[SailfishDevel] Neo900 support

Thu Apr 9 09:31:05 UTC 2015

In this case it's not a smartphone with a physical keyboard but something
like any other Android smartphones with an external keyboard.
If I liked TOHKBD, I could also have bought this :
http://www.mobilezap.com.au/45647-galaxy-s5-magnetic-bluetooth-qwerty-keyboard-case-black.htm
with a Galaxy S5.

> 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....
>
> 2015-04-09 11:27 GMT+03:00 <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
>> >:
>> >
>> >> 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>>
>> >> 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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