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Originally Posted by Kabouik View Post
As far as I know, he definitely aims at offering a smarthphone with hwkb, not a pocket computer. For instance, the keyboard should be made for thumb typing, as opposed to the Gemini's, and the slider is also more convenient for handheld use than the clamshell on the Gemini. Nonetheless, I am sure a hwkb smartphone with cursor control (or accurate stylus like the N900) could perform better as a mini computer than the Gemini. At least on the move, since I don't know if the Livermorium will have video-out.

Don't get me wrong, I love the Gemini and would probably buy one if there was no Livermorium project in the picture, but the clamshell makes it a PDA (or computer when booting Debian) and uncomfortable phone, whereas the lack of accurate cursor control makes it uncomfortable for PDA/computer use. In the end, it could be unconfortable in both cases. The Livermorium could use that to bring together the best of both usecases with slider + trackpad, and better compete.

We don't know if it will be as interesting as the Gemini for multibooting, I hope it will. But even if it does not, as long as I have 4G, I can stream with no latency (Parsec, Shadow) a remote computer and therefore make it a PDA/computer. And it's great, except for the immense frustration of having to use a touchscreen with big fingers missclicking and hiding what I want to ckick. Plus, in case of a hwkb phone, the screen is further from the fingers, I remember fron the Jolla + Tohkbd that moving the hands all the time to touch the screen was getting old.
To me going for a smartphone as you said, and not a pocket computer, exlude a cursor mover or atleast adding it somewhere in the bottom of requirement list. Just ahead of built in solar charger. Smartphone must have plenty of features that is more important to solve and work extremely well together with selcted OS. Better to focus power and brain cells here if this shall play well in the real world.

Originally Posted by Merienth View Post
Donīt take my comment as an offense. Oddly enough I really do like to read throuh such comments... this is how I like talk.maemo

And for the 2nd frog: Fellfrosch in german roughly means Peltfrog or Furfrog in english.
Ah, it was to advanced for me to figure out, das peltfrog!
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