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hm...my UI post just appeared on the previous page (forgot about mod approval), so please delete my upcoming double-post.
customer modularity is probably asking too much (way more compact/specific than a desktop), but it should be easy for the manufacturer. it would be like:
* basic/travel: what i described (simple reading functionality)
* multimedia: throw in an mp3 player for audio books, maybe the TTS mogui mentioned, and eventually when color is finalized and refresh is good enough (for eInk, unless you use the OLPC dual-mode display it could be sooner) then throw in video
* business: no TTS/movie, maybe mp3 player with microphone for recording meetings/lectures (or maybe not, mp3 is too much like fun), add in touch-screen note-taking ability (scratchpad, maybe hwr software for your base-station PC)
* premium: everything together, with case color options (those are so hot right now), maybe wifi web browsing
that's basically how i'd design a phone too (whole 'nother pet-project)...
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