[GRLUG] Android PDA

[Michael Mol]

(This isn't pointed directly at Ron; it's just a growing trend I've
only noticed in the last few days.)

Wow...I'm getting a little worried; the Android fan base is beginning
to sound like Apple's. Yes, I'll very specifically acknowledge that
Android isn't walled off the way the iPhone is, it's open source, and
you've got a lot of control over it.  I'll note, though, that the
Google devs didn't do a very good job adapting the Linux kernel to
their hardware in a way that allows the changes to be integrated back
to mainline, *and* I've only been hearing about apps that "run on
Android", not apps that "also run on Android." It's almost as though
the Android fan base is effectively duplicating some of the software
ecology they hate about the iPhone.

Here we are talking about and enjoying open source and
interoperability, and I'm repeatedly amazed that nobody notices the
lack (or lauds the presence) of app portability between Android, other
Linux phones and Linux+netbook+phone radio.

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Ron Lauzon <rlauzon at gmail.com> wrote:
> I had that, plus an N810 (with the hardware keyboard).
> As with the N900, they don't run Android, but rather Nokia's Maemo OS.
>  While it's based on Linux, it does not have the number of
> applications that Android has.
>
> And, for me at least, neither worked well as a PDA.
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 8:20 AM, mailtonick <mailtonick at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I use a Nokia n800, it runs a Linux based tablet OS. It has
>> productivity apps, many Foss. Plus it has Skype, fm radio, bluetooth,
>> games, webcam, 32gb expansion. I mainly use it for browsing and
>> international calls, and games while travelling.
>
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