Many webpages are close to 1000 pixels wide so I wish for a 1024x600 display. Perhaps the same 5" as on the Sharp D4. The trade off is more battery drain (60% more pixels), a slightly higher pixel density (237 versus 228) and the display width increase (20mm). Perhaps some of the width increase can come out of the bezel and/or used for a larger battery. 1024x600 also has the advantage that half size full size HD video - 1920x1080/2=960x540 - fits and take the least cpu to scale.
Same physical size or no more than .1 inch increase to depth or height
No cellular GSM, GPRS, EVDO etc
Ability to change resolution from 800x480 to 1024x768 and back as needed
TI OMAP 34xx processor
Upgrade the RAM to 256MB
802.11b,g,n
longer battery life
USB charging - I may not be able to full charge in an hour. But I can at least work for another 20 minutes. That may be all I need. If I am overseas and forgot my charger this would be essential.
broadcom bluetooth with all the add ons
FM Radio
I guess GPS can stay but I don't really care for it
A little more space between the keyboard and screen
Internal MicroSD card slot with a 2GB card installed
full sized SDIO card slot - so we can add various accessories not just RAM
USB port(s) for connecting usb drives/keyboards or computers/laptops
keep the camera at same res for video calls
Adiditional accessories available in stores (some may already exist)
USB to serial
USB to IR
USB to ethernet
USB to Compact flash
Extended batteries
docking station with stereo out, microphone, 2 USB ports, DB15 VGAout
What would really make or break this device is the software. The iphone does not have any really earth shattering hardware. It sells mostly because of the brand and the sofware.
We need better software. ie.
PIMS with ability to sync (offline) to PCs
Top class email, calender, scheduling, task, todo, notes
Loud alarms
vibration on event
full MS Office compatibility
Best browser ever seen
total or almost total finger control
task switching speed
multi tasking
MS Exchange connection
Black berry server connection (if possible)
all the audio/video codecs known to man that can be pre-installed cheaply
full and complete flash, ajax, java, activex etc support
The N900 should be an excellent tool now and still be relevant 2 years from now. Which is why the full sized SDIO and USB are important as well as the 1024 screen resolution. We need to be able to add features onto the device as demands change.
ouch, my eyes pain @ the thought of having higher res on a similar sized screen. If they can manage such a resolution on a 5in screen that would virtually take up almost all of the face space, I'd bite.
My main gripes with my existing N800 are the cpu speed, memory, and crummy inking experience and hw recog software.
I agree that it is useless for all except those with special eyesite to actually use smaller pixel sized screen (thus squeezing in 1024 of them on the same sized screen), the alternative is a 128% wider screen, which maybe could be done if you moved the buttons off the front.
Perhaps a browser option to render side-by-side webpage frames vertically instead of normally could work without too much confusion (I have my doubts).
The vibrator option idea is an interesting new one. Maybe it could also be used as an interesting game-feedback device too?
The loud alarms reminds me of another problem with current hardware: The headphone level is too low. It should be the same level that the iPod has. Companies often have them turned down to avoid lawsuits from those who lose hearing. The problem is that there is too much variation in headphones out there to be able to limit level to a "safe" level for everybody.
Anyway, notice there is a division between those who want to make the unit bigger (whether they think they are or not by asking for things like "better" keyboards, bigger displays, vibrators, etc) and those that don't. My personal requirement is that it needs to fit in the front pocket of my Blue-Jeans.
Perhaps those wanting a larger device should be looking at a traditional Ultra-portable laptop, which the current breed of those have issues, typically with battery life because they at least have the option of running Windows so therefore they run on power hungery X86 processors instead of amazingly power-frugal ARM based ones. So perhaps someone should make a Linux-only ARM based ultra-portable that is about the size of an Asus EEE-PC, that then has better battery life, but then runs Open Office for MS-Office compatibility. Note that this "someone" could be Nokia if they want to enter that market, but my vote is NOT to make the N900 into one of these products.
Guess I got special eyesight, then. You don't want to be able to resolve individual pixels; that impairs anti-aliasing.
As for how things render, there are settings that can be tweaked to yield the same size text by default, but the really small text, fine details, etc. will be clear.
I'm not sure which you're comparing against, but I'd like the same size device as the N800, with a definitely high-res, and if possible slightly larger, screen, with the d-pad on the left and some other buttons on the right.
dbec10, what you are looking for sounds something Sony would make and charge $2000 for. Full MS Office suite? Who in god's name needs such a thing from a pocketable internet tablet? AV out, docking station... what in the wide world of sports... I need to be able to afford this next gen tablet!
And "total finger control".... full stop with this repetitive drivel pleeeeeze.
