Thread: 15 hardware changes that would have made N900 physically irresistible – [15 essential hardware features for its successor]
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JayMontano is offline JayMontano
2009-12-28 , 17:13
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Originally Posted by shapeshifter View Post
Nice list, disagree with some of the points though.

4th row on keyboard for numbers Disagree, would be a waste of space. It's not like numbers are being used all the time.

Increased MegaPixel count Strongly disagree! MP madness has already destroyed the quality in the normal compact camera market. Every increase in MP on such a small sensor means more noise. We don't need MP, we need image quality. 5MP is way enough. Spend that extra buck on a better lense, higher frequency - or simply on time for better programming.

Also, not really important but: Xenon Flash (...) "You can also keep Dual LED for video light. Don’t need to pick one or the other – have both.". Uhm what? Why would anyone do that. That would be an insane waste of parts and space. Nobody would ever design a product with both types of flashes :|
^_^ It's good to disagree. Always like hearing the other side.

- 4-row would be taking up more space. But not that much extra. I was just thinking about how you could type much more efficiently in a four row keyboard, where the top was for numbers (and thus, secondary keys too).

When you're typing, the focus should be more on the keyboard. But that's if there's even going to be a keyboard.

- Increased MP count - I don't mind sticking with 5mp and just improving the sensor, maybe improving flash. It's more of a marketing thing. They could of course, if they had bumped up to 8MP, we could have proper 5MP in widescreen instead of the current 3.5MP. (have not worked out the math of what actual pixel count would be)

- Xenon flash and dual Led. - Now, for 2010, phones could probably still live without Xenon flash. In my post, I didn't mean that it's necessary to have dual LED too. Just saying that for me, I'd prefer to just have Xenon over LED, although you could have both if you wanted too. e.g. Satio has Xenon flash and led for video light.

They say that the best camera is the one you have with you. That's more often people's phones, and most often the subject people take photos of the most is people. That again is most often in lower lighting/indoors and that's when you'd need Xenon flash.