Linux and RIM Blackberry

[Jason Shein]

On May 16, 2005 03:55 pm, William O'Higgins wrote:
> On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 03:40:50PM -0400, Aaron Vegh wrote:
> >My Dad bought a Blackberry a while back -- amazingly, without any
> >support from me. First I heard of it was when he showed it to me. Then
> >he asked, "can we get this to sync with my Mac?"
> >
> >Trouble, trouble, trouble. RIM has never heard of Linux, nor the
> >Macintosh. So fsck 'em. My Dad ultimately exchanged his BB for a Treo
> >600. Now THAT is a sweet piece of hardware. Honestly, in capability
> >it's way better than a BB.
>
> The only complaint I've heard about the Treo is that they don't seem to
> have Bluetooth.  I was on the sideline of an ultimate game yesterday,
> and several people were exchanging numbers, and lamenting that they had
> to type in the Treo-holder's number by hand.  We've come a long way
> since the big grey brick cellphones.

The treo 650 now has bluetooth.
http://www.palmone.com/us/products/smartphones/treo650/


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