[leglug-users] Advice on phones

[naim abu darwish]

Just a long list of possibles, maybe someone already knows a model
suitable, but the list is bigger than i thought::

http://tuxmobil.org/phones_linux.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Phone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_smartphones

On 4/25/07, naim abu darwish <naim.abu.darwish at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I need to, well more like want to, buy a smart phone / PDA phone,
> something like the iMate Jamin  but i dont want to be locked with
> closed hardware. Also i need something that i cant break so easily.
>
> http://www.trolltech.com/products/qtopia/greenphone   ~ $700
> a bit expensive, but its targeted for development testing mostly.
>
> http://www.openmoko.com/press/index.html ~$350 according to
> wikipedia:: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenMoko
> This looks most promising. But no wifi, and its not clear when the
> phone is available for sale.
>
> But for now, i need something that plays nicely with linux to sync my
> todo lists and schedule ... sketching  and mindmapping can wait. For
> this my current Nokia 6230, http://europe.nokia.com/6230, can do the
> job, almost, try http://www.cihar.com/gammu/wammu/ if you still did
> not.
> But anyway, anyone can suggest something with a bigger screen, more
> comfortable keyboard? there are plenty of options out there, but my
> main issue is i rarely use a windows machine, so i need your advice on
> what phones that might play nice with linux
>
> Regards
> -Naim
>