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ragnar is offline ragnar
2009-06-10 , 14:56
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#51
Originally Posted by fms View Post
But I hope you do agree that these are valid use cases that pretty much have to be accepted:

1. Managing files (variable number of files of variable size, including large files and directories with a lot of files)
2. Playing games (including 3D games and fast paced games with directional controls)
3. Reading books and other documents
4. Consulting maps

I am kinda concerned about three use cases appear becoming abandoned in the upcoming Fremantle device at the moment. .

Please notice that #3 and #4 basically benefit from retaining largish screen size, so they are more on the hardware side. #2 needs both physical directional controls and reasonable 3D APIs for apps (in an exclusive full-screen mode, if required by hildon-desktop specifics). #1 just needs somebody to sit down and fix that damn file manager, and the file selector as well. Preferably, this has to be some guy who uses file managers and knows what they should look like.
1) Yes, to some extent. Ultimately we are perhaps more focusing on users dumping files on the devices and then accessing them through Tracker than having to "go on managing" them all the time. I don't think that managing is a satisfying or fulfilling use case, consuming them is. Fire and forget is a much better approach, imho. And there's also the PC side there. Explorer or Finder is a really good management UI, so leveraging that when possible isn't a bad thing.
2) Yes, to some extent. No, it's not a PSP or a Nintendo DS. Just the hardware doesn't make something a good gaming device (just ask the Gizmondo guys, for instance.

It's a chicken and egg -problem: I personally don't know of a massive library of great games available for the N810. From my personal viewpoint I think that on touch screen devices the best games are utilizing the touch screen. Playing Tux (or what was the penguin game) on the Nokia 770 was quite painful with its hardware rocker.
3) Certainly.
4) Certainly.