[clug] linux-friendly mobile/pda

[Robert (Bob) Edwards]

Chris,

Thanks for that reply. Looks like nobody answered Ben on much the same
question last year - nobody that keen on sharing their thoughts on "the
best mobile for a geek".

What I really want to know is what's available here in Canberra, and
which suppliers might be worth avoiding etc. The tuxmobil (and
linuxdevices) sites are great, but most of the phones listed are not
available here in Australia, let alone little ol' Canberra.

If/when I decide, I'll let anyone interested know what I went with.
The Samsung/Trolltech Qtopia phones look quite interesting, but I can't
find a supplier here, yet.

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.

Chris Smart wrote:
>> Time for me to replace my mobile (again) - each time due to failure of
>> the '0' key (makes dialing most numbers quite difficult, as well as
>> composing SMS's with spaces between the words...)
>>
>> I'm looking for a phone that has good PDA functionality, preferably
>> even a full alphabet keyboard and that works well with Linux desktops.
>> I would even prefer one that actually runs Linux as it's native O/S.
>> Oh, and a good, robust keyboard would also be an advantage.
>>
>> What are the Linux folk recommending these days (that's available
>> in Canberra)?
> Ben posed this question Nov 2005:
> http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux/2005-November/014577.html
> 
> might be something helpful there.
> 
> Also, the linuxlaptop site also has section on getting Linux on phones,
> but also they mark companies who make dedicated Linux phones with a "*":
> http://tuxmobil.org/phones_linux.html
> 
> Dunno, but might find something helpful.
> 
> -c
>