[nzlug] Symbian, Palm OS, Blackberry OS?

[Liam Farr]

I suggest you *try* an iPhone before you discount it.

One of my companies has just converted all our smart phones to iPhones, and
even without jail breaking, the productivity increase has been significant.

Not to mention things like out of the box VNC (free from app store),
aggressive wifi usage, threaded sms, and the fact than when someone calls
you the phone it actually rings.

I also have a Treo 700wx, a HTC Titan (with WM6, new boot loader, radio rom,
GPS etc), and have had blackberries, and other various smartphones in the
past, and the iPhone beats them hands down.

The iPhone isn't perfect, but what it does do, it does very well. (I'd
rather loose some functionality, and have a phone that does exactly what it
says it does on the box day in day out, without dropping calls, crashing
etc).

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Ghodmode <ghodmode at ghodmode.com> wrote:

> All of the reports about the new iPhone have had their effect and I'm
> convinced ...I don't want one.  But I do want a new mobile device.
> So, what do you guys think is a good choice for a Linux enthusiast?
>
> I'm currently using a Palm Treo 680 which synchronizes pretty well
> pilot-link and/or gpilotd.  I have had an HP iPaq (Windows Mobile) and
> I was never able to get any Linux software to work with it, but I
> might not have tried hard enough.
>
> Here's what I want ...
>
> Essential:
> - Wi-Fi
> - unlocked phone
> - ability to create my own applications (J2ME, C, etc...)
> - Java app support
> - Linux sync support
> - external memory option (SDHC, microSD, etc...)
> - external speaker
>
> Stuff I'd like that isn't essential:
> - QWERTY keyboard
> - GPS
> - position sensor
> - bluetooth support
> - bluetooth stereo headphone support
> - a line of accessories
>
> The Treo 680, with Palm OS 5, has flaky Java support and does not have
> Wi-Fi, but it does have a lot of resources for mobile development.  I
> currently use an 8Gb SDHC card with it.  Officially, it only supports
> up to 2Gb, but the 8Gb works fine.
>
> Can you guys make a recommendation?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Vince Aggrippino
>
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