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Re: Smartphone Decision for Young Programmer?

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Post by christefano » Mon, Aug 18, 2008, 7:49 AM UTC

tienshiao wrote: post #32

I would advise against a PalmOS based device if you plan on doing development. The OS is outdated, and on its last legs. The iPhone OS, Windows Mobile, and the BlackBerry OS are all more modern and have better tools. Can't comment on Symbian.

Agreed. Not only is it old, nobody really knows what plan or timetable Access has for it.

If I were a developer of mobile phone software, I'd go iPhone all the way. Despite Apple's restrictions, every single iPhone owner would have easy and immediate access to my software. RIM's version of an "app store" looks pretty empty at the moment:

http://na.blackberry.com/eng/builtforblackberry/

Re: Smartphone Decision for Young Programmer?

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Post by christefano » Mon, Aug 18, 2008, 7:51 AM UTC

rcoder wrote: post #23

I have a BlackBerry Curve on T-Mobile, and generally think it's the best mobile email client I've ever used. There are a decent number of downloadable apps, and OTA J2ME provisioning is actually pretty awesome. In terms of "hackability", it's tough to find anything better than a full-featured, reasonably-fast Java stack, since you can do development and deployment from your choice of platforms and hosting providers.…

Have you used the MidpSSH client for the BlackBerry? I'd be interested to hear how well it works compared to what's available for iPhone, Palm OS, etc.

Re: Smartphone Decision for Young Programmer?

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Post by alnayyir » Mon, Dec 08, 2008, 2:29 PM UTC

capoeirista wrote: post #27

alnayyir wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll definitely look into it, I did consider a Palm in general in lieu of that Treo I mentioned. If it's price competitive and it has some of the features I'm looking for, I'll strongly consider it. Thanks for the heads up. Personally not concerned with the radiation levels though. Power output of a cellphone is a couple orders of magnitude below anything I see causing cancer or non-trival DNA damage.

What constitutes trivial DNA damage?

the amount you receive by spending 1 hour in the sun.

next question?

Re: Smartphone Decision for Young Programmer?

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Post by rana100 » Fri, Apr 03, 2009, 11:28 AM UTC

sharjeel wrote: post #28

I've been using HTC P3300 ( http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_p3300-1693.php ) and I've found it almost a replacement for my laptop to use it on the go. I use it to check my mails, browsing (OperaMini rox), connect to my servers using Putty, car navigation using Pocket Google Maps, WarDriving, storage device and a lot of other stuff including using it as speedometer :) I am thinking about upgarding to HTC TyTn II or HTC To…

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Re: Smartphone Decision for Young Programmer?

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Post by rana100 » Fri, Apr 03, 2009, 11:30 AM UTC

rana100 wrote: post #44

sharjeel wrote: post #28

I've been using HTC P3300 ( http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_p3300-1693.php ) and I've found it almost a replacement for my laptop to use it on the go. I use it to check my mails, browsing (OperaMini rox), connect to my servers using Putty, car navigation using Pocket Google Maps, WarDriving, storage device and a lot of other stuff including using it as speedometer :) I am thinking about upgarding to HTC TyTn II or HTC To…

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Re: Smartphone Decision for Young Programmer?

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Post by rana100 » Fri, Apr 03, 2009, 11:30 AM UTC

rana100 wrote: post #44

sharjeel wrote: post #28

I've been using HTC P3300 ( http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_p3300-1693.php ) and I've found it almost a replacement for my laptop to use it on the go. I use it to check my mails, browsing (OperaMini rox), connect to my servers using Putty, car navigation using Pocket Google Maps, WarDriving, storage device and a lot of other stuff including using it as speedometer :) I am thinking about upgarding to HTC TyTn II or HTC To…

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Re: Smartphone Decision for Young Programmer?

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Post by rana100 » Fri, Apr 03, 2009, 11:30 AM UTC

sharjeel wrote: post #28

I've been using HTC P3300 ( http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_p3300-1693.php ) and I've found it almost a replacement for my laptop to use it on the go. I use it to check my mails, browsing (OperaMini rox), connect to my servers using Putty, car navigation using Pocket Google Maps, WarDriving, storage device and a lot of other stuff including using it as speedometer :) I am thinking about upgarding to HTC TyTn II or HTC To…

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Re: Smartphone Decision for Young Programmer?

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Post by rana100 » Thu, Apr 09, 2009, 7:09 PM UTC

sharjeel wrote: post #28

I've been using HTC P3300 ( http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_p3300-1693.php ) and I've found it almost a replacement for my laptop to use it on the go. I use it to check my mails, browsing (OperaMini rox), connect to my servers using Putty, car navigation using Pocket Google Maps, WarDriving, storage device and a lot of other stuff including using it as speedometer :) I am thinking about upgarding to HTC TyTn II or HTC To…

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