Sounds like a perfect opportunity to explore Responsive Design and SVG for me!

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> On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:39 AM, Joshua Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Glad to hear that you are so excited!
> 
> If you upgrade to the latest on the master branch, the hardware keyboard 
> should work, and the software keyboard should be disabled.  The APC 
> Rock/Paper fit into the Phone category because they run Firefox OS.  The 
> other categories are for Firefox on Desktop, Firefox on Android, and Firefox 
> on Android Tablets respectively.  
> 
> Unfortunately, a lot of apps will look horrible on the APC because they were 
> designed with phone, or at most tablet screen sizes in mind.  We need to find 
> a way to fix this...
> 
> - Josh
> 
> 
>> On 1/21/14, 2:29 PM, Bob Thulfram wrote:
>> 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.
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