Alternate Neo1973 case designs
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* Alternate screen: the current screen is a 2.8", 640 x 480 colour screen, which some may consider unnecessary and overly power-hungry. This case would allow a smaller, possibly monochrome screen to be fitted, saving battery time. Some may also wish to fit a larger screen - another case variant could allow for that. | * Alternate screen: the current screen is a 2.8", 640 x 480 colour screen, which some may consider unnecessary and overly power-hungry. This case would allow a smaller, possibly monochrome screen to be fitted, saving battery time. Some may also wish to fit a larger screen - another case variant could allow for that. | ||
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Revision as of 03:06, 11 July 2007
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Design Variant Suggestions
Some of these are a copy of requests in Wish List - Hardware#Casing, some are from ideas thrown up in the community mailing list.
Aesthetic
- Removal of free space: there is unnecessary free space within the case - this variant would remove that, possibly with some re-arrangement of components, to make the phone slightly smaller.
- Scroll-wheel(s)
- Trackstick: a miniature pointing device, as used on certain IBM laptops
Increase in existing functionality
- Alternate screen: the current screen is a 2.8", 640 x 480 colour screen, which some may consider unnecessary and overly power-hungry. This case would allow a smaller, possibly monochrome screen to be fitted, saving battery time. Some may also wish to fit a larger screen - another case variant could allow for that.
Other functionality addition
- Ruggedized: a hermetically sealed case; watertight, and able to withstand a pre-defined drop on to a hard surface.
- Stylus mount: there is nowhere on the phone to store a stylus when not in use.
- Tamper-proof: this case would require special tools/processes to open it, or be completely impossible to open without physically damaging the case. May also be useful for a cheap hermetically sealed variant.
Notes
Some users may want combinations of the options listed above.
None of this can be accomplished without the dimensions of existing phones - if FIC are unable/unwilling to release precise dimensions, a user of a Neo1973 will need to measure their phone and upload the information to Neo1973 case schematics in the form of a CAD drawing/model.