[wplug] Nokia 810 (Was: iPod touch and linux?)

Robert E. Coutch robert.coutch at verizon.net
Wed Jan 6 13:50:57 EST 2010


I should mention that the Nokia N900 is now available for around $500 
(depending on where you buy it) and will work on AT&T, T-mobile and a few 
others.

The N900 runs Maemo 5 Linux and includes a ton of cool features the N810 
doesn't have.

I am seriously considering this device once my Verizon contract is over.

There are rumors you can pop a tracfone sim card in the Nokia for basic phone 
service and then you can use WiFi for the internet stuff but I haven't been 
able to verify this.

I do know there are already many folks using this device on T-mobile.

I'm interested in this as an all-in-one carry around device that includes:
Phone, GPS, Music player with FM tuner and an FM transmitter for use in the 
car as handsfree and stereo media playback over the car's speakers.

I've been checking out the videos and articles on the upcoming Google Nexus 
One but I still thing the Nokia N900 is a better fit for me.


On Wednesday 06 January 2010 12:05:28 pm George Larson wrote:
> FWIW, I'm an iPhone guy.  I wanted to take a more FOSS approach but I was
> already an AT&T customer and I couldn't find an alternative using a 3G
> network in my area.  I didn't know about this Nokia, so I support doing
> homework; I am not an undying iPhone advocate.
> 
> Disclaimers aside, I *LOVE* my iPhone so much that I bought my wife an iPod
> Touch.  My devices are jailbroken and they are not the latest version, so
> I'm not up-to-date on the difficulty of breaking those.
> 
> I can SSH into my device, turn it into a hotspot, use it as a proxy, serve
> pages, FTP.  I have a wiki, PHP, Perl, Python, GCC and much more installed.
> If you're not familiar with Macs, it is very much like a tiny Linux box. 
>  It can scan networks (ARP), scan *for* networks, work as backup storage
>  over Bluetooth or WIFI, schedule my TiVo to record things, modify MS
>  Office documents and countless other things.
> 
> I'm not skilled with any kind of teeny-tiny keyboard but I have fallen in
> love with the OSK, to my surprise.  One reason for this is the fluid
> switching between landscape and portrait -- I doubt that's the proper
> terminology but I imagine you get me.
> 
> IMHO, it's pretty badass.
> 
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Jonathan Billings 
<billings at negate.org>wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 12:18:46AM -0500, Zachary Uram wrote:
> > > Can I run
> > > emacs and gcc on it?! Would be awesome to code while sitting on the
> > > boring 51C without having to bust out my 17" clunky (but nice!) Dell
> > > Inspiron!
> >
> > I have an n810.
> >
> > While I'm sure it is *possible* I can barely consider it an easy
> > thing.  I've never run emacs on the system directly, but in an ssh
> > session on another system, and it's a pain in the neck due to the
> > keyboard.  The slide-out keyboard is nice, but really only good for
> > writing IMs or email, and I'd only use it for more complex typing in
> > an emergency.
> >
> > That said, it holds its battery life for a LONG time, making it a
> > great thing to just keep in your briefcase/bag/whatever for
> > entertainment or an emergency terminal.  The GPS software is OK but
> > takes a long time to sync with sattelites (compared to what I've seen
> > with smart phones which can take advantage of cell towers too.)
> >
> > I've never tried cross-compiling software for the ARM CPU, so I can't
> > comment on that.  There are some third party repos you can add that
> > include a LOT of software which might help save on compilation time.
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>
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