I'd looked at this one but its not 3G capable. I like the physical keyboard, though being 96mm wide its a small book!
3G is almost essential as on my last holiday in northwest Australia, there were a lot of 3G only areas - GSM seems like its disappearing :( BillK On Mon, 2010-01-04 at 19:01 +1100, Neil Brown wrote: > On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:12:54 +0000 > William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > > What alternatives to the FR (with the same functionality) are there? I > > want 3G phone/sms access and the FR doesnt cut it any more ... > > > > The android phones (htc dream?) - none of which are fully functional on > > FSO/SHR (I think), and access through android to the underlying system > > is minimal. > > > > Flow - good but pricy, and unless I am looking at the design wrong, > > there is only one adapter/interface socket so you can have a phone, or a > > GSM device, but not both at the same time. > > > > Nokia n900 - probably the best choice at this time. > > > > What others are available NOW? > > http://www.exedamobile.com/ > > Looks like an interesting device. > Not terribly cheap, and they seem to want you to buy in lots > of 1000, but once you find the price page: > > http://www.compulab.co.il/exeda/html/exeda-price.htm > > it does appear that for 40% extra you can buy them in ones. > Maybe $US672 with wifi, bluetooth, gsm, gprs, gps, > $US32 extra for a camera. > > Claims (http://www.compulab.co.il/exeda/html/exeda-os-support.htm) to all > work with Linux. > > If you buy one, let us know how it goes :-) > > NeilBrown > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> Home in Perth! _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community