[SailfishDevel] Neo900 support
Tadeusz Sośnierz
tadeusz.sosnierz at onet.pl
Thu Apr 9 09:09:47 UTC 2015
On 09.04.2015 11:03, E.S. Rosenberg wrote:
> You realize the keyboard doesn't need to be attached while it's in your
> pocket? Only while you're typing and while you type its' not covering
> the lens....
When I think of a phone with a hardware keyboard, it's something that's
attached to my phone, not something that I carry almost separately and
may lose or forget. Some people don't consider it a reasonable
compromise, and would rather have a hole in hwkbd, or have it shorter
than a phone itself. To each their own.
boost::regards,
tadzik
> 2015-04-09 11:27 GMT+03:00 <schifano at polytech.unice.fr
> <mailto:schifano at polytech.unice.fr>>:
>
> I'm aware of this product, but I don't like how it is done.
> The main issue of this keyboard is that it masks the camera. So I can't
> take quickly a picture, I have to remove in first the keyboard. With
> this
> TOHKBD, we can't have an other one : it's either a keyboard or something
> else. So this smartphone is just like all the others with a physical
> keyboard, but less interesting because of the camera issue. And finally,
> I'm not convinced by the magnets. I rather prefer a true slider
> keyboard.
>
> The main interest of this design could have been the possibility to
> slide
> out only the directional pad with the smartphone in portrait mode, for
> allowing users to control there smartphone with it (in case they have
> gloves for example).
>
> So for the moment, for me, the Jolla phone with TOHKBD is not
> interesting.
>
> > The TOHKBD promises to be a very good add-on, though I don't know
> if it
> > will be available to people who didn't pre-order...
> >
> > (But right now you can still pre-order here:
> >
> http://funkyotherhalf.com/?page_id=9#!/TOHKBD2-PRE-ORDER/p/42141285/category=9141090
> > )
> >
> > Regards,
> > Eli
> >
> > 2015-04-09 1:27 GMT+03:00 Schifano Alexandre
> <schifano at polytech.unice.fr <mailto:schifano at polytech.unice.fr>>:
> >
> >> It depends of what you mean by "good", and what do you expect as
> >> physical keyboard. You can find two or three year-old
> smartphones which
> >> are fine, with physical keyboard, but no ubber processors and no 4G.
> >> You can also find on the Chinese market smartphones like the Samsung
> >> Galaxy Golden.
> >> But of course the best smartphone with a physical keyboard will
> be the
> >> one which Jolla will make ;) (if Jolla will do it one day ...)
> >>
> >> On 08/04/2015 23:41, Brenda Fernández wrote:
> >> > Are there still good Android phones with physical keyboards? ;)
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Schifano Alexandre
> >> > <schifano at polytech.unice.fr
> <mailto:schifano at polytech.unice.fr>
> <mailto:schifano at polytech.unice.fr <mailto:schifano at polytech.unice.fr>>>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Oh, I assumed you install Android app in a chrooted Android
> >> environment
> >> > which implies an Android kernel.
> >> > I confess than I'm a bit disapointed to discover this,
> because I
> >> wanted
> >> > to install Sailfish either on the Neo900 or on a good Android
> >> phone
> >> with
> >> > a physical keyboard for having an interresting OS/device
> with the
> >> > possibility to install Android apps when there is not
> equivalent.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you, now I have a better understanding of how it works.
> >> >
> >> > On 06/04/2015 14:54, Andrey Kozhevnikov wrote:
> >> > > Sailfish is Jolla UI over Mer with Wayland Lipstick windows
> >> > manager. It
> >> > > runs on normal Linux kernel. Android adaptations using
> >> libhybris.
> >> > > If you can run Nemo on your device you can just add/replace
> >> Jolla
> >> > > repositories and "install" sailfish on it.
> >> > > You will not have possibility to install android apps until
> >> > someone will
> >> > > create open android launcher or Jolla start licensing
> >> aliendalvik
> >> for
> >> > > non-Jolla devices.
> >> > >
> >> > > 06.04.2015 17:48, Schifano Alexandre пишет:
> >> > >> Hi,
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Still about a Neo900 support, I have an other question :
> >> > >>
> >> > >> As far as I understand, basically Sailfish is Mer (Wayland
> >> > version) with
> >> > >> the Jolla UI, and with an Android kernel and libhybris.
> So if I
> >> > am able
> >> > >> to have Nemo running rightly on a N(eo)900 with
> Wayland, I will
> >> > be able
> >> > >> to run Sailfish apps ? And if I am able to do it with an
> >> Android
> >> > kernel
> >> > >> and libhybris, I will be able to have it working with the
> >> > possibility to
> >> > >> install Android apps ?
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Best regards
> >> > >>
> >> > >> On 05/04/2015 08:12, Schifano Alexandre wrote:
> >> > >>> Hi,
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> I'm very interrested by Sailfish OS, however I'm also very
> >> > interrested
> >> > >>> by the Neo900. This smartphone is a modified Nokia
> N900, with
> >> a
> >> TI
> >> > >>> DM3730 1 GHz processor (Cortex-A8 with ARMv7-A
> instructions,
> >> > mono-core)
> >> > >>> and 1GB of RAM (more here : http://neo900.org/specs).
> Do you
> >> think
> >> > >>> Sailfish will be able to run smoothly on it ? Will you
> support
> >> the
> >> > >>> Neo900 and allowing users to install your OS on it ?
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> Best regards,
> >> > >>> Alexandre Schifano
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