[Nottingham] What mobile to get?

Matthew Tompsett matthewbpt at gmail.com
Fri May 20 13:09:23 UTC 2011


+1 at N900. For a linux geek it's a great phone! I have one and I love it.

Matt

On 20 May 2011 13:43, Eben Till <ctrl.alt.nerd at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I have the N900. It's pretty cool, it doesn't have commercial interest so
> don't expect super polished 'apps' ;)
> However, it is linux and not as restricted as android seems, python and C++
> are the most used languages for development rather than just java.
>
> I've overclocked it to 1Ghz, it runs nicely, the eye candy isn't as nice as
> android in my opinion but everything else makes up for it.
> You can also install NITdroid on it (A port of android) which has very
> recently got SMS send/receive support and the Meego 1.2 developer edition
> N900 image comes out this week! Only phone I know of that can boot three
> mobile OS's
>
> ~Eben
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Benjamin Crowe <sneblot at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Not sure if this will be classed as off topic or not but I'm soon to be in
>> the market for a new phone as my old Nokia E61i is slowly giving up the
>> ghost. With this in mind I have been looking at three different models of
>> phone, these are the Nokia N900, HTC Wildfire and the HTC Desire. My
>> question is does anyone on this list own any of these models? If so what is
>> your experience with using it on a daily basis? Basically I need a hand in
>> making my mind up about which one I should go for.
>>
>> Kind Regards
>> Ben Crowe
>>
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