[R] R on Mobile Devices (Android)
Alain Forget
> >
> > 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
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Ishwor
2009/6/19 Alain Forget <afo...@scs.carleton.ca>
Since R is opensource language, there are couple of things that need to be
sorted before R can be ported to <insert-your-handheld>'s architecture;
There needs to be decent C compiler/SDK available for it. Then theres a
question of compatible license. Once thats sorted, I am sure porters will
have very little trouble porting R to the particular architecture.
I am looking forward to a pre-compiled R port for Android meself! heh :)
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Alain Forget
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Ishwor Gurung
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Hi Ishwor,
Ugh, lots of roadblocks. Do you think there's any chance that I could just
install the Windows version of R onto a Windows Mobile device? I'm currently
trying to set up a Windows Mobile 6.1 emulator, so I may actually find out
soon.
Alain
Ishwor
2009/6/19 Alain Forget <afo...@scs.carleton.ca>
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> Hi Ishwor,
>
> Ugh, lots of roadblocks. Do you think there's any chance that I could just
> install the Windows version of R onto a Windows Mobile device? I'm currently
> trying to set up a Windows Mobile 6.1 emulator, so I may actually find out
> soon.
You could certainly give it a go :) Although I am not sure if Windows
Mobile has the necessary libraries (C runtime libraries) installed for
R to work properly. If it fails to install, it will definitely bail
out. So, personally do not see any harm in giving it a go.
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