On 26/08/16 18:51, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Sam Pablo Kuper sampablokuper@posteo.net wrote:
- HTC Universal [3]
i had one of those - i was part of the original team that did the HTC reverse-engineering on 9 (!) different Wince smartphones back around 2003. it was - and still most likely is - one of the most complex and comprehensive hardware designs i've *ever* encountered. the Audio IC (an Akai 4641 i think) covered *SEVEN* separate audio paths, including 2 microphones, 4 speakers (reversible lid, remember?), car stereo mode, bluetooth mode, and headphone / mic jack. absolutely mad.
It was very functional. Great hardware in many ways. Sadly, the device as a whole was underpowered and had a somewhat mediocre OS. EOMA68 + GNU/Linux would remedy those deficiencies!
Kudos for working on the reverse engineering.
bear in mind that any of these ideas require a full-time committment of around 2 years to develop. yes i really want to see them happen. we'll find a way.
in the meantime i cut/paste your message to here so it doesn't get forgotten: http://rhombus-tech.net/community_ideas/clamshell_microlaptop/
Thanks!