Phones

[the_riviera_kid]

Now that I'm unemployed, my first instinct is, of course, to spend money. In particular, I think it's time to accept that my poor 5 year old Nokia 5210 is nearly dead

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[ext_2025]

The mass-market hardware version of the Neo1973 is due soon, I think the cost was going to be ~$US450. Dimensions are 12cm x 6.2cm x 1.8cm, so somewhat bigger, but it's rounded at the top and bottom. It is tri-band, takes microSD and the display is quite nice. Obviously it's not on a contract, and syncing with Linux is definitely hackable if it doesn't work.

[the_riviera_kid]

I forgot to mention that, thanks. My only concern is that it's been due "soon" for a while now.
I recall someone in UCC mentioning ordering a dev model. Was that you?

[ext_2025]

Yeah, I did post about it, but decided against getting the dev model in the end. Comparing http://www.phoronix.com/blogs/david/?k=blog&i=62 (September) with http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973#Estimated_time_line I'd say January is realistic given they've had to respin the hardware.

[ext_39666]

Susie has a 6300, it seems good. Sensible size and design, not sure about triband though.

No idea if Linux syncing works, I guess it talks syncml so opensync might work.

[the_riviera_kid]

Thanks for the input, it's always reassuring to have someone who owns the device say "this doesn't suck".
Apparently it's at least tri (possibly quad) band. The internet seems to suggest that opensync is plausible, for contacts if not calendar.

[mexicanjewlizrd]

my next phone of choice at the moment is the Nokia 6120 or 6110 Navigator.
the former is a brick, the latter is a slide (with inbuilt gps)

both are low-end phones (free on $30 or so plans). both are =quadband=.
The 6120 is HSDPA (3.5G) compatible, which is awesome.