we already have this ability... it's called a SIM card. with the Modu, you get stuck with core technology that will become outdated; no matter what kind of shells they create for it, the internals arent upgradeable.
This would be like carting around the sim card, your micro / mini sd (all your tracks). All your preferences (silent on at 8am off at 5pm), all your network settings, and and any other OS specific information (themes, etc.) and from phone to phone.
If you stick to one smartphone OS (winmo, s60, etc.) you can just backup this info and then go through reinstalling all of that when you get a new device. But, there are some OSes that don't offer everything you want (no sliding qwerty for S60, no small bar for UIQ) so this offers you a chance to find a shell that works for you at that moment but then easily swap it out for something that works later without setting it ALL back up.
If the manufacturing of shells is cheap (as stated), and 3rd party companies can keep costs down (HTC looking at you) this is an easy way to have a smartphone during the day and slim phone at night with comparable capabilities without dropping over 700 on both!
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we already have this ability... it's called a SIM card. with the Modu, you get stuck with core technology that will become outdated; no matter what kind of shells they create for it, the internals arent upgradeable.
This is a little more than the sim card.
This would be like carting around the sim card, your micro / mini sd (all your tracks). All your preferences (silent on at 8am off at 5pm), all your network settings, and and any other OS specific information (themes, etc.) and from phone to phone.
If you stick to one smartphone OS (winmo, s60, etc.) you can just backup this info and then go through reinstalling all of that when you get a new device. But, there are some OSes that don't offer everything you want (no sliding qwerty for S60, no small bar for UIQ) so this offers you a chance to find a shell that works for you at that moment but then easily swap it out for something that works later without setting it ALL back up.
If the manufacturing of shells is cheap (as stated), and 3rd party companies can keep costs down (HTC looking at you) this is an easy way to have a smartphone during the day and slim phone at night with comparable capabilities without dropping over 700 on both!