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#1 MR H3LLMAN (OP)

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 10:17 AM

Check it out. GNex is also the only officially supported device at the moment.

http://mobile.thever...os-announcement

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#2 tr4656

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 10:25 AM

Seems cool but it doesn't support any android apps from what they said. Seems kind of inconvenient and there isn't any code available to the public yet.

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#3 Schoat333

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 10:49 AM

Can you run normal ubuntu/linux applications, or do they have to be modified for the phone OS?

#4 coldconfession13

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 10:53 AM

Oh man I can't wait for devs to start tinkering. This would almost make me ditch android and put this on my nexus.

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 11:29 AM

Gonna be real interesting when they decide to release the images so when can try it out on our Nexi.
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Posted 02 January 2013 - 01:12 PM

I can't wait to get a taste of this. I needed something to breath new life into this phone.

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#7 tr4656

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 01:13 PM

View PostSchoat333, on 02 January 2013 - 10:49 AM, said:

Can you run normal ubuntu/linux applications, or do they have to be modified for the phone OS?

I would imagine it would be like windows 8 where you have to have specific phone optimized programs

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#8 akellar

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 01:38 PM

I predict this will fail miserably. It looks pretty but so does Unity and most agree that it runs like piss. No Android/Google apps will doom it. Unless a major manufacturer jumps on this I don't see this as anything more than something to play around with. I hope I'm wrong but doubt it.

#9 Schoat333

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 01:47 PM

View Posttr4656, on 02 January 2013 - 01:13 PM, said:

I would imagine it would be like windows 8 where you have to have specific phone optimized programs

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Thats what I'm thinking too, at least when it come to a GUI. Terminal apps tho? That might be interesting.

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 02:21 PM

If they've made it this far would've you agree that apps would be soon to follow? I guess I'm just trying to be optimistic, as this would rock not to mention blow the competition out of the running.

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