On 19 May 2010 10:34, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:
> jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote:
>>
>> here is a question from one of my friends,
>> *what linux-based wifi gps phone would you recommend?*
>> any suggestions?
>
> Most free : Openmoko.
> Best market potential : Android
> Best compromise : Maem
jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote:
>
> here is a question from one of my friends,
> *what linux-based wifi gps phone would you recommend?*
> any suggestions?
Most free : Openmoko.
Best market potential : Android
Best compromise : Maemo... Except that Nokia has orphaned Maemo.
Best hope from my
* John Smith [2010-05-19 09:32 +1000]:
> On 19 May 2010 09:29, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
> > our group in albania and kosovo is not just promoting and working on OSM and
> > freedom of the maps, but also of software and knowledge, we promoting linux.
> > If given a choice, we will choose to p
On 19 May 2010 09:50, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> actually for mapping all gps devices in phones that I know of (don't
> know for the HTC) are worse than much cheaper dedicated gps receivers.
Depends on the antenna design as much as anything else, just because
it's a phone doesn't mean that it w
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:48 AM, John Smith wrote:
> On 19 May 2010 09:37, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
> wrote:
> >> In which case your only options, to the best of my knowledge, are the
> >> nokia n900 and the freerunner... Android phones are usually too locked
> >> down to be considered free
2010/5/19 jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com :
> Well the question came from a new OSMer from Shkoder Albania, who is helping
> with the http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/AlbanianFloodingCrisisCamp. The
> people in albania dont have much money, it is a very poor country, but they
> love to spend money
On 19 May 2010 09:37, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
wrote:
>> In which case your only options, to the best of my knowledge, are the
>> nokia n900 and the freerunner... Android phones are usually too locked
>> down to be considered free by most FLOSS groups...
>
> Well, if we can root them, and in
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:32 AM, John Smith wrote:
> On 19 May 2010 09:29, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
> wrote:
> > Anyway, the question was about linux phones.
>
> Maybe so, but you didn't give enough context as to why.
>
> > our group in albania and kosovo is not just promoting and working o
On 19 May 2010 09:29, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
wrote:
> Anyway, the question was about linux phones.
Maybe so, but you didn't give enough context as to why.
> our group in albania and kosovo is not just promoting and working on OSM and
> freedom of the maps, but also of software and knowle
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:48 AM, John Smith wrote:
> On 19 May 2010 08:43, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
> wrote:
> > So, he is new to osm but not new to linux, and if we can find the right
> > phone for him, maybe more people will be also motivated to help with osm,
> > when they see somone si
On 19 May 2010 08:43, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
wrote:
> So, he is new to osm but not new to linux, and if we can find the right
> phone for him, maybe more people will be also motivated to help with osm,
> when they see somone sitting in the cafe with a nice phone, collecting pois,
> they wi
Well the question came from a new OSMer from Shkoder Albania, who is helping
with the http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/AlbanianFloodingCrisisCamp. The
people in albania dont have much money, it is a very poor country, but they
love to spend money on mobile phones. there are a great deal of good u
> There is a lot of android phones to pick from, not sure how many allow
> root access or you can get root access with them.
True, but the question wasn't really that specific. I know, I'm being
pedantic, but the Desire is the nicest phone I've ever owned (and I
make a point of owning nice phones)
On 18 May 2010 00:47, Joseph Reeves wrote:
> HTC Desire: if you want an iPhone without the ponce factor
hahaha. excellent
> Openmoko FreeRunner: if you want to run Debian on this Linux-based
> wifi gps phone.
yeah, i'll second that. it runs plain debian, a couple of more
phone-focussed OSs with
On 18 May 2010 07:48, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
wrote:
> BUZZ: Guttorm Flatabø - New HTC mobiles are getting very good reviews. I
> have a Sumsung, but I'm stuck with Android 1.5
If you can get root on Android handsets you can load custom roms, like
the one from http://cyanogenmod.com which
more responses: thanks for your input
BUZZ: Guttorm Flatabø - New HTC mobiles are getting very good reviews. I
have a Sumsung, but I'm stuck with Android 1.5
IRC Phurl: there are only 2 real contenders... Maemo-based or
Android-based and they're both pretty excellent. the former is more open,
the
On 17 May 2010 14:37, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> here is a question from one of my friends,
>
> what linux-based wifi gps phone would you recommend?
>
I have a Nokia N900 and love it. It's more of a
linux-computer-in-your-pocket, but it does most of the things a smart
pho
On 17 May 2010 22:47, Joseph Reeves wrote:
> HTC Desire: if you want an iPhone without the ponce factor
There is a lot of android phones to pick from, not sure how many allow
root access or you can get root access with them.
> Openmoko FreeRunner: if you want to run Debian on this Linux-based
>
HTC Desire: if you want an iPhone without the ponce factor
-or-
Openmoko FreeRunner: if you want to run Debian on this Linux-based
wifi gps phone.
Cheers, Joseph
On 17 May 2010 13:37, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> here is a question from one of my friends,
>
> what linu
Hi all,
here is a question from one of my friends,
*what linux-based wifi gps phone would you recommend?*
any suggestions?
thanks,
mike
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