ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Thomas Voß <thomas.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Tomas Öqvist <tomas.oqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> Ubuntu Touch is making great progress. I am using it as a daily driver on my
> Nexus 4 now, but there are a few areas where I haven't been able to find the
> current status and/or plans:
> 1) MMS is not working. I am able to send a picture through the messaging app
> and all looks fine on the phone, but it never reaches its recipient.
> 2) Bluetooth support. I can connect to some bluetooth devices, but not all.
> When I am able to connect I can stream music, but when can we expect
> bluetooth support in the dialer app?
> 3) There are 6 apps in the launcher residing above "My apps". Is there any
> way to change which apps are on the top?
> 4) Camera is really good in bright lighting, but whenever I use the flash
> pictures turn black or almost black.
> 5) Video recording is nice, but I don't get any sound on the videos I
> record.
> 6) Location indicators stay on, but GPS seems not to be working and location
> through GSM is very hit and miss (in e.g. the weather app). Google maps is
> not able to determine the location even though both location detection and
> GPS indicators are checked.

We are working on drastically improving the time to first fix. Right
now, we rely on raw GPS positioning, which can take up to ~20 minutes
depending on satellite visibility conditions.

Cheers,

  Thomas

> 7) Document viewer, is it WIP or planned for later releases?
>
> Thanks,
> Tomas
>
> 2014-07-17 21:18, Bill Filler skrev:
>
> Apps Team - Status July 17, 2014
>
>
> Summary:
>
> Working on ux freeze goals
>
>
> Telephony/Messaging:
>
> Work in progress on dual-sim UI support in dialer and messaging-app, per
> design spec. Phase 1 to land this week with support to manually switch
> between sims for calls and messages. Phase 2 to following with integration
> with system settings supported.
>
> dialer: new design implemented for Recent call view - supports new swipe
> left actions reveal for opening contact card and messaging actions
>
> messaging: new search UI implemented per design in Compose screen - shows
> all results in flat list with ability to directly choose the appropriate
> number for a contact in single click
>
> dialer/messaging: improved journey between dialer, messaging, and address
> book per design spec
>
> fixes for phone number formatting based on locale
>
> work in progress on vibration support for calls and messages, integration
> with system-settings in progress
>
>
> Address Book:
>
> improved navigation between address book and telephony apps
>
> more visual tweaks per design
>
> bug fixes on the address book service
>
>
> Camera App:
>
> Landed HDR support
>
> WIP for geolocation tagging of photos, should land this week
>
>
> Browser:
>
> Work in progress on new design elements, great progress made: url bar moved
> to top, new history page, new tabs page. Goal is to push working prototype
> to phablet-team/ppa by end of week for first round of testing
>
>
> OSK:
>
> Working on usability issues
>
> language menu to display option to launch settings
>
> extended key menu to support swiping to activate rather than multiple
> presses
>
> preparing for design sprint next week
>
>
>
>
>
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