Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-26 Thread john lewis
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:57:41 + Ian Park wrote: > Next challenge is to set up my personal ring-tone - a > recording of Grandsire Caters... the bell tolls for thee :-) -- John Lewis using Debian sid -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-26 Thread Ian Park
Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:03:33 +, step...@rowles.org.uk said: > >> You can however set up as many accounts as you like in the standard >> email app. > > Indeed; however, the K9 email app is IMO much better than the standard one > (and it supports multiple accounts too).

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-17 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:03:33 +, step...@rowles.org.uk said: > You can however set up as many accounts as you like in the standard > email app. Indeed; however, the K9 email app is IMO much better than the standard one (and it supports multiple accounts too). http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-17 Thread Ian Park
Bob Dunlop wrote: >> To answer Bob Dunlop's question: when I'm away from home I like to use >> my Aspire One to keep up with email and possibly a bit of web browsing, >> so I want to be able to use a mobile phone as a 3G/GPRS modem (as I do > > If that's all why carry the Aspire ? more or less wha

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-17 Thread Stephen Rowles
On 17/03/2010 12:42, Andy Random wrote: > Looking at the current phone market my next phone will probably be > Android, though at the moment I'm on the fence about when I'll upgrade. > > So a quick question about gmail integration with Android... How well does > it deal with multiple gmail accounts

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-17 Thread Andy Random
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010, Stephen Rowles wrote: > I barely use the laptop at home now as my phone just notifies me of new > mails and I can respond using the phone too. Looking at the current phone market my next phone will probably be Android, though at the moment I'm on the fence about when I'll u

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-17 Thread Stephen Rowles
On 17/03/2010 11:33, Bob Dunlop wrote: >> To answer Bob Dunlop's question: when I'm away from home I like to use >> my Aspire One to keep up with email and possibly a bit of web browsing, >> so I want to be able to use a mobile phone as a 3G/GPRS modem (as I do >> > If that's all why carry th

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-17 Thread Bob Dunlop
> To answer Bob Dunlop's question: when I'm away from home I like to use > my Aspire One to keep up with email and possibly a bit of web browsing, > so I want to be able to use a mobile phone as a 3G/GPRS modem (as I do If that's all why carry the Aspire ? more or less what I use my N900 for. Fo

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-17 Thread Ian Park
Bob Dunlop wrote: >> Can anyone with experience of such a machine suggest which models would >> be worth researching further please? > > N900 running Maemo has a nice slide out keyboard. It's more a pocket > computer that makes phone calls than a smart phone. > > I had it acting as a WiFi to 3G

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-17 Thread Stephen Rowles
On 03/16/2010 04:27 PM, Ian Park wrote: > I'm looking around for a phone to replace my current model, a Sony > Ericsson v630i. I'd like one with a "keyboard" a la Blackberry; it's > also important for me that I can use it as a modem for my laptop& > netbook (both of which run Ubuntu). There's no co

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-17 Thread Bob Dunlop
> Can anyone with experience of such a machine suggest which models would > be worth researching further please? N900 running Maemo has a nice slide out keyboard. It's more a pocket computer that makes phone calls than a smart phone. I had it acting as a WiFi to 3G router for some linux boxen wh

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-16 Thread Paul Stimpson
Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards On 16/03/2010 16:27, Ian Park wrote: > I'm looking around for a phone to replace my current model, a Sony > Ericsson v630i. I'd like one with a "keyboard" a la Blackberry; it's >

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-16 Thread Victor Churchill
> (Actually, one I have unhidden it and discovered it, it's not very > clear how to go any further.) s/one/once/ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-16 Thread Victor Churchill
I have a Nokia E63, kind of Blackberry clone. I quite like its keyboard and can use it comfortably for txting and a little browsing with its own browser. It pairs OK with my laptop running XUbuntu K but I have not gone into trying to use it as a modem from there. (Actually, one I have unhidden it a

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-16 Thread Adrian Bridgett
One that hasn't been mentioned is the Motorola Droid (or "Milestone" in Europe). Adrian -- bitcube.co.uk - Expert Linux infrastructure consultancy Puppet, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/h

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-16 Thread trotter
At 16:31 16/03/2010, you wrote: >On 16/03/2010 16:27, Ian Park wrote: > > I'm looking around for a phone to replace my current model, a Sony > > Ericsson v630i. I'd like one with a "keyboard" a la Blackberry; it's > > also important for me that I can use it as a modem for my laptop& > > netbook (bo

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-16 Thread James Ashburner
On 16/03/2010 16:27, Ian Park wrote: > I'm looking around for a phone to replace my current model, a Sony > Ericsson v630i. I'd like one with a "keyboard" a la Blackberry; it's > also important for me that I can use it as a modem for my laptop& > netbook (both of which run Ubuntu). There's no const

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-16 Thread Hugo Mills
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 04:27:50PM +, Ian Park wrote: > I'm looking around for a phone to replace my current model, a Sony > Ericsson v630i. I'd like one with a "keyboard" a la Blackberry; it's > also important for me that I can use it as a modem for my laptop & > netbook (both of which run Ubu

[Hampshire] [OT] Smartphones with keyboards

2010-03-16 Thread Ian Park
I'm looking around for a phone to replace my current model, a Sony Ericsson v630i. I'd like one with a "keyboard" a la Blackberry; it's also important for me that I can use it as a modem for my laptop & netbook (both of which run Ubuntu). There's no constraint about which operator it's tied to; in