Mark, If your wife fully uses the blackberry, SUPPORT IT!! (I saw the Playbook in town by the way) I think Android is at the wild and crazy adventure stage Linux was in back in the late 90s. Everyone (the really cool ones) wants to root their device and get access to the console. I recall while hacking my first device that it was "STILL" easier to do chmod and mv via console than sweating figuring out a gui tool. The next android I get my hands on, am going to try to install backtrack and other Linux pen testing tools.
Am surprised no one has mentioned that one nokia rocking Linux though. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Tinka Sent: 10 December 2011 18:45 To: Ernest Byaruhanga Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LUG] Android users get screwed? On Saturday, December 10, 2011 11:08:54 AM Ernest Byaruhanga wrote: > Ideally yes. The reality however is different for majority users. I > know many people that bought a phone because it looked cool. Others > because it was a latest model. :) We all did/do that, but it was a lot easier when phones weren't "so smart". Moreover, getting a new phone because it "looks cool" is a better reason than replacing my already "cool" phone just so I can get the latest OS. It's even harder now that times are getting harder for most. My wife has a Blackberry Bold 9780 which will only support Blackberry OS 6. I understand that if she wants to use OS 7, she has to buy a newer model. Well, the smart phone vendors certainly have a profitable model. Mark. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
