Feature request - it would be nice to have this to reduce the strain on my eyes at night

Would it be possible to incorporate a Swype style keyboard action or hand writing recognition into Ubuntu Touch?

@Mic_ Also check out Lune OS. It is the direct descendant of Palm which was a wonderfully simple interface

@Mic_ I'm pretty sure I read the plan is to bring scopes back as an option later on, not mandatory as it was. So, just give it time. Personally, I like the new way - especially the swipe right and all the apps just roll out. It won't appear so empty when the desktop becomes usable.

I find the lock screen circles extraneous myself. Never quite understood the design purpose of all the little circles that pop up when you click, click, click the big circle

Maybe a possibility? Written in QT for sailfish. Supposedly as good as swype.

youtube.com/watch?v=_HHNboAGOck

openrepos.net/content/eber42/okboard

source code on git. Link in the above post

There used to be MyScript Stylus and cell writer for hand writing recognition. But I haven't seen anything like that for a while. MyScript stylus was very close to what windows or palm or blackberry offered for years. But, I don't know if that could be adapted for UT

Network speed problem is a local issue. Went downtown, got solid LTE. So, all works except calls and camera

@Flohack Can't resist clicking all the shiny buttons!!... But I'll try.

The good thing is you know Bluetooth and radio can work. That just leaves the camera as an unknown. I've been playing videogames, loading up multiple web pages, playing videos, recording sounds, multiple apps, all at once trying to crash this thing. Only did it once after much effort. So it seems pretty stable to me.

The only thing I haven't been able to test is the dialer/sms, Bluetooth, and of course camera. So I wish you luck and I'm serious on that port bounty if you're inclined. I know how much work it takes to do this.

@Flohack very sad, but still exciting.

I do think it's worth putting up UT ports up at xda-developers - for the devices that are known mostly working, on their specific device page. It might encourage the curious among the greater Android developer community to give UT a try. I myself have tried several OSes I wouldn't have (or even known about) if it hadn't been posted on XDA.

But if you don't, then add a donate button on ubports so we can encourage developers who are having successes with some monetary incentive. I have a few devices lying around that I would gladly put a port bounty on. For those of us who know enough to follow along and install a successful build but nothing more, this is how we can contribute to the project.

@ko If your not in a hurry, keep your eye on the Pinetab, it will have detachable keyboard and optional cellphone radio, 10 inch screen. Will likely be upgradable to rockchip 3399 later - Easily as powerful as the lower end chrome tablets (which are also a good all in one option if you don't mind Android apps).

If you need some Android apps but want mostly Linux, Anbox for x86 is installable as a snap and is further along than the ARM version. As others mentioned, you can still run Ubuntu Unity 7 on an x86 touchscreen tablet (16.04 only), or Ubuntu Gnome. Both run fine and are the most workable x86 tablet solution in my opinion. I have a Thinkpad X1 tablet and it is a wonderful mobile solution with Ubuntu. All works including cell radio and I take it everywhere.

KDE Plasma is also a popular option, but I just prefer the design and workflow of Unity.

https://forums.ubports.com/topic/3390/suggestions-recommendations-for-touchscreen-laptop-2-in-1-tablet

@Flohack I don't know how it did it, but I changed screen off time in battery settings and bluetooth turned back on and connected to my headphones!

@Flohack I didn't find available devices when I tried it. Turned it off and back on to see if maybe it just missed the signal. But still no devices. Third time, couldn't get it back on.

Got another question. Usually with Android, when there is a newer radio image, they recommend you flash it. The radio image matching this build is 3.81. The latest was 3.88. Might not be much in those updates but could improve cell performance - or break it depending on what they did. Thoughts on this?

Does Ubuntu Touch use Presage? Sailfish's swipe keyboard uses a forked version of this.

https://github.com/sailfish-keyboard/presage

Maybe a possibility? Written in QT for sailfish. Supposedly as good as swype.

youtube.com/watch?v=_HHNboAGOck

openrepos.net/content/eber42/okboard

source code on git. Link in the above post

@Flohack You psyched me out. I saw that bluetooth icon on and thought maybe it was working!

I'll let you know how the battery performs

@Rondarius Issue reported. Just FYI you can report issues here:

http://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/contribute/bugreporting.html

Tested on my N5. Same thing. Never checked it before. File a bug report or did you already do so?