On 6/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Linux Alchemist</b> <<a href="mailto:linux.alchemist@googlemail.com">linux.alchemist@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div>Hi all</div>
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<div>Has anybody tried installing Linux on a Nokia mobile phone (the 5140 in particular)?</div>
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<div>I know it is possible on smartphones.</div>
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<div>Any advice would be appreciated</div>
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<div>cheers</div>
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<div>jon</div></div></blockquote><div><br>5140 being one of the ruggedised Series 40 phones? I think you would
find that Series 40 phones are unlikely to be good candidates for an
alternative operating system due to their low performance and limited
feature set.<br>
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If you can get hold of a Series 60 phones, it is possible to write your
own software in C++, Java or even python, and there is a reasonable
amount of info online for that
(e.g.http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/09/16/symbian_programming.html).
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Installing a new OS might be another matter. Best bet would be either
to start with a Nokia 770 :) or else jump ship from Nokia and get
yourself something a bit more open, with a bit more grunt, like a PDA
with GSM. <a href="http://handhelds.org">handhelds.org</a> has a distro designed for PDAs.<br>
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There is also the homebrew cellphone club which has recieved a lot of
attention recently, but I don't think they have anything of interest
yet.<br>
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HTH<br>
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Colin</div></div>