On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > Dear everyone on the list > > I am going to purchase a new mobile phone: having not purchased a new > mobile phone for some 6 years I am shocked in both number of choices on > the market and over-wheelming number of features to choose from. I > guess probably people on the list know better which in-expensive > durable model that can cope well with SuSE software, e.g. Evolution > (for contact persons and alarm is okay).
Modern phones are not durable. There may be some models specifically designed to be durable--Nokia 5500 may fall into that category--but I don't know. Modern phones are not made to last 6 years, unless you go for the cheapest models with black and white displays etc. and no moving parts such as slides or hinges etc. > > Internet: It's better if the mobile phone can offer Internet > connectivity, to allow me read / send email on the mobile phone using > IMAP. No need to run a browser on it. Also it's better if the phone can > provide my notebook wireless Internet connection through infrared or > bluetooth or whatever Linux supports. No fancy function like camera and > radio needed. If mp3 is supported then better also support OGG. I belive OGG support is available fro Nokia S60 platform smartphones from somewhere. Probably to Windows Mobile too. That is, you may need to install additional software. I doubt many non-smartphones offer OGG or allow OGG-capable software to be installed. I may be wrong, though. > Multimedia: No complex feature like play one of 1000 games and run > several kinds of virtual machine. No need wide built-in full-color > screen for watching movie and reading book. > > Mac OS: It would be better if it's also supported by Mac OS X 10.2 > which is my second OS, but that I think for that I'll go to consult Mac > OS user group. As far as I know, only very few manufactures truly support OSX. There have been some rumours of Nokia OSX beta software spotted or discussed somewhere, but I don't know if they're actually porting their PC suite to OS X, or if they did, when it would arrive. When someone asked, they neither declined nor confirmed that. OS X is not important, so manufacturers are not very interested in it. > LDAP: it's a dream if there is a model supports LDAP because all my > contacts are stored in centralized LDAP contact directory in our > company, but when I ask LDAP most mobile phone retailer guy don't know > what I am talking about. I'll start a google research later see if > there is such a product. You might want to check out if there's S60 or Windows Mobile software that would allow LDAP. Regards, Tero Pesonen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
