[leglug-users] Advice on phones

naim abu darwish naim.abu.darwish at gmail.com
Wed Apr 25 15:41:09 EDT 2007


http://www.opensync.org/
They seem to be targeting all devices and platforms, to be able to
move  your stuff seamlessly where ever you go.
As for what to buy, im really lost there, so much im changing my mind,
i forgetting about the whole thing almost


On 4/25/07, naim abu darwish <naim.abu.darwish at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> >
>


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