2010/4/19 Matthew Jones <m...@matburt.net>: > I used swype for about 2 days on my droid before getting rid of it... it's a > good concept that needs be iterated on.
I could not follow your comment here > Trying to use emacs from any of the Android shells is borderline > impossible... unless you have a full keyboard to hook up to your Android > phone then I would say you should rule out using it in that fashion. A bluetooth keyboard such as http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.34724 http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.6443 http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.28954 is possible to be used with an Android phone? It worths an investment? Daniel > One of the features I'm working on for the MobileOrg beta (along with being > able to capture notes and change todo states) is a home screen widget that > will show your Agenda or Todo list, this way you don't have to open the > application to view or adjust these items. > 73 > Matthew W. Jones (KI4ZIB) > http://matburt.net > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Daniel Martins <daniel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The device I was tantalized to buy was the >> >> Motorola Quench >> >> maybe mainly for Swipe feature >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWpqsDnXIOY (at about 1:00) >> >> or maybe for the price (in Brazil is about 500 USD while the Milestone >> is about 780 USD. I know both are outrageous prices in American or >> European terms!). BTW the Quench in Brazil DOES NOT seem to come with >> the swype feature... >> >> In fact, I doubt I could edit in Emacs or similar in a phone. I am >> afraid of virtual keyboards and small physical keyboards as well :) >> For someone over forties I tend to do not consider these typing >> devices as toys or at least funny :) >> >> For this reason I think that a nice interface such as MobileOrg with >> agenda view would be the best. >> >> ConnectBot seems to be an option as well (when you have connection, of >> course!) >> >> Sven, you seem quite happy with a virtual keyboard. Am I right? >> >> Daniel >> >> 2010/4/19 Richard Riley <rileyrg...@gmail.com>: >> > Eric S Fraga <ucec...@ucl.ac.uk> writes: >> > >> >> On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:07:32 -0300, Daniel Martins >> >> <daniel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> --- resending with a proper title --- >> >>> >> >>> Matthew, >> >>> >> >>> Just a suggestion for newbies. >> >>> >> >>> Could you generate a video of MobileOrg Android similar to those of >> >>> the MobileOrg Iphone. >> >>> >> >>> I am still open to suggestions of Android smartphones. >> >>> >> >>> If I need to access a remote ssh account and open Emacs, the available >> >>> keyborards are OK? >> >>> >> >>> Daniel >> >> >> >> I have the same questions! My current mobile phone contract expires >> >> in 3 months and I'm looking at upgrading to an Android phone. The >> >> current best deal I have found is for the Samsung Galaxy Portal, aka >> >> the i5700. [1] I'm looking at upgrading to replace my Nokia internet >> >> tablet (n810) and non-smart phone with one unit. The nokia does a >> >> really nice job of running emacs and org-mode, mind you. >> >> >> >> I'm particularly interested in knowing how the different handsets >> >> approach the keying in of keys like C-x, M-x, TAB, et al. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> eric >> > >> > >> > +1 on this. I had almost decided on the Motorola Milestone (Droid) but >> > would love to hear others experiences. Using org-mode in a term emacs is >> > not ideal because a lot of shift/arrow/fn chords dont work in the >> > terminals >> > I tried (xterm, urxvt etc) and so doubt they will on a mobile device >> > either : so my hard core usage of only emacs -nw inside urxvt and tmux >> > soon dwindled and I'm back to using emacs in X. The only problem I now >> > have is not being to find a way to use ONE x frame with emacsclient >> > being able to create it if its not already done (I bet I've missed >> > something obvious but emacsclient -c always creates a new frame and >> > emacsclient wont create it if its not already there on my emacs). >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
