What is Mozilla Seabird?

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Introduction :
As part of the Mozilla Labs Concept Billy May has developed a-Phone, called Seabird. It is the Seabird course, a vision, yet a very desirable. The Seabird it offers many innovative input methods, combining them with already available techniques, such as an 8-MP camera, a miniUSB and a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack. The "Open Web Concept Phone Seabird" was an experiment to show that should go on what ideas developers when it comes to smartphone through your head. Special attention learned this the "frustrating physical interactions," which are meant for big fingers on small touch screens and keyboards. Would Seabird not just a concept, it would be equipped with an infrared Touchpad and several pico-projectors, project the keyboard on a surface and tap the via motion capture user input. This type of command only works where a corresponding document is available.

Mozilla Mozilla Seabird Lab has a plan for a smartphone of the future presented with. The smartphone was Bill May, a designer at Mozilla Labs, in his spare time to develop and many quirks that modern smartphones have, the world turning.

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Input from two projectors :
The Seabird from the Mozilla Labs uses the entries next to the screen two main Pico-projectors. This project with 45 lumens a virtual keyboard on a flat surface. The keys are to the right and left of Seabirds. Das Concept-Phone Seabird aus den Mozilla-Labs. The Seabird before the smartphone is then the right pad out what the mouse can be controlled by Seabird so to speak. NOAA, the finger movements on the touchpad using infrared determination. Is the Seabird in a matching dock, so it will not load only wireless, but uses one of the two pico-projector to a screen with a maximum resolution of 960 by 600 pixels to throw it against a wall. The other projector is not idle, and projected this time a single keyboard with touch pad in front of the Seabird. Sun is offering the smartphone almost Netbookqualities, particularly since more and more chip manufacturers with ever faster mobile processors on the market and pushing.

The Mozilla Seabird has two pico-projectors. If the device is connected to a docking station, then projected to the Pico-projectors the contents of the screen on the wall, while the second projector projects a keyboard on the table. Thus, the user can enter the text on the virtual keyboard and does not have to struggle with the small keyboard of the smartphone. The two projectors are mounted on the sides of your smartphone. When the device is not connected to a docking station, the projectors can also project that half a keyboard on a flat surface.


Bluetooth dongle as a mouse and headset :
Another function like the input, the device is integrated in the Bluetoothdongle. He is also multifunctional. First, it serves as a Bluetooth headset, the other as a mouse. Recorded the movements in front of the phone via an infrared array. About the Bluetooth dongle is even possible physical click. Thus, the screen zoomed to the Seabirds and applications are started by a mouse click. Here, too, proves the Seabird as Netbook spare and still retains its smart phone charm. On the figures running on the device that Google's own operating system Android.

Otherwise, Mozilla Seabird has an 8-megapixel digital camera, a 3.5-mm jack for headphones and a mini-USB port. The other ports are not available, indicates that the device can also charge wirelessly.


Future Vision :
Of course, it is at the Seabird from the Mozilla Labs have a future vision. This however has a great appeal and should just friends inspire gadget. It remains to be seen when the major smartphone manufacturers new operating concepts to the market and whether they are pushing it to the proposed innovations of Seabirds are based. The benefits of mobile processors may soon, if not now, strong enough for such a concept and prototypes for smart phones with projectors were already visible. Of course, should the energy consumption of Seabirds be very high. An interesting task for the manufacturers also. Mozilla itself, has no plans to build the device, considering that as a community project involved.