Forum: Development
04-05-2013, 09:47 AM
|
|
Replies: 68
Views: 12,018
Re: Rebasing Maemo5 top of the Debian 6.0
Thanks. I was just curious, as I like Maemo5 and it is possible to chroot Debian on android phone it might be interesting to run Maemo5 on top of that. Probably too complicated but fun to try!
|
|
Forum: Development
04-04-2013, 08:59 PM
|
|
Replies: 68
Views: 12,018
|
|
Forum: Ubuntu
03-29-2013, 11:17 AM
|
|
Replies: 90
Views: 14,990
|
|
Forum: Competitors
03-29-2013, 09:30 AM
|
|
Replies: 683
Views: 141,481
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
Tried out a new launcher called "Action Launcher Pro" Allows you to swipe to get to your apps. Also you can open up to a widget by swiping up on its corresponding icon. Below are screen shots,...
|
|
Forum: Competitors
03-01-2013, 06:06 PM
|
|
Replies: 683
Views: 141,481
Multitasking mania
Hi. I've been having fun playing with xperiacles mods for the Galaxy Note N7000 which makes multiple re-sizable windows. If you look at the bottom right window of the left most image you will see...
|
|
Forum: Competitors
01-09-2013, 03:21 PM
|
|
Replies: 75
Views: 8,654
Re: Why does Android feel so lacking?
Yes it's nice but it will not completely cook your food unless you stay in the kitchen. The process manager will turn it off once you leave to do another task!
|
|
Forum: Competitors
01-09-2013, 11:47 AM
|
|
Replies: 75
Views: 8,654
Re: Why does Android feel so lacking?
This is not quite right. If you have an app like Stickit! or Supervideo
you can press share in youtube and pick either app. This will make a floating resizable window that will play the Youtube...
|
|
Forum: Competitors
01-08-2013, 12:03 PM
|
|
Replies: 75
Views: 8,654
Re: Why does Android feel so lacking?
@waldo Thanks, You make a very good observation. I like to look at multitasking in two different ways. One concerns the user
that is multitasking, i.e. quickly goes from one task to another. Kind of...
|
|
Forum: Competitors
01-07-2013, 12:07 PM
|
|
Replies: 75
Views: 8,654
Re: Why does Android feel so lacking?
For those of you concerned about multitasking on android you might consider watching the following...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1ZSrfg59Q8&feature=youtu.be
|
|
Forum: Competitors
12-02-2012, 10:40 PM
|
|
Replies: 4,518
Views: 568,125
Re: The Epic Android Thread
Did you say split-screen natively...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nh2NSLgaII&feature=plcp
sorry about the ads...
|
|
Forum: Competitors
12-02-2012, 03:15 PM
|
|
Replies: 683
Views: 141,481
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
Hi. Although the price has gone up since I got it, you might consider airterm which can make multiple floating terminals, has ssh and a version of busybox for non rooted devices.
...
|
|
Forum: Off Topic
10-03-2012, 12:57 PM
|
|
Replies: 2,931
Views: 411,274
|
|
Forum: Competitors
10-02-2012, 01:14 PM
|
|
Replies: 28
Views: 8,716
|
|
Forum: Competitors
09-12-2012, 12:50 PM
|
|
Replies: 111
Views: 13,333
|
|
Forum: Competitors
09-07-2012, 10:17 AM
|
|
Replies: 683
Views: 141,481
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
Actually it is not quite as bad as you say because on the GNote you can adjust the size of the keyboard such that you can type fairly easily when it covers about 40% of the screen when in portrait...
|
|
Forum: Competitors
08-30-2012, 10:28 AM
|
|
Replies: 683
Views: 141,481
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
Here is the XDA thread on Note 2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1860893
Some additional things I like are that it can be purchased with 64GB internal memory and then further...
|
|
Forum: Competitors
07-21-2012, 12:33 PM
|
|
Replies: 683
Views: 141,481
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
Hmmm... Some of these specs don't seem so bad to me. 2GB RAM (will help with multitasking), 12MP Camera (I know you need to consider other factors besides MP but it could be helpful) Quad core CPU,...
|
|
Forum: Competitors
07-18-2012, 11:42 AM
|
|
Replies: 683
Views: 141,481
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
Thanks for the info. I always find your posts quite helpful. I guess I'm a bit conservative trying out these mods. I currently have ics 4.0.4, rooted, a bunch of applications, ubuntu 12.04 and a...
|
|
Forum: Competitors
07-06-2012, 03:22 PM
|
|
Replies: 683
Views: 141,481
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
This should prove interesting...
http://www.sammobile.com/2012/07/06/samsung-to-announce-galaxy-note-2-at-ifa-germany/
|
|
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
05-25-2012, 08:11 AM
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 795
Re: -1% battery with bq27x00_battery module
Perhaps the -1% is the correct reading. In that case you are running on negative energy which has great commercial applications! On the other hand, it may be like owing money and you have to give...
|
|
Forum: Competitors
05-23-2012, 08:07 PM
|
|
Replies: 683
Views: 141,481
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
After tasting ice cream sandwich I just can't go back to gingerbead. Good luck debranardis...
|
|
Forum: Competitors
05-11-2012, 09:18 PM
|
|
Replies: 683
Views: 141,481
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
Thanks for the tip (no pun intended!) I tried the stylus from my X220t thinkpad (it has wacom) and it is much more responsive than the one that came with the Note.
Not sure if I have a problem...
|
|
Forum: Competitors
05-08-2012, 02:01 PM
|
|
Replies: 683
Views: 141,481
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
Well, the bench marks for the SIII are quite impressive but not enough, at least at this point, for me to be interested in trading in my Note for one. For most applications I use, the Note is plenty...
|
|
Forum: Competitors
05-04-2012, 11:35 AM
|
|
Replies: 683
Views: 141,481
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
Don't worry. Note is still king of the Galaxys. Only way S3, with that "puny" 4.8" screen could compete with Note is if it had HWKB!
|
|
Forum: Competitors
04-26-2012, 10:46 AM
|
|
Replies: 4,518
Views: 568,125
Re: The Epic Android Thread
Looks like progress is being made in getting Debian to run without VNC by using an app called X Server
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.darkside.XServer&hl=en
Still needs...
|
