Long story. The handset costs £500 new from Nokia or you can get it on a £35 a month contract from Vodafone. I actually have this one on extended loan from Nokia. They sent it to me for review before Christmas. They sent them to a loads of Linux bloggers and developers in a marketing campaign. They want it back though at some point sadly. In the meantime I'm having great fun.<br>
<br>You can find more about it here - <a href="http://maemo.nokia.com/">http://maemo.nokia.com/</a><br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Dan<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Michael Crilly <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mrcrilly@googlemail.com">mrcrilly@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div>Vodafone don't sell locked handsets anymore, unless the handset is locked because of a legal contract with the manufacturer and or because of some exclusive deal.</div>
<div><br></div><div>That sounds amazing though, Dan! How much did it cost? If you're on a Vodafone contract mate, I can give you one of my eight 30% discount slots on your monthly bill if you like?</div><div><br></div>
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<br></div><div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div>On 29 Jan 2010, at 18:27:55, Dan Lynch wrote:</div><br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div></div><div class="h5">It runs <a href="http://maemo.org/" target="_blank">Maemo</a> which is basically Debian. Nokia have put Maemo on their Internet tablets for a while but this is the first phone. You get root access and you can even install stuff with apt-get if you want. I've added a few custom repos. It's pretty cool. Completely unlocked, even the ones on contract from Vodafone are unlocked. It'll run any Python GTK or Qt apps. I installed Vim and QEmacs in the pub to let the guys play with them.<br>
<br>Enough advertising though, I'm not on commission honest and I'm fast becoming a Maemo bore :)<br><br>See ya,<br><br>Dan<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Michael Crilly <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mrcrilly@googlemail.com" target="_blank">mrcrilly@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div>It has Linux on it or something?</div><div>
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