Aurora

[Corey]

Thankyou for the clarification!


On Tuesday, May 17, 2011 08:47:46 AM Dr. Michael Lauer wrote:
> Hi Corey,
> 
> > On Monday, May 16, 2011 09:02:58 AM Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote:
> >> NOTE: Cross-posted to three mailing lists, please keep it that way, if
> >> you want to reply.
> >> 
> >> Aurora is supposed to be something we call a "featurephone client" –
> >> featurephones being those things we used for telephony before
> >> smartphones were invented.
> > 
> > Could you please elaborate a bit further for those of us who are
> > unsure of the specific functional differences between a "featurephone"
> > and a "smartphone"?
> 
> For sure. Featurephone vs. Smartphone is resembling the difference
> of, lets say, a Sony Ericsson K700, and an iPhone.
> 
> On the K700, the whole OS is designed around the telephony. While it
> has additional "features", it doesn't allow you to install native
> applications (well, yes, there are some Java applets, but these don't
> count as they are not at all integrated into the system and they can't
> access the phone databases nor talk to each other) – it sells because of
> the quality of the telephony.
> 
> On the iPhone, the whole OS is designed around the idea of a mobile
> computer that allows you to perform a vast variety of tasks. You can
> install a myriad of apps and only a very minor percentage of these apps
> have anything to do with telephony. The telephony is a "feature" among
> many others. In fact, telephony is pretty lousy on an iPhone, but that's
> ok, because it is not the feature that sells this device.
> 
> Bottom line: feature phone is less flexible, comes with everything
> preinstalled, and is designed around the telephony.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> :M: