[GRLUG] Android PDA

[Benjamin Flanders]

Interesting, albeit expensive option.

I guess I should have said price is of issue.

Nokia is around $500  touch is $160.

Share and Enjoy
Ben



On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 4:52 PM, John-Thomas Richards <jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
> On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 04:20:30PM -0400, Benjamin Flanders wrote:
>> My wife commandeered my iPod touch, which I was using as a PDA.  Do
>> any of you use, or heard of, a good android iPod Touch replacement.
>>
>> The touch was really almost exactly what I was looking for in a PDA;
>> small, light, good battery life, wifi, music, games, ebooks, email
>> etc.
>>
>> I like the open idea behind the android OS and the fact that it is now
>> getting some steam behind it with, as far as I know, all the apps that
>> I am used to on the touch.
>
> Have you checked out the Nokia N900?  It runs real Linux and you get
> root out of the box.  It also happens to include phone capabilities, but
> if you don't need that part all the better since it only works with
> T-Mobile and AT&T.
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