**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Wed Jun 04 02:59:58 2014 Jun 05 00:44:08 I'm not quite sure who the proper person to pitch this to is, but EricBlade and myself have been having a bit of a thought exercise on what new/cheap possible targets for Open webOS hardware could be Jun 05 00:44:26 * EricBlade waves Jun 05 00:44:56 From what I've been able to understand from the wiki, the ZTE Open C might be a great candidate as it has an unlocked boot-loader and an Android v4.4.2 ROM as well as the stock FirefoxOS v1.3 ROM available for download Jun 05 00:45:14 From reading the device layer page, we need some of the binary drivers from the Android ROM, correct? Jun 05 00:45:38 The phone is currently retailing for just south of $100 US, and features modest hardware that fits the budget price Jun 05 00:50:00 Salient hardware details: 800x480 screen, 3MP camera, Dual-core 1.2ghz ARM Cortex-A7, Adreno 302, MSM8210, 512mb RAM, 4gb onboard, microSDHC, A-GPS, WiFi-N Jun 05 00:50:48 From what I understand, it should make a reasonably good target device and won't break the bank. However, I understand that the hardware of webOS-Ports version of Open webOS might be higher than the original HP/Palm webOS Jun 05 00:51:01 *hardware requirements Jun 05 00:51:55 Things I like about this: cheap, hardware is about as standard as a mobile device gets. Things I'd prefer differently: 1GB ram, higher res display. Things I know nothing about: actually creating and working with a layer, and getting things actually functioning. Jun 05 00:52:07 If "you guys" (whoever makes these decisions) think this could be a good target for development, I'd be willing to split the cost (with EricBlade) of sending "you guys" a device to test/dev on Jun 05 00:52:48 Along those lines, there are other FFXOS devices coming out that are reasonably priced (The Firefox OS Flame development device, for instance) that are more representative of mid-tier smartphone hardware Jun 05 00:53:04 However, I do not know as of yet if there are publicly available Android ROMs for the Flame device Jun 05 00:53:47 It also retails for around $170 US, which puts it in a different price point entirely **** ENDING LOGGING AT Thu Jun 05 02:59:58 2014