-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 So I finally bit the bullet and bought the new Motorola A760 mobile phone. In case you're wondering what this has to do with this list, hold your horses -- the A760 is a combined GSM phone and PDA that runs Linux!
My militant cousin was with me when I went shopping, and with a combination of batting her eyelids and bullying the poor dealer mercilessly she managed to get about Rs. 1000 off the list price; I finally shelled up Rs. 18.5K for it (plus 2% since I paid by credit card, but if you pay cash you should be OK). Was up till late last night playing with the phone. Couldn't check out many of the features since (a) GPRS wasn't enabled on my connection and (b) I didn't have time to get the USB connection working with my machine. However, here are the pros and cons that I've seen so far (in reverse order); Cons - ---- - - No shell. Damn, how do I do an ls? Oh, there's a graphical file manager ;) - - Limited to 8MB RAM, not expandable - - Could be faster Pros - ---- - - Standard MIDI files as ringtones. Man, I have about 200 MIDI files lying around, finally I can do something with them! - - Plays MP3; can also use MP3s as ringtones. - - Built-in features rock: Camera, USB, IR, Bluetooth, RS232, 64K colours. Does video and audio recording. - - Java2, so presumably I can download J2ME apps from the 'net and install them. Ssh, here I come! - - Handwriting recognition! It even recognises my absolutely rotten handwriting (except for mixing up ``a'' and ``d'' occasionally), so I'd definitely recommend that feature. - - Voice recognition, which I haven't tested out yet. - - Comes standard with data and handsfree cables. - - Built-in Speaker phone. - - Hey, it's Linux! Off for a couple of days, so don't call me up and ask questions about the phone unless you're willing to pay my roaming charges ;) More when I get back Tuesday/Wednesday. Regards, - -- Raju - -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQFA05VIyWjQ78xo0X8RApXnAJ9VwGXeNxVLN8L3gQzcGYXywW//owCdGJQ4 TF96rr9/yXWUtILh1fYjsdI= =6dFq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
