musicalwoods
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Well, the cheap one can apparently work in linux with a driver recompile.software to work, otherwise they look nice.
GPRS is pretty slow for data, though...
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Well, the cheap one can apparently work in linux with a driver recompile.software to work, otherwise they look nice.
Well, the cheap one can apparently work in linux with a driver recompile.the only thing that worries me is that they could be stripped down to the point that they require some specific (windows-only"] software to work, otherwise they look nice.
Actually, android is quite an open solution, its problem is that it is so open that carriers are free to add arbitrary limits to its abilities. A free software port of android to an open device doesn't have such limits, and thus is way more interesting than an android phone + contract.phone, sms, cdma etc can be gotten in a true open linux solution.
If you want some phone-specific programs you could take a look at the ones developed for the OpenMoko platform. Those shouldn't be hard to port. I don't own one so I can't speak for the quality of the programs, but I was following them and was hoping they would be able to get a good phone on the market.. This specific nature makes it difficult to reuse existing Linux applications or libraries"
this is sure to upset some of you guys out there. So I myself wanna stear clear of this and just go with angstrom, looks like what I wanted it for.... phone, sms, cdma etc can be gotten in a true open linux solution.
they have pay as you go... so no contracts.... check your local SIM based cell phone carrier companyno. i hate contracts.