Aug 9 2006, 11:01 PM
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Hello,
This a little bit premature, but, when designing these things, usually the system board layout has to work with the design of the shell that the board will inhabit. Some of the things that I recall about the current thinking for the body are: 1) Initial design will be a clamshell case like the SL-Cxx00 series 2) A 4" transreflective display 640x480 minimum 3) A hardware keyboard built in (just to be clear) 4) 1 CF Slot, CFIO capable - this is a no... 5) SD Slot, SDIO capable 6) 1 USB port, not sure if Mini or normal, Client or Host, or combined 7) 1 HDMI port for video out 8) 1 Audio out 9) 1 Audio in 10) 1 Camera 11) 1 Power input (again just to be clear) 12) Easy access to battery(ies) 13) Easy access to reset button 14) A Rocker switch (because the Z has it) 15) A Cancel and an OK button (because the Z has it) 16) A Power On/Suspend/Off button (no reason can't work like PC) 17) A speaker 18) A microphone 19) External antenna connection(s) 20) GSM Identity card access 21) a bunch of LEDs (HD, POWER, BT, WIFI, ...) 22) Fingerprint reader Boy, that's alot of stuff..... However, there can never be enough... Some things I'd like to see in additon are: 1) 2 CF externally accessable. No internal HD, I'd like to be able to easily switch out HD's. This one will be very hard to accomplish, because of the realestate needed. 2) Both the USB Host and Client ports available in the full sized version. 3) I'd like to see 2 SD slots. 4) Maybe stereo speakers? The keyboard should have some application keys some of which could be lighted different colors, to indicate on/off status, ie turn on bluetooth, or wi-fi. The rest of the keyboard should be able to be backlit. --edit-- added in the fingerprint reader, and make comment about CF slot Bill |
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Nov 3 2006, 02:40 AM
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,565 Joined: 7-April 05 From: Sydney, Australia Member No.: 6,806 |
from what i saw they fold thier designs from falt sheets, what i worder about is if they can do 2d and 3d curved surfuces (ie a rounded bezel around the edge)
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wsuetholz Body Design Aug 9 2006, 11:01 PM
Da_Blitz Actually we have 2 SD slots and no external CF. it... Aug 9 2006, 11:19 PM
morrijr Fingerprint reader. Aug 10 2006, 03:49 AM
wsuetholz Could we put the application buttons by the screen... Aug 10 2006, 06:00 AM
wsuetholz I'd really like to be able to easily get at wh... Aug 10 2006, 06:07 AM
BarryW QUOTE(wsuetholz @ Aug 10 2006, 05:07 AM)I... Aug 10 2006, 05:49 PM
Da_Blitz i would be worried about the clearence issues if w... Aug 11 2006, 10:38 PM
Zuse Hi everyone,
just my ideas for a body design:
ma... Aug 12 2006, 07:33 AM
Da_Blitz this has to fit in my pocket Aug 13 2006, 03:48 AM
Da_Blitz we plan to use the bay concept and backpacks (see ... Aug 13 2006, 03:50 AM
BarryW QUOTE(Da_Blitz @ Aug 13 2006, 02:50 AM)we pla... Aug 13 2006, 06:37 PM
Da_Blitz thats a very nice solution, i will think about how... Aug 14 2006, 12:12 AM
BarryW QUOTE(Da_Blitz @ Aug 13 2006, 11:12 PM)thats ... Aug 14 2006, 09:57 AM
wsuetholz That is a very nice idea, maybe each unit can have... Aug 14 2006, 08:02 AM
Da_Blitz very intresting, i dont think i would use a mini u... Aug 14 2006, 07:45 PM
morrijr QUOTE(Da_Blitz @ Aug 15 2006, 03:45 AM)very i... Aug 15 2006, 08:07 AM
Da_Blitz in this case a custom socket is more of a requirme... Aug 16 2006, 03:32 AM
wsuetholz I don't know if I can explain this properly, b... Aug 16 2006, 08:06 AM
Da_Blitz to many things to go wrong, anyway you have at lea... Aug 16 2006, 08:32 PM
morrijr QUOTE(Da_Blitz @ Aug 17 2006, 04:32 AM)to man... Aug 17 2006, 01:47 AM
Ferret-Simpson No, That's easy. It's the spring loaded gu... Aug 17 2006, 09:42 AM
Da_Blitz USB sockets mounted verticely are very very bad
r... Aug 19 2006, 04:30 AM
Da_Blitz we seem to be going down the Z style of casing how... Aug 21 2006, 10:04 PM
uMP2k QUOTE(Da_Blitz @ Aug 22 2006, 04:04 PM)we see... Aug 22 2006, 12:17 AM
Da_Blitz that really depends, the ability to swing the scre... Aug 22 2006, 01:47 AM
uMP2k QUOTE(Da_Blitz @ Aug 22 2006, 07:47 PM)that r... Aug 22 2006, 05:23 PM
Da_Blitz its been posted, have a look Aug 22 2006, 08:19 PM
Ferret-Simpson Hmmm, I think swinging and touching are a good ide... Aug 23 2006, 02:31 PM
craigtyson CF Battery? ie an additional battery that uses the... Aug 23 2006, 03:32 PM
Ferret-Simpson How can you have a "Handed" stylus clip?... Aug 24 2006, 06:46 AM
BarryW QUOTE(Ferret-Simpson @ Aug 24 2006, 05:4... Aug 25 2006, 09:23 PM
Da_Blitz guess someone forgot to tell him that we are havin... Aug 24 2006, 07:15 AM
derekp Two more things...
First, one of my biggest usabil... Aug 24 2006, 04:48 PM
Ferret-Simpson But doesn't that completely defeat the object ... Aug 25 2006, 02:21 AM
derekp QUOTE(Ferret-Simpson @ Aug 25 2006, 02:2... Aug 25 2006, 12:22 PM
Ferret-Simpson http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/10679.htm
The ... Aug 25 2006, 02:04 PM
Ferret-Simpson WTH? Never seen one of those before! If I need... Aug 26 2006, 12:23 AM
BarryW QUOTE(Ferret-Simpson @ Aug 25 2006, 11:2... Aug 26 2006, 10:15 PM
desertrat QUOTE(BarryW @ Aug 27 2006, 06:15 AM)Apple Ne... Aug 27 2006, 12:13 AM
BarryW QUOTE(desertrat @ Aug 26 2006, 11:13 PM)QUOTE... Aug 27 2006, 04:22 PM
desertrat QUOTE(BarryW @ Aug 28 2006, 12:22 AM)Naa, I... Aug 27 2006, 07:44 PM
BarryW QUOTE(desertrat @ Aug 27 2006, 06:44 PM)QUOTE... Aug 27 2006, 11:57 PM
Da_Blitz i dont think that most phone cases will work, they... Aug 26 2006, 06:24 AM
Ferret-Simpson Not to mention no brushed aluminium case. Aug 26 2006, 07:54 AM
Ferret-Simpson An The old Acorn Pocketbook (Rebadged Psion 3a, ri... Aug 27 2006, 02:35 PM
uMP2k Ahhh the Newton - there is no love like the first ... Aug 27 2006, 05:03 PM
Ferret-Simpson Heh? And back on topic. . . ?
Apparently the Scr... Aug 28 2006, 03:09 AM
Da_Blitz i would love to get my hands on a psion, the oldes... Aug 28 2006, 03:37 AM
desertrat Sorry for continuing with the OT
QUOTE(Da_Blitz ... Aug 28 2006, 09:46 AM
Ragnorok QUOTE(Da_Blitz @ Aug 28 2006, 11:37 AM)i woul... Nov 24 2006, 10:00 PM
Ferret-Simpson DB? The screen? Aug 28 2006, 09:26 AM
systemparadox I have a few suggestions. I've been looking fo... Sep 13 2006, 12:35 PM
Da_Blitz i dont mind droppin the otating screen, it does cr... Sep 14 2006, 03:02 AM
MONVMENTVM I also do not really need a rotating screen. I nev... Sep 20 2006, 12:04 PM
systemparadox QUOTE(MONVMENTVM @ Sep 20 2006, 08:04 PM)A si... Sep 22 2006, 02:07 AM
Da_Blitz there is a hardware limitation on 1 CF card, itsa ... Sep 21 2006, 04:53 AM
adf a 6000 footprint non-rotating clamshell would be a... Sep 21 2006, 12:30 PM
speculatrix these people do some interesting boxes "off t... Nov 2 2006, 05:57 AM
Antikx QUOTE(speculatrix @ Nov 2 2006, 07:57 AM)thes... Nov 2 2006, 10:06 AM
Da_Blitz very nice however they seem to have some technical... Nov 2 2006, 06:53 PM
speculatrix QUOTE(Da_Blitz @ Nov 3 2006, 03:53 AM)very ni... Nov 3 2006, 02:31 AM
speculatrix I think they use a combination of folding + weldin... Nov 3 2006, 03:57 AM
Da_Blitz hmm, i was hoping for some heavy internal compartm... Nov 3 2006, 11:14 PM
speculatrix OKW have some interesting enclosures...
a simple h... Nov 9 2006, 05:25 AM
Da_Blitz i think i should just drop the case for now and ge... Nov 9 2006, 06:40 PM
stampsm QUOTE(Da_Blitz @ Nov 9 2006, 06:40 PM)i think... Nov 10 2006, 03:13 AM
speculatrix to carry on off-topic...
QUOTE(stampsm @ Nov... Nov 10 2006, 04:32 AM
Da_Blitz actually i have a xen 3.0 setup with full system e... Nov 10 2006, 05:44 PM
wsuetholz One thing that has been bothering me about my Z, i... Dec 4 2006, 07:45 AM
speculatrix QUOTE(wsuetholz @ Dec 4 2006, 04:45 PM)One th... Dec 4 2006, 08:52 AM
Da_Blitz actually i have had that problem with turning on o... Dec 4 2006, 09:04 PM
speculatrix I think that'd it be better to get a working v... Dec 5 2006, 04:44 AM
Ragnorok - Okey doke. I'm not technically a PDA collec... Dec 6 2006, 05:16 PM
Da_Blitz hah funny after reading this thread for the first ... Feb 11 2007, 08:39 PM![]() ![]() |
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