[Lula] Linux Phones

[Ted Gould]

On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 11:20 -0700, Kevin Cohen wrote:
> I'm looking to get a new phone.  I am about to purchase the Treo 700;
> however, was thinking maybe there is a similar phone that works with Linux
> instead of Windows CE.  I'm hoping to be able to open the regular .doc and
> .xls documents with Open Office, and be able to play around with some extra
> capabilities that Linux has to offer.  Does anyone know of a phone that will
> work well with Linux?

It isn't a phone per se, but I really like the 770 by Nokia.  It will
use bluetooth to connect to your phone and get it's connection that way.
Abiword hasn't been ported to the latest software, but Gnumeric has, but
both were on IT2005.  I opened both .doc and .xls files and had fun with
them.  It's an Linux box running GTK+, so any GTK+ should be a
relatively easy port (won't look as nice as one optimized for the
smaller screen, but should work).

Also, perhaps most importantly, a developer just ported FreeCiv to the
platform :)

I actually like having the PDA functionality and the phone functionality
separate.  It gives me a way to "travel light" when I want to.  Plus,
the 770 has a much bigger screen than most PDAs.  (and does VoIP)

		--Ted

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