| === IdleOne is now known as ElliotNess | ||
| === ElliotNess is now known as IdleOne | ||
| AlanBell | so, everyone see the advert for ubuntu on the phone thing? | 19:54 |
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| AlanBell | http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iv1Z7bf4jXY | 19:55 |
| k1l | that raises the question: when will a device (or the software for other devices) be available? | 20:10 |
| AlanBell | it does rather | 20:10 |
| AlanBell | I can't work out why that advert exists really | 20:10 |
| k1l | yep | 20:10 |
| AlanBell | it is a great concept | 20:10 |
| IdleOne | I love the idea, it makes me want to buy an android phone | 20:11 |
| IdleOne | and I HATE mobiles | 20:11 |
| k1l | maybe they need more screaming users to convince the manufacturers | 20:11 |
| AlanBell | maybe | 20:12 |
| AlanBell | the first round of publicity was advertising to the OEMs really | 20:12 |
| IdleOne | I also can't figure out why the ad if there are no manufacturers selling them yet. | 20:12 |
| AlanBell | but this one looks very much targetted at end users | 20:12 |
| AlanBell | http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android talks about benefits for network operators and handset manufacturers | 20:13 |
| AlanBell | people got all excited about that, but it was never a consumer pitch | 20:13 |
| IdleOne | I'm sold. I don't need more info. I need to know where can I buy it | 20:13 |
| k1l | IdleOne: yep, i do want that too | 20:14 |
| k1l | would be nice on my nexus4 that im buying in some hours :) | 20:14 |
| IdleOne | also would this work only on wifi or do the docks have an ethernet port? | 20:14 |
| AlanBell | ooh tomorrow is nexus10 day | 20:15 |
| k1l | AlanBell: yep, make sure your f5 button is working. there will be a rush on the nexus devices this time | 20:15 |
| IdleOne | oh, Samsung has "smart docks" with ports | 20:17 |
| AlanBell | I might not get the nexus 10 tomorrow, I haven't worked out how to justify putting it on expenses yet | 20:17 |
| IdleOne | hmm seems they don't have an ethernet port | 20:18 |
| AlanBell | presume it has hdmi though | 20:18 |
| IdleOne | it does | 20:18 |
| AlanBell | and USB, anything else? | 20:19 |
| IdleOne | 3 usb ports, hdmi. | 20:19 |
| IdleOne | http://gigaom.com/mobile/smart-dock-turns-galaxy-note-2-into-an-android-computer/ | 20:19 |
| IdleOne | just thinking that a dock with ethernet would be very useful for people who don't want or have unlimited data plan | 20:20 |
| IdleOne | Ubuntu for android would also have network-manager I assume | 20:20 |
| AlanBell | dunno, I never plug my laptop into ethernet | 20:21 |
| AlanBell | wireless just works and has connected by the time I have sat down anywhere | 20:21 |
| AlanBell | I think a nexus 10 with a bluetooth keyboard/mouse would be interesting running ubuntu | 20:21 |
| IdleOne | right, but they are advertising this as a phone/computer. people might start to use this as the main computing device and using wifi all the time might not be what they want. | 20:22 |
| AlanBell | maybe | 20:24 |
| AlanBell | but I think most people will have a wireless router at the point the phone comes into the house, and they won't want to run wires to where the computer should be | 20:24 |
| AlanBell | and I increasingly get the impression that Canonical is not interested in office users | 20:25 |
| IdleOne | you need to run the wires for your monitor,keyboard,mouse anyway | 20:28 |
| AlanBell | but not from my front door :) | 20:30 |
| IdleOne | true, but until you sit at your desk you would still be using the device as a phone. | 20:31 |
| AlanBell | most home desks won't have cat5 to them is my point | 20:31 |
| AlanBell | power, yes | 20:31 |
| IdleOne | I have 3 desks in my house on 2 floors. all are wired | 20:32 |
| AlanBell | yup | 20:32 |
| AlanBell | I have ripped out the wire that I did have | 20:32 |
| AlanBell | got powerline networking for one computer and for the TV/sky box | 20:33 |
| AlanBell | and wii | 20:33 |
| AlanBell | the rest, including the camera is all wifi | 20:36 |
| genii-around | We have 7 computer stations here, all are wired with a gigabit switch. Tucked all the wires in the wall last year and put network faceplates. | 21:39 |
| genii-around | ( at home , at work there's a *lot* more wires and crap hanging everywhere ) | 21:40 |
| === jono is now known as Guest97063 | ||
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