On 03/30/2015 01:04 PM, James E. LaBarre wrote: > On 03/30/2015 11:28 AM, japuzzo wrote: >> James; >> >> The problem you many encounter is that you did NOT buy hardware but an >> option to use a service. >> The handset is yours, but it is solely Net10 that decides what you can >> and can't do with it. >> The handset will be locked to Net10 ( Trackphone ) and likely require >> you to play for the service to use it to do anything. >> >> This is why we recommended purchasing the hardware without a service >> which was topical to Linux in an abstract way. >> Discussions on plans or services is not topical and will not be >> discussed on this list. > > Emphasizing this point, which a lot of people have been missing: I am > not intending to use this as a phone. I am specifically looking for > smoething to use as a PDA, in the way PalmOS used to work.
It sounds to me like you're planning on using this as a device that "connects via Wifi only" and I'm guessing that'll probably work. It'll essentially be an "Android touch", if you will, if the theory works out. You may be able to load apps and communicate via like Mumble, Skype, Teamviewer that can work over Wifi without needing a cellular plan. One idea I like for an Android device like this is to try /not/ to use the Google Play store, thus not having any "account" attached to the device; you can still side-load apps and use external repositories such as F-droid I think. The nice thing about this is that then you can enable the GPS and use apps like a Compass and not have to worry about your GPS location being automatically recorded in your account. sounds to me like a worthwhile experiment. I'll be interested to see what you find. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org https://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College * Apr 1 - Breaking Down The Barrier: Demystifying Contributing To Rails May 6 - Docker: An Open Platform For Distributed Applications For Developers And Sysadmins
