[NTLK] Einstein for Android - Frohes Neues Jahr

[Steven Frank]

That video I promised is here:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/146848/Twitter/Einstein%20on%20Nexus%207.mp4

(About 26 MB)

About 1 minute of me doing random things in today's release of
Einstein on a Nexus 7, for those who don't have access to an Android
device.

Steven


On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Steven Frank <stevenfrank880 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Great stuff, Matthias!  I got it up and running on my Nexus 7 running 4.1.
>
> A few notes:
>
> - All versions of Einstein including this one tend to hang on me at the end
> of the setup wizard, here:
>
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/146848/Email/Einstein-nexus-hang.jpg
>
> I tried to debug this once but couldn't figure it out. It's not a complete
> hang -- the inker still works, but the wizard never ends (notice the
> selected Done button)
>
> Restarting a few times usually lets you advance past it.
>
> - I couldn't get the press-and-hold selection marker to appear.
>
> - If it's easy, I'd love a pref to run with integral "nearest neighbor"
> scaling (no smoothing of the Newton pixels)
>
> I made a short video of the emulator in action. I'll try to get it uploaded
> soon.
>
> Steven
>
>
> On Wednesday, January 2, 2013, Matthias Melcher wrote:
>>
>>
>> Happy New Year, folks.
>>
>> I have uploaded a new version of Einstein for Android. You can just
>> install it over the old version - your Flash RAM data should not be deleted
>> and all installed software should remain.
>>
>> The changes are based on the EMails to this list:
>>
>> 1:
>> The context menu is no longer supported by newer device. You can now reach
>> a similar menu by going into Nthe Notifications bar (pull the top bar down)
>> and tapping on the Einstein logo. The hardware menu button also works.
>>
>> 2:
>> Installing packages now works on al apps by putting new .pkg files into
>> "/Download/EInstein/" and selection "Install New Packages" for the Action
>> menu.
>>
>> 3:
>> Clicking on "Insert Network Card" now actually inserts the network card.
>> But this only works if all drivers were previously installed in the correct
>> order :-/
>>
>> 4:
>> Clicking on the Action "Quit" will quit the Service, making Einstein a
>> regular app again that will be cleared whenever Android feels like it.
>>
>> 5:
>> Little Cliffhanger: in the next version, to install a package, you can
>> simply click the .pkg file in an internet browser to install it.
>>
>> Enjoy
>>
>>  - Matthias
>>
>>
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