[ale] OT: a interesting new Android 4.04 based toy to play with

[jonathan.l.meek at gmail.com (Jonathan Meek)]

Has anyone tried skype with one of these tablets? Looking to ship one
over to my brother in Afghanistan to free up a computer so more guys
can call home.

Regards,

Jonathan

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Richard Bronosky <richard at bronosky.com> wrote:
> If the keyboard has an Fn (function) key, try these common combos:
> Fn+Up = PgUp
> Fn+Down = PgDown
> Fn+Left = Home
> Fn+Right = End
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE)
> <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>>
>> Jason,
>>
>> Thanks for the links you sent.  I'll check out the hackers keyboard later.
>> However, I'm using a physical bluetooth keyboard on this tablet.  When this
>> is on, the on screen keyboard goes away.  It works great but it has no keys
>> for page up, page down, home, end, cut, copy, paste.  I was wondering if
>> there were shortcuts like (ctrl-c) etc. which would work.
>>
>> I was able to use the other link to install the google market on this
>> cheap tablet.  However, it's an older version, which has now been replaced
>> by the google play store.  I tried installing the apk for the play store
>> from my other tablet, but the app keeps crashing.  Do you (or anyone) know
>> how to get the newest google play store working on one of these tablets like
>> the Uniden?  The play store has some cool features like auto app updates
>> that I'd like to take advantage of.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>> Jason van Gumster <jason at handturkeystudios.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Ron Frazier (ALE)" <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I cannot find any evidence of Google apps, so it may not support the
>> >Google
>> >> market.
>> >
>> >It's not installed by default, but the process described on this
>> >page[1] worked
>> >for me.
>> >
>> >> By the way, does anyone know where I can find a list of android
>> >keyboard
>> >> shortcuts when you use one of these things with a Bluetooth keyboard.
>> > Things
>> >> like cut, copy, paste, home, end, etc.  This keyboard doesn't have
>> >any page
>> >> up, page down, home, and end keys.
>> >
>> >I ended up installing the Hacker's Keyboard app[2]. It's particularly
>> >good for
>> >ConnectBot sessions.
>> >
>> >  -Jason
>> >
>> >[1]
>>
>> > >http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/06/10/how-to-add-android-market-to-polaroid-pmid702c/
>> >[2]
>>
>> > >https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard&hl=en
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