Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Phone questions

2015-05-16 Thread ubuntu
Hi Gordon, To be perfectly honest, if you are looking for a great fully developed reliable phone, Ubuntu is not quite there yet unfortunately :/ The things that I personally find annoying is that it takes 4 seconds for contacts to load and than when I choose person to call - another 3 second

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Phone questions

2015-05-15 Thread Gareth France
On 15/05/15 10:37, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Yes I saw that - I assumed that was about the first releases, and that it might have improved for general sale... The BQ devices have now received their second major update. We are just starting to see the big issues being resolved. I think it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Phone questions

2015-05-15 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 15/05/15 10:28, Simon Greenwood wrote: You might want to hold off until Monday as Meizu look like they are about to announce theirs. Thanks for that - the problem is now not so urgent, as I've managed to sync my Windows Phone (I hate Android!) with Memotoo and so to my two Xubuntu laptops.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Phone questions

2015-05-15 Thread Simon Greenwood
You might want to hold off until Monday as Meizu look like they are about to announce theirs. However, there is a thread about experience on this list and the general consensus suggests that it isn't quite ready for primetime. On 15 May 2015 at 09:56, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > Hi all, > as

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Phone questions

2015-05-15 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
Hi all, as ubuntu Phone is now on sale generally, before deciding whether or not to purchase, I have some questions. 1. What email, calendar, tasks and contacts apps are available? 2. Does it come with an ODF viewer/editor? 3. Presumably the apps in (1) will sync with Caldav/Carddav servers? 4.