[lug] iPod/mp3 players.

Wed Nov 30 07:09:07 MST 2011

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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