On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Daniel O. Escasa wrote: > ** Sabi ni Ian noong Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:55:12 +0800 (PHT) > > > http://www.gx-3.net/motoinfo/products.asp?product=A760&y=2003 > > Ah yes, Motorola. In another mailing list, I expressed my misgivings not about > Linux on the phone but what Motorola would do with it. E.g., for a long time, > incoming text messages reflected only the phone number of the sender, even if > you had his or her name in your phonebook. For that reason, it didn't take me > long to feel unhappy about my StarTAC 80, w/c at that time cost me almost > 15,000 clammers. Motorola eventually learned how to associate the incoming > phone number with an entry in the phone book, but ForPete'sSake, that should've > been a no-brainer. Still, I'd be interested in how Motorola fares with this > one. The hardware sure looks attractive -- GPRS, Bluetooth, 16-bit color, MP3, > a camera. Just hoping that Motorola has managed to learn the basics of user > interface design, and better yet that it's surpassed the basics. For example, > the Treo 270 has some nice little touches that make the device a joy to use.
The nice thing about this is that it's Linux and Java based, specifically MonteVista Linux based, not some arcane Linux fork from motorola. This means hopefully we can do a lot more with the phone than the Treo or 9210. My cousin's got a Treo, and i sorta feel it needs more applications integrating the phone and pda.. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
