My partner and family use https://quicksy.im/ which is an XMPP client that uses their phone number as username, to give it a "convenient as WhatsApp/Signal" feel.
I run the mobile UI branch https://github.com/dino/dino/tree/feature/handy on my Pinephone.
Any general feedback on the pinephone? Is it your main smartphone?
I haven't seen A/V calls working, but I know compatibility is being worked on. Audio calls will work before video calls.
The Pinephone is a breath of fresh air, but it's not yet ready for casual use by techies.
Pinephone is too slow to be my main phone. I'm looking forward to Pinephone Pro, which is fast enough, being able to reliably sleep.
I desperately want to daily drive a Linux phone again, but the current batch just isn't there yet.
I have pretty much given up on the idea of running an "open source phone", unfortunately.
Isn't there any API (? or something) for apps to run in "minimal" mode, to wake up the phone when needed? Does this also mean that it's not possible to have the phone notify you when you receive an email in sleep mode?
Ubuntu Touch is the only distro that has a mechanism like this, and my understanding is it doesn't run that well on the PinePhone. The rest will wake up for an incoming call or SMS, but otherwise will stay asleep.
> Does this also mean that it's not possible to have the phone notify you when you receive an email in sleep mode?
Currently, AFAIK, yes.