plasma, umpc, etc

[Nathan Eckenrode]

2008/3/5 Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org>:

> hi..
>
> so we already have one SoC student looking to propose a mobile device
> project
> for plasma, and today i've received two possible offers for relevant
> hardware
> from manufacturers.
>
> Plasma is at the point now where it's probably time to really start
> exploring
> it's possibilities on these devices. they pack a good amount of
> horsepower,
> so the initial work will be build env and UI related (such as Nathan
> Eckenrode's SoC project proposal).


With regards to that, I would like to hear more about the ideas for fitting
Plasma into a UMPC/Touchscreen environment. Personally, I'd like to make
some of the controls larger, especially the zoomed out toolbox, but also the
windows widgets- oops i may be off on a tangent--I would like to have an
onscreen keyboard that is translucent pop up when clicking into text entry
fields.  That might be a big enough project for the summer, but if some
handwriting recognition could be thrown into the fray (Maybe that suddenly
throw this into a HUGE project, I dunno) that would be really fun.


>
> now, i don't want to collect various bits o hardware here at the house.
> not
> only will i not have the time to use more than one or two devices, i think
> it
> would make a lot more sense to get as many interested hands as possible on
> these things.
>
> so i'm looking for people who have some experience with plasma (you don't
> have
> to be a ninja, just have poked at some of the code, such as written widget
> or
> dataengine plugins, for example) who would realistically have interest,
> time
> and energy to explore plasma on these devices.


I want to hear all sorts of ideas relating to UMPC/Touchscreen and Plasma.
Basically, this is the biggest, firstest project that I am jumping into, and
I know that I currently possess very little knowledge. I am here to learn
and intern.

>
>
> if that's you, please let me know what you'd want to do with the device
> (it's
> easier to convince people to mail hardware off if there's a concrete
> project/goal to go along with that) and i'll try to start hooking people
> up
> with the opportunity to play with some (free! =) hardware.
>
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