Brainstorm: Possible niches for Plasma Active / what is needed

[joseph.anania at gmail.com]

Brainstorm:  Possible niches for Plasma Active / what is needed

Plasma active already has plenty of positive attributes going for it.  The 
tablet wars are heating up and some is already entrenched with Google and 
Apple.  Plasma active may need to find niches it can exploit to gain a larger 
user base.

Plasma active, can be presented as the tablet interface to get some real work 
done.  It already has a PIM suite and an Office suite as well as a touch 
friendly drawing canvas app with Krita touch. 

Some possible other areas it can be extended is to scientific / math with a 
touch version of kalzium and cantor.(these can be future GSoC).

PA can try to position itself as the better offline tablet.  While other 
platforms and tablets are focusing on online apps and functionality PA can fill 
the niche of offline functionality and use.  

Another possible way to leverage PA is to make it a reference viewer / 
companion, what may be needed is an offline wiki-viewer(possibly the ability to 
install the full wikipedia) an offline dictionary and a spelling / translator 
app.  While other tablets and platforms leverage the "Cloud" this can be a way 
PA differentiate itself by allowing a more complete and useful offline 
experience.  


PA may also be able to differentiate itself by allowing a better offline mapping 
solution.  Marble already supports downloading tiles and using routing 
engines.  What would be needed is vector maps and the ability to used the 
planet.osm file.  Having the whole world in your tablet would give PA full 
bragging rights would increase it's offline usefulness.  

Feel free to respond and brainstorm further.