Friday, August 1, 2008

Re: [BLUG] LiMo Phones, Plans

The onscreen thumbboard version has keys roughly the same size or
bigger than the hardware thumbboard on the n810, it just takes up
screen real estate while being used.

I never really tried interactive stuff like pine, but I would whip
bash out real quick and do some minor network checking (ping this,
tracepath that...) or run a simple ssh command or two on the server
(start or restart a service, f'r'instance).

It also connects right up to our VoIP server as a phone (which, if
you're comfortable wearing a goofy bluetooth headset isn't bad; I tend
not to use it unless I'm nowhere near a "real" phone).

Re: the memory slots, yeah, I keep an 8GB card in the internal slot,
and the external one is still available.

Re: the FM radio, I rarely if ever use it, but if you're into radio
it's pretty neat; you can either scan through the frequencies, or have
it download a list of local radio stations so you can navigate them by
call letters.

Simón

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Josh Goodman <jogoodman@gmail.com> wrote:
> How usable is the onscreen keyboard for the 800? Is it good enough to be
> able to occasionally ssh into a server without going insane? I'm not
> talking about completely working remotely via either tablet, I'm thinking
> more along the lines of checking on running jobs and using pine. I've been
> mulling over getting one or the other and the hardware keyboard seems really
> appealing. Aside from that I prefer the 2 memory slots and FM radio that
> the N800 has.
>
> Josh

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