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Re: Sunday Funnies: Using a smart phone as a diagnostic tool
From: Joshua William Klubi <joshua.klubi () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:10:13 +0000
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:00 AM, Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote:
Do you have a smartphone? Blackberry? iPhone? Android?
Try a Nokia N900 Maemo device, Brief History it is a pet project of Nokia, it is 100% Linux (Debian Based), you don't need to hack it or do anything or install any apps on it, full Linux ie, ssh, lamp stack , name it, you can get it for about $300 this a full fledge site for it http://maemo.org/
Do you use it as a technical tool in your work, either for accessing devices or testing connectivity -- or something else?
yes if ur a real IT person and your very well versed in terms of knowledge and you use gadgets then you should know it is a swiss knife among all mobile devices.
If so, what kind of phone, and what (if you don't mind letting on) are your magic apps for this sort of work? Android, BB, iOS are cool OS but compared to a real Linux OS stack (Debian)
you can easily compare the difference, with N900 you don't need all those APP markets you have all the apps develop for Linux at your disposal, just use apt-get and then ur done.
(My motivation? Well, um, Lee, I'm looking at buying an HTC Thunderbolt, if everyone can get their thumbs out, and I want to get a feeling for the lanscape, if you'll pardon the pun. :-) HTC thunderbolt is not a bad looking phone. one most important thing about
all the mobile phone devices out there it is only Nokia that support full networking stack of IPV6 on it no hacking needed to get it running.
Cheers, -- jra
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