> > Hell R-list, > > > > At the cost of sounding far-fetched and almost incredulous, I would > > like to know if any R user is remotely considering the use of R on > > Mobile devices, and Android in particular. > > First, rewrite R in Java. Good luck with that! > > http://code.google.com/android/kb/general.html#c > > > I really do not have an idea of the kind of definite incentives in > > terms of using R on Android, but having an analytical engine on a > > mobile phone would allow for micro statistics to be collected from the > > log files reflecting number of calls dropped, average time spent > > talking, a time series of the amount of time taken for battery > > recharge, and a host of other information that could be collated and > > analyzed. > > > > R widgets could be created for analyzing the data streams from other > > apps running on the same device. > > > > Any thoughts/suggestions/information on this topic will be highly appreciated. > > I think having the analytical engine on the phone is probably not a > good idea for something that is pretty much connected all the time. > Better to have a lightweight data collection engine reporting back to > an analytical engine on a server somewhere. Then the analytical engine > generates reports on a web page. > > The data collection engine could do trivial summaries, statistics and > graphics in Java without needing R. If you wanted to do complex time > series analysis then that would be a job for the off-phone server. > > Barry
I would absolutely love for R to work on mobile devices. I am looking for a mobile that can basically be used just like a computer. I could then work on LaTeX documents, PowerPoint presentations, and of course R code when I'm in transit, without the hassle of taking out (or even carrying!) my laptop. Mobiles have been around so many years that I don't understand why we can't use them like computers and install or use whatever software we want on them. Anyway, if R could work Windows Mobile and/or Android, that'd be absolutely fantastic, in my opinion. Alain ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
