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| mhall119 | tick tock, tick tock | 16:56 |
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| AlanBell | QML tablets you say? Nexus 7 flashable image? oh yummy | 16:56 |
| mhall119 | I do hope so | 16:57 |
| nOStahl | i'd like to see the ubuntu for phones project take off , and see tablet shell you can dock your phone into | 16:58 |
| nOStahl | or a laptop shell you can dock your phone in and have a new form factor | 16:58 |
| mhall119 | or a tv you can dock your laptop that you docked your tablet that you docked your phone to | 16:59 |
| nOStahl | no | 17:04 |
| nOStahl | of course after you dock your phone into a tablet that docks into a laptop THAT docks into your space ship | 17:04 |
| mhall119 | who told you about our space ship plans? | 17:21 |
| mhall119 | I mean, what space ship? | 17:21 |
| mainerror | Tick, tock. :) | 19:12 |
| nOStahl | what is the tick tock | 19:13 |
| mainerror | :) | 19:13 |
| nOStahl | would make sense for them to launch tablet and phone around same time :P | 19:14 |
| mainerror | I feel like this http://lc.fdots.com/cc/lc/ea/eaf96e3242bfaa02573949a6ced1f349.gif | 19:14 |
| Akiva-Desktop | what is this tick tock tablet time? | 19:17 |
| Akiva-Desktop | on ubuntu.com? | 19:17 |
| mainerror | Akiva-Desktop: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/02/ubuntu-gearing-up-for-tablet-announcement-tomorrow | 19:18 |
| Akiva-Desktop | mainerror: I have a thinkpad convertable tablet | 19:22 |
| Akiva-Desktop | wondering if a release will be issued, and whether I should get it, or the desktop version | 19:22 |
| Akiva-Desktop | unless... are most tablets arm? | 19:22 |
| mainerror | I guess you should stay with the desktop version. | 19:23 |
| Akiva-Desktop | mainerror: Yah, guess so | 19:23 |
| M4rtinK | I would say the announcement is either an image with the Ubuntu Components & Qt 5 for Nexus 7 | 19:26 |
| M4rtinK | or some re-branded tablet being available with Ubuntu (less probable, due to the issues Cordia & Plasma Active faced when trying to do something like that) | 19:27 |
| mhall119 | Akiva-Desktop: most tablets are ARM, yes | 19:28 |
| mhall119 | there are a few exceptions | 19:28 |
| Akiva-Desktop | mhall119: like the thinkpad tablets :P | 19:29 |
| M4rtinK | yeah, for example the We Tab/Exo PC | 19:29 |
| mhall119 | I don't know what those are | 19:29 |
| Akiva-Desktop | I wish we could get thinkpad to be an official distrobutor of ubuntu | 19:29 |
| M4rtinK | it even has a built-in cooling fan :) | 19:29 |
| Akiva-Desktop | they make the best hardware behind apple imo | 19:29 |
| M4rtinK | in the top line - sure | 19:30 |
| mhall119 | Akiva-Desktop: I believe Lenovo already sells Ubuntu pre-installed on some models | 19:30 |
| Akiva-Desktop | mhall119: You don't know of the convertible thinkpads? Oh man, these are legendary. | 19:30 |
| M4rtinK | Thinkpad Edge - not so much | 19:30 |
| mhall119 | Akiva-Desktop: I'm just happy with my X220 | 19:30 |
| mainerror | Akiva-Desktop: Those are not really tablets though. | 19:30 |
| M4rtinK | T520 FTW :) | 19:30 |
| Akiva-Desktop | mhall119: Ah, so you do know :) | 19:30 |
| popey | I've yet to see an X86 tablet that didn't suck | 19:30 |
| Akiva-Desktop | x220 is amazing | 19:30 |
| mhall119 | I know about laptops | 19:31 |
| mhall119 | not their tablets | 19:31 |
| Akiva-Desktop | yah, its x series, with a t and the end | 19:31 |
| Akiva-Desktop | x220t | 19:31 |
| mhall119 | oh, that's be a big tablet | 19:31 |
| Akiva-Desktop | I have the x60 t, picked it up on craigslist for 120 | 19:31 |
| mhall119 | I mean, it's a nice small laptop, but it would be a big tablet | 19:31 |
| Akiva-Desktop | mhall119: Yessum. | 19:31 |
| Akiva-Desktop | Well, its a bit heavier than the x220 too, so | 19:32 |
| Akiva-Desktop | never been slim unfortunately | 19:32 |
| mhall119 | but if it's an x220, then it's likely an x86 chip | 19:32 |
| Akiva-Desktop | the ideapad yoga looks interesting, but its ideapad. | 19:32 |
| mhall119 | not that it matters a whole lot to Ubuntu | 19:32 |
| Akiva-Desktop | mhall119: Yah, same hardware, just a bit thicker and heavier | 19:32 |
| mhall119 | since we can re-compile most of our archive for both | 19:32 |
| Akiva-Desktop | mhall119: Using it though with unity, made me really appreciate how good it is with tablets. | 19:33 |
| mhall119 | won't matter for apps either, since we're pushing for the use of non-compiled QML | 19:33 |
| M4rtinK | well, even if QML itself is not compiled | 19:33 |
| Akiva-Desktop | the best feature is how you do window scrolling with the sidebar, having that little floating button with the two arrows. it is perfect for a stylus or finger. | 19:33 |
| M4rtinK | most non-trivial QML apps have a lot of C++ backend stuff | 19:33 |
| mhall119 | M4rtinK: I've heard QML2 makes that less necessary than QML1 did | 19:34 |
| Akiva-Desktop | mhall119: any plans for the onscreen keyboard to take handwriting input? | 19:34 |
| mhall119 | Akiva-Desktop: I'm not aware of any for Linux, no | 19:34 |
| Akiva-Desktop | that is hard stuff to program | 19:34 |
| M4rtinK | mhall119: it is much better, but some APIs are still not yet available | 19:34 |
| Akiva-Desktop | I found one, it was... well you had to write one for each letter first before it recognized it | 19:35 |
| Akiva-Desktop | like, it had to learn from your examples. | 19:35 |
| M4rtinK | mhall119: such as clipborad access or settings storage/persistence | 19:35 |
| M4rtinK | *clipboard | 19:35 |
| mhall119 | M4rtinK: ah, we should make QML plugins for those though | 19:35 |
| mainerror | Forget about handwriting input, swipe typing is the way to go. :) | 19:35 |
| M4rtinK | mhall119: IIRC for those two it is already WIP | 19:35 |
| M4rtinK | mhall119: other than missing interfaces, writing complex software logic using Javascript might get quite interesting :) | 19:37 |
| M4rtinK | mhall119: my solution - use Python for the backend :) | 19:38 |
| M4rtinK | mhall119: should work quite nicely once the PySide or PyQt support for Qt 5 improves | 19:38 |
| Akiva-Desktop | mainerror: it would be nice however to maintain the elegance that is handwriting. | 19:55 |
| mainerror | Akiva-Desktop: You clearly never saw my handwriting. :D | 19:56 |
| Akiva-Desktop | real handwriting too; A font feels terribly pretentious. | 19:56 |
| Akiva-Desktop | mainerror: Touché | 19:56 |
| GuidoPallemans | htc.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssnw2GA657s | 21:09 |
| nOStahl | interesting | 21:10 |
| M4rtinK | so probably a rebranded HTC tablet running Ubuntu ? :) | 22:08 |
| mhall119 | "probably" might be too strong a word for it | 22:49 |
| M4rtinK | 100% sure ? :) | 22:59 |
| k1l | why rebrand? if its a htc tablet with ubuntu OS (instead of Andriod OS) | 22:59 |
| M4rtinK | good point | 23:00 |
| k1l | i mean, why should htc advertise a device thats not labled with htc :) | 23:00 |
| M4rtinK | I mean basically being able to get a (HTC ?) tablet with Ubuntu preloaded | 23:01 |
| mattwj2002 | hi guys | 23:53 |
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