Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-14 Thread Puneet Goel
AFAIK Motorola has following Linux mobile phones. 1. A1200 (ming) 2. MotoRokr E6 3. RAZR v8 (upcoming) Cheers! Puneet On 12 Aug 2007 04:15:39 -, Raseel Bhagat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 Anupam Jain wrote : On 8/9/07, vivek khurana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which

Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-09 Thread PJ
On 8/8/07, PJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe the Motorola A1200? (http://www.mobile-review.com/review/motorola-a1200-en.shtml) It's not too great Anupam Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What are you saying.. At 12k it's the best Linux based phone readily available in India! Yeah,

Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-09 Thread vivek khurana
--- Anupam Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (http://www.mobile-review.com/review/motorola-a1200-en.shtml) It's not too great yup ocmpared to non-linux phone, this phone lacks several features including applications. What are you saying.. At 12k it's the best Linux based phone readily

Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-09 Thread Anupam Jain
On 8/9/07, vivek khurana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Anupam Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (http://www.mobile-review.com/review/motorola-a1200-en.shtml) It's not too great yup ocmpared to non-linux phone, this phone lacks several features including applications. Which features

Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-08 Thread Karanbir Singh
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 I've been using a Nokia E61 with a remote IMAP server for email when on the road, and it does work fine. Since its IMAP you get

Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-08 Thread PJ
Kevin Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: die !), and additionnaly that model has no camera (I always dreamt about being able to take photos with my mobile !), and no keyboard (i mean, there is only a virtual keyboard). Any other suggestions ? Maybe the Motorola A1200?

Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-08 Thread Ankur Rohatgi
-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

Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-08 Thread Karanbir Singh
hi Ankur, Ankur Rohatgi wrote: 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

Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-08 Thread Ankur Rohatgi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08-08-07 3:00 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: isnt network access cost these days low enough to not need to really worry about IMAP-IDLE really ? Hi Karan, I agree, especially with Airtel offering ONLY 1 unmetered GPRS plan. The e90 however had

Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-08 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 08-Aug-07, at 11:12 AM, Kevin Muller wrote: Thanks. I already knew that one, but the thing is that the product is not yet commercialised (I need something urgently, my mobile is about to die !), and additionnaly that model has no camera (I always dreamt about being able to take photos

Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-08 Thread Anupam Jain
On 8/8/07, PJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kevin Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: die !), and additionnaly that model has no camera (I always dreamt about being able to take photos with my mobile !), and no keyboard (i mean, there is only a virtual keyboard). Any other suggestions ?

[ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-07 Thread Kevin Muller
Dear folks, 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

Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-07 Thread Rakesh Pandit
Hello, that some companies have made similar phones working with linux. Any references, links ? And will it work with Hutch (or even Airtel.. i Check out this before buying :) http://www.openmoko.org/ http://www.openmoko.com/ -- Regards Rakesh

Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-07 Thread Kevin Muller
Hi Rakesh, Thanks. I already knew that one, but the thing is that the product is not yet commercialised (I need something urgently, my mobile is about to die !), and additionnaly that model has no camera (I always dreamt about being able to take photos with my mobile !), and no keyboard (i