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	johnkzin	2007-12-16 , 17:27
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Originally Posted by reefdiver

3a) A simple docking port - a home and a car version. For charging, speakers, and perhaps a standard kbd.

One of the things that the Nokia tilt screen patent application would do is not hide connectors behind a kickstand (a good reason to loathe the kickstand based designs), letting people develop some form of docking cradle for it.

Moving the micro/mini USB to the bottom edge of the device, instead of the right edge, you could have the docking cradle basically provide a powered USB hub (for keyboard, Audio via USB, Video via USB, external storage devices, etc.), and perhaps one or two full size SDHC card reader slots.

4) Have the slide out keyboard slide out 1/2" more and give the numbers their own row of keys! Not having is a real PITA since there is only a left hand "fn" shift key. This would incidently probably allow for a right hand "fn" key as well - it would still be useful.

If you look at other keyboard slide devices, in a cell phone/pocket size, you'll pretty much find the same arrangement: letters only, and numbers provided via a symbol/fn key. I sometimes wish for a number row on my phone, but it's not really an issue 90% of the time. What I am more annoyed by is that every device seems to have a unique mapping of where they put each symbol.

5b) Nokia might consider including pc and mac software to properly convert DVD's (vob files) to DivX (and support it) at various resolutions (the Media Converter download has some problems...)

I wonder if there'd be legal issues there.

6) V & H scroll wheels or touch scroll bars on the front or side of the case. Unlike the iPhone and iPod Touch, the recessed screen makes it almost impossible to use your fingers for scroll bars on the sides and bottom of the screen. Applications could assign desired controls to the scroll wheels. Of course, alternatively Nokia could goto a flat case/screen front like Apple.

I agree about getting rid of the bevel, no matter what is done here.

On the N800, I _can_ use the scroll bar with my thumb, when using the RSS reader. I _cannot_ use it the scroll bar with my thumb when using Opera. And that is a HUGE annoyance (esp. since the RSS reader often invokes Opera when you want to read more about an article). Consistency here is _mandatory_.

I would prefer to see better inertial finger scrolling (as with the iPhone and iPod Touch) over dedicated touch scroll bars (that's what the OQO does, right?). And I would prefer to explode in to flames over scroll wheels.

7) Include PPTP out of the box. I really want to be able to VPN home and use rdesktop to access my windows desktop. Maybe just takeover and support the old stinghorn software and build it into OS200x

An included, GUI configurable, VPN would be good. I wonder how hard it would be to support the 2 or 3 major variations/standards (I could probably do PPTP on my own, but work supports a particular standard that isn't PPTP, and I'm not recalling what it is).

8) Include a useful Java out of the box. This would really get the business applications rolling. I have a bunch of specific business products I'd like to put on this thing and have no desire to continually cross-compile - or actually program on Linux for that matter.

9) Perhaps Optionally allow you to buy with Windows Mobile - or figure out how to get a .Net CLR on this thing. A removable OS card might be nice.

I agree with supporting Java. I do not agree withs supporting .NET nor Windows of any flavor.

10) As for wi-max, I don't mind being tied into Sprint if I want phone connectivity, but still want it to work with public wi-max and wi-fi networks. Otherwise, I don't mind sticking with connecting through my own BT phone. In fact, I'd prefer it.

If the GPS philosophy carries forward (you wont be forced to buy a subscription/service if you don't want to), then this should be exactly what you get: for-pay WiMAX services (and for-pay Wifi services, for that matter) are entirely optional.

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