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I wondered why my old article was suddenly getting new comments. I guess someone saw my comment yesterday[1]. A few notes: - This should have a [2014] tag. -
by Nition 8y ago
I wondered why my old article was suddenly getting new comments. I guess someone saw my comment yesterday[1].
A few notes:
- This should have a [2014] tag.
- The Nokia N9 was released in 2011. There are indeed some other clocks like this now. A subset of them are explicitly copying the N9.
- To those complaining about the dial interface, you often don't have to turn the dials. Since it snaps to the nearest five minutes when you tap, you can set your alarm in two taps. You do have to spin the dial around to change a.m. to p.m. though. With the slight vibration as you turn, it feels better on a touchscreen than you might think.
- Yes Sailfish has a similar implementation. I used a Jolla Sailfish phone after my N9 until I eventually broke it. Then I used Sailfish on an Xperia X but the phone was just too big. There are no Sailfish phones that I can put in my pocket now; I'm currently using an old iPhone 5C. The vertical scrolly-dial alarm clock interface sucks.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19595938 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19595938
- Lammy 8y agoWhat about the Xperia X Compact? It’s supported too.
- Nition 8y agoIt's not officially supported. That and I just don't want to pay for another new phone. Official support right now is: - Xperia X, Xperia XA2, Xperia XA2 Plus, Xperia XA2 Ultra. I have seen that there is some community support for the Xperia X Compact though. The newest Sony "compact", the XZ2 Compact, is almost as large as the original Xperia X now too. Galaxy S10+: 158 x 74 mm Xperia X: 143 x 69 mm Xperia XZ2 Compact: 135 x 65 mm Xperia X Compact: 129 x 65 mm iPhone SE: 124 x 59 mm Nokia N9: 117 x 61 mm I think the perfect phone for me would be an N9/iPhone SE size phone with an iPhone X-style borderless screen and Meego or Sailfish OS.
- m4rtink 8y agoXperia X Compact is not officially supported, but a member of the community created a patcher that turns the official Xperua X Sailfish OS image into one you can use for X compact: https://github.com/g7/sailfishx-patcher-f5321 https://github.com/g7/sailfishx-patcher-f5321 After that all works, including OTA uogrades. A friend of mine flashed such a patched Sailfish OS image on his X compact and AFAIK all works fine for him. :)
- xupybd 8y agoSeems like the perfect app to be written in Umajin.