Re: [BLUG] LiMo Phones, Plans

Sorry, I kinda hijacked the thread. The n800 and n810 do run Linux, but
are not phones. They have Bluetooth capability, as do most cell phones.
I intended to use that pairing for the internet access.

One of my friends uses a Blackberry to ssh home to check various things,
but I know it doesn't run Linux itself. It does have a very tiny
keyboard, which would be easier to type on than a regular keypad. Those
tiny keyboards are still hell to type on.

I have no experience with loading Linux or other third-party firmware
onto mobile phones, and I know of only a few very fancy phones that use
Linux out of the box. The FreeRunner, for example (GreenPhone is no
longer made). OpenMoko (http://www.openmoko.com/) and Qtopia
(http://www.qtopia.net/modules/devices/) present a decent mobile Linux
stack. To be honest, I think any phone with a usable keyboard and a
decent ssh client should be enough. I'm not that eager to run a server
from my phone.

Richard Knepper wrote:
> What, no openmoko?
>
> Matt Zink wrote:
> | Thanks for the clarification - shows you how little I know about cell
> | phones in general, let alone LiMo phones.
> |
> | On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Michael Schultheiss
> | <schultmc@cinlug.org <mailto:schultmc@cinlug.org>> wrote:
> |
> | Matt Zink wrote:
> | > And these are LiMo based phones, right?
> |
> | No, the N800 and N801 are internet tablets. They lake phone
> | capabilities afaik.
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