On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Daniel O. Escasa wrote: > ** Sabi ni Ian noong Fri, 21 Mar 2003 10:33:49 +0800 (PHT) > > > 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.. > > I agree. The SMS handling, for one, is primitive. You can't send or receive > vcards or business cards, although you can send and receive the latter thru IR. > In regard to other text messages, there isn't even an easy way to save the > sender's phone number. You (or, more precisely, your cousing) will have to > highlight the phone number, copy to clipboard, then paste into the address > book. I thought that the most attractive thing about the Treo was its > underlying PalmOS, and the hundreds of thousands of Palm developers, some of > whom might develop Treo apps. IOW, the *promise* of more advanced applications > than those that Handspring bundled. > > Now there's the Motorola, and the hundreds of thousands of open source > developers. And, come to think of it, even if Motorola's design engineers > flubbed the user interface (again! -- wouldn't put it beyond them), there > should be Java or even native Linux apps that can substitute. I *think* there > might be more Java and C/C++ developers than PalmOS developers. >
I believe the core of this issue is access to the source code. If application source code were available it would be much easier to 'embrace and extend' it, and come out with more polished apps - plus we can share stuff with the Zaurus users as well. THe nice thing about this is the core linux OS with the mature TCP stack which will allow you to even turn the phone into a wireless bridge, router or gateway he he, If only the thing could accept SD, CompactFlash or MMC addons, then you'ld have ethernet/wifi connectivity as well as a secondary storage boost! I just can't wait for this toy to come out! _ 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]
