Actually, ALP is part of LiMo, so saying LiMo doesn't necessarily exclude ALP. Asked an Access rep at SF LinuxWorld and he remarked (with the usual disclaimer that the OEMs don't tell them anything) that Samsung is still pinging them with dev-related ALP questions. Perhaps not time to abandon all hope just yet.
My own guess, and that's all it is, is that Samsung is spooked by the iPhone's traction and wants something that provides a little more marketing ammo. Doesn't exclude ALP, but probably means that the UI which was demo'd a year ago needs a few tweaks. btw, saw touch-scrolling work on ALP at the recent LinuxWorld, very pretty.
Time to sit back and practice the zen of new handset non-anticipation. :-)
“The other one is a biggie, and it's something very noticeable in the videos: touch sensitivity is pretty bad. Using the virtual keyboard proved to be far too painful, and we're pretty sure it wasn't multitouch-friendly.”
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Actually, ALP is part of LiMo, so saying LiMo doesn't necessarily exclude ALP. Asked an Access rep at SF LinuxWorld and he remarked (with the usual disclaimer that the OEMs don't tell them anything) that Samsung is still pinging them with dev-related ALP questions. Perhaps not time to abandon all hope just yet.
My own guess, and that's all it is, is that Samsung is spooked by the iPhone's traction and wants something that provides a little more marketing ammo. Doesn't exclude ALP, but probably means that the UI which was demo'd a year ago needs a few tweaks. btw, saw touch-scrolling work on ALP at the recent LinuxWorld, very pretty.
Time to sit back and practice the zen of new handset non-anticipation. :-)