@PINE64: You guys are amazing! I think the transparency, how you develop the pinephone, and how you took all the different communities with you on your path, it is quite exemplary.

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It seems new registrations are skyrocketing today.

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Manjaro ARM Alpha1 for PinePhone!

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Hi guys,

there is one thing which seems to me a little inconsistent and in convenient.

If you want to go "back" e.g. in settings, you have to reach somehow the "back"-button across the screen.

In my opinion the ui would be more convenient, if you could just swipe from left to right to go back - especially if you use your phone with just one hand.

@Stefano I hope that. It would be a reward as well for the hard work they have done and the time they have invested.

I think the Xperia X port is worked on more than a year now. Thats quite a lot of time he put in it I imagine.

I learn python at the moment. Maybe a can participate with some apps someday.

@ those who ordered one.

We wait for your hands-on

@keneda said in Volla Phone identical to Gigaset GS290?:

And : not everyone has 350€ to put in a phone.

Well, you can buy another device and put UT on it. Why it has to be the GS290?

They have spent time to build VollaOS, an UT and SFOS port. Why do people except often that other people should work for free?

I think it's great (for UBports) that you can a device, which already runs UT - without flashing etc... There are people out there, who don't want to get into that stuff.

And what's actually important for me. I want to have a device which gets supported properly. Most ports never get "finished" or abandoned at some time.
I look for a new device quite some time and for me one of the most important reason for the decision is how well a device will be supported. Therefore, there are at the moment just 2 options. VollaPhone or Xperia II with SFOS.

Its just sad, what people are willing to do, just to save some bucks.

Well, that seems to me quite unfair. Volla invests money and time in that device/project. If everyone would buy a Gigaset GS290 because its cheaper than, no company/startup will try to bring another device to UT again. We should hope that they succeed instead that Volla will be able to start another project with UT someday and other companies/start-up will follow.

@DansLeRuSH Well, thats acutally known. Gigasets manufactures in Germany with a high degree of automation. ~ 60% automation. ~ 40 % manual labour without typical assembly lines.

Smartphones made in Germany! Gigaset Factory Tour in Bocholt

"The VollaPhone will be a promoted device ..."

@arubislander said in the future of the UI:

The focus necessarily needs to be on the code that can actually be actively maintained, either by the developers or by upstream.

I do understand that. Especially because its an volunteer project, the code has to be easy to maintain. Nevertheless to be successful I think the UI has to attractive as well.

@arubislander said in the future of the UI:

But this is an Open Source project, so feel free to (gain the necessary skills to) pitch in.

I am not an IT guy. I dont think abolishing job-sharing makes a lot of sense nowadays. Do you want to build your house, your fridge or grow your food by yourself?

I have started to learn Python. It will take some time becuase I dont have that much time left beside my normal work load. But maybe I will pitch in some apps some day.

I really love it. I dont like the "normal homescreen/scope design" very much, but that launcher ist just terrific. I love it.

Its acutally a thing I am hoping for the UBtouch community, that there will be different types of homescreens/launcher, from which user can choose, what they like most.

Ubuntu Touch on the PinePhone devkit

Running Plasma Mobile on the Almost finished PinePhone

Well that's true.
It could be some other gesture as well. Considering that screens/phones getting bigger and bigger it could be some nice feature which helps you to handle the phone with just one hand - e.g. at public transport.

I know there are a lot germans/europeans around who might be interested in that.

I just step on a open source project for a threema desktop client. Would it be possible to create a native UT app for that as well?

That would acutally be an app I would pay/donate 10 € for.

@PINE64 thanks a lot for clarifying

@dobey I wouldnt be that worried about that it covers up some parts, because you just swipe them in if you need them and after that they vanish.

Where I do agree is, there is most likely a better way to integrate it.