Richard, Actually, the Palm Pre phone has all of the apps you mentioned in your post , plus there is an extensive group of "homebrew" application developers that have implemented many standard Linux urtlities such as SSH on the phone. Palm seems much less controlling of the apps they allow on the phone, Palm seems to allow all kinds of functions on the phone that Apple or AT&T have banned on the iPhone (or the developers have cracked the OS, and Palm hasn't protested much) .
I particularly like the MyTether app, which turns my Palm into a wi-fi internet hotspot for my laptop (when I get tired of typing on the tiny Pre keyboard, and squinting at the little screen). That same app also lets me tether my laptop to the phone for USB wired tethering when accessing the internet. Also I like the multitasking features so I can talk on the phone while surfing the web. The Sprint "all you can eat" data plans are much cheaper than AT&T as well. Skip Richard Donovan wrote: > Thanks Ric, > > Not the answer I wanted but maybe there will be an alternative > on the market or a change of policy. My daughter just got an > iPhone and I am well impressed; GPS (street names!), Google > Earth, Hotmail, any other website, and an amazing app whose name > I can't remmeber that can "listen" to a song on the radio or CD, and > tell you what track it is and the name of the artist! > > Combine that with a video & still camera, and loads of other useful > apps and you have a gizmo I'm finding it hard to resist! I just wish > it could run J (I don't understand ssh!). > > Oh, you can also use it as a phone! > > > Richard > > > > >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:03:15 +1200 >> Subject: Re: [Jchat] iPhone? >> >> >>> From: Richard Donovan >>> >>> Sorry if this has been asked before: >>> >>> Are there any plans to make J available on the iPhone? >>> >> Apple's policies prevent this. >> >> "Apple forbids the inclusion of mechanisms that enable execution of >> arbitrary third-party code. This rule effectively bars the use of >> nonstandard runtimes, JIT engines, and bytecode interpreters." >> http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/09/monotouch-drops-net-into-apples-walled-app-garden.ars >> >> >> One work-around that I understand some are using, is to use ssh to run a J >> session on a remote server. >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Access your other email accounts and manage all your email from one place. > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
