[lug] smartphone question

[Chan Kar Heng]

try having a look at Nokia N900.
it's a bit dated now, but there's good support from the open source 
community as i know.
it runs on Maemo (very similar to debian) & has a keyboard.
Nokia also isn't continuing with the line anymore.

messed around with it.
managed to ssh, launch xterm from a remote laptop, do port forwardings, 
etc. has a browser that supports flash.

it's successor, Nokia N9, runs on Meego.
no more keyboard, not as techie.

may or may not be your thing...

kh


On 2011-07-05 10:05, Davide Del Vento wrote:
> I can't help, but while waiting for the fireworks here are some thoughts.
>
>> I'm one of those oddballs who has resisted the lure of smartphones and
>> mobile based technology.  Yes, I know, I'm crazy right?
>
> You are not alone, I'm one of these too. For me, the reason is that my
> killer app is still missing (videocalls to oversea users - possibly
> via google video talk). Probably it will be there with the next
> Android release and Google+ how-do-they-call-the-new-video-call.
> Another big problem for me is price. It is just too high (not much for
> the handset itself, but the monthly payments are really out of my
> budget).
>
> Happy 4th to those crazy folks writing/reading emails on the 4th :-)
> Dav
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