On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 08:35:39PM -0700, giovanni_re wrote: > Isn't it great to get to know your Debian community members, & things > about them, like what kind of stuff they use? Maybe that would be good > stuff for _you_ to get at some point. :) > > > = > So, today's poll is: > > What Smartphone do you use? > > Please reply to this message with: > > Manufacturer name Model name, OS name, Cell Carrier name, Country you > live in. > > > = > For example, I'll start first: > Samsung Intercept, Android (Debian I Wish - DIW), Virgin Mobil > (=Sprint), USA. > > > = > So, what Smartphone do _you_ use? > > Treo, Palm, Verizon, US.
I still hate it after 4 years. Kept it for the 2 year contract. Then started waiting for the right Android so I could have Debian and because some of my favorite apps authors actually anticipated the Palm-to-Android conversion and for helpers for it. I started with Palm at the beginning and bought smart phones loaded with Palm from the outset. Had a really good one from Verizon, so I upgraded to the Treo when it died and began years of disappointment. Now I want a simmed phone with no contract to boot at a price that seems reasonable for carrying a highly breakable electronic distraction in my pocket. Furthermore, legal issues are dawning. There is a case going into the Oregon Supreme Court regarding search and seizure of cell phones by police. Some people point out that much of their most valuable communications records, browsing records, travel records and more are on their pocket rather than in their home. Yet their smartphones are hard to impossible to secure while being more subject to searches. This issue will eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court. However, by then, the technological specifics of the issues may be obsolete and already replaced by new ones. I am thinking of moving to the simplest, cheapest thing that is dependable and allows one to turn off tracking--dumping even texting! I have no idea what that is. -- Regards, Freeman "Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO (or Linux) is the answer." --Somebody -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110503201935.GB21288@Europa.office
