"linuxy" smartphones

Tyler Aviss tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed Jan 6 04:52:43 UTC 2010


On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Dave Cramer <davec-zxk95TxsVYDyHADnj0MGvQC/G2K4zDHf at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:53 PM, William Muriithi
>> <william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> Would prefer like Android phone if possible
>>
>> Today is the "feeding frenzy day" for Google's "Nexus One" phone...
>>
>> Based on its capabilities and pricing, I'm thinking that the Nokia
>> N900, which is entirely more "Linux user friendly", is looking rather
>> more appealing than I'd previously thought.
>>
>> I could get an N900 for ~$600 at Newegg.
>>
>> I don't think there are any Android phones that are actually priced
>> lower than that.
>
> Chris,
>
> You can buy a developer phone from google for around 399 us, and you
> can develop on it.
>
> Dave
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What is the difference (besides being able to do more) between the
commercial and dev phones?
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