[NTLK] New version of Einstein for Android

Michael Hurley mephit at mac.com
Fri Dec 28 00:05:49 EST 2012


On Dec 27, 2012, at 4:36 AM, Matthias Melcher wrote:

> Yes, the NewtoOS was not made for a small screen, and there is no way to shrink the UI in a sensible way, other than just scaling it down.

Sorry! I wasn't trying to imply anything was wrong. I was just trying to describe my experience. 

> I will add that as an option to the preferences. Also, there will be a "Quit" option in the Einstein Menu. Lastly, the NewtonOS Extras menu also has a "Quit Einstein" item (which does not do anything in Android Einstein yet). 
> 
> The service will eventually have the additional benefit of handling NewtonOS alarms, so that a calendar entry in NewtonOS will actually wake the phone and resume the emulator with the corresponding message. Put that's in the future... .

It's coming along really well. Thanks for all the work!
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Michael Hurley

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