From: Kero <kero@...>
Date: 2005-01-23T01:35:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for mobile phones?

> But maybe that's fortunate for the Ruby community. Wouldn't it be great
> if Ruby was ported to mobile (aka limited) terminals as well? That
> would make it more fun to develop for mobile phones and, more
> important, it opens up a very big and lucrative market for Ruby
> developers! Ruby could really shine in this area. It could really boost
> Ruby's popularity.

I have Ruby running on an iPAQ under linux.
If the iPAQ with built-in GSM were to be supported by linux, life should
be easy (but it isn't, yet).

Linux phones in general will allow you easier porting. Some things:
 - you'll need a cross compilation toolchain. gcc is your best chance.
 - the GUI-toolkit should (probably) have a ruby binding already.
 - a CPU of a few 100 MHz is desirable (my 200 MHz strongarm is ok-ish),
   the RAM will then be sufficient, too
 - some way to put the binary on the phone (but with communication
   possibilities, SD cards and whatever, that should not be a problem,
   really (as it is for smaller/embedded devices)

I am tempted to check out the E2800+ myself... (available in Europe, since
two weeks or so :)

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