Cellphone + PDA + camera
I am in search of a cell phone, after years of being the only human without one. Here is a formalization of things I look for in the phone:
(***) - must have
(**) - should have
(*) - would be nice to have
The gadget should integrate cell phone, PDA, camera, and desirably MP3 player, FM radio, and a USB keychain.
Cell phone
- (***) Should be one-piece. Not a clam-shell design or anything that have movable parts that can crack in my back pocket when I sit down.
- (***) Should have buttons for dialing (please no stylus and screen dialying only)
PDA
- (***) Full keyboard - I think this would be faster than stylus
- (*) Trackwheel navigation a'la BlackBerry. I assume that the BlackBerry trackwheel is patented, so nobody else offers it.
- (***) Ability to upload and run new applications.
- (**) the API should be open and free so that I can write applications for it.
- (***) Synchronization with PC
- (*) Wireless syncrhonization
- (**) IMAP e-mail through a service
- (*) Web browsing and e-mail through WiFi
Camera
- (**) Megapixel resolution
- (*) Optical zoom
- (**) Pictures should be downloadable without special software (e.g. should act as a USB drive when connected to a PC)
(**)MP3 Player and Radio
- (**) Music should be uploadable without special software (e.g. should act as a USB drive when connected to a PC)
- (***) Must support MP3 format
- (*) Ogg format
- (**) Radio should have memory presets
(**)USB Keychain
- (**) When connected to a PC by a USB cable, the device should appear as a USB drive and be ready to copy files from and to the device.
Posted by laza at October 20, 2004 04:33 PM
| TrackBack