<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/12 Kishore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kitts.mailinglists@gmail.com">kitts.mailinglists@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">In addition, i would recommend a look a look at multimedia functions. If the<br></div></div>
device were to play music (mp3) if there were ways to be more power efficient.</blockquote><div>Good point. Am I right in thinking that there was a point during the development of Sony-Ericsson's phones (the point being the introduction of the Walkman series) when they suddenly became able to play MP3s while on standby? This would be a really good feature for OpenMoko phones to have, especially if they are to be competitive against mass-market media player phones.</div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">[snip] using one of the ultra low power micron<br>
controller such as one of the AVR pico series will allow greater flexibility<br>
with the ability to make it function like the device BIOS as well and upgrade<br>
its firmware if and when necessary. This could also help the battery charging<br>
problem when powered down!</blockquote><div>I agree; enabling the device to charge when powered down would be a good thing. The vast majority of consumers will need to be confident that if they plug their phone into a power source, it will (1) start charging and keep charging until the battery is full, and (2) light an LED while charging to indicate the state of the battery (typically, red=empty, amber=usable but not full, green=full).</div>
<div><br></div><div>An awful lot of consumers, after all, do not RTFM and will assume the phone is broken if it doesn't do this. I know FR is still oriented at developers, but most developers are consumers too, and would prefer not to RTM any more than they have to. What's more, even with the best will in the world, batteries *do* run down completely from time to time. OM users deserve better than to have to remember magic sequences, etc, to get the phone working again after this happens. People do need to be able to rely on their phones.</div>
<div><br></div><div>At the moment, if you've forgotten (or didn't know) about the magic sequences, and you find yourself with a discharged phone at a place with not internet access and only a USB charger, you'd be rather stuck. With most commercial phones, however, you'd just plug them in and let them charge until they had enough power in the battery to be switched on again.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sorry if this has all been said before.</div><div><br></div><div>All best,</div><div><br></div><div>Sam</div></div>
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