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On Thu, 14 Jan 2010, Rob Beard wrote:
Quoting Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>:On Thu, 14 Jan 2010, Rob Beard wrote:Thats all these phones/e-readers etc are - crippled computers.Having root access and gcc on a Nokia N900 hadly makes it crippled in my book.Isn't the N900 the one that runs Linux based on Debian?It *is* Debian. Complete with root access and apt-get, etc.A friend of mine has just got an N900, not sure how much he paid for it, I'm guessing it's a contract phone.They're between £450 and £500 right now. "Free" on a contract for 24 months...T-Mobile appear to be doing it free on an 18 month contract for £30 a month. I'm currently paying about £17.50 a month, so by the time my contract is up (Feb 2011), then hopefully the price may have come down enough for me to afford it, or otherwise hopefully I might be earning enough to warrant spending £30 a month on a contract phone. :-)
and 18 * 30 is £540 ...I'm paying just under £17 a month for 150 minutes/300 txts and "unlimited" data. Admittedly this is with O2, however...
Gordon
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