where's the combination of Nokia 770 and GP2X 6552
I appreciate them either way! Yes, you've got it exactly! PDAs are too small for comfortable video-watching, and laptops are...
Joe Strout
Bear in mind I'm no expert, so the following criticisms may be valid, or they may be total bollocks!
Recently, my brother and his wife have purchased a new PC. I'd say that The...
"This computer would be slightly larger than a standard paperback book"
That's quite large. Large than an average pda but smaller than all but the ultra-small laptops. If you're going that big nano-itx might be possible; the power and being x86 could be beneficial. OTOH the nano-itx boards have stuff you don't need, like video ports, and in fact getting the video to the inbuilt screen might be awkward.
Looks too square. Lower corner being rounded would help for gaming.
"360 pixels wide and 200 pixels tall,"
well I hope that's not your planned res for the actual device!
B Gruff Great article...I posted my response: "Not, it's about business From my standpoint, this whole argument is not about "open standards" but...
"Nokia 770's display is 800x480"
more like it
"In vertical mode, you still control the d-pad with the left thumb, but you use the two buttons near the corner of the screen with the right"
On your pic, the d-pad is too far left to be ergonomic to use. OTOH hand, moving it further right would then make it too high in horizontal use. Changing the case shape to sort of 'cut-away' the bottom-left corner (in vertical mode, top-left in horizontal) somewhat might help.
"Finished applications should be provided to end-users as simple files they can just download and install or run, without having to worry about things like library dependencies. It is hoped that many of the users of this device would not be technically savvy Linux users, and so app installation (and deletion) needs to be as easy as possible."
If you can use nano-itx the issues dissappear.
"This device intentionally lacks a keyboard"
you should include a port of some sort though. A USB port should be present anyway IMO, and some kind of a stand - which would be an add on - could allow it's use with a standard keyboard and mouse.
As an aside, my idea for a small-format computer consists of a nano-itx board, a standard dvd writer, a standard HDD, and maybe a screen, basically stacked. It'd be bulkier and maybe costlier than yours (I dunno how much nano-itx boards cost) but simple-ish to build and would be good for my requirements. I'm not sure how power would work though.
-- Tom Wootten, Fresher NatSci, Trinity Hall. oof.trinhall.cam.ac.uk DFS
where's the combination of Nokia 770 and GP2X 6553
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