Linux to the masses through phones?
His wife was presented with a Motorola ROKR E8 phone - one of the first copies in Russia. I have been using communicators for several years now and have been looking at the phones with a certain contempt, but this is really something interesting.
You need to start with the fact that Linux Java is on it (yes, you heard right). Motorola has long been promoting phones on Linux. The platform is called MOTOMAGX . All this looks quite strange: the bottom is cut off by Linux, and on top of Java and Java applications, including the GUI.
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As I understand it from the description, officially Linux applications will not run on this phone. Motorola launches the Eclipse- based MOTODEV STUDIO development environment in which you can develop Java applications for Linux phones. Although, in ROKR E8 there is a new version of Linux Java 7.3, and it seems like the development of Linux-applications for this phone becomes quite real.
More information about the model and thinking about how it can use Linux under the cat
The second feature of the phone is the keyboard, which changes depending on the current application, just like Optimus has from Lebedev. The keyboard is not standard, but something like a touchscreen. On all communicators there is not enough feedback tactile communication when pressing virtual keys in the blind, it is extremely difficult to type anything sane (yes, yes, I'm talking about the iPhone). Here, the engineers found a simple solution: after pressing the button, the phone vibrates slightly - there is a return.
I found four keyboard options:
1. Normal mode. All numbers are visible, like a regular phone.
2. MP3 Player Mode. Visible player control keys
3. Camera mode. Visible camera control keys
4. Keyboard lock. In general, nothing is lit and is not pressed.
Scrolling with the help of a special device - a semicircular touch key - I was not pleased, but for people like me, there is a duplicate joystick control.
The interface inside the phone doesn’t shine with convenience, as is the case with all Motorol. Wildly liked the quick search: when dialing a number, the device automatically looks for numbers in the phone book, and also matches the name. It is because of this feature that I once chose Windows Mobile. ROKR E8 is the first phone where I found the same functionality.
Particularly pleased with the insertion of photos and videos straight into SMS, after which it automatically becomes MMS. No intermediate actions - photographed and immediately the photo was inserted.
Despite the fact that there is Linux, I did not find multitasking on the phone. The only thing - an MP3 player can play in the background. Strangely enough not to use all the features of a multitasking OS.
Linux Java (MOTOMAGX) with the correct positioning and opening of the API could stand on a par with “smart” platforms, such as Google Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile, and occupy an unoccupied niche of non-touch devices.
You need to start with the fact that Linux Java is on it (yes, you heard right). Motorola has long been promoting phones on Linux. The platform is called MOTOMAGX . All this looks quite strange: the bottom is cut off by Linux, and on top of Java and Java applications, including the GUI.
')
As I understand it from the description, officially Linux applications will not run on this phone. Motorola launches the Eclipse- based MOTODEV STUDIO development environment in which you can develop Java applications for Linux phones. Although, in ROKR E8 there is a new version of Linux Java 7.3, and it seems like the development of Linux-applications for this phone becomes quite real.
More information about the model and thinking about how it can use Linux under the cat
The second feature of the phone is the keyboard, which changes depending on the current application, just like Optimus has from Lebedev. The keyboard is not standard, but something like a touchscreen. On all communicators there is not enough feedback tactile communication when pressing virtual keys in the blind, it is extremely difficult to type anything sane (yes, yes, I'm talking about the iPhone). Here, the engineers found a simple solution: after pressing the button, the phone vibrates slightly - there is a return.
I found four keyboard options:
1. Normal mode. All numbers are visible, like a regular phone.
2. MP3 Player Mode. Visible player control keys
3. Camera mode. Visible camera control keys
4. Keyboard lock. In general, nothing is lit and is not pressed.
Scrolling with the help of a special device - a semicircular touch key - I was not pleased, but for people like me, there is a duplicate joystick control.
The interface inside the phone doesn’t shine with convenience, as is the case with all Motorol. Wildly liked the quick search: when dialing a number, the device automatically looks for numbers in the phone book, and also matches the name. It is because of this feature that I once chose Windows Mobile. ROKR E8 is the first phone where I found the same functionality.
Particularly pleased with the insertion of photos and videos straight into SMS, after which it automatically becomes MMS. No intermediate actions - photographed and immediately the photo was inserted.
Despite the fact that there is Linux, I did not find multitasking on the phone. The only thing - an MP3 player can play in the background. Strangely enough not to use all the features of a multitasking OS.
Linux Java (MOTOMAGX) with the correct positioning and opening of the API could stand on a par with “smart” platforms, such as Google Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile, and occupy an unoccupied niche of non-touch devices.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/26864/
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