[PLUG] Blackberry with Linux?

Chris Dawson xrdawson at gmail.com
Wed Apr 26 18:14:22 UTC 2006


I'll second the Treo.  I've had four treos (270 x 3) and now a 650. 
There has always been great support for Linux with Palm products.  I
can use Bluetooth and much more.  The interface is, imho, much better
than blackberry; I tried a blackberry for a week and disliked the
interface so much I decided to go back to the Treo.  Palm has a much
better hardware interface, and the software is built around the
hardware.  For this reason I would never recommend the 700 since
Windows is not meant to run on a tiny screen like on a Treo.  I'll
leave it up for debate whether Windows is right for even a desktop
computer.  And, throw in the fact that you can run a SSH client on
your Treo for emergency shell access to your servers, and I'll never
leave the Treo fold.

Chris

On 4/26/06, Wil Cooley <wcooley at nakedape.cc> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 10:48 -0700, Kurt Sussman wrote:
> > I'm ready to change my cell phone plan and this is an opportunity to get
> > a new phone. I can get a Blackberry 8700 for a great price, and I like
> > PDA phones.
>
> Have you considered a Palm Treo instead?  PalmOS has worked well with
> Linux for quite a while and it's generally a less closed system than the
> Blackberry.  I just replaced my Kyocera 6035 with a Treo 650 and I
> really like it.
>
> Wil
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> Wil Cooley <wcooley at nakedape.cc>
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