Maybe I misunderstood what you meant about the "swipe" feature. There is a keyboard called Swype which is fairly overrated.
I can't comment on how well or if a bluetooth keyboard would work... I think if I were going to go to the trouble of carrying around a keyboard I would rather just carry my netbook. 73, Matthew W. Jones (KI4ZIB) http://matburt.net On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Daniel Martins <daniel...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2010/4/19 Matthew Jones <m...@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 <daniel...@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 <rileyrg...@gmail.com>: > >> > Eric S Fraga <ucec...@ucl.ac.uk> writes: > >> > > >> >> On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:07:32 -0300, Daniel Martins > >> >> <daniel...@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). > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > >> > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > >> > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > >> > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > >> > > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list > >> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >
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