For me, the camera gets more important as I get older. I realise that, althougth I'm not into photography either, it's very easy to capture day-to-day memories.
However, I'm one of those people who would never buy a dedicated camera. I'm just not into it that much.
I'm courious to see if the hardware would be OK. If so, how much more can we get by writing good software. After all, there's only so much we can improve with hardware until it becomes irrelevant!?
I guess it's a vicious cycle with open / linux-based. Although not impossible, it's difficult to get good grade apps with slow capital. E.g. It seems to me that the appstore is one of the main arguments for choosing iPhones.
This is an attempt to sketch what an autonomy kernel might look like and where its boundaries should be.
Where would you draw the kernel boundary?