Perl on a smartphone?

[Adam Bartosik]

Hi David,

I was using Milestone1 (European version of Moto-Droid) and also some
friends are using M1/M2 versions, maybe more for emergency
administration than "casual programming" but still able to use
shortcuts like ^E or ^H with bash through ssh connection.
Milestone 2 keyboard is slightly improved but even M1 is much more
better and faster for any kind of typing than touch screen.
I was not impressed too much by Perl/ASE features on Android compared
to full SDK when I tried it about year ago but maybe there was some
improvement in this area also.

Btw, you can also go with any android and try to connect external
keyboard (folded-full-keyboard?)
http://jkontherun.com/2010/02/17/how-to-add-a-usb-keyboard-to-an-android-phone/
;)

Thanks,
Adam

On 26 March 2011 00:26, David Brownlee <abs at absd.org> wrote:
> On 23 March 2011 10:15, James Laver <london.pm at jameslaver.com> wrote:
>
>
>> If only there were android smartphones with keyboards...
>>
>> http://www.htc.com/www/product/g1/overview.html
>> http://www.htc.com/www/product/desirez/overview.html
>>
>> http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/GB-EN/Consumer-Products-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/MOTOROLA-FLIPOUT-with-MOTOBLUR-GB-EN
>>
>> http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/Motorola-DROID-US-EN?localeId=33
>> http://review.techworld.com/phones/3265672/samsung-galaxy-pro-preview/
>> http://sidekick.t-mobile.com/
>> http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SPH-M900ZKASPR
>>
>> And then there are quite a lot of people looking forward to the nexus
>> two which is still spreading rumour
>> http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_shadow-3092.php
>>
>> James,
>> Happy desire Z user, former G1 user
>>
>
> How are you finding it?  The G1 is the only Android phone I've found with a
> full keyboard
> ("full" defined as being able to get basic ascii symbols such as |,{,} by a
> simple two key chord).
> I've been looking for something to which to upgrade but without luck.
>
> On the plus side I did find a version of Android ("ginger yoshi") which
> makes the phone just about
> fast to use again.
>
> Not used perl directly on the phone, but have definitely edited it across
> ssh :)
>