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My thought is: what would it take to produce a hardware with the following features: 1. Should be able to make and receive phones 2. Should be able to send/re
by pkphilip 3y ago
My thought is: what would it take to produce a hardware with the following features:
1. Should be able to make and receive phones
2. Should be able to send/receive SMS
3. Should be able connect to the data plan (4G)
4. Wifi Support
5. Should be able to function as a hotspot so that you can use a laptop for more complex work
6. Should have a basic colour touch screen - need not be very high resolution, but sufficient for a basic UI.
7. Hardware or software keyboard
8. Support for SD cards
9. Headphone jack
10. Micro USB port or USB type c port for charging and data
11. Optional: A camera module for photos/videos if possible
12. Optional: Bluetooth LE
13. Software:
13.1 - Ability to install applications using a root/admin login (similar to any desktop os). The application may be downloaded off the web or obtained from an SD card etc. May be installed into a specific directory which can be backed up or restored. Example: "/usr/apps"
13.2 - Directory for contacts to be stored. Example: "/usr/contacts" with open format for contacts which can be read by apps
13.3 - Directory for photos and videos to be stored. Example: "/usr/media/photos", "/usr/media/videos"
13.4 - Ability to save / load contacts from disk or network
13.5 - Ability to run network servers - example: Samba server or even a basic HTTP server for sharing and receiving files.