Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

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Author: Hugo Mills
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

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On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:00:09AM +0100, Bob Dunlop wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Sep 25 at 12:10, Chris Dennis wrote:
> ...
> > Any thoughts about how LiMo compares with Android[4]? Or any of the
> > other shiny toys that are 'coming soon'[5]?
>
> You missed the Nokia N900[1] running Maemo[2] also comming in October.
> Several suppliers are touting it with Vodafone/O2 contracts etc and theres
> a rumour that Vodafone may be supplying it direct.
>
> Okay it's supposed to be a "web tablet" that also does phone calls.
> But if it looks like a phone and squawks like a phone...


I've got the N800, which is two generations earlier than the
N900. It doesn't have the slide-out keyboard, the phone function, or
many of the other bits. However, it does run Maemo -- I have it
running 4.1/Diablo (the N900 runs 5.0/Freemantle). I've been
pleasantly impressed with it ever since I got it, both the hardware
and the software.

I think I will almost certainly be getting one, although that's
conditional on being able to find a suitable deal from a mobile phone
company that does what I want, without sending my blood pressure
through the roof in the process.

Hugo.

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