[Nottingham] What mobile to get?

[Matthew Tompsett]

This is not true for the end user at the moment. There is a company
which allegedly has created an interface so that android apps can run
on maemo/meego, and they have some videos showing it working. They
haven't released anything though and I haven't heard any plans to
release it to the general public.

Matt

On 20 May 2011 14:04, Benjamin Crowe <sneblot at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the input, I read somewhere that you can get it to run android
> apps on the native OS is this true? The reason I wasn't sure about going for
> the HTC's is I'm not really bothered about getting games and things the apps
> I'd more likely get would be social media and utility apps. Also would love
> to be able to learn how to make my own apps so in your opinions the N900
> with meemo is more open then android?
>
> Ben
>
>
> On 20 May 2011 13:58, Matthew Tompsett <matthewbpt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> +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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