2008/3/6, JW <<a href="mailto:jameswillmer@googlemail.com">jameswillmer@googlemail.com</a>>:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Why do people want metal cases so much...??? Features in wiki<br> hardware wishlist too.</blockquote><div><br>My main reason for wanting a metal case is that it ages better than plastic.<br>
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I carry my phone (currently a Sony Ericsson P910) in my pocket, and
even though I try to keep it separate from keys, coins and other hard
stuff, after a while the color gets worn off and it looks really ugly. I want my phones to last for a couple of years.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
My thought is aluminium = metal = faraday cage = stops gps, gsm, wifi,<br> bt signals = BAD idea</blockquote><div><br>The back of the iPhone is mainly metal isn't it? Many attractive cell phones today have at least parts of their cases made of metal.<br>
<br>Also, I read about someone (forgot where) trying to make a Faraday cage, but apparently it is quite difficult in practice. For an efficient cage you apparently need many meshes with holes in different sizes for different frequencies if I recall correctly. I guess this could be easily tested by putting a cell phone in a tin can and trying to call it...<br>
<br>IMHO, after FIC successfully releases the Freerunner, they should either get some good designers to design a very attractive case for a next version, or maybe hold a contest among industrial design students to get some cool ideas. The Freerunner is great feature-wise, but IMHO isn't physically attractive enough to sell well in a mass market.<br>
<br>By the way, when will the CAD files for the Freerunner case be released? Also, is anyone seriously working on alternative cases for the FIC Openmoko phones?<br><br>/Erland<br><br></div></div>