-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08-08-07 10:35 AM, Kevin Muller wrote: > I am about to buy a blackberry for my hutch postpaid connection. I was > just wondering if there are free alternatives to blackberry.. i was told > that some companies have made similar phones working with linux. Any > references, links ? And will it work with Hutch (or even Airtel.. i > would'nt hesitate to switch if necessary !) ?
I have been trying to avoid BBerry phones for a long time now. I used the Treo 650 with chattermail for a long long time. You can use any phone that supports IMAP-IDLE, that is the best alternative in my opinion and mostly FREE. Its pretty much an instant push email solution. Your email provider may already support the IDLE command, most dont even know if they do or not. I switched to a Nokia e90 communicator recently and unfortunately while it supports IMAP-IDLE, its not too good doing it. So i had to bite the bullet and get the blackberry connect software on my e90. Which i think is still better than getting a blackberry phone. cheers. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGuYkzbR7mO5apBYARAnnDAJ9lqu9uEpL7mLlWNZO6OTXtOJbgFwCZASps k+/tOynReyfqMKwETXyExU8= =5tnr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
