Re: any favorite linux usb friendly flip phone?

From	T <T@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: any favorite linux usb friendly flip phone?
Date	2015-02-23 14:23 -0800
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On 02/21/2015 07:30 PM, Robert Riches wrote:
> On 2015-02-21, T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Anyone have a favorite dumb flip cell phone whose
>> camera will allow Linux to plug into its USB port
>> and read it pictures?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>
> For a dumb flip phone, I like the Alcatel A392G labeled for
> TracFone, available at WalMart for ~$30.  When the USB port is
> plugged in, the phone displays a menu with options for charge
> only, mass storage, webcam, and perhaps something else.  I use
> rsync to quickly upload pictures from the phone.
>
> Fwiw, I found rsync to be massively faster than gphoto[2] for
> that purpose, because gphoto[2] requires reading the metadata for
> every file on the storage device _EVERY_ command, even if you're
> just trying to copy one file.
>
> HTH
>

Thank you all!

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any favorite linux usb friendly flip phone? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-20 19:43 -0800
  Re: any favorite linux usb friendly flip phone? Maurice <maurice@nomail.afraid.org> - 2015-02-21 12:12 +0000
  Re: any favorite linux usb friendly flip phone? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-02-21 14:52 -0500
    Re: any favorite linux usb friendly flip phone? Sarcastic Fringehead <none@none.none> - 2015-02-21 14:47 -0600
      Re: any favorite linux usb friendly flip phone? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-02-21 16:28 -0500
  Re: any favorite linux usb friendly flip phone? Andreas Kohlbach <feb15.5.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-02-21 15:48 -0500
  Re: any favorite linux usb friendly flip phone? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2015-02-22 03:30 +0000
    Re: any favorite linux usb friendly flip phone? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-23 14:23 -0800

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