Category Archives: mobile

Getting a handle on Ubuntu mobile power management

Posted on February 6, 2012 by leogaggl

To get an idea on the current power usage and some suggestions on how to improve power-management ‘powertop‘ is a must-have. sudo apt-get install powertop Powertop Screenshot For some more detailed suggestions this is a good start: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PowerManagement/ReducedPower

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Turning the Toshiba Z830 into a Ubuntu Ultrabook

Posted on February 5, 2012 by leogaggl

Since I will have to do a fair amount of traveling in the next year I was in need of upgrading my trusted workhorse of Toshiba Qosmio F60 to a more portable option that will be easier on the shoulders … Continue reading →

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Mobile Browser Testing on the Desktop

Posted on January 28, 2012 by leogaggl

If you need to check websites for mobile compliance on a regular basis you know that having a device to constantly check is painful and slows down your work during debugging and phases of constant change.   by  adactio  There are a … Continue reading →

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Using Google Goggles in mobile learning projects

Posted on December 23, 2011 by leogaggl

One of the lesser known free Google services in our experience is Google Goggles. Specially in it’s lastest release (Version 1.7) it has received a few enhancements that make it very useful for some mobile learning applications Scanning of barcodes … Continue reading →

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Open Governance Index – measuring openness

Posted on December 14, 2011 by leogaggl

This is an interesting report and info-graphic by the folks at VisionMobile on a new way of measuring the openness of some mobile open source projects. The Open Governance Index measures the true openness of eight open source projects – Android, Qt, … Continue reading →

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Running your business (mostly) on Open Source Software

Posted on September 12, 2011 by leogaggl

The release of the latest Ubuntu Version has been seen by a number of commentators as the most end-user friendly yet and signals another milestone in the readiness of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for more widespread (and business) … Continue reading →

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Nokia Bluetooth Keyboard on Android

Posted on September 6, 2011 by leogaggl

One of my oldest pieces of hardware is a trusty Nokia SU-8W Bluetooth Keyboard. I have tried to revive it on an Android 1.6 & 2.0 device with not much luck. However I got it working successfully on a Gingerbread … Continue reading →

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Installing Ubuntu: Extending the HP Touchpad

Posted on August 27, 2011 by leogaggl

As one of those who grabbed a HP Touchpad at the recent firesale (after announcing the killing of the product line) I did it as in full knowledge that this device in it’s current form is of limited use and (highly) … Continue reading →

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Upgrade to Firefox 4 on Ubuntu 10.04

Posted on July 25, 2011 by leogaggl

Since some older hardware (Toshiba Satellite A300 for example) has issues with the current version of Grub as well as the newer Kernel I still need to run 10.04 on some machines. However since the 10.04 Repository still uses Firefox … Continue reading →

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Install Handbrake on Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty)

Posted on May 29, 2011 by leogaggl

To convert a DVD and make it viewable on your mobile device Handbrake seems to be the most useful tool I have discovered so far. Since it is not part of the default Ubuntu Repositories here is the installation process. … Continue reading →

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