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[Jack David Baucum <maxolasersquad@xxxxxxxxx>]

After a little research, the Nexus that Google is selling directly is GSM
only.  These phones can be purchased directly from Verizon and Sprint with
CDMA capabilities, but that comes with the usual contract and locking.

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Jack David Baucum <maxolasersquad@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> Sending the e-mail to ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx should be
> sufficient.
> I think the Galaxy Nexus is the best way to go with the only issue is that
> it is GSM only, no CDMA, which would exclude Sprint and Verizon customers
> from being able to be involved.  Perhaps two phones should be targeted, a
> GSM phone and a CDMA phone?
> It looks like Ubunut on phone is a back-burner project right now, aside
> from Ubuntu running as a guest chroot of Android.  At least, that's the
> feel I get from being tuned into the different discussion group.  Who knows
> what phones will be out between now and the time Canonical starts taking
> this seriously.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Daniel Clem <clem11388@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>  I'm not really sure as to how to post replies on the Ubuntu phone
>> launchpad page. So All I know to do is reply to this email I got. If you
>> know how to make a reply, please let me know :)
>>
>> But I've tried OSMand on my Droid 2 Global here in the states, and it
>> found my actual location only 2 times, After that I couldn't get it to
>> locate me accuately so I couldn't submit anything more. :-( I'm gonna keep
>> trying it occasionally and updating the App to see if the issue is fixed.
>> But even after downloading the vector maps to my phone, it still didn't
>> really help with finding my location. But it has SOOOO much potential. I
>> really think it is what Canonical should go with for U-Phones and U-Tablets.
>>
>> But any who, is there any word about what hardware will be best to have
>> once builds are put out for testing? I was looking into getting a Galaxy
>> Nexus for the sole fact that its so open. And it has an OMAP processor.
>> Which is very open source friendly unlike Nvidia Tegras.
>>
>>
>> On 04/26/2012 08:40 AM, Jack David Baucum wrote:
>>
>> There are two existing solution for GPS navigation on Ubuntu.  Navit<http://www.navit-project.org/>and
>> Gpsdrive <http://www.gpsdrive.de/>.  I do not have experience with
>> either, but it seems like a good idea for someone to try both out, pick
>> one, and start packaging it and doing whatever needs to be done to make it
>> useful on a mobile device.  I could hardly see anyone seriously shipping a
>> phone that does not do GPS navigation.
>> With both of these program you can download the OSM data for offline use
>> and update semi-regularly.
>> On a side note, on Android there is OsmAnd<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand&hl=en> which
>> you can download the Osm vector data offline and use.  I used it recently<http://maxolasersquad.blogspot.com/2012/04/gps-navigation-with-osmand.html>for a trip with good success.  You can also use the Mapquest app and choose
>> "Open Data" as your source to use Mapquest against the OSM data set.
>> The biggest problem with Osm, state-side, is that there are almost no
>> addresses marked.  I make it a point to add all othe addresses of people in
>> my contacts, but unless everyone has the same friends as me, its just a
>> small chip into a huge problem.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Daniel Clem <clem11388@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>  Are there any ideas being thrown around about how to approach GPS
>>> navigation on either the phone or tablet? I use it on my phone about 2
>>> times a week. Sometimes more. And though I try to stay away from
>>> Google's services as much as possible by using Map Quest and other
>>> replacements for the stock Android Apps, Google Maps is just really well
>>> polished and works really well. But the biggest draw back to ALL the
>>> navigation apps currently in use, is they ALL need a connection to
>>> download the maps for each time you use the app. Which to me is the most
>>> retarted thing in the world given that a lot of people drive out in the
>>> country where signal just drops off.
>>>
>>> Since we are building this thing from scratch almost. Why not take
>>> something like the OpenStreetMap project, put some real Man power behind
>>> it. And make the Android app, OSMand or OSMand plus, to work much much
>>> better, so that people can submit corrections well before Ubuntu Phone
>>> (or U-Phone as I like to call it) is available.
>>>
>>> I have been trying to make a few corrections, but it rarely ever finds
>>> my locations correctly that I just can't submit any accurate data from
>>> the Android app. And the best part of OpenStreetMap, is that it would go
>>> along with the Open Nature of Ubuntu and the Free Software movement as a
>>> whole, so there wouldn't be any compromise. And unlike with Garmins or
>>> TomToms, you can submit fixes as you encounter them, and the updated
>>> maps could be downloaded on a fairly consistent basis, so you know would
>>> be getting just as good of directions as Google Maps, while not
>>> requiring data connection the whole time, saving battery life, and all
>>> with staying "open" in the Freedom Dimension. :)
>>>
>>> What you guys think?
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>>
>>
>>  --
>>     Jack David Baucum
>>     http://maxolasersquad.com
>>
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>     Jack David Baucum
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