[LIH] [Fwd: Re: Linux Mobile purchase: Suggestions / Recommendation]

+++ H.S.Rai [2009-12-25 13:42:12]:

> Would like to know about Smart Phone with GPS, on which Ubuntu (or
> other GNU / Linux) can be used, available in India.

You'll be very disappointed if you actually wanted to use such a device as a
phone.

> FreeRunner smartphone appears to be nice, but costly and is without
> camera . Please give me suggestions
> / recommendations.

>From what i've seen it's an overpriced toy and great for tinkering around
with there's so much broken that you can keep fixing stuff every week :-),
Sucks as a phone though very long boot times.. very poor battery life(1-2
days??).

The Android phones are probably your best bet if you really want to tinker
around with the OS/Apps on the phone. But they are pretty pricey too.

I've been looking around for a phone that can do wifi+SIP at minimum (GPS
would be a nice plus) And The most affordable phones with Wifi/GPS seem to be
from Nokia ~12-15k and they don't come with USB charging (something my last 2
phones have had and even the el-cheapo ~INR3k standby phone I'm currently using
comes with.)

Kingsly
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