Yes, please share your findings. I'm very excited about the Rock and feel it could be the foundation for a new market for computers for people who can't afford a regular PC or even a OLPC. I'm a big VIA fan and I want them to succeed. And Firefox OS moves onto yet another platform.
I just submitted my first app and see that there are four platforms to submit to at present. I wonder where the Rock/Paper fit. Phone, Desktop, Android, Tablet? Also, I forgot to mention something interesting. Does the keyboard in the Rock work? I seem only to be able to use the mouse and the software keyboard that pops up on an input box. On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:49 AM, Panos Astithas <[email protected]> wrote: > I got an APC Paper myself a few days ago that I've already upgraded to the > latest APC master. One of my goals is to make sure our developer tools work > with these devices, so I'll post my findings once I've had a chance to play > with it some more. > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Joshua Smith > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello Bob, >> >> I am using/helping to develop the APC + Firefox OS system. I don't think >> that there is a forum for users, but I will suggest that to one of the >> people in the actual company. >> >> To install a customized build of Firefox OS, you would stick the image on >> a micro-sd card, and insert that into the APC while running. You can then >> restart the system and it should install. Note that you may want to stick >> with the https://github.com/apc-io/apc-firefox-os/ code as that is >> optimized for the system. >> >> The mac address issue is known, and is in the release roadmap. >> >> Cheers, and thank you for the post! >> >> - Josh >> >> >> >> On 1/20/14, 2:01 PM, Bob Thulfram wrote: >> >>> Is anyone else working with the APC Rock? >>> >>> http://apc.io/products/rock/ This is a small single-board computer with >>> a >>> VIA Arm chip and all the usual I/O. But it runs Firefox OS natively. >>> >>> I've written a post about it: >>> >>> http://firefoxosgaming.blogspot.com/2014/01/apc-rock- >>> hardware-review.html. >>> >>> I can: >>> >>> >>> 1. Download apps from the store. >>> 2. That's about it. >>> >>> I can't: >>> >>> 1. Install my own apps. The Simulator says it is connected but I >>> can't >>> Push and I can't see the APC Rock memory in File Manager. I'm running >>> 64-bit Windows 7. >>> 2. Use the VGA out. >>> >>> The OS version is 1.1.0.0 - prerelease. The Platform version is 18.1. >>> >>> I can't get any MAC address so I can only connect to WiFi to systems that >>> don't need a MAC address. >>> >>> Is there any forum for APC Rock / Firefox OS users? >>> >>> What I'm really looking for is some way to download binaries to a SD card >>> that I can boot and upgrade to a newer version. >>> >>> This is potentially cool but I've not seen much about it. I bought it >>> direct from VIA APC for $59 and it arrived very quickly from Taiwan. It >>> works, it boots, it works. I think this could be an amazing device for >>> third-world countries, a great companion to the phone and tablet. >>> >>> Any help appreciated. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dev-b2g mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-b2g mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g >> > > _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
