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[Skyflyer <skyflyer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm confused... how do you use Telegram on the M10 tablet?  When I
launch the Telegram app on the M10, it asks me for a phone number.  What
phone number do I enter?   The tablet doesn't have a cell connection ... 


On 04/23/2016 05:22 PM, Mitchell Reese wrote:
> Hi Marcin, no osk for any x11 legacy apps yet - libreoffice included.
> This is being worked on, but hasn't hit yet. Have been wondering about
> installing something like onboard, but haven't tried it yet. Still
> getting my head around the libertine containers.
>
> Interesting about gps - do you have the hd or fhd verson? Will link to
> the bug here a bit later today. Have been educating people about
> Telegram, works great!
>
> Mitchell
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> On Sunday, 24 April 2016 1:49:01 AM AEST, Marcin Xc
> <gtriderxc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi  Mitchell!
>> I also got my tablet this week. Point 8 - I have no problems with
>> GPS. uNav seems works fine. However I didn't updated the device yet.
>> There are about 500mb updates to be downloaded and at the moment I
>> have only GSM Internet access. So without the update, as I said GPS
>> works fine.Could You please provide us link to Your bug so tha we
>> could join the issue?
>>
>> What doesn't work on my tablet is a Libre office Writer. I can't
>> write anything. Does this program only works with hardware keyboard?
>> Is it impossible to write anything in libre office writer with a
>> screen keyboard?
>> When it comes to forgetting my Laptop, convergence and stuff like
>> that, I can not. First of all because of the Libre Office. And
>> then... sadly all "the others" use Skype and What's app. I even have
>> to contact my boss through whats app, send pictures etc. I think only
>> this two apps would bring Ubuntu phone and tablet many thousands or
>> millions users. As far as now we are only crazy geeks ;-) who don't
>> follow the mainstream :-)))
>> Cheers
>> Marcin - well known GTrider
>>
>>
>>       From: Mitchell Reese <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  To: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016
>> 6:34 AM
>>  Subject: [Ubuntu-phone] M10 Tablet - First Impressions
>>    Hi people, thought I'd post up a few initial impressions with the
>> FHD M10 tablet. Have had it for a couple days now and been putting it
>> through it's paces. All up - great job! Awesome hardware, and the
>> system is lots of fun to use.
>>
>> Firstly, I'm typing this in desktop mode paired top a Logitech
>> keyboard and hp bluetooth mouse. Keyboard works flawlessly, mouse
>> works best when one or two apps are open. More causes it to stutter.
>>
>> Have tried an external display a couple times - works great both with
>> a projector and smaller tv monitor.
>> Overall the tablet works well, and is shaping up to be a great
>> experience. Here are a few bugs I found so far - feel free to let me
>> know the best place to report them and I'll post them up.
>>
>> 1. Mouse gets very laggy when more than a couple apps are open - very
>> hard to scroll, let alone move it anywhere. Is this hardware related
>> (i.e., not enough power yet), or OS (i.e., still being optimised)?
>> 2. Switching between apps in desktop mode is very slow - worse with a
>> mouse, however still slow with touch if more than a couple apps are
>> open. Again - is this hardware or OS related?
>> 3. Bug in initial download of the updated 10.1 ota - couldn't do it
>> until I changed the timezone to manually with my location. 4. Love
>> the sidestage, however took me time to work out that I needed to tap
>> with three fingers on the screen to dismiss it. Very slick now, but
>> without saying this somewhere, it's difficult to figure out. Would be
>> best on the instructions on the side stage when no app is there to
>> say this, or at the very least the first time it's run.
>> 5. In general, the system still has a fair bit of lag - noticeable
>> when switching scopes, and watching videos while streaming (youtube,
>> etc.) Again - OS or software related?
>> 6. X11 apps are confusing. The gui is different (ouch! So
>> small!!!!!!), and on screen keyboard doesn't work with them. Imho, I
>> think there should be a seperate 'legacy apps' scope. Bundling them
>> together with other apps that work great (Dekko, Unav, etc.) gives
>> the impression they should also work as well. They don't.
>> 7. Libreoffice is usable with a keyboard and mouse, but the font for
>> all the settings is miniscule. This makes it painful to read. Would
>> be great if there was some way to manually change this.
>> 8. GPS doesn't work with the tablet - the daemon seems to continually
>> be restarting, making it unusable. The only option has been to
>> disable it entirely. Have filed a bug for this.
>>
>> All up though, a great experience. There's no way in it's current
>> form this table t can serve as a desktop - even my aging ultrabook -
>> replacement. That said, working within it's current limitations, I've
>> only opened my laptop a couple times since having it. Great job
>> people - I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.
>>
>> Mitchell
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