[06:37] good morning [09:54] hey all [09:55] can anyone recommend a PDA / Smartphone for use and development of ubuntu mobile? I have read about the Samsung Q1 but that is a little out of my price bracket heh [10:25] anyone able to help? [10:33] demon012: There's really nothing inexpensive available at the current time. I've seen some products that may be available for as little as ~600 USD plus airtime contract announced for June, but not much else. [10:46] thanks persia [10:46] i was hoping that i may be able to find a compatible smartphone or pda for less than £400 [10:46] demon012: That said, while some of the software may not support the hardware ideally, nearly any of the 7" subnotebooks might be a decent test environment, assuming a touch screen. [10:47] what are the current requirements of the kernel? architecture wise? [10:47] just x86 instruction set? [10:47] I use a Kohjinsha SR8, but I think the SH6 would be around £450. [10:48] Most x86 ought work. McCaslin or Menlow is supported. [10:49] mmm i will see if i can find something smaller using a compatible processor [10:49] need something that will fit in a pocket ideally [10:50] Good luck. Also try to get something with the Intel video hardware. For fitting in a pocket, you likely want to look at something from everrun, or the sharp D4, but these may be difficult to find retail. [10:51] ok tyvm for your help persia [10:51] Things like the small Acer, the Sony slidable, and the Fujitsu convertible tend to be just over pocket size, and at 550-600 grams would strain the seams. [10:51] im gonna go have a look around [10:51] yeh i had contemplated the asus eee pc [10:52] That's definitely too big for a pocket (but so is the Q1). [10:52] but that was not the ideal thing because the battery life would not last a whole day lol [10:52] Also, it doesn't have a touchscreen. [10:52] ye [10:53] Nothing available retail today has the battery life. The D4 in June is the only product I've seen announced that was designed for a mostly-on use case. [10:53] mmm darn i may have to just see if i can get hold of a zaurus or something then [10:55] i think i will have to hold off for a while until something more suitable for me comes along and in the mean time get a zaurus (i am in serious need of something to keep me organised) [10:57] Speaking from experience, the Zaurus won't help with organisation. It's a pocket computer (as some of the other devices listed). While it can do PDA stuff, it's not optimised that way. [10:58] Also, it's out of production. Unless you're in Japan and can get one used, you'd do better with one of the Nokia devices. [10:58] mmm have you got any recommendations then? i need something able to receive email, has a calendar that can sync to an ical calendar and is able to wake up to remind me [10:58] so a n800 or the like? [10:59] A modern phone-type thing ought be able to do all that. [11:00] mmm i think i may go for a N800 then as I had seen it mentioned on the moblin pages so there may be hope in the linux dept [11:00] On the other hand, if you want web browsing, music, reasonable note-taking, ability to handle documents, light processing (spreadsheets, small math models), etc. The Nokia or any of the pocket devices I listed above might be more suitable. [11:01] yeh i think i will take your advice and go for a nokia [11:02] thankyou persia you have been a great help =) [11:04] demon012: If you do, and you want to play with Ubuntu Mobile, http://mojo.handhelds.org/ may be an interesting resource (although I don't know how well it works) [11:04] excellent and yes i would most certainly like to play with ubuntu mobile [11:04] i am overdue to do some contributing [11:05] all i have done up until now is reporting bugs and testing i need to get my hands dirty and start doing some coding [11:07] brb [15:21] hello [15:27] jerry_compal: Hi. === matt_c_ is now known as matt_c [17:25] Do you people have a technique to reset an USB key to an empty partition table after MIC wrote on it? [17:26] Currently, I fdisk /dev/sdX and "d" each partition which it has erroneously detected [17:26] I could save a partition table for each USB key I have, but I would imagine some command line utility can do it all === Sciri__ is now known as Sciri [17:48] lool: First thing that came to my mind: mpartition -I [17:54] Interesting, thanks [18:01] lool: Don't know if it's the best solution but it used to work and it was the first thing I could think of :) === robr___ is now known as robr [19:31] Still can't get ume-xrphyr-start to work === agoliveir1 is now known as agoliveira