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Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by vegabook »

unusximmortalis wrote: post #29
vegabook wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is not a Linux tablet in that hacked-up sense. It's Ubuntu Phone. I've been using this for a year now on my Aquaris E5 and while it's not quite as smooth as IOS and Android quite yet, and that's only because my hardware is a little slow, it's definitely a full touch-oriented design from the ground up. I actually like the design better than the grid-of-icons approach. It's more sophisticated. And I'm not a zealot…

Can you please share (if you have the possibility to compare) how's the battery life compared with other tablets?

As per my post, mine is a phone, not a tablet. But it's the same OS. As far as the phone is concerned, I get 2 days easily in normal use (lots of browsing), and 3 days if light use. I would estimate it at 1.5-2x longer battery life than an iphone. It's definitely impressive. But again, I can only speak for the BQ Aquaris E5 phone.

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by CaptSpify »

bcook wrote: post #67
CaptSpify wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can, but IME, it's all terrible. I've tried so many android ssh-clients, and they are all either closed source, or don't work smoothly.

You could use Terminal Emulator and run the CLI ssh client. I know CyanogenMod includes "ssh". It's probably closed-source, but I use JuiceSSH and it is great. The Pro version has a cloud backup that makes SSH migration a breeze.

I've used TE, and it does the job, just not well. Same with CM's ssh.

I've heard juicessh is great, but I'm not going to use a closed-source app, especially to manage my ssh-keys. I have my own migration method (svn repo), that works great on laptops, it just sucks on android's shells.

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by wlesieutre »

eckza wrote: post #31

> The world’s first convergent tablet Sorry guys, M$FT had you beat to market by about... what, four years? > 16 GB internal memory Come the fuck on, now. I don't want to deal with the atrocious read/write speeds of MicroSD. 16 GB internal memory hasn't been impressive since sometime around 2007. This looks promising but it's definitely not for me. I hope someone uses it and likes it, but I think it still has a ways…

The first Surface Pro was released February 2013, so just over 3 years. That's a pretty strange claim for the Ubuntu folks to try and make.

Call it the "first open source convergent tablet" or "fist cheap convergent tablet" if it needs a first-something claim, but the "let's stick our heads in the sand and pretend nothing MS does exists" schtick doesn't make anybody look good.

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by wlesieutre »

ekianjo wrote: post #77
eckza wrote: post #31

> The world’s first convergent tablet Sorry guys, M$FT had you beat to market by about... what, four years? > 16 GB internal memory Come the fuck on, now. I don't want to deal with the atrocious read/write speeds of MicroSD. 16 GB internal memory hasn't been impressive since sometime around 2007. This looks promising but it's definitely not for me. I hope someone uses it and likes it, but I think it still has a ways…

Oh is there a Microsoft tablet available for 300 USD? I thought so. And there's nothing convergent about the Surface. Without a keyboard what can you really do with it?

> Oh is there a Microsoft tablet available for 300 USD? I thought so.

If they wanted to say "The first convergent tablet for 300 USD," then maybe they should have said that.

> And there's nothing convergent about the Surface. Without a keyboard what can you really do with it?

Netflix? Internet? Read emails? Write with its pretty fantastic handwriting recognition?

What can the Aquaris M10 do without a keyboard that the Surface Pro can't? Is it somehow "more convergent"?

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by digi_owl »

netcan wrote: post #71

" A tablet when you want it, a PC when you need it " I'm not sure if I'm being naive, but it seems to me that for a decade, the laptop market has had a ridiculous hole. There is a market for something which is not windows, at a sub $500-$600 price that is good. Tablet UI, desktop, whatever. Something that can run skype, whatsapp, tinder and the other network-effect apps that can replace their 3 year old home laptop a…

Asus tried with the EEEPC. MS And Intel stepped in it to protect their ultraprotable markup.

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by hmottestad »

green7ea wrote: post #53

I want to be really excited by this because this seems very cool but the mediatek processor and the 2 GB of RAM makes this a lot less interesting. Mediatek usually provides a closed off, low price, low performance chip which kind of clashes with what I want from an Ubuntu device.

I felt the same, especially after the ubuntu phone stunt on kickstarter which had 4GB of ram.

Maybe what we are both looking for is a tablet like the microsoft surface, but running essentially ubuntu.

For that matter, any tablet that can compete with the microsoft surface and run an operating system that is both great for developing and great for touch and mobility.

Apple is only a few steps away in my opinion. If only they would open up the iPad Pro so that developers could use if for development. It might even bring with it a new shift in UI for developers :)

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by ekianjo »

bachmeier wrote: post #68
ekianjo wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are you talking about? I am using R on Slackware 14.1 on an ARM device. It works perfectly once you compile it.

You can use base R but (unless something has recently changed) not all packages are going to work. I also program in D - including interacting with R - and that won't currently work.

I have compiled numerous R packages as well (dplyr, ggplot2, FactoMineR) and they all work fine on ARM. I agree that you may face issues when it comes to packages relying on JAVA, but otherwise never seen any other problem so far on ARM.

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Post by netcan »

mtw wrote: post #80
netcan wrote: post #71

" A tablet when you want it, a PC when you need it " I'm not sure if I'm being naive, but it seems to me that for a decade, the laptop market has had a ridiculous hole. There is a market for something which is not windows, at a sub $500-$600 price that is good. Tablet UI, desktop, whatever. Something that can run skype, whatsapp, tinder and the other network-effect apps that can replace their 3 year old home laptop a…

Why would you want tinder on a laptop? I'd pay more for a device that allows you to code, write a doc, do basic photo processing, etc. In my case, I wouldn't bring my 15" macbook pro when travelling or going a business meeting, but this could go anywhere

I didn't really mean tinder. I just meant it as a shorthand for "software you run because other people run it."

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by netcan »

digi_owl wrote: post #86
netcan wrote: post #71

" A tablet when you want it, a PC when you need it " I'm not sure if I'm being naive, but it seems to me that for a decade, the laptop market has had a ridiculous hole. There is a market for something which is not windows, at a sub $500-$600 price that is good. Tablet UI, desktop, whatever. Something that can run skype, whatsapp, tinder and the other network-effect apps that can replace their 3 year old home laptop a…

Asus tried with the EEEPC. MS And Intel stepped in it to protect their ultraprotable markup.

They did. They did well. Lets have 9 more of those.
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