Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Chris Simmonds
Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/9/25 Chris Simmonds : >> Final comment: whether it is Android or not, the future of mobile >> devices is Linux. When you think about it, there are only a few options: >> Symbian (only for Nokia - who seem to be moving towards Linux anyhow - >> see the N900 and similar), Mac

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread John Cooper
On 25/09/09 08:31, Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:46:24 +0100, l...@discoverlinux.co.uk said: > >> The Android OS is excellent with plenty of good free apps to download >> which makes it far better than any other phone. > > That's very simplistic. For a start, the Android OS isn't

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Alan Pope
2009/9/25 Chris Simmonds : > Final comment: whether it is Android or not, the future of mobile > devices is Linux. When you think about it, there are only a few options: > Symbian (only for Nokia - who seem to be moving towards Linux anyhow - > see the N900 and similar), Mac OS X (only for Apple -

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Chris Simmonds
Chris Dennis wrote: > Chris Simmonds wrote: >> Final comment: whether it is Android or not, the future of mobile >> devices is Linux. When you think about it, there are only a few >> options: Symbian (only for Nokia - who seem to be moving towards Linux >> anyhow - see the N900 and similar), Mac

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Sean Gibbins
Chris Dennis wrote: > Sean Gibbins wrote: > >> Chris Dennis wrote: >> >>> Thanks for that, Hugo. >>> >>> One question, somewhat off-topic: how well do these high-tech phones >>> manage with accessing the internet over GPRS rather than 3G? Vodafone's >>> 3G coverage is pretty much absent

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Chris Dennis
Sean Gibbins wrote: > Chris Dennis wrote: >> Thanks for that, Hugo. >> >> One question, somewhat off-topic: how well do these high-tech phones >> manage with accessing the internet over GPRS rather than 3G? Vodafone's >> 3G coverage is pretty much absent out here in the frontier-land of the >>

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Sean Gibbins
Chris Dennis wrote: > > Thanks for that, Hugo. > > One question, somewhat off-topic: how well do these high-tech phones > manage with accessing the internet over GPRS rather than 3G? Vodafone's > 3G coverage is pretty much absent out here in the frontier-land of the > Hampshire/Dorset border:

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Chris Dennis
Hugo Mills wrote: > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:00:09AM +0100, Bob Dunlop wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Fri, Sep 25 at 12:10, Chris Dennis wrote: >> ... >>> Any thoughts about how LiMo compares with Android[4]? Or any of the >>> other shiny toys that are 'coming soon'[5]? >> You missed the Nokia N900[1]

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Chris Dennis
Chris Simmonds wrote: > Final comment: whether it is Android or not, the future of mobile > devices is Linux. When you think about it, there are only a few options: > Symbian (only for Nokia - who seem to be moving towards Linux anyhow - > see the N900 and similar), Mac OS X (only for Apple - an

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Chris Simmonds
On 25/09/09 00:10, Chris Dennis wrote: > > Hello Folks > > > > I've just stumbled across a news item[1] which mentions LiMo[2], > > apparently "the first truly open, hardware-independent, Linux-based > > operating system for mobile devices". > > > > Vodafone have just announced a new phone t

Re: [Hampshire] Friday humour - a bit early

2009-09-25 Thread Damian Brasher
>> > Ok its a bit ealry but this really has a cringe worthy >> rating >> > >> > http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/23/microsoft_to_pitch_windows_7_via_home_parties.html >> > Boring... I mean, really really dead boring... >> Still, I suppose it was relatively tasteful in comparison >> to t

Re: [Hampshire] OT: pop3 and domain hosting

2009-09-25 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/9/25 Keith Edmunds : > A friend of mine wants to park a domain he owns and set up about 5 pop3 > mailboxes on it. Can anyone recommend a site that offers that? > > Thanks, > Keith I have bought domains from 123-reg.co.uk, and they will allow you to use their dns. So then you can setup a Googl

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Hugo Mills
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:00:09AM +0100, Bob Dunlop wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Sep 25 at 12:10, Chris Dennis wrote: > ... > > Any thoughts about how LiMo compares with Android[4]? Or any of the > > other shiny toys that are 'coming soon'[5]? > > You missed the Nokia N900[1] running Maemo[2] also

Re: [Hampshire] Friday humour - a bit early

2009-09-25 Thread Isaac Close
--- On Thu, 24/9/09, Sean Gibbins wrote: > Date: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 9:13 PM > Tim wrote: > > Ok its a bit ealry but this really has a cringe worthy > rating > > > > http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/23/microsoft_to_pitch_windows_7_via_home_parties.html > > Bizarre. > > I thi

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Alan Bell
Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/9/25 Stephen Rowles : > >> showing some nice "hacks" as examples of the functionality that it has. >> It runs Firefox (Fennec) as a browser and I've seen a photo on the web >> of it running a root terminal so it should be easy to get access and >> configure / update it. >

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Alan Pope
2009/9/25 Stephen Rowles : > showing some nice "hacks" as examples of the functionality that it has. > It runs Firefox (Fennec) as a browser and I've seen a photo on the web > of it running a root terminal so it should be easy to get access and > configure / update it. > http://wiki.maemo.org/Root

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Stephen Rowles
On 09/25/2009 10:00 AM, Bob Dunlop wrote: > > You missed the Nokia N900[1] running Maemo[2] also comming in October. > Several suppliers are touting it with Vodafone/O2 contracts etc and theres > a rumour that Vodafone may be supplying it direct. > > I'm very keen on the N900, if I had more sp

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Alan Pope
2009/9/25 Bob Dunlop : > You missed the Nokia N900[1] running Maemo[2] also comming in October. > Several suppliers are touting it with Vodafone/O2 contracts etc and theres > a rumour that Vodafone may be supplying it direct. > That's certainly on my wishlist, but would like to have a play with on

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Bob Dunlop
Hi, On Fri, Sep 25 at 12:10, Chris Dennis wrote: ... > Any thoughts about how LiMo compares with Android[4]? Or any of the > other shiny toys that are 'coming soon'[5]? You missed the Nokia N900[1] running Maemo[2] also comming in October. Several suppliers are touting it with Vodafone/O2 contr

Re: [Hampshire] OT: pop3 and domain hosting

2009-09-25 Thread Paul Stimpson
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[Hampshire] OT: pop3 and domain hosting

2009-09-25 Thread Keith Edmunds
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Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread john lewis
On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:31:15 +0100 Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:46:24 +0100, l...@discoverlinux.co.uk said: > > > The Android OS is excellent with plenty of good free apps to > > download which makes it far better than any other phone. > > That's very simplistic. For a start, t

Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone

2009-09-25 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:46:24 +0100, l...@discoverlinux.co.uk said: > The Android OS is excellent with plenty of good free apps to download > which makes it far better than any other phone. That's very simplistic. For a start, the Android OS isn't a phone. Secondly, the excellence of a phone is no