What Phone?
While I do have a very nice phone already, the Sony Ericsson K800i, I’ve decided to look for a new one, with a certain array of features:
- 802.11b/g/n support (n isn’t important, but definitely appreciated),
- Large touch screen (preferable with multi touch)
- Ability to install a PDF reader if not available by default—I want it to work as my eBook reader
- Ability to play ogg vorbis files, or to install an application that will
- Preferably one running Linux (fat chance)
- Ability to sync with Evolution somehow.
Has anyone got any idea where to find this? I’ve had a look at the Nokia N800 tablet, which runs a variant of Debian… only to discover it hasn’t got a phone.
I’ve also looked at the OpenMoko phone, Neo1973, but it doesn’t seem like it’s living up to its hype, and there isn’t even a proper version of it out yet (though there is one due in December).
What are your suggestions?
Lasse Havelund on October 16th, 2007
Tags: evolution, linux, Miscellaneous, nokia n800, phone, Sony Ericsson
Jeremy responded on October 16th, 2007 at 11:54 am | permalink
Nice, you use Evolution too? I started out using that, switched to Thunderbird in February, but switched back this week.
I don’t care about how all the l33t people use Thunderbird — I use Evolution because of the aesthetics. It’s a GNOME application, so it just fits in better. GTK+ apps feel so much nicer when they’re real GTK+ apps, not just GTK+-themed XUL apps.
Lasse Havelund responded on October 16th, 2007 at 12:45 pm | permalink
Yeah, I do: the initial reason I started using it over Thunderbird is its native GPG support—Enigmail kept crashing for me on Thunderbird, so I decided to try out Evolution.
I’ve been in love with it since. :)
saxsux responded on October 24th, 2007 at 12:36 pm | permalink
Why don’t you stick with your K800i as your phone, and use your N800 for all the features you listed?
It’s, coincidently, exactly what I’m doing.