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Re: Chuck gets an iphone

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Mark Wills <forthfreak@gmail.com> writes:
> Even so, I think an Android phone is much more suitable for a 'hacker'
> type (in the old meaning of the word) like Chuck. The Apple is a very
> neat *consumer* device. Brilliant. But hackers, I imagine, would find
> the Android platform more hackable.

Android doesn't seem like that much of an improvement; one should not
have to "root" (break security) on a "hacker's" phone in order to
program it.  There are still Meego phones around (Debian derivative from
Nokia) and they still have a following and the hardware is decent.

Also of possible interest, there are some Archos Android tablets that
can run Angstrom Linux, a fairly nice development environment.

Really though, if one is trying to write code, a small netbook computer
makes more sense than a phone or tablet.  My sister has an Ipad and it's
basically a media consumption device, a hassle even for writing short
emails.  I got her a bluetooth keypad for it, but that effectively turns
it into a less capable netbook.

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Chuck gets an iphone Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-27 16:46 -0700
  Re: Chuck gets an iphone jacko <jackokring@gmail.com> - 2012-09-28 10:57 -0700
  Re: Chuck gets an iphone Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2012-09-30 09:28 -0400
    Re: Chuck gets an iphone Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-30 08:50 -0700
      Re: Chuck gets an iphone Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2012-09-30 18:13 -0400
        Re: Chuck gets an iphone Mark Wills <forthfreak@gmail.com> - 2012-10-01 00:49 -0700
          Re: Chuck gets an iphone Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-01 01:12 -0700
            Re: Chuck gets an iphone Mark Wills <forthfreak@gmail.com> - 2012-10-01 02:05 -0700
              Re: Chuck gets an iphone Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-01 08:23 -0700
                Re: Chuck gets an iphone Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-10-01 17:31 +0200
                Re: Chuck gets an iphone Mark Wills <forthfreak@gmail.com> - 2012-10-01 09:05 -0700
                Re: Chuck gets an iphone Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-10-01 18:52 +0200
                Re: Chuck gets an iphone Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-01 09:10 -0700
                Re: Chuck gets an iphone vandys@vsta.org - 2012-10-02 15:52 +0000
              Re: Chuck gets an iphone Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-10-02 22:34 +0200
                Re: Chuck gets an iphone rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-10-02 18:09 -0400

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