[Noisebridge-discuss] what sort of phone to get, part xxx

[Michael Shiloh]

i'm pretty sure i need a real keyboard

what do people hear of the n8 and the rumored n9 that replaces it and 
supposedly runs meego since maemo is ending?

whenever i start reading the ads for these things i get sick. i don't 
care about tv and entertainment and sports and facebook.

perhaps i should stick with my nokia 3650...

On 09/28/2010 11:58 PM, Mitch Altman wrote:
>  > Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:03:24 -0700
>  > From: froggytoad at gmail.com
>  > To: michael at michaelshiloh.com
>  > CC: Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>  > Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] what sort of phone to get, part xxx
>  >
>  > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Michael Shiloh
>  > <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > > being a linux geek, i presumed android was the way to go. but last
>  > > weekend (at the maker faire) i had a nice chat with someone who turned
>  > > me on to the Nokia n900, which seems to be much of of a geek's
> linux phone.
>  > >
>  > > thoughts?
>  >
>  >
>  > Perhaps you should compare Android with MeeGo, and look into projects
>  > where people are
>  > getting Meego onto phones/handsets built for Android.
>
> Lots of people I've talked with here in Europe about their phones have
> really liked the HTC Desire, which is the European version of the HTC
> Nexus One, which was only available for a short while before being
> discontinued. A few people still like their N900, but many have said
> that they are waiting for the upcoming Nokia phone, for which some have
> already pre-ordered (I can't remember the name now -- N8 perhaps?), but
> lots of people have said that with the Desire that they swear at their
> phone less than with any other phone so far. But, AFAIK, it is only
> available in Europe, and I don't know if it functions with US GSM.
>
> Currently delayed in Belgium, due to a 24-hour strike...
>
> Mitch.
>