Hi, Has anyone of you had experience with the Nokia N770 or N800 yet? Are they fast enough to handle E? Because their Resolution is 800x480. I think this would be a perfect Setup for a portable E (If they are fast enough :) )
Just my opinion. Have Fun Oli Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:09:10 -0500 "Gervais Mulongoy" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > >> Heh, I guess I should have checked this out: >> http://www0.get-e.org/Main/News/_articles/376.html >> > > what nathan said - e will run. no problems. i had it running on my zaurus > before. the problem is the WIMP ui doesn't "cut it" for a tiny screen. you > need > a tiling ui that displays only 1 app or maybe 2 or 3 but tiles vertically or > horizontally. the libs that back e tho should run just fine and would provide > a > fast yet sexy ui experience - not unlike the apple phone :) > > all it needs is to sit down and code up a phone ui. it's not hard as it is > generally very limited (you also want 2 variants. a touchscreen driven one and > a keypad driven one). > > the problem is a lack of "platforms" to run on (i.e. phones that are open > enough and reflashed that will work). and even then - we could do with backing > and support from a manufacturer. if we had that i have zero doubts we could > deliver an experience that is second-to-none (if we can get some hw that also > is able to be accelerated so we don't software render - i'd LOOOVE that). > > the tricks are > > 1. cramming everything into 240x320 or 480x640 (or similar resolutions) > 2. keeping it usable > 3. needing to code a lot of custom apps to fit in that res and work with > limited "keypads" or touchscreen input only (ie add a virtual keyboard - not > hard). > > i think the existing linux phones with qtopia were aq wrong direction. the > future would be phones with X - and a customised WM (eg E) with customised X > apps and other X apps stripped down to fit in the low res and work well etc. > etc. > > there is massive potential here. the problem is the time, resources and > backing > to make it happen (i know if a manufacturer backed it we could get something > up > in a year or maybe less not dissimilar to the apple offering) > > >> On 1/11/07, Nathan Ingersoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Yes, though you would most likely want to create a custom or stripped >>> down version. The user experience on small screens is much different >>> than a desktop system. >>> >>> On 1/11/07, Gervais Mulongoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello All, >>>> >>>> Could Enlightenment be used in a smartphone? Say a phone like the >>>> >>> Neo1973 >>> >>>> (to be released sometime in February)... >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>>> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >>>> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share >>>> >>> your >>> >>>> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash >>>> >>>> >>> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> enlightenment-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users >>>> >>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your >> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >> _______________________________________________ >> enlightenment-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
