Sorry but that's just idiotic. Oh sure, people can do that, people who've got the time, the knowledge, the tools, and the money to afford taking the risk of ruining a perfectly good console. Besides, how much could it possibly cost for the manufacturer to add a few LEDs and a tiny switch inside the damn thing?Javacat said:
because wi-fi doesn't always have the greatest connection 1. and 2 it takes software...3 hell sometimes a built in mic isn't worth the time.garzyboi said:
A_SN said:
fishybawb said:You may be right A_SN, but there's no need to be such a dick about it.
A_SN said:ADUUUUUUUUH http://packages.debian.org/etch/arm/ekiga
Damn, that's a lot of dependencies...
I have to be a dick when someone displays so much ignorance with so much confidence. As for the dependencies, well, it just takes GNOME, but Ekiga was a random example, my point was just that they already are quite a few VoIP solutions already available in the Debian ARM repo, so there's no need to "port" (garzy you noob!)
A_SN said:
A_SN said:Sorry but that's just idiotic. Oh sure, people can do that, people who've got the time, the knowledge, the tools, and the money to afford taking the risk of ruining a perfectly good console. Besides, how much could it possibly cost for the manufacturer to add a few LEDs and a tiny switch inside the damn thing?Javacat said:
I was only guessing, but I thought this was trying to be different to gp2x or whatever else in that you're not expected to be required, interested, or able to open it up and solder new bits in.
Or set loads of things up yourself to work at all. It wants to be clean and tidy with good specs, not paint a picture of geek tweak paradise
You can try all that on anything including this but they want to portray it as something that's finished.
The big difference from what's available at the moment
but maybe I got the wrong idea?
Either put one in or don't, it sounds like the 80's there, may as well build the whole thing. Maybe we can get the option to buy it in kit for 30-40 less?
Also MWeston, if you could coat that glow stuff somehow, anyhow to prevent it coming off in a couple years or less- that would do me also. clear keys embossed from the bottom? whatever.. Dunno how much a problem that is anymore, wear, but it would look extra bad when glowing with bits from the letters missing.
Stealth Bagel said:
A_SN said:
and your a douchebag...and we can keep doing this all day long man...garzyboi said:
because wi-fi doesn't always have the greatest connection 1. and 2 it takes software...3 hell sometimes a built in mic isn't worth the time.garzyboi said:
You certainly are "diffusing" this.garzyboi said:
Is anyone of those especially good? Tried ekiga out with my gf and it sounded like hell.atomicthumbs said:
Frankly, I could care less about glowing keys. It'd look "real snazzy" but I usually have some light source whether it be the sun or a 20 watt bulb.MWeston said:What about a glow in the dark material screened over the keys? Is that an option?
Gizmo is FTW. Use it all the time.Yuglooc said:
A_SN said:
That sounds like one of those old GBA lights you could buy for the non-lit variations back in the day. It is definitely an option. You could just plug it into the USB host port and snake it around to the keypad.atomicthumbs said:
MWeston said:That sounds like one of those old GBA lights you could buy for the non-lit variations back in the day. It is definitely an option. You could just plug it into the USB host port and snake it around to the keypad.atomicthumbs said:
I guess we'll just have to wait and see what the plastic's manufacturers come back with for cost alternatives. Also, once donators receive their promotional packs in the mail, we can all talk more freely and specifically about this device since I don't imagine there will be any restrictions on what those people can post.
i quite like the single led idea, and it should certainly reduce costs compared with a backlit kb. i was thinkin more along the lines of something internal tho, just a small hole in the case that you could poke an led through which would be either in the hinge (or just above it) or on the bottom of the unit for a slider. it shouldnt add to the cost of building the case and would keep everything compact. also, with a convex enough lens on the end it could cover practically the entire keyboard with the one ~5mm led, and then it could have an independent switch so it could be used as a torch (as atomicthumbs said) without powering on the rest of the device. that said, powering it on would provide more light anyway, so.. perhaps thats unnecessary.
backlighting would be more swish but if it adds significantly to the cost, and a simpler solution works just as well, then i dont think theres much of a contest.
and your banned!garzyboi said:
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