MobileOSS

I got my Android HTC mobile last week.

I loved my KJAM and have been using it for more than 2.5 years and it worked well. I was not in a mood to buy iPhone or any Android phone. I was thinking of buying a Windows Mobile before I saw the beauty in a shop and fell in love. It is an Airtel locked phone without market application. I am able to download any Android application from Android and install it in my machine.

I installed Nav4All to check the GPS and it works. HTC Magic GPS is able to pick up up to 8 satellites in my location. The Compass is cool. I will write a separate blog entry on Nav4All. Try swinging the mobile and the G moves above 0g in the accelerometer.

I am playing with it and checking out all features.
I am able to connect to my office using ActiveSync and sync up with all my contacts, emails and calendars. One important feature is missing in the email client - it does not show URL as clickable and there is no way I can copy/paste the link in the browser

Otherwise, I love my new HTC Magic. I am not planning to try rooting process until I am fed up with the current setup

I am also in the process of writing a puzzle game and would post it pretty soon

I am back.

And I have been thinking for a while.

Why am I struggling with Linux kernel for all these devices?

All mobile companies, recently Motorola, announced that it would woo the developers to create applications for their upcoming Android smart phones.

I do not need to set up the platform while biggies are brining it out.

No regrets though, as I had fun in understnading the kernel for these small devices. I do not think there is any point in working with this kernel and slog it out to develop a kernel for any ARM phone, rather, it is wise to spend time in creating applications on Android.

I will not develop any more versions of vairam, but I will focus on creating applications for Android platform.

While I have tried Android SDK earlier, now I am going to start seriously to work on Android and will focus in developing puzzle games, mostly for Android and iPhone.

Watch this space for more on this

When $100 laptops are attempted, why not a $10 mobile phone - Linux again will be the OS. With just 3MB footprint for the OS, I beleive that with the falling prices in the memory, I bet it is not far from having a $10 phone.To reach the next 1 billion, it is important to keep the price down with limited features

What could be the minimal features for a $10 mobile?

Do you think this is possible?

Let me know your views