Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 01/12/15 16:45, Pete S wrote: Too scared of bricking my phone to take the plunge and put Ubuntu on it! One day.. It just so happens that I've scheduled a listing for my old phone on ebay. I won't get a lot for it, and I'm very willing to risk that one. I've just looked on the web

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 1 December 2015 at 20:57, Colin Law wrote: > On 1 December 2015 at 17:47, Tony Pursell > wrote: > > I have both an Android and an Ubuntu phone. The only Google thing the > > Ubuntu phone doesn't do is Hangouts. I would love to have that.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 1 December 2015 at 17:47, Tony Pursell wrote: > I have both an Android and an Ubuntu phone. The only Google thing the > Ubuntu phone doesn't do is Hangouts. I would love to have that. What I do > have is Gmail, G+, Maps & Calendar. For those that use it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 01/12/15 20:54, Barry Drake wrote: It just so happens that I've scheduled a listing for my old phone on ebay. I won't get a lot for it, and I'm very willing to risk that one. I've just looked on the web site. There used to be a list of phones that had been tried, and what to download from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

Hi, And here's me using Android phone and all I really want is phone / text camera email, and browser, a few games would be a luxury... Too scared of bricking my phone to take the plunge and put Ubuntu on it! One day.. Pete S On 1 December 2015 16:39:52 GMT+00:00, Alan Pope

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 1 December 2015 at 16:39, Alan Pope wrote: > On 1 December 2015 at 16:35, Colin Law wrote: >> Without the Google Apps (Gmail, Hangouts, Maps, navigation, G+) a lot >> of Android users will be very resistant to moving to Ubuntu, >> unfortunately. >> > > ..and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

I have both an Android and an Ubuntu phone. The only Google thing the Ubuntu phone doesn't do is Hangouts. I would love to have that. What I do have is Gmail, G+, Maps & Calendar. Tony On 1 December 2015 at 16:48, Colin Law wrote: > On 1 December 2015 at 16:39, Alan Pope

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 01/12/15 22:57, Barry Drake wrote: Found it. It doesn't have a Huawei in the list, but I might take a chance anyhow. Huawei is my new phone. I meant Samsung Galaxy Young2. The history shows that Samsung worked well on early models, but everything remotely recent; the Galaxy Note for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

Hi Barry, On 1 December 2015 at 14:10, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there I've just had to get a new Android phone. I still feel very > 'locked in'. I'd love to have an Ubuntu phone, but am wondering if it will > ever have an Android compatibility layer. Who

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 1 December 2015 at 15:15, Alan Pope wrote: > No, other platforms (Jolla, Tizen) have it. And Blackberry 10, which isn't even a version of Linux. (I have a Passport, a new smartphone with an actual physical *keyboard*. There's innovation for you!) Android apps are essentially

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

Hi there I've just had to get a new Android phone. I still feel very 'locked in'. I'd love to have an Ubuntu phone, but am wondering if it will ever have an Android compatibility layer. Is it Google's policy not to allow it? With regard to the last few emails on the $5 computer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 01/12/15 14:19, Liam Proven wrote: On 1 December 2015 at 15:15, Alan Pope wrote: No, other platforms (Jolla, Tizen) have it. And Blackberry 10, which isn't even a version of Linux. (I have a Passport, a new smartphone with an actual physical *keyboard*. There's innovation

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 1 December 2015 at 16:17, Barry Drake wrote: > On 01/12/15 14:19, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> On 1 December 2015 at 15:15, Alan Pope wrote: >>> >>> No, other platforms (Jolla, Tizen) have it. > > >> And Blackberry 10, which isn't even a version of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 1 December 2015 at 16:35, Colin Law wrote: > Without the Google Apps (Gmail, Hangouts, Maps, navigation, G+) a lot > of Android users will be very resistant to moving to Ubuntu, > unfortunately. > ..and many don't need any of those.. :) My brother - a very typical mobile