Re: [Ubuntu-phone] General questions

2013-04-07 Thread Zisu Andrei
Pair this with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse and you have a really interesting device. The battery life needs some adjustment though. Zisu Andrei On 8 April 2013 02:15, Zisu Andrei wrote: > To be honest, there is Miracast... which seems really interesting! > > Zisu Andrei > > > On 4 April 201

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] General questions

2013-04-07 Thread Zisu Andrei
To be honest, there is Miracast... which seems really interesting! Zisu Andrei On 4 April 2013 20:40, Solomon Sunder wrote: > Why do we really need to plug into a larger screen to display the > interface. Can this not be done in wireless form in combination with QR > Code/NFC? Like if I pair i

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] General questions

2013-04-04 Thread Solomon Sunder
Why do we really need to plug into a larger screen to display the interface. Can this not be done in wireless form in combination with QR Code/NFC? Like if I pair it with a larger screen the phone should automatically stream an interface for the larger screen. It would be like a combination of Aird

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] General questions

2013-04-03 Thread Robert Bruce Park
On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 09:25:52AM +0530, Jasneet Singh Kandhari wrote: > Am still bugged about not having the completed compatibility with desktop > applications. If I remember correctly, Ubuntu few versions ago became touch > friendly right ! ( When it started coming for HP Devices ) I'm not sur

[Ubuntu-phone] General questions

2013-04-03 Thread Jasneet Singh Kandhari
to find answers i stumbled across this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1872752 , could be of use if worked upon. Regards Jskandhari > Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 07:10:04 -0700 > From: achi...@canonical.com > To: pat...@gmail.com > CC: ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] General questions

2013-04-03 Thread Alex Chiang
* Cláudio Sampaio : > I also have one general question. > > Isn't Ubuntu Touch going to present a "capabilities" layer, > much like that of Android or Blackberry, that says what the > application can/will do? "Acess the network", "store files", > "read the SMS", "change the configuration" and so o

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] General questions

2013-04-03 Thread Oliver Grawert
hi, On Mi, 2013-04-03 at 08:34 -0300, Cláudio Sampaio wrote: > I also have one general question. > > > Isn't Ubuntu Touch going to present a "capabilities" layer, much like > that of Android or Blackberry, that says what the application can/will > do? "Acess the network", "store files", "read the

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] General questions

2013-04-03 Thread Cláudio Sampaio
I also have one general question. Isn't Ubuntu Touch going to present a "capabilities" layer, much like that of Android or Blackberry, that says what the application can/will do? "Acess the network", "store files", "read the SMS", "change the configuration" and so on. Like a dumbed-down version of

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] General questions

2013-04-03 Thread Oliver Grawert
hi, On Mi, 2013-04-03 at 11:43 +0200, Andreas Poulsen wrote: > 2. How comes that it can't run Android apps? Ubuntu Phone builds on > CyanogenMod, a customized android, and most users is missing the tons of > apps you find on android. I know, that the Dalvik VM has been removed, > but why? It see

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] General questions

2013-04-03 Thread Alan Pope
On 03/04/13 10:43, Andreas Poulsen wrote: 1. Why can't it run standard Ubuntu applications? Debian has compiled most of the software for ARM CPUs, so it should not be that hard to run X. What's the problem then? Being "compiled for ARM" is only part of the puzzle. Standard desktop apps will ru

[Ubuntu-phone] General questions

2013-04-03 Thread Andreas Poulsen
Hi all I've presented Ubuntu Phone to my friends, and got some questions: 1. Why can't it run standard Ubuntu applications? Debian has compiled most of the software for ARM CPUs, so it should not be that hard to run X. What's the problem then? 2. How comes that it can't run Android apps? Ubuntu