Hello,<br><br>I have been thinking for a while to try a forearm-mounting casing for the openmoko. A casing that you would clip on the left (or right) forearm, that would be thin enough to fit under the sleeves or even covered with a piece of nice fabric to look like a cloth.<br>
This keyboard would probably fit well on the forearm together with the screen and it would make the whole thing easier to use. I am also thinking to place the antenna on the outside of the arm, above a piece of aluminum foil in order to reflect the radiated power and to protect the user from RF field.<br>
At the moment I don't have the GTA04, but I can make some rough drawings from the CAD files (I will need to download them). Would there be other people interested in this new way of carring your phone? I previously had some positive comments on the forum about this, so I think we could probably start a small group if there is enough interest.<br>
<br>About the announcement itself, I think it is always good to show new ideas at early stages. This makes it possible for the community to orient the development of the project if they see better/different ways to use it. It also shows the level of interest.<br>
<br>Lionel<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 May 2012 09:41, Nikita V. Youshchenko <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yoush@debian.org" target="_blank">yoush@debian.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">> Some more general thought: I am not sure how we should handle such ideas<br>
> and how this community sees its role.<br>
><br>
> Should we announce/publish immediately as soon as we have a prototype?<br>
> And ask the community for comments and participation in improving it? Or<br>
> should we silently finish some design and work with beta testers not on<br>
> this list...<br>
<br>
</div>From external point of view, having more information about what is going on<br>
is definitly better.<br>
<br>
However, it is you who is actually doing things, it's up to you to decide<br>
if to show your eraly prototypes and collect feedback or not.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
Nikita<br>
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