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MediaTek? No, thanks.
MediaTek is not just a lower-end chip; it potentially has its own unique advanages. E.g. AFAIK only phones with MediaTek chips potentially can: - ring an alarm when in 'off' state - change their IMEI I'm not claiming that everyone needs that or that it will be possible on Ubuntu; just reminding that MTK chips have some unique advantages, too.
Oh, how I would love this device to be a class leading spec. It's nearly time for a new phone, and I'd love an Ubuntu handset, but don't think I'd be up for the technical downgrade by purchasing this mid-(to-low-)range device.
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Would you mind to explain what you are talking about ? I thought telegram are more secure than whats app and etc . I would gladly hear what do you think about these app in general.
Telegram is a proprietary network service, which means that there is no reason to believe that it is secure.
Ok, ordered. Crappy ordering process though, you have to pick a password without any particular reason to (don't ask your customers to make an account if you don't actually need one...), the certificate they use is invalid and they drop you on a page in Spanish after an English language ordering process that does not even bother to confirm you just made a purchase. Let's hope the phone shows up :)
I want to be able to hook a keyboard and monitor to my phone, and then have a full ubuntu desktop experience.
Sarcasm aside: I am still waiting for an official FFOS Whatsapp version, meanwhile I am using my ZTE Open as a PC+camera+GCM dongle to run some fun hacks, kindda like a Tessel Machine.
I'm holding off until the Meizu MX4 Ubuntu goes on sale -- but perhaps I shouldn't - does anyone know if it is exactly the same as the one being sold now running Android? If so, I might get that one and install Ubuntu myself.
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Yes and no. The phone image is read-only by default, with RW areas for user data / tmp / logs etc. You can easily make the RO portion RW, and then apt-get or dpkg install random packages. However the caveat is we never test that scenario, so if you break it, you get to keep the pieces. You can then re-flash it to get out of this of course.
That still sounds far nicer than Android... Shame that this phone has such a low res screen or I'd be tempted.
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The specs on that Xiaomi are really nice value. I'd been looking at the 2nd gen Moto E or G for my parents, but the Xiaomi beats it, although at a higher cost. It just amazes me how cheap tech has become. The other day I was looking through the Microsoft Store, saw a $90 ish tablet that had various discounts at times bringing it down to an absolutely ridiculous $60-70 range. I checked out some reviews and they were g…
So I got one of those stream 7 tablets. I like it when I use it as a device, but windows 8 isn't quite ready for a tablet os I feel like. I was wanting a keyboard & trackpad pretty quickly. By adding a keyboard case, I might as well use a netbook anyway at this weight profile. Also tapping on some things can be awkward. Also the battery dies on you quickly on idle, and it doesn't charge that easily through usb, you n…
Are netbooks still being produced in mass scale? I was considering buying a netbook recently, as a 2nd lighter machine than my laptop, so that I can take it when I go out to nearby places like for shops / malls, and use short spells of free time outside to do some work (at least work that's light on CPU/RAM resources, like Python programming, or even email or technical topic browsing). But a few computer shops I went to, told me that Asus / Acer (for example) are not making new ones these days. This is in India, BTW. Don't know if this issue (if real) is specific to this region or not.
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VPNs aren't secure end-to-end. You can still have your connection spied upon and/or hijacked in the link between the VPN gateway and the website servers (including by the VPN operators themselves!).
What about PIA? The client has encryption and they come highly recommended from various people.