Kügler: Plasma Mobile Roadmap

On his blog, Sebastian Ki1/4gler sets out a roadmap for Plasma Mobile, which is a project that "aims to become a complete and open software system for mobile devices". There is already a prototype version available, the next step is the "feature phone" milestone (which will be followed by the "basic smartphone" and "featured smartphone" milestones). "The feature phone milestone is what we're working on right now. This involves taking the prototype and fixing all the basic things to turn it into something usable. Usable doesn't mean 'usable for everyone', but it should at least be workable for a subset of people that only rely on basic features - 'simple' things.Core features should work flawlessly once this milestone is achieved. With core features, we're thinking along the lines of making phone calls, using the address book, manage hardware functions such as network connectivity, volume, screen, time, language, etc.. Aside from these very core things for a phone, we want to provide decent integration with a webbrowser (or provide our own), app store integration likely using store.kde.org, so you can get apps on and off the device, taking photos, recording videos and watching these media. Finally, we want to settle for an SDK which allows third party developers to build apps to run on Plasma Mobile devices.Getting this to work is no small feat, but it allows us to receive real-world feedback and provide a stable base for third-party products. It makes Plasma Mobile a viable target for future product development."