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I think it's fake. It's insanely difficult to port stuff. We probably won't get it on 3g. Though it would be nice to have Maemeemogo on Android devices... On 22 April 2010 22:58, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 22/04/10 22:39, Gordon Henderson wrote: >> >> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010, Rob Beard wrote: >> >>> On 22/04/10 19:02, Gordon Henderson wrote: >> >>>> Nah - Get a Nokia N900 - you get root access out of the box and it runs >>>> Debian... >>>> >>>> (And you can run MeeGo on it as well as Maemo, and multitask - iPhones >>>> only just catching up :) >>>> >>> >>> I'd agree with Gordon on that respect, considering an iPhone 2G is >>> well, not 3G (a friend of mine has a 2G and says it's slow), I'd >>> certainly rather have something like an N900. Of course if someone >>> gave me an old iPhone 2G then I wouldn't say no, just to hack Android >>> on to it (can't think of much other use, I know lots of people rave >>> about the iPhone but well I just don't see it myself). >> >> I'd been lusting after an N900 for some time, but finally decided to >> take the plunge a few weeks ago... then Nokia screwed up my order so I >> whinged and started to look elsewhere. I did have a good look at the >> iPhone and Android platforms (Motorola Droid or "Milestone" as it's >> known in the UK). I almost got a Droid, then I rememberd that I used to >> work for Motorola ;-) >> >> Ended up getting my N900 from Handtec.co.uk - even with next day before >> 10am delivery it was still cheaper than direct from Nokia. >> >> It's an intersting concept - definately an Internet tablet first and a >> phone second. You can't file TXT messages either, but it keeps them in >> "conversations" sort of like a twitter feed. (And there is an app. that >> converges TXTs, twitters and some other IM's all together with your >> contacts list) No need to file them I guess - with 32GB of storage >> avalable - although it was closer to 27GB once the fixed OS partitions >> were allocated. I've started to rip my own DVDs just to put something on >> it! >> >> And there's a few obvious blunders like no individual contact >> ring-tones, and the free Ovi Maps doesn't have turn by turn directions - >> yet (it's promised, and there's another big software relase due "real >> soon now") >> >> However in some ways, it's a bit more limiting than my old E90 - the >> screen isn't as wide, so it's more like a 60 column display than an 80 >> column - however that might just be the default font in it's own xterm - >> there are some applications that put up text that I can't read even with >> my reading glases on... )-: >> >> But it's growing on me :) >> >> Gordon >> > > That's good to hear, I presume you'll be doing a mini talk for us all at the > LUG meeting in May? ;-) > > Rob (who looks forward to what exciting bits of kit Gordon brings to the LUG > meetings) > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- Dan Dart _____ Need a website? Want some music tailored to you? Visit http://www.dandart.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html