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Canonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phones

Canonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phones

Posted Jan 9, 2013 23:12 UTC (Wed) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389)
In reply to: Canonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phones by man_ls
Parent article: Canonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phones

I wonder if there are any Android keyboard apps which allow flipping the number pad around. If they want to replace computers, could we at least get the saner number pad?

(A quick look around has come up with nothing so far.)


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Canonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phones

Posted Jan 10, 2013 1:10 UTC (Thu) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

the hacker keyboard has the number pad (on the fn screen) in the computer (123 along the bottom) format.

Canonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phones

Posted Jan 10, 2013 1:24 UTC (Thu) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

The one I see is based on the Gingerbread keyboard. I suppose I could file a bug against Android for a checkbox about it (hopefully it would affect the phone app as well).

Canonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phones

Posted Jan 10, 2013 1:26 UTC (Thu) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

Now that I think about it, ATM keypads are also wrong. Probably the ones at the register at stores too (I don't use those for numbers, so I don't remember exactly). Little hope in getting those changed :( .

Canonical to demonstrate Ubuntu on phones

Posted Jan 10, 2013 13:22 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

I have seen ATM keypads with both formats: 123 at the top and 123 at the bottom. And there are also those with a full keyboard, which follow the computer standard. So not everything is lost!

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