[lug] iPod/mp3 players.

[Carl Wagner]

Yes it has a camera, but not a front facing one.
I got one on Monday for that price, for my Daughter.  One day sale from 
Virgin.

$69 is a great deal for an Android phone/Linux device, can it still be 
had for that price?

Carl







On 11/30/2011 07:09 AM, Davide Del Vento wrote:
> Does this phone have a camera? My main interest is a front camera for
> videocalls. If I remember right, only very recent (and expensive)
> Androids support videocalls, like the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (not sure
> if it's a sw issue or a hw one)
> Thanks!
> Davide
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 00:58, Nathan England<nathan at paysonlinux.org>  wrote:
>> Virgin Mobile has a $69 dollar android phone with 8GB and a MicroSD card slot
>> which you could add 16 or 32 GB or storage for mp3 and ogg files. Plus being
>> wifi capable and access to the market via wifi it is an awesome all-around media
>> player. I have an old HTC Hero that I keep around just for this as my new
>> Galaxy S is my primary phone now.
>>
>> The virgin mobile deal is actually a decent phone, but you don't need the
>> contract. You can put the phone into "Airplane" mode, then turn the WIFI back
>> on and use the device as an awesome mini-tab. I believe CyanogenMod is
>> available for the device as well.
>>
>> And if you have a SIP account you can even make and receive calls via the SIP
>> service built into the phone. I use my invalidated HTC Hero for this as well.
>>
>> Oh, and did I mention it's linux friendly??? ha ha
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>> On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 23:00:32 David L. Anselmi wrote:
>>> Can anyone recommend something similar to an iPod that is more Linux
>>> friendly or less proprietary? I guess I mean something that includes a full
>>> size screen (like the iPod Touch) with a camera.  I don't know whether I
>>> care about movie playback and such.
>>>
>>> Besides the premium you pay to have an *Apple* product I saw an older iPod
>>> recently that wouldn't give up its pictures without heroic measures.  Uggh.
>>>   So I'd like something high quality, durable, that can be managed without
>>> iTunes-like service and with standard Linux tools.
>>>
>>> Bonus if it can play Ogg. :-)
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Dave
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