{"id":1276,"date":"2009-10-02T14:26:26","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T13:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.branedy.net\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2009-10-30T15:54:52","modified_gmt":"2009-10-30T14:54:52","slug":"committed-to-maemo-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/?p=1276","title":{"rendered":"Committed to Maemo 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

I gone and done it, I’ve committed to a pre-order for a Nokia N900 from Amazon <\/a> so sometime in the next X Days I’ll be on the Maemo 5<\/a> bandwagon. After pondering Android<\/a>, Vodafone 360<\/a>, Palm WebOS<\/a> and Maemo<\/strong>, I had to choose a platform based upon HOW I USE<\/strong> a phone rather than as a Carrier would have me use one. It’s the one phone that most mimics my current use, a Palm T\/X<\/strong> with a tethered Nokia 6300<\/strong>. Since Vodafone has killed my tethering of the Nokia, I’m reduced to using the T\/X WiFi only, and there is a dearth of free WiFi sites in Ireland. Given that the Blazer browser in the T\/X is functionally obsolete pointed me at a ‘Full’ OS device like Maemo<\/strong>. And while I can, and have booted Angstrom<\/a> on the Palm, it’s inability to connect WiFi and Bluethooth make that configuration interesting, but useless. Android, and particularly the Hero<\/a> was especially appealing, and was my second choice. But Android appears more like a ‘Widget marketing’ platform where only the underlying core was open source. Maemo is a full fledged Linux, although not mainstream, I can hack Linux. And while the current lack of Java is curious and worrying I do know, and it has, other programming language support, even MySQL (older version). <\/p>\n

So what is the N900, it’s a portable Linux system, with a phone app in it. more or less what I have already. I understand that! Now all I have to do is be patient until my new toy ships. Here’s hoping is ships early. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

I will miss the Palm T\/X, but it’s already been repurposed as a Internet radio on it’s desk stand in my office. The Nokia 6300 will also be missed, I wonder if the wife will let me keep it around as a standby? <\/p>\n

UPDATE: More reasons for my choice Software freedom<\/a> and someone else who agrees with me Maemo offers more freedom<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I gone and done it, I’ve committed to a pre-order for a Nokia N900 from Amazon so sometime in the next X Days I’ll be on the Maemo 5 bandwagon. After pondering Android, Vodafone 360, Palm WebOS and Maemo, I…<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more Committed to Maemo 5<\/span> ›<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

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