Launcher Specification

Launcher facilitates launching of applications and applets on Qtopia device. It provides quick access to currently running applications.

 

Launcher also displays a series of applets that provide information about current state of Qtopia device.

Use Cases

A cool handsome guy meets a beautiful young lady at a party. To receive her contact information, he turns on the receiver for beaming. To be sure that he has received correct information he launches contact application using start menu and verifies the contact details with the young lady. She has recently got a cell phone. Using the input method from the taskbar, he notes down her cell number.

An Accountant is preparing balance sheet for his company. He needs to switch between applications frequently. He is using calculator, Text Editor and some other specialized applications for accounting. So he uses start menu and taskbar to quickly switch between different applications.

A Businessman is working on a major project. In the past week, there was lot of progress in the project so he wants to update the documents accordingly. So before updating them, he wants to view list of all his documents and files related to the project. So he opens up documents tab, views all the documents and then opens the documents that need to be updated and updates them accordingly.

A wild life photographer is on shoot in a dense forest. As he has to adjust screen light and monitor battery level frequently, he configures his Qtopia device to show screen light, battery and clock applets only. He can then easily access a series of applets using taskbar.

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