On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 2:07 PM, mike.valk@gmail.com mike.valk@gmail.com wrote:
L.S.
Just put some thoughts to paper.
Just a mock-up, nothing thoroughly engineered
not bad though. what you got that in - blender?
i kinda like it. it'd have a deliberately chunky feel, easy to hold. thickness would be around 12mm, unless you left the back of the CPU card exposed (then you get about 2mm back).
Notes:
- Make the battery exchangeable.
- Reuse cheap cellphone batteries (mass produced) in adapter sleeves.
- Make the network interface exchangeable.
- Make adapter sleeves for the most common cellphone batteries.
Some benefits:
- Batteries have differing lifespans than screens/cpu's/network systems.
- Battery technology evolves rapidly.
- Every new cellphone has a different battery format. Cheap sleeves can be
made to accommodate the cheapest available battery.
- Wireless/Wired network technologies are abundand and evolve rapidly.
- The wifi dongle can be exchanged with a wired variant
- The wifi dongle can be exchanged with an new network technology bg/n/ac
5ghz channels etc
- The wifi dongle can be exchanged with an roaming network service, 2G,
2.5G, 3G, 4G.
- The wifi dongle does not need to be pre bundeled. User can choose his/hers
own
... and all of those, being rather power-hungry, if the battery is interchangeable as well then that's absolutely fine because people can consider carrying around a 2nd battery. or get an "extended" one specially for those circumstances.
- The wifi dongle can be exchanged with a usb camera low or highend
true. or usb memory stick. etc.
The bottom USB slots can be used as a connector for charging stations, docking stations, keyboard docks, dual screen, etc.
P.S. It's been awfully quite around here.....
yeah i know. we need people to place orders for CPU cards. and quickly.
l.