Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 16:40 +0100, Matt Jones wrote: > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Paul Roach wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Never mind - found it on mobilephonesdirect.co.uk on Vodafone and > > T-Mobile, free on a 24 month contract :) Right, back on a d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Matt Jones
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Paul Roach wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Never mind - found it on mobilephonesdirect.co.uk on Vodafone and > T-Mobile, free on a 24 month contract :) > > > Matt Jones wrote: >> I have seen it for free on a £35/mo contract with a prett

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Paul Roach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Never mind - found it on mobilephonesdirect.co.uk on Vodafone and T-Mobile, free on a 24 month contract :) Matt Jones wrote: > I have seen it for free on a £35/mo contract with a pretty decent > usage allowance, and I suspect that an existing custome

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Paul Roach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greati might sit on my hands until one of the mobile carriers start offering it at a discounted rate as part of a contract... Thanks for the advice Jamie... Jamie Bennett wrote: > Device speed is excellent, you really do have a mini-computer in >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Paul Roach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matt Jones wrote: > I have seen it for free on a £35/mo contract with a pretty decent > usage allowance, and I suspect that an existing customer could get > that down somewhat. Matt. Matt - can you advise what network/reseller that was with? Thanks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Matt Jones
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Jamie Bennett wrote: > Device speed is excellent, you really do have a mini-computer in your > pocket. Camera is great and of course you can FTP, ssh, and use all > the other great apps your used to. > > But it's pricy compared to other phone/laptop offerings. If i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
Device speed is excellent, you really do have a mini-computer in your pocket. Camera is great and of course you can FTP, ssh, and use all the other great apps your used to. But it's pricy compared to other phone/laptop offerings. If it it's heavyly subsidied and you bother little for a great

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Paul Roach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Jamie, was just posting a question about how you'd obtained yours and then looked at your blog and Alan's comment - all now becomes clear! Another question though ---how do you compare the Android/Maemo platforms in terms of speed and open-ness

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
Oopps, sorry for the double posts, at the airport and a little distracted. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org On 14 Oct 2009, at 15:18, Jamie Bennett wrote: > Ok, mmm ... > > ... personally I wouldn't buy it and that's coming from someone who > should love this thing. There are minor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
Ok, mmm ... ... personally I wouldn't buy it and that's coming from someone who should love this thing. There are minor software gripes but as it's not out yet then that's understandable and I'm sure they will get it sorted, but my main gripe is the form factor. I'm coming from an iPhone a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Alan Pope
2009/10/14 Jamie Bennett : > I have one an it runs fine on the O2 network, I have my iPhone sim in > it at the moment. > Overall impressions of the device? And then again, impressions of it, if you'd had to pay £450-500 for it ;) Cheers, Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
I have one an it runs fine on the O2 network, I have my iPhone sim in it at the moment. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org On 14 Oct 2009, at 14:31, Paul Roach wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Just been talking to my account manager with O2, and they have st

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Paul Roach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just been talking to my account manager with O2, and they have stated they have no plans to test/release the N900 handset on their network at this time (and usually they get loads of hype and release dates well in advance of a launch) Gutted, as the h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-09-27 Thread javadayaz
Not the n900? On 28 Sep 2009 00:05, "Rik Boland" wrote: Nokia is releasing a new phone the runs Linux? What model is it? Shalom Rik -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-09-27 Thread Daniel Drummond
Rik Boland wrote: > Nokia is releasing a new phone the runs Linux? > > What model is it? > > Shalom > > Rik > > N900 http://www.nokia.co.uk/find-products/all-phones/nokia-n900#/main/landing Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-09-27 Thread Jon Spriggs
I believe this is the Debian derived, Maemo Based N900 following the same conventions as the N800 and N700 series Internet Tablets - now with included GSM chip :) -- Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs LPIC-1 Certified 2009/9/28 Rik Boland : > Nokia is releasing a new phone the runs Linux? > > What mode

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-09-27 Thread Alan Pope
2009/9/28 Rik Boland : > Nokia is releasing a new phone the runs Linux? > It runs Maemo which is based on Debian Linux as I understand it. > What model is it? > N900. http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/ Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk ht

[ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-09-27 Thread Rik Boland
Nokia is releasing a new phone the runs Linux? What model is it? Shalom Rik -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/