[olug] Linux Phone

[Jordan Fox]

I haven't read much about it, but I ran across this phone today while
reading some news.  It might be a few more months though, until it's
available:

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2005328761.html?kc=rss

Jordan

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:40 AM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:

> The wife-type-person and I are due for some new phones in January.
> While overall ATT/Cingular has been decent to us, I get zero reception
> at work (underground in a giant cement building - go figure) so we're
> open to switching networks.  While we don't need them, we are
> considering jumping on the smart phone bandwagon.  I'd really like to
> get a Linux phone, and am very curious about the Android platform.
> However as I understand it, T-Mobile has the only Android phone at the
> moment.  T-Mobile has horrible coverage in Omaha, poor calling plans,
> and the phone isn't getting great reviews either.
>
> I read all year that the successor to the HTC Touch Pro would be
> called the HTC Touch Dream, and it would be an Android phone launching
> in November.  Well it is December and I'm not seeing any information
> on them.  Any idea when they might launch?  Which networks?
>
> What other Linux phone options are there out there for me?  OpenMoko
> looks cool, but not ready for primetime last I checked.
>
> I keep smacking my wife when she suggests the iPhone but the
> conditioning isn't working.  She just salivates when she hears a bell
> ring.
>
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