements are: 640x480 (for suitably transcoded movies),</blockquote><div>
>From my experience with devices, the GTA02 hardware should do that pretty easily. I have not idea how long it will take until the necessary software is written/ported, though.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
runs Linux</blockquote><div>It obviously does that. <br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">wireless access</blockquote>
<div> Do you mean WLAN? The GTA02 will have the hardware and probably the software after a short while.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
can make occasional phone calls.<br></blockquote><div>The GTA01 already makes phone calls.</div></div><br>And a general note: Your tone is very agressive and demanding. This does nothing but annoy people. I'd recommend you try to be more friendly and tolerant of seemingly unnecessary comments and people will probably be more friendly to you.
<br><br>Ortwin<br>