[TriLUG] Smartphone advice

Paul McLanahan pmclanahan at gmail.com
Fri Oct 17 10:54:42 EDT 2008


On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Andrew Perrin
<clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I'm thinking about a new smartphone to replace my Treo 700p. I'm
> concerned, though, that Blackberry doesn't seem to play well with Linux
> (right?), Treo is pretty fuddy-duddy, and Windows Mobile is, well, Windows
> Mobile. What are others using? Ideally I'd like to stay with Sprint as a
> provider, which has treated me well.
>

I don't know if Sprint is GSM or not. If they are, then I'm sure the
best linux support you'd get is from a Linux-based phone:

http://www.openmoko.com/product.html

Paul

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