Re: [tdf-discuss] Why LO mobile version should not be ignored

On 11/17/2010 01:36 AM, e-letter wrote:
> Related to an earlier post
> (http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss@documentfoundation.org/msg02677.html),
> the following news article hyperlink
> (http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2010/11/12/ghanaian-sms-start-up-tackles-fake-drug-scourge/)
> is an interesting application of mobile phone technology and provides
> further credence to the importance of the future potential mobile
> devices market.
Well, for what it is worth (which isn't much) I believe that we 
definitely need to get into the mobile market(even a mobile compatible 
web app would work, though a native client would be preferred).

The first step, IMHO, would be to get a platform agnostic mobile 
interface designed and any platform independent code written. After that 
we could focus on getting it to work on Android, Iphone, etc. However, 
we'd have to look deep into the whole (L)GPL/Apple liscense 
compatibility issue before we started an iphone port.(May be that the 
alternative Mozilla Liscense that I believe we are using might be 
compatible?).

Of course, first priority is to get a stable desktop version out the 
door :P. I also think a general web application should have high 
priority as well. Unfortunately, I doubt we have the resources to expand 
in all directions at once. I'll leave the details for the more 
experienced people to decide :P.


Chris Carpenter

P.S. I'd be very interested in helping in some small manner if we decide 
to write a app for Android, as i'm interested in Android App 
Development. Unfortuantely, I have no experience writing mobile 
applications, so there's no way I could lead such a venture.

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