On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:48 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com>wrote:

> On 19 May 2010 09:37, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
> <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 install other software it should not be a
> > problem.
>
> You can also jail break iphones but I wouldn't consider that a good
> "open" platform either...
>

Agreed. I dont know much about smartphones myself, which is why I asked. I
myself have an old nokia with no schnickschnak.
But we did get an extenal gps with a nokia smartphone for poi collecting in
kosovo, it worked well.
thanks everyone for the responses, good stuff!
mike
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