Xournal porting / Fremantle / Harmattan

2009-07-06 Thread Aniello Del Sorbo
Hi I have read, as everyone, the interesting (and somewhat expected) news that Maemo's switching to Qt with Harmattan. I am still not sure, and I'm still in the process of making up my mind about this, but it could affect my porting of Xournal to Fremantle. Porting an application to Fremantle

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Jonathan Greene
Nokia's denial - http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSL613838520090706 On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Garyg...@eyetraxx.net wrote: This should be interesting... http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gmg/op/sqrya-hNKEmn5iLRAfqL-dQ/view.m?id=120437tid=34cat=technology

Re: Alter advanced boot

2009-07-06 Thread sean
Eric S Fraga wrote: I'm interested in the solution to this problem as well. I would like to boot from my internal memory card but, for some reason, the boot sequence defaults to the flash disk, even though I'm sure I said otherwise when setting up the boot parameters. Being paranoid, my

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Mark
Yeah, well, Nokia has been denying a lot of things lately, and if they are really relying on Symbian for their smartphones they are guaranteeing failure in the long run. Symbian just doesn't have the flexibility or power necessary to be really competitive. Like PalmOS, it was great in its day, but

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Andrea Grandi
I really would buy a Nokia phone with Android... 2009/7/6 Mark wolfm...@gmail.com: Yeah, well, Nokia has been denying a lot of things lately, and if they are really relying on Symbian for their smartphones they are guaranteeing failure in the long run. Symbian just doesn't have the

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Jonathan Greene
I think Nokia would have to seriously differentiate if they went Android ... without a substantial custom layer, they risk being a hardware only player which goes against their desired evolution into a services company ... that said extending services onto other platforms would be a great idea.

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Mark
...which is exactly the worst attitude they could possibly have. It's that proprietary layer that's holding them back and making things difficult for the users of their devices as well as the developers. If they could get it through their thick heads that flexibility always wins over proprietary,

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Jonathan Greene
preaching to the choir ... Look at how FriendView works - Nokia Only. Vs. Google Latitude - all platforms (iphone soon) and built into google maps. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Markwolfm...@gmail.com wrote: ...which is exactly the worst attitude they could possibly have. It's that

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Chris Vail
Maybe Nokia's collaboration with Intel will run Android? --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Jonathan Greene atmasph...@atmasphere.net wrote: From: Jonathan Greene atmasph...@atmasphere.net Subject: Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia? To: Mark wolfm...@gmail.com Cc: Maemo users maemo-users@maemo.org

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Mark
Actually, Maemo is more likely than Android. For the previously stated reasons, Nokia wants to keep it proprietary. Mark On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Chris Vailchrisbv...@yahoo.com wrote: Maybe Nokia's collaboration with Intel will run Android? --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Jonathan Greene