I just replaced my aging Droid 2 Global with a Nexus 4 (along with a Nexus 7 tablet). I absolutely HATED using the Droid 2 for the last year of my contract. Battery life was horrible, even with replacement batteries. I doubt I will get a non Nexus phone again, because I hate being locked in to a specific Android version by a developer or carrier.
That said, I've been using the "Hacker's Keyboard" app on both devices for a while now specifically for when I'm using ConnectBot. This keyboard can do pretty much anything that a physical keyboard can and is very customizable. Plus, it is free & opensource. Here is the google code page for it: https://code.google.com/p/hackerskeyboard/ or you can get it via the market. On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 1:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In the message dated: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:06:58 -0500, > The pithy ruminations from Brandon Allbery on > <Re: [lopsa-discuss] Android Tablet recommendation?> were: > => On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 1:13 AM, Morgan Blackthorne > => <[email protected]>wrote: > => > > [SNIP!] > > > > looking at the Kyocera Rise, as it's Android 4.0 based, and has > > => > significantly better specs than the Droid 2. And the physical keyboard > > Very interesting. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. > > => > definitely helps a lot with responding to emails or SSHing into a > node; > => > touchscreen typing is often frustrating as I typo all over the place. > => > > => > > I've got the Droid2 Global, selected because it has a physical keyboard, > is Android based, and is tri-band GSM. > > After ~18 months, I'd say that it's merely "OK". The battery life is > marginal, the phone stability & performance have declined noticibly, > but it has held up very well physically, it was easy to root, and I like > the wide app selection. > > [SNIP!] > > => > => Some applications don't play well with the keyboard (most common failure > => mode is that the Fn key doesn't work so you can't enter numbers or > => symbols); this is thankfully uncommon. Also, it really wants to > operate in > > [SNIP!] > > That's one of my major complaints. The requirement of a physical keyboard > was primarily driven by a need to use the phone for remote access, via > ssh. I use ConnectBot (and have tried several other ssh apps), and the > lack of non-alphanumeric hardware keys (pipe and brackets being most > noticible) is a serious problem. > > Has anyone found a phone & ssh app for Android combination that provides > good hardware support for keyboard symbols? > > Thanks, > > Mark > > => > => -- > => brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine > associates > => [email protected] > [email protected] > => unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad > http://sinenomine.net > => > => _______________________________________________ > => Discuss mailing list > => [email protected] > => https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > => This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > => http://lopsa.org/ > => > > -- > Mark Bergman Biker, Rock Climber, Unix mechanic, IATSE #1 Stagehand > '94 Yamaha GTS1000A^2 > [email protected] > > http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=bergman%40panix.com > > I want a newsgroup with a infinite S/N ratio! Now taking CFV on: > rec.motorcycles.stagehands.pet-bird-owners.pinballers.unix-supporters > 15+ So Far--Want to join? Check out: http://www.panix.com/~bergman > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ >
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