[Wylug-discuss] Mobile Phones and Linux

[James Holden]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 09:56:34AM +0100, Mike Goodman wrote:
> My Vodafone contract is coming to an end. A new phone is also required. 
> Apart from calls and texts, the only requirement is to be able to use it 
> very occasionally, if ever, should I need to use ssh to restart a server 
> in an emergency.

Do-able, but fiddly on a phone with a "normal" phone keypad. I have an
E61 with a querty keyboard and it's a bit better. I read mail on it, via
SSH, in Mutt, on the bus.

The version of putty available works very well.

> I cam get a Nokia e51 should I renew (they call it upgrade???) where I 
> am, for the same minutes/texts deal at reduced cost.

Sales jargon :)

The N95 is significantly better. If you want it for mail and SSH,
consider an E61i.

> Now I've been told I'll need a 'doze box to download anything from any 
> Nokia phone, but the person who said that thinks they run on 'doze. I 
> note the e51 runs on Symbian OS. Can any of you enlighten me, please? 
> And if a Nokia is not an option, would someone please suggest 
> alternatives I could consider, and which network provider it comes with?

No, they run Symbian. You can copy stuff to/from them using the USB
cable (it shows up as a standard storage device) or use bluetooth, which
works quite well in Gnome these days.

If you want to upgrade the firmware, or replace operator crippled
firmware with the generic one, you'll need a Windows box, but VirtualBox
personal edition will work OK because it supports USB.

Speaking of which.... AFAIK Three, T-Mobile and Orange disable the VoIP
on the E series phones.

They support IMAP + SSL if you want to do email. You can use a 3rd party
"connector" called goosync.com to sync you calendar to Google calendar
if that's your thing.

James

> 
> Many TsIA.
> 
> Mike
> 
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