[Novalug] Rich's Alternative to iPhone

[John B. Holmblad]

Rich,

as you may be aware, the Internet Tablet products from Nokia also can be 
configured with an SSH server.

One essential hardware difference between Nokia's Internet Tablet 
products and the Openmoko product is that the Openmoko hardware has a 
GSM quad band chipset whereas the Nokia Internet Tablets do not have 
either a GSM or CDMA chipset.  Perhaps the manufacturer of openmoko will 
eventually introduce a handset that uses CDMA but I think it is more 
likely that they will wait until WIMAX takes hold and then introduce a 
product that supports WIMAX mobile.

Interestingly it looks like the openmoko product team is relying on 
Nokia power/battery knowhow for the energy source for openmoko.

 I understand that Nokia is planning to introduce a future version of 
the Internet Tablet with WIMAX support. If it happens it will dovetail 
nicely with the recently introduced support (as of July 2007) in the 
Internet Tablet firmware for the Skype VOIP service. Here is the url to 
the www page at the Skype www site for the N800 Skype software download:

    http://www.skype.com/download/skype/mobile/

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Rich Goodwin wrote:
> So, if you want ssh on your phone ... get a Neo1973!  It's there.  _You_
> have the power (<chuckle>if you have the power .... </chuckle>) ....
>
> There are alot of interesting things with openMoKo - it's the S/W.  The
> phone (neo1973) has its advantages as well - or at least the Phase 2
> (GTA02) phone will.  The one shipping now is a developer version.  It
> does not have the WiFi or accelerometers or increase RAM or faster
> processor ....
>
> But the Phase 1 phone (GTA01B_v04) will do the ssh - if you want!
>
> There is a comparison to the iPhone on the openMoKo wiki - 
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/IPhone
>
> Rich
>
> On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 07:43 -0400, gregory pryzby wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 05:58:07PM -0700, TGS wrote:
>>     
>>> There is no alternative :)
>>>       
>> I am an apple fanbot, make no doubt about it.
>>
>> However I don't pay crazy prices for stuff (my 27" mid-90s TV says
>> so). However, if I purchase a phone that is suppose to do it all, let
>> it do it all. Allowing me to access Terminal (ssh) is a MUST on any
>> phone. At least that is my requirement. If it is a convergence of
>> devices, then I should be able to take pix/vid and upload to my site
>> of choice. 
>>
>> Don't get me wrong, it is a beautiful device, but I rather have a
>> device that I can use for my everyday needs-- and yes I shell in via
>> my phone a few times a week at a minimum. 
>>
>> And let's not talk about having to replace the battery after 12-18
>> months (based on experienced battery life and number of recharges) at
>> Apple's price. 
>>
>>     
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jul 9, 2007, at 5:24 AM, gregory pryzby <greg at pryzby.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> http://www.openmoko.com/
>>>>
>>>> Linux 'freed' phone for 300$us. This is a developer's version, but it
>>>> runs linux and is available today.... Hmmmmm
>>>>         
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