[GLLUG] Firefox OS

[Leo]

Aha I haven't tried an external SD card yet. Hopefully its solvable.

Leo


On 18/11/2014 21:43, mikey wrote:
> I've got an ZTE Open C which I've been using for a couple of months.
> Great for the cost except it wont recognize my external SD card, despite
> that it is recognized in recovery mode, which means that most of the
> apps don't work. Haven't spent the time to try and mess around with the
> SD card to see if I can get it to work.
> 
> On 18 November 2014 20:52, Leo <lists at boywithwings.co.uk
> <mailto:lists at boywithwings.co.uk>> wrote:
> 
>     Yeh, I would really like to upgrade to the Flame. The stable release is
>     still 1.3, so hopefully ZTE will be pretty snappy about updating to the
>     next version.
> 
>     I actually upgraded to the Open C from a feature phone, after not having
>     a smart phone for years, and I'm really liking it. Its fast and
>     responsive, on a pretty modest phone and does almost everything I need
>     it to do. I think the bugs will keep getting ironed out as the project
>     progresses.
> 
>     The only things I'm missing are copy and paste (which will come in the
>     next stable version) and a few key apps (a usable native IRC and
>     ownCloud clients especially). All in all, really impressed.
> 
>     Any criticism from the iphone wielding fraternity can easily be silenced
>     with "so, how are you enjoying the latest U2 album?"
> 
> 
>     Leo
> 
> 
>     On 18/11/2014 20:33, Matthew Copperwaite wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     > On 18 November 2014 20:22, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com
>     <mailto:alan at popey.com>
>     > <mailto:alan at popey.com <mailto:alan at popey.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     On 18 November 2014 20:20, Leo <lists at boywithwings.co.uk <mailto:lists at boywithwings.co.uk>
>     >     <mailto:lists at boywithwings.co.uk
>     <mailto:lists at boywithwings.co.uk>>> wrote:
>     >     > Is anyone here using Firefox OS? I've been using the ZTE Open C
>     >     with version
>     >     > 1.3 for a few months now with only minor annoyances (it was
>     only £40).
>     >     > I'm curious as to others experiances...
>     >
>     >
>     > I have been enjoying the Firefox OS experience until my Keon's battery
>     > died. Last I used was 1.2. Updates were regular and always brought in
>     > new features. Not been able to use it as my main phone though.
>     >
>     > I think it's reasonable to say that geeks are not really the target
>     > audience for Firefox OS. It gives you a good smart phone experience on
>     > something that might have otherwise been a feature phone
>     experience. So
>     > if you're looking for something simple and non-taxing, for example, a
>     > majority of the time doing phone calls and text with some data usage I
>     > think it would work out a great phone. If you want it to do more it is
>     > certainly capable, I know members of this community who use it every
>     > day, but I see it as still rough around the edges for day-to-day use
>     > compared to existing offerings.
>     >
>     > Matt
>     >
>     >
>     >     >
>     >
>     >     I have a ZTE Open whch I was given and found it to be an
>     interesting
>     >     device to use. I recently got a Firefox Flame which is way more
>     >     usable. I switched to 2.x nightly builds which results in some
>     >     breakage here and there (expected) but it's certainly more usable.
>     >     There's some questionable design decisions in FFOS 2.x which
>     I'm not
>     >     sure I'd get used to, but it works.
>     >
>     >     Cheers,
>     >     Al.
>     >
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