Ditto, but on Rogers. The GPS functionality is better with the newest Android release, but still not nearly as good as a standalone GPS unit. If you are going hiking, do not plan on using your phone's GPS unless you stay out of the trees (and where's the fun in that?)
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Carl <c...@turner.ca> wrote: > On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 15:19 -0600, t...@terralogic.net wrote: >> I'm planning on getting a smart phone (I don't have a cell phone now) and >> I'm wondering what people might recomend looking ato. >> >> I need GPS where there is no cell phone coverage. >> >> I want to program it. >> >> I'll want ssh immediatly. >> >> I don't think I'll need all that many minutes. >> >> What would be the cheapest way to go for the cell services and the best way >> to go as in PDA services on the phone itself? >> >> Two that I have looked at are the apple iPhone but I need to jail break it >> AFAIK and a Motorola ATRIX 4G. > > I like my Samsung Galaxy S from Bell. Easy to write apps with Linux and > the Google Android SDK. > > Carl > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
