"linuxy" smartphones

Tyler Aviss tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed Jan 6 04:53:57 UTC 2010


On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:25 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.
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Yeah, the N900 is definitely a nice looking phone. The only big thing
was the lack of multi-touch (it seems to use a stylus) and no GPS.
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