Android :: Android Future Of Linux Desktop
May 3, 2010
For years I've heard that one of the biggest reasons why linux has not caught on at a desk top user level (as oppose to a server management level) is because of the lack of a standardized full featured desktop experience. With Android being based off the Linux and looking to move into bigger and more usable devices, I was wondering whether standard android wouldn't be just the right OS and UI to finally make Linux appealing and usable by the masses. I know that I would think nothing of picking up a powerful Android based tablet, and If that experience proved positive, I can see myself doing the same with a similar desktop.
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May 8, 2010
Is there any programs in to sync the droid to a Linux desktop?
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Jun 19, 2010
i successfully got into adb in recovery mode fairly easily on my ubuntu 10.4 laptop using the following method- this should also work for a linux live boot from a usb flash drive
in one terminal tail and follow log messages
~$ tail -f /var/log/messages
In another terminal run the loop
Then
1. plugin usb and keep it plugged in
2. remove battery, eject sd card.
3. put battery in
4. press vol- and power
5. after around 6 seconds, your terminal with the log will show something like "new high speed USB..."
6. press vol- to select recovery
7. press the power button
8. IMPORTANT- as soon as you see a new log entry (something like "USB disconnect"), pop in the sd card
check your loop terminal for adb. if it doesn't work, repeat at step 2
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Apr 16, 2009
I know android is based on linux, does this mean it can run any and all linux applications? If so has anyone tried to run anything like wine? I also noticed that by default you cant run apps directly from sd card, but i saw a modification on a site that lets you change it so you can, so technically speaking is there any limit on the size of sd the G1 can handle?
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Nov 17, 2009
With being a wireless industry professional for 15 years now, I have come across many different types of devices, OS's, just about it all.I wanted to love Windows mobile couldnt take the constant crashing.I wanted to love the Palm 650 well, I wont even go into that.I gave Symbian (Nokia E61) about a minute with good intentions before I was bored.I loved my BlackBerry for years feel like they are old school now.I would never use AT&T again, so the iPhone is out love my iPod Touch though.Having just gotten my first Android device, I can honestly say that while I am very impressed with the OS and its capabilities, I long to understand some of the things left out of ANY of these operating systems.
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Jun 27, 2010
When shopping online or checking into a flight online. I like to be able to save the receipt screen (or boarding pass screen) to a pdf, so I can easily access it later or print it off. This is easy to do on a laptop with cute pdf or similar. Is there any way to "print to pdf" on an android phone? Or to put it in other words, is there any way to save a webpage as a pdf, so it can be opened again later (and look exactly the same)?
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Jul 4, 2010
Well everyone is saying that there is going to be great phones this holiday season. So I wanted to know if there was any word or info on what phones are speculated to come out on verizon around the holiday season?
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Jun 25, 2010
Cant really say I am surprised but the phone is only 8 months old, glad I got the Evo. Looks like you will need to root to see 2.2 on the Hero.
Announcements: Sprint expects to launch Android 2.2 in near future
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Sep 5, 2010
Samsung has stated that Android is their focus point in the near future. Bada is their own platform and it would also remain with same priority for Samsung who is the South Korean tech giant. There is good demand for Android in the market with it being the second most popular mobile platform in the US market right now. This might have made the company think to shift their attention to Android.
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Jan 11, 2010
With the promising news of Flash support for Android what will the future of Android Game development?
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Aug 26, 2010
so I wanted to get an Evo, but then I saw all these graphic tests and found The EPIC to have amazing GPU. Now I really like the evo for htc sense, bigger screen and looks. But I want the epic for its GPU. I dont care much for the keyboard. Im afraid the GPU on evo will be outdated and not run games anymore. Im afraid cuz my cousin got a Moment and he cant run any of the good 3d games, i got my pre before him and I can run better 3d games then him.Should I get the epic just for the GPU? Do you guys even see android gaming taking off and using the epic's internals or will the GPU of EVO(Adreno 200) be fine for current and future android games. As I see it, most devs are using the N1 to develop on, so im guessing the GPU in the evo should be fine right? or should I be safe and get the Epic GPU and be able to use the keyboard for gaming, but not be satisfied by looks? (maybe when i use it in person ill fine in love with the looks lol)SHORT VERSION Should i get the EVO and not be worried about highend 3d games sucking/being laggy? Is the GPU on the Evo good enough because it is the current standard for 3d games? Dont most developers develop on n1, thus the Evo gpu will be perfect? Also I think A lot of developers are optimizing games for the snapdragons. is any of this true?
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Oct 4, 2010
From the posting so far I have seen, the current emulator as of API level 8 and Platform 2.2 does not support OpenGL ES 2.0. (Only in the emulator that the support is not there)
(The support is there at API level 8 for the ES 2.0)
wondering if any jone has figured out the following
1. Will the emulator support ES 2.0 in the future (considering there is compilers, shaders etc needed to support es 2.0) 2. What is a likely timeframe this may be available? (months or sometime future?)
I suppose considering that iPhone SDK has the emulator suppor for es 2.0, it can be anticipated on the Android emulator as well.
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Aug 2, 2010
I guess my question is, what were A and B?
A?
B?
Cupcake
Donut
Eclair
FROzenYOgurt
Gingerbread
H?
If there's not a definite answer that's cool too. I was just kinda curious.
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Aug 10, 2010
I create a game board with squares. The size of each square (both height and width) is phone_pixel_width/number_of_squares to maximize the size of each square on the game screen depending on resolution (oh and I do not support mdpi devices, thus it does not get to small).Now my problem is that I also write text in these squares. If I use the same font size for HVGA screens and for WVGA (hdpi-normal) screens the font gets to big on the HVGA (mdpi-normal) screen. I was thinking about being able to select font size depending on its width and could thus adapt the font size perfectly to the calculated square width. Is there any easy way of doing this (note: I am using TextPaint and not TextView) or do I have to calculate this myself, on the fly so to speak by creating some kind of table at start-up.
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Aug 28, 2010
I am a Verizon Wireless customer, and it is time for an upgrade this coming weekend. I am really considering the HTC Incredible over the X (too big for me) and D2. Would if be worth it to wait a month or two for any future Android phones?
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Mar 30, 2014
When I dial 1 specific number, an Unknown call with the date of December 31, 2034 shows up in the call log. On an outgoing call. Only happens when I dial out that number and not when I receive it. Normally, I wouldn't care,I have like 10 Unknown calls at the top of my log.
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Sep 15, 2010
I have a repeating alarm setting, I have the activity being launched, the piece I'm missing is having this triggered after x minutes of inactivity.
I'm considering keying off of SCREEN_OFF in a service and then setting an alarm and canceling it on SCREEN_ON, does anyone have an intent or other suggestion for this. I've considering polling for tasks, all kinds of pieces but I'm stuck.
Requirement:
- App launches, alarm is set to relaunch app after 5 minutes, user exits/app exits after one minute
- alarm triggers, detects phone is in use, resets alarm to trigger in fives minutes
- if phone is idle relaunches app for one minute
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Aug 6, 2010
Google Talks About The Future Of Android | Lifehacker Australia "What next for Android? What can be done to make carriers offer updates? And will the battery life on Android devices ever get any better? Lifehacker put those questions to Android product manager Yu-Kuan Lin when he visited Australia this week. What are the big priorities for the Android team at the moment? The first theme for Android is really about bringing innovation to mobile, and specifically all the goodness of the Web to mobile. That why we got into Android in the first place. The second point was in order to drive this innovation the system has to be as open as possible so we went for an open source approach and let everybody see our code base. We have a very open marketplace that lets developers put up all sorts of apps. We believe that this diversity of apps and devices is ultimately offering consumers a lot of choice and that it what they want. We really believe in that innovation driven by openness which ultimately fosters diversity and a whole ecosystem. Thatthe overall theme for Android as a whole. With that as a backdrop, what we focusing on now is we seeing a lot of success with devices, obviously. What we really focusing on is how do we take the user experience to the next level. In the last year, you saw us take a step in the direction of hardware where we did the Nexus One which was really our experiment in terms of how far we could push the envelope in terms of hardware development so that it matches and can showcase all the great stuff on the software platform. Now that we have a lot of basic pieces of the platform done, the next step is really to improve the user experience beyond what it already is, so to really have a polished experience around not just the core OS, but scaling across different devices and different form factors: different screens, different types of input, camera, GPS, all those things. That the big direction in which we are moving in now, and I think you will see a lot of new features being released ing forward..."
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May 30, 2010
Clearwire now has coverage maps available for the K.C. area, and it looks promising..! CLEAR WiMAX 4G Coverage Area Map
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May 5, 2010
How do you save GPS destinations for future re-use? I figure out how to do short-cuts for destinations but it would be overwhelming to do one for each destination.
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Jun 24, 2010
Does anybody know if we currently have the tools to block future OTA's?
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Aug 9, 2010
One of our Verizon Wireless sources has dropped a whole bunch of info in our laps. We�re talking intimate details of Verizon Wireless plans for the rest of 2010, 2011 and even some 2012 plans. Android tablets, LTE MiFi units, Android 3.0, video conferencing, and a whole lot more. Read on for the full details! In addition to the Motorola DROID and Motorola DROID X, weï told Motorola will launch a new DROID handset, the Motorola DROID Pro. It is supposed to have a 1.3GHz CPU, 4 screen and global roaming capabilities. Estimated launch of November 2010, Motorola is working with Verizon on alab form- device that sort of looks like an old Motorola Q but features a full touchscreen and global roaming. It will run Android 2.2. Maybe this will be a lower cost, MOTOBLUR handset? There are a lot more Android invasions happening before the end of the year, we told. This includes a global Android device from both Samsung and HTC.Samsung is working on a 7 screen Android tablet with front-facing camera. Motorola is also working on a tablet as well, except it will sport a 10 screen, either 1GHz or 1.3GHz CPU, front-facing camera, and Android 3.0. Don expect the Motorola so soon though, as informed that while the launch was supposed to happen in December, Android 3.0 will probably hold up the release of that device and we should expect it around February 2011. Verizon Wireless is aiming and on track to have at least 75% of the country covered in LTE coverage by April 2012 There will be a Novatel LTE MiFi device available in January or February that will apparently support up to 10 simultaneous Wi-Fi users. Lastly, we told LTE data pricing will stick at month, though it unclear what the data allowance will be. (This is for data cards, not smart phones) Regardless of whether an iPhone comes to Verizon Wireless anytime soon, it obviously clear they are not slowing down with their huge Android push. With LTE coming up, and a major stable of high-performance smart phones, it seems like Verizon has positioned themselves to win. We see how the end of the year and 2011 shape up before making any concrete judgments, though. Did we get anyone excited?
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May 9, 2010
Is there some way to setup a reminder on this phone. essentially an alarm for a future day/time? I don't want to have to fill out a whole appointment - just setup a reminder..
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Apr 11, 2010
Has anyone looked into porting moto blur to the hero in a future rom? I just like the idea of more ROMS to play with!
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Jul 15, 2010
Saw this reply to an email inquiry regarding the FPS cap issue over at AC:
I just got email from HTC:
Hi, I am Danielle and I would be happy to assist you today. You were wondering about the cap on 30 FPS on your HTC EVO 4G. Since this Android device employs a unique HDMI output to deliver video in HD quality to an external display, the hardware graphics driver interface uses significant resources for the HDMI output and therefore displays graphics at 30 frames per second on the integrated display. It's important to keep in mind that content including most movies and television, are created to run at between 24 and 30 frames per second. We have found that some games may be impacted by this limitation.
The HTC EVO 4G has been locked to 30 FPS. This should not present a major issue for most Android applications; however, you may have some issues with some 2D or 3D applications. The 30 FPS has been locked to enhance overall performance in the device. By lowering the FPS of the device the CPU works less. This increases the battery life of the device. The 30 FPS is set but we have decided to look into the possibility of overcoming this limitation by software changes. HTC plans to announce its findings when we complete our investigation. I thank you for contacting HTC and please feel free to send another email if you have any other questions.
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Sep 5, 2010
I was just wondering if anyone had heard anything about the epic getting future wiimote compatability. I had also heard some rumors about some ps3 controller code being found on the epic's programming.
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Dec 16, 2009
Does anyone know of an app where I can download a map and then save it for future reference?
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Jan 28, 2010
Is it possible to run apk application on Linux without using android emulator? if yes, How ?
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Mar 25, 2010
Since Android is built on Linux Kernel.Are there any functionality of Linux which we can use in our application?
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Nov 29, 2009
The calender sync feature puts in all future events but no past ones. This happens on both exchange and google calenders. The synch does not eliminate the past events on the exchange server on on my laptop google calender. My blackberry had a setting for this. I can not find a similar setting which allows me to retain the past events on the Droid.
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