Work is getting in the way for all the fun stuff, but some nice Mapper features are planned for the next (1.0.4?) version:
- Search POIs
- Search streets
- Route waypoint display/list
- Handling of connections with libconic
Friday, October 19, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Nokia N810 Internet Tablet
So Nokia released a new version of the Internet Table, the N810.
But they made some strange design decisions once again.
- Keyboard must be open to use keypad
- Compared to the N800 they removed a memory slot
- Memory type changed again (RS-MMC -> SD -> mini/microSD)
- And the best of all, API and ABI break *again*
- No protection cover for the screen, like on the 770
- microSB connector, one more bloody cable to carry around and forget
Don't get me wrong, I like it. It looks very nice, much nicer than the toyish N800, but still not as good as the original IT, the 770.
Positive features:
- Slide keyboard
- Integrated GPS
- A bit more Mhz
- 2 Gig of internal flash
- Updated Gtk (even if 2.10 is already old)
The integrated GPS and keyboard should make it a very nice platform for doing OpenStreetMap work.
The next thing is to get Mapper running on Chinook and add some OSM editing features.
But they made some strange design decisions once again.
- Keyboard must be open to use keypad
- Compared to the N800 they removed a memory slot
- Memory type changed again (RS-MMC -> SD -> mini/microSD)
- And the best of all, API and ABI break *again*
- No protection cover for the screen, like on the 770
- microSB connector, one more bloody cable to carry around and forget
Don't get me wrong, I like it. It looks very nice, much nicer than the toyish N800, but still not as good as the original IT, the 770.
Positive features:
- Slide keyboard
- Integrated GPS
- A bit more Mhz
- 2 Gig of internal flash
- Updated Gtk (even if 2.10 is already old)
The integrated GPS and keyboard should make it a very nice platform for doing OpenStreetMap work.
The next thing is to get Mapper running on Chinook and add some OSM editing features.
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