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That's not news. Having a terminal on your phone is news.
There were terminals on phones even a decade ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_9000_Communicator
There are webservers for Symbian.
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#62Have the commented on whether they're going with Gecko or Webkit for the browser and embedded HTML views?
The apps built against it will be using qtwebkit, I imagine they will go with webkit. Maybe use a reskinned rekonq or some other qt based browser as a "default" browser.
What I'm more worried about than the choice of html engine, is if they are going to use chrome or firefox webapp manifests, because they are incompatible and one of them is necessary for first class web applications.
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its an absolutely EPIC tool. I use my phone right now for sshing into my home machines and getting analytics, benchmarks, error logs, making spot changes to files, editing users and groups, etc. If you have a smartphone with a foldout keyboard, you're set. The possibility of me being able to do this with urxvt and emacs running on the phone is just awesome. Interacting with postgres on the cli with my phone is a drea…
Which keyboard would you recommend, I have a Galaxy Nexus, and use to for emergency ssh sessions when I dont have access the computer.
Hacker Keyboard. It will let you send keystrokes via the keyboard instead of needing connectbot.
unless you meant an actual bluetooth keyboard, then its just a matter of foldable vs fixed and what you like more. My dad uses this:
http://www.quill.com/android-keyboards/cbs/283296.html?cm_mm...
for his nexus 7. Works out pretty well.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's not news. Having a terminal on your phone is news.
There were terminals on phones even a decade ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_9000_Communicator
I must admit that serial terminals were not something I was excepting to pop up in this thread :D
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#66As soon as Ubuntu Phone becomes stable enough for daily use, I will switch from Android to it. Coupled with a powerful processor and plenty of spare solid-state memory, Ubuntu Phone will allow me to walk around and travel with my entire desktop environment in my pocket -- including round-the-clock access to everything available in official and third-party Ubuntu repositories. (Have you ever needed access to an editor…
This sounds somewhat too optimistic? Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd think the majority of people using their laptop for the tasks you talk about would prefer a real keyboard and some usable screen estate over a small screen and slow typing anyday. Might get the job done, but fun is otherwise and it's definitely not the right tool for the desktop job.
I'm pretty sure the parent is being sarcastic. It's wonderfully subtle, though: most people always overdo sarcasm out of fear that it'll go over the heads of most people, which just reduces it to crass snark. This perfectly dances the line.
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Any info on exactly which phone that might be?
No info. But hopefully the first one will be based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and will be 64-bit (Cortex A57 and Cortex A53 class chips). It would be a mistake for them to start out with a 32 bit version, just to switch to the 64 but version months later or a year later.
I doubt that they would be using such bleeding edge SoC if they want to aim at first half of 2014. Heck, best info I found was that the chips themselves are going to begin shipping in 2014. And building a phone around a brand new SoC will take longer than 6 months, even if they had a established OS (which they don't).
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well thats the beauty, you can just plug keyboard/mouse via usb and hdmi for screen into your phone, ehm desktop-PC - see raspberry pis, cubieboard and so on. really looking forward to it.
If you're going to use all those adapters & accessories... you may as well just use a desktop or laptop. Which probably already has all those packages you frequently use, and runs them faster.
I guess if I'm going to my parents' or a friend's and I know they've got a keyboard and monitor - I just take my phone instead of my laptop.
If I don't know what's available at my destination then I take the extra bag.
(although I use a 3G iPad for emergencies - it is an extra bag but only a small one)
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#69Would rather have a bsd phone. Hell even a netbsd phone than a linux phone but I will accept your Ubuntu phone over Android anyday though I fully expect Ubuntu to get sued out of existence once they start getting into the mobile biz. There isn't a day that goes by when Samsung isn't being sued by a hundred different corporations or Samsung isn't themselves suing a hundred different corporations.
I'm also secretly hoping Ubuntu is paying attention to security with all the mobile spying going on and not just concentrating on making the latest supercoleslawesome twitter integration while they develop this.
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#70As soon as Ubuntu Phone becomes stable enough for daily use, I will switch from Android to it. Coupled with a powerful processor and plenty of spare solid-state memory, Ubuntu Phone will allow me to walk around and travel with my entire desktop environment in my pocket -- including round-the-clock access to everything available in official and third-party Ubuntu repositories. (Have you ever needed access to an editor…
Have you ever needed access to an editor, language, database backend, etc. when you happen to be without a laptop? Honestly? No. I can't imagine the agony of trying to type out a SQL query on my phone. I have a Macbook Air, which is light enough for me to carry around with me the vast majority of the time- it's great. If I wanted something smaller I would perhaps get a tablet with a keyboard (or a netbook, if they we…
I use prompt app on my iPhone all the time!