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Voted webOS, it's nice not to have to break your OS and build it from the ground up before you have something functional. Even with a complete lack of support I prefer that to android.
I cast my vote The fact you can build your OS from the ground up is a huge plus IMO.
WebOS got my vote
I was serious considering WebOS already in 2009 in the then soon to be launched Palm Pre, as a replacement for that Samsung scam, called i900 Omnia and it's WinMo.
Well, I had to abandon those plans. Mostly because the Pre would only accept a 8GB card. Also that the there was no way to buy the Pre here in Sweden (Not to mention that I had already splashed out too much money on that darned i900)
When I at last could scrap the i900. My eyes was set on a phone that was compatible with the Spotify music streaming service and hence a SE E10i alias X10 Mini was bought.
In my experience the Android is far from a finished product.
But those HP letters in front of WebOS makes me hesitating thought...
interesting one, im wating for chromeOS too
webos is garbage , design to run on tamagochi looking phones , gimme a break , i dont know about you guys but im not a child
All of the "fat finger" OSs suck. I miss Windows Phone 6.1 and 6.5 with a scroll wheel and a D-pad.
You didn't even need to touch the screen.
One-handed operation was a snap.
Voice dialing worked the way it should---even with a bluetooth device.
Voted android because I like options. Webos will come out swinging or go down like rim and a DC10
WebOs has my vote.. Can't even imagine the smoothness on devices of the power we are accustomed to.
Dudes, as an owner of 4 iPhones, and 4 Android phones, and a plethora of WinMo Phones.. WebOS is the ****ing ****,
haven't tried Web OS, so vote for Android
Voted for Android, but a final between WebOS and Win Phone 7 will be fun.
I like Webos, but the devices WebOs is currently on does not fit my wants in a phone! The 3" 3"1 screen with it's small keyboard is not enough for me. The 1 ghz cpu and ram is fine for me though, just the factor it's in...
WebOs hmmm got my vote?
Who cares? What are the requirements?
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I like Webos,
Voted WebOS
I just had a random thought...ICS on personal computers! By that, I mean ICS running on our x86 desktops and laptops!
I tried Android X86 before. It was very fast, but running a phone O.S on a desktop just didn't feel right.
ICS seems as it may be very good for laptops and especially netbooks. Better speeds, better battery life, and greater security are just a few advanges over Windows.
Personally, I'd love to see ICS running on my MacBook. I believe it would both run and look amazing!
What are your thoughts about this? I for one see ICS running quite well on phones, tablets, and now personal computers!
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Now I can't see why i would want ICS on my desktop. I wouldn't be able to watch all my movies due to lack of codec support or software simply isn't polished enough. I wouldn't be able to code. I wouldn't be able to properly edit a document or start one. I could go on but you get the jist right? A computer is a computer, and for now ICS is a plaything. Until google thinks about entering the computer scene with android, it will be a plaything.
Mm I don't see ICS replacing my Mac or laptop , is way different, sure use a tablet as a full PC and trust me that ain't fun all the time, specially working a lot with spreadsheets, works become so much harder , ICS is meant to be a mobile OS
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what i always thought someone should do is release a PCI/PCIe card with a nice dual core ARM chip on it (tegra 2? IDK) and a few gigs of flash memory, to store android. boom. instant androi-based PC. more than enough for a lot of people.
I mean, it'd take a little work to come up with some universal drivers, but it couldn't be that hard, right?
I just wanted to throw in a little "update": Since Android 4 ICS will be open-source, the guys down at Android-X86 are sure to port it to X86, followed by a good community modding it.
I for one would love to have ICS running on my MacBook Pro, that is, while taking advantage of the Magic Multi-Touch trackpad. That would be epic.
Anyways, I hope to see ICS running well and looking great on all devices. Android 4 seems to be a very good operating system. I played with a Honeycomb tablet the other day and loved it; the UI was very nice and the menus were great. I can't wait to see a similar-looking O.S running on my blazin' Galaxy S II, and, hopefully my future Tegra 3-Powered tablet!
mtmerrick said:
what i always thought someone should do is release a PCI/PCIe card with a nice dual core ARM chip on it (tegra 2? IDK) and a few gigs of flash memory, to store android. boom. instant androi-based PC. more than enough for a lot of people.
I mean, it'd take a little work to come up with some universal drivers, but it couldn't be that hard, right?
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I'd say that it would be possible to develop a 13" laptop with a Dual-Core ARM chip, 1GB-2GB of RAM, and 4GB of flash (for Android) with a hard drive in UNDER $200. It would sell at $350 (if I were behind it).
I'm with Kailkti. I see no reason why I'd want Android on a PC. No reason whatsoever. None. The flexibility and feature set of Android and it's apps is just waaaay too far away from a full-fledged OS.
In fact, I'd go the other way around, the only situation I'd even consider a tablet is if I could run a traditional Linux distro on it. Which will never happen thanks to the closed nature of tablet hardware.
Keep mobile OSes as far away as possible from full-fledged computers, thank you.
Colton127 said:
I'd say that it would be possible to develop a 13" laptop with a Dual-Core ARM chip, 1GB-2GB of RAM, and 4GB of flash (for Android) with a hard drive in UNDER $200. It would sell at $350 (if I were behind it).
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I love that concept! i'd pay a lot for it if it had a touchscreen, no sure how interested i'd be if it didn't.
I think Android is fabulous, but there's enough lightweight Linux distros with much better support for x86 architecture and that aren't touchscreen centered that it's not likely the kind of market Android could gain ground on.
I also think both devices, a full fledged computer and a phone do go hand in hand for some people but are still vastly dissimilar in their usage.
mtmerrick said:
I love that concept! i'd pay a lot for it if it had a touchscreen, no sure how interested i'd be if it didn't.
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Honestly, I was thinking of no touchscreen (too expensive), but rather a large, Multi-Touch trackpad loaded with unique gestures and a good-sized keyboard.
You can always look at the ASUS Transformer, too.
Colton127 said:
Honestly, I was thinking of no touchscreen (too expensive), but rather a large, Multi-Touch trackpad loaded with unique gestures and a good-sized keyboard.
You can always look at the ASUS Transformer, too.
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reason i never went for the transformer was because as a standalone tablet its nothing special (a500 or others are much better value, isn't that good until you buy a $150 accessory, and then its only something unique used as a laptop - and i don't mind going on my laptop when i need to type something.
but if i can get a 15" touchscreen W8 laptop that i can dualboot W8ARM & ICS on, i'd LOVE that.
mtmerrick said:
but if i can get a 15" touchscreen W8 laptop that i can dualboot W8ARM & ICS on, i'd LOVE that.
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Never at a reasonable price. That's the big problem with touchscreens. Quality ones aren't cheap and cheap ones are of atrocious quality... A good OS with a crappy input method is no better than a crappy OS with a good input method. Either will make you rage because they won't behave as you wished.
mtmerrick said:
reason i never went for the transformer was because as a standalone tablet its nothing special (a500 or others are much better value, isn't that good until you buy a $150 accessory, and then its only something unique used as a laptop - and i don't mind going on my laptop when i need to type something.
but if i can get a 15" touchscreen W8 laptop that i can dualboot W8ARM & ICS on, i'd LOVE that.
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Honestly, I cannot think of a reason why you'd want a touchpad on a laptop. I'm using a MacBook Pro right now, and could not think of when I would EVER use a touchscreen, if the screen had one. The trackpad is much better, and the keyboard is just great.
Not to mention the arm strain you'd get from keeping your hand up to navigate.
I'm thinking of buying a raspberry pi for learning programming and I wonder if it is possible to develop android apps and roms on the raspberry pi.
Probably the device is too weak but I thought that of running Quake 3 on the raspi, too.
So I am asking you if anyone has experiences with developing Android on the raspberry pi.
I hope you can help me.
Start here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raspberry-Pi-In-Easy-Steps/dp/1840785810
Doesnt say anything about Android on the site.
Android will most likely never run on pi. As far as compiling android roms on the Linux platform. Feasible at best, with half gig ram I think it would take some time to compile, but I have no experience with that. What i have experienced.... nothing on pi is fast
OK, thanks. I think I will do a little Python programming and maybe a lego robot. Do you have suggestions what to do with GPIO exept from led?
check out the projects thread, I have one to run my charcoal smoker, reads three meats pid controller runs a fan to stoke the coals. I have one to run my sprinkler system in my garden, 4 zones on a timer,I want to add a moisture sensor to that and automate it
Either by swapping on a cheap USB 3.0 drive or by waiting a little longer, the RasPi should make a dirt-cheap nightly build server! Imagine compiling CyanogenMod overnight without spending more than 2W of power! And even faster by overclocking to 1GHz with a 3$ heatsink kit! :victory:
Now that we've got a quad-core 64 bit processor, as well as many handset connections and do-dads, are we any closer to a serviceable Android port for current releases?
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Now that we've got a quad-core 64 bit processor, as well as many handset connections and do-dads, are we any closer to a serviceable Android port for current releases?
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Android is able to run also on Raspberry Pi 1, it is not a problem about SoC.. As we can see there are no Devs able to port Android to Raspberry Pi.
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Android is able to run also on Raspberry Pi 1, it is not a problem about SoC.. As we can see there are no Devs able to port Android to Raspberry Pi.
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I'm actually interested in doing that. Just got my RBP3 and I will give a try and hopefully learn something.
Anyone interested to team up?
I saw a video of a guy running 5.x on Raspberry Pi 2 https://youtu.be/aSgQDhM84Ko
yeah i'm interested in teaming up. email me at [email protected] i already started to work on this.
Do you need specifically Android 5? peyo (can't post links - search for "peyo-hd" on GitHub) is doing great work with his CM repositories for RPi2 + RPi3. We also have a working image for RPi3 based on AOSP Android N Preview (again, no links... "RTAndroid" on GitHub). We also have downloadable images at our website.
Raspberry PI 3 is going to be supported officially by Google. So someone can port it for RPi2 too hopefully. Links:
Official Raspberry Pi 3 Twitter page
Google's AOSP repository for the Raspberry Pi 3
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Raspberry PI 3 is going to be supported officially by Google. So someone can port it for RPi2 too hopefully. Links:
Official Raspberry Pi 3 Twitter page
Google's AOSP repository for the Raspberry Pi 3
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Wow, that is very exciting. I am developing an application for use on the AndroidOS/JM for remote data collection, SalmonCam (https://twitter.com/yatrafish). I've had problems coping with the subtle variations in manufacturer Android builds and hardware specificities. I am hoping that we can create custom ROMS for the Pi that are less phone-ish and more technical. Thanks.
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Raspberry PI 3 is going to be supported officially by Google.
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Based on the fact that the repository is still empty, I think it will take a while until we have an official version. Would be pretty cool though.
portsample said:
Wow, that is very exciting. I am developing an application for use on the AndroidOS/JM for remote data collection, SalmonCam (https://twitter.com/yatrafish). I've had problems coping with the subtle variations in manufacturer Android builds and hardware specificities. I am hoping that we can create custom ROMS for the Pi that are less phone-ish and more technical. Thanks.
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That sounds amazing. Becoming more technical is exactly the reasoning behind RTAndroid. Although we gave up on RPi2 as it was super slow.
kalkov said:
Based on the fact that the repository is still empty, I think it will take a while until we have an official version. Would be pretty cool though.
That sounds amazing. Becoming more technical is exactly the reasoning behind RTAndroid. Although we gave up on RPi2 as it was super slow.
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I agree totally, there is a significant need for a modern technical OS.
WinCE/PocketPC is the primary option where ruggedized field terminals with hardware buttons are needed. See http://www.junipersys.com/ for an example of the industry standard device.
portsample said:
I agree totally, there is a significant need for a modern technical OS.
WinCE/PocketPC is the primary option where ruggedized field terminals with hardware buttons are needed. See http://www.junipersys.com/ for an example of the industry standard device.
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I'm glad I finally found somebody with a similar opinion. We did actually contact several manufacturers/resellers of rugged tablets, but only a small part of them were interested in Android in general. And those who were told us they are happy with the normal AOSP. I never understood how they don't have any other requirements for those devices. May be customers are now yet aware of what is possible.
http://geektillithertz.com/wordpress/index.php/2016/06/02/android-tv-for-raspberry-pi-3/
portsample said:
Now that we've got a quad-core 64 bit processor, as well as many handset connections and do-dads, are we any closer to a serviceable Android port for current releases?
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Not sure whether it has to be Android 5. There are several working images with support for Android N.
Hello, thanks for having a look at my thread: I’m curious on how I can run Ubuntu Touch on my Android phone. To cut a long story short, my brother bought me an iPhone 7 replica which operates on a custom ROM. I’m very disappointed if I won’t be able to flash this with Ubuntu Touch because the hardware is impressive. The internal memory is 128GB, albeit I have yet to confirm with the rest of the specifications.
Are there are any resources for Ubuntu Touch installations for Android Phones?
I had a look at their homepage, but none of these phones are an iPhone 7 replica (generic Android smartphone).
I’d truly appreciate any help that I can get.
Thanks!
Additional details: I'm looking to replace the entire Android operating system with Ubuntu Touch.