Keyboard sucks: Any detailed disassembly write-ups yet? - Touch Pro CDMA

Since the At&T fuse has the awesome(tm) keyboard layout that the mogul had.
I'm wondering if anyone has seen a detailed disassembly write-up anywhere.
I'm wondering if swapping the keyboard membranes out and then doing a remapping registry hack would be possible.
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I doubt there are any writeups just yet, but you may want to start with the FCC internal images for both devices.
You could alwasy try emailing the admins at phoneWreck, a new teardown blog.

Easy fix.
I'm assuming you want the ATT layout since this is the CDMA form. An easy thing to do would be to simply paint over the keys or make little stickers and cover them. Then, remap the keyboard (that shouldn't be very hard) so that the correct keys are displayed when pressed.

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Stocks on Touch HD - Possible to Port to TouchPro?

Posted this on the Raphael forum, I guess it would make more sense to put it here since this is where the actual development is being discussed:
Check out this image from the manual for the Touch HD:
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Do you think anyone would be able to get this tab on the Touch Pro? Would love to have an application like this on the Fuze (once I can get one). Of course it might be difficult given the difference in screen resolution (800x480 vs. 640x480).
And in case anyone cares, the full Touch HD manual is available here.
Wow I'm really hoping this shows up in a custom ROM or a cab or something for the pro.
Should be available soon, just follow this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=440861.
And I don't want to play Moderator, but please don't start to completely identical threads at the same time!

[APP][28/10/09]l3v5y SpinTheBottle

I felt like trying some alpha blending OpenGLES, and wanted to see how much better things like this work on different devices...
So, you can now play SpinTheBottle on your windows phone!
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Requirements:
WM6.5+
OpenGLES Software or Hardware
500kb of storage
You can change the bottle image by changing bottle.bmp in the install folder for any ARGB bitmap (it may have odd colours if it's in a different format), so long as it's a power of two by a power of two in pixels, e.g. 256x512.
It might be slightly juddery, and that might be my fault for having crap code... (it might be your device though!)
To exit, press and hold and then let go...
To do:
Custom backgrounds
works great!
How does it work? What are the controls?
how do you change the background? I saw in YouTube, they had a background set in this app

[Q] Visiontek Candyboard - Bluetooth

What do you guys think about this keyboard? I'm thinking of getting it for my new GTab. I had to hurry and post 8 times in order to be able to post a link.
http://www.buy.com/prod/visiontek-candyboard-bluetooth-mini-keyboard-with-touchpad-integrated/q/loc/101/219044386.html
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It looks like it would work but doesn't say if the touchpad is multi-touch capable like for pinch-to-zoom features. I got one from Gear Heads that is a touch wider than the tablet itself but has a multi-touch touchpad.
One thing that bothers me about mini-keyboards like this one and the one I bought from Gear Heads is that they don't have a friggin' "shift" key on the right side. So if you're used to typing at a good pace the fact it doesn't have a shift key to press on the right side of the keyboard will be like a speedbump. Otherwise, I prefer a physical keyboard when I have to type a lot and use the virtual keyboard when I don't.

Can anyone compile libskia.so or libharfbuzz.so for Atrix?

SO here's the problem! CM7/Gingerbread cannot render Bangla/Tamil/Hindi and a handful of other languages. However, when Samsung released their smartphones they specifically compiled those two for their devices and that could render Bangla/Hindi/Tamil.
Let me explain clearly. The Tamil character "தி" is a conjunct of two characters and instead of getting displayed as "தி", it will be displayed as "த ி" without space in between. So we can't read anything on facebook/twitter. Only way is to use Opera Mini which everyone doesn't like.
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The solution is simple in my mind. Just to take those libskia.so or libharfbuzz.so from any Samsung Specific firmware (Suppose Y Pro Duos: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-B5512&pcode=INU#firmware) and compile them for our Atrix.
It can be done in my thought. As Krystian/Epinter/mmountouri already have done so much advanced work! However, if this problem is solved, it'll be a huge milestone for Asia specific countries because 50% of the majority still use Gingerbread. And if I get the support, I will need JB a bit less.

[Q] Today Screen for Android?

Hi,
it looks like the homescreen's solely purpose is to draw beautiful icons since smartphones entered the massmarket.
Does anyone remember the Today Screen from the old Windows Mobile devices?
Something like this:
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Every single piece of information in one place, without the need to click/enter/open anything. You were even able to read the last message/email directly from this screen.
I tried hard to achieve a screen like this using widgets, but these got title bars and spaces everywhere. In 2011 there was a project called SlideScreen which seems to have been pretty close to what i am thinking about, but it got abandoned.
Help me guys, how do i get something like this on android?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
cool!

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