"linuxy" smartphones

[S P Arif Sahari Wibowo]

On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, Christopher Browne wrote:
> Based on its capabilities and pricing, I'm thinking that the 
> Nokia N900, which is entirely more "Linux user friendly",

Maemo seems to be much closer to ordinary Linux distribution 
than other mobile phone's linux, both in architecture and 
development model.

That said, other than Android phones, there are also LiMo phones 
out there. Anybody know how open they are?

> I could get an N900 for ~$600 at Newegg.

No place to get it in Canada, I guess? :->

> I don't think there are any Android phones that are actually 
> priced lower than that.

Many LiMo phones are cheaper, but again, not sure how open the 
architecture is.

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