Re: Re: suggestions of Android smartphones

[Daniel Martins <danielemc@gmail.com>]

2010/4/19 Matthew Jones <mat@matburt.net>:
> I used swype for about 2 days on my droid before getting rid of it... it's a
> good concept that needs be iterated on.

I could not follow your comment here


> Trying to use emacs from any of the Android shells is borderline
> impossible... unless you have a full keyboard to hook up to your Android
> phone then I would say you should rule out using it in that fashion.

A bluetooth keyboard such as

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.34724
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.6443
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.28954


is possible to be used with an Android phone? It worths an investment?


Daniel

> One of the features I'm working on for the MobileOrg beta (along with being
> able to capture notes and change todo states) is a home screen widget that
> will show your Agenda or Todo list, this way you don't have to open the
> application to view or adjust these items.
> 73
> Matthew W. Jones (KI4ZIB)
> http://matburt.net
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Daniel Martins <danielemc@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The device I was tantalized to buy was the
>>
>> Motorola Quench
>>
>> maybe mainly for Swipe feature
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWpqsDnXIOY  (at about 1:00)
>>
>> or maybe for the price (in Brazil is about 500 USD while the Milestone
>> is about 780 USD. I know both are outrageous prices in American or
>> European terms!). BTW the Quench in Brazil DOES NOT seem to come with
>> the swype feature...
>>
>> In fact, I doubt I could edit in Emacs or similar in a phone. I am
>> afraid of virtual keyboards and small physical keyboards as well :)
>> For someone over forties I tend to do not consider these typing
>> devices as toys or at least funny :)
>>
>> For this reason I think that a nice interface such as MobileOrg with
>> agenda view would be the best.
>>
>> ConnectBot seems to be an option as well (when you have connection, of
>> course!)
>>
>> Sven, you seem quite happy with a virtual keyboard. Am I right?
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> 2010/4/19 Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com>:
>> > Eric S Fraga <ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
>> >
>> >> On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:07:32 -0300, Daniel Martins
>> >> <danielemc@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>  --- resending with a proper title ---
>> >>>
>> >>> Matthew,
>> >>>
>> >>> Just a suggestion for newbies.
>> >>>
>> >>> Could you generate a video of MobileOrg Android similar to those of
>> >>> the MobileOrg Iphone.
>> >>>
>> >>> I am still open to suggestions of Android smartphones.
>> >>>
>> >>> If I need to access a remote ssh account and open Emacs, the available
>> >>> keyborards are OK?
>> >>>
>> >>> Daniel
>> >>
>> >> I have the same questions!  My current mobile phone contract expires
>> >> in 3 months and I'm looking at upgrading to an Android phone.  The
>> >> current best deal I have found is for the Samsung Galaxy Portal, aka
>> >> the i5700.  [1] I'm looking at upgrading to replace my Nokia internet
>> >> tablet (n810) and non-smart phone with one unit.  The nokia does a
>> >> really nice job of running emacs and org-mode, mind you.
>> >>
>> >> I'm particularly interested in knowing how the different handsets
>> >> approach the keying in of keys like C-x, M-x, TAB, et al.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> eric
>> >
>> >
>> > +1 on this. I had almost decided on the Motorola Milestone (Droid) but
>> > would love to hear others experiences. Using org-mode in a term emacs is
>> > not ideal because a lot of shift/arrow/fn chords dont work in the
>> > terminals
>> > I tried (xterm, urxvt etc) and so doubt they will on a mobile device
>> > either : so my hard core usage of only emacs -nw inside urxvt and tmux
>> > soon dwindled and I'm back to using emacs in X. The only problem I now
>> > have is not being to find a way to use ONE x frame with emacsclient
>> > being able to create it if its not already done (I bet I've missed
>> > something obvious but emacsclient -c always creates a new frame and
>> > emacsclient wont create it if its not already there on my emacs).
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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