Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-20 Thread francesco . devita
[ If someone could help me for the bass fix I'll be happy to use it, finally, also as an audio player (: ] Golden delicious did all fixes... Yes I know, but as stated on its website the reworks are no more available. I wonder if there is still someone in EU that can do them. Joif

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-19 Thread francesco . devita
In all this story the software side really puzzles me. The thing that I love in the GTA0x is that I can use a gnu/linux distro on it, i.e. my (poor) desktop knowledge apply more or less on the GTA0x. I know where to put my hands and where to find infos and support. I'm free to do what I want!

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-19 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:06:01 +0100 cyberesprit cyberesp...@cyberesprit.fr wrote: hi! There may be geeksphones? http://www.geeksphone.com/old/en/moviles/zero/ * The geeksphones(one and zero) require proprietary userspace libraries. * The geeksphones(one and zero) use a qualcomm System

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-19 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:28:48 +0100 arne anka openm...@ginguppin.de wrote: speaking of the n900: FSO is supposed to support that one and i guess SHR would work too. i hope to get another n900 in a near future and to be able to test that Nice, we need help for the Modem-Sound card forwarder,

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-19 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:29:49 +0100 francesco.dev...@mailoo.org wrote: But on another mobile system I'm lost, I have to learn it and maybe I don't want to. Yes android is very different. And who assure me that I'm free as I am on a GTA? I can assure you that you're not as free as on the GTA

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-19 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote: Yes it's a really good device: it's almost like the GTA02, but faster, better, less hardware bugs, but also has a non-free wifi firmware. GTA02 also has non-free WiFi firmware, but it is in the WiFi chip's internal storage instead

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-18 Thread cyberesprit
hi! There may be geeksphones? http://www.geeksphone.com/old/en/moviles/zero/ In the meantime .. Cyberesprit Le 18/12/2012 07:08, Radek Polak a écrit : On Monday, December 17, 2012 10:27:16 PM francesco.dev...@mailoo.org wrote: Those of Brian are more or less my same words. The GTA02

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-18 Thread Davide Scaini
This geeksphone one is very interesting... I wonder if there is a newer android rom available (I googled a bit and it seems there is a CM7), or if it's possible to boot shr/qtmoko/... d ps: what id didn't liked about gta02 is the touchscreen, adn the fact that never worked as a phone for me (the

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-18 Thread pike
Hi This geeksphone one is very interesting... I wonder if there is a newer android rom available (I googled a bit and it seems there is a CM7), Yes, I'm running CM7.2.0 on the zero. There's actually a few mods more finetuned to the device, like

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-18 Thread arne anka
I have used N900 for some time ... speaking of the n900: FSO is supposed to support that one and i guess SHR would work too. i hope to get another n900 in a near future and to be able to test that the hardware of the n900 is almost what i always was slooking for -- the software used to

[off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-17 Thread francesco . devita
Hi list Sadly to say, my GTA02 is going to retire. It is having too much troubles to be used as a daily phone and I'm thinking to replace it. The perfect candidate is the GTA04 but I can't afford its cost right now. I didn't follow with attention the evolution of the smartphones market, so I'm

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-17 Thread Brian
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:59:46 +0100 francesco.dev...@mailoo.org wrote: Hi list Sadly to say, my GTA02 is going to retire. It is having too much troubles to be used as a daily phone and I'm thinking to replace it. The perfect candidate is the GTA04 but I can't afford its cost right now. I

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-17 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:59:46 +0100 francesco.dev...@mailoo.org wrote: Hi list Sadly to say, my GTA02 is going to retire. It is having too much troubles to be used as a daily phone and I'm thinking to replace it. The perfect candidate is the GTA04 but I can't afford its cost right now. I

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-17 Thread Ed Kapitein
On 12/17/2012 05:59 PM, francesco.dev...@mailoo.org wrote: Hi list Sadly to say, my GTA02 is going to retire. It is having too much troubles to be used as a daily phone and I'm thinking to replace it. The perfect candidate is the GTA04 but I can't afford its cost right now. I didn't follow

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-17 Thread Brian
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:50:31 +0100 Ed Kapitein e...@kapitein.org wrote: On 12/17/2012 05:59 PM, francesco.dev...@mailoo.org wrote: Hi list Sadly to say, my GTA02 is going to retire. It is having too much troubles to be used as a daily phone and I'm thinking to replace it. The perfect

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-17 Thread francesco . devita
Those of Brian are more or less my same words. The GTA02 completely satisfied me, it is my daily phone since three years and probably it will be still with me until it works. But battery and GSM issues, and other usury problems, are making it uncomfortable when I am away from home for an

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-17 Thread Radek Polak
On Monday, December 17, 2012 10:27:16 PM francesco.dev...@mailoo.org wrote: Those of Brian are more or less my same words. The GTA02 completely satisfied me, it is my daily phone since three years and probably it will be still with me until it works. But battery and GSM issues, and other