[ubuntu-us-in] ubuntu-friendly smartphone

[Craig Hills]

Nice to know... I'll have to look into that.

On Nov 20, 2007 2:18 PM, Michael Schultheiss <schultmc at cinlug.org> wrote:

> Craig Hills wrote:
> > I'm looking for a new phone, and I'd like to find something that works
> > well with ubuntu.  I'm almost definitely going with ATT so I get free
> > calls to my family.  I'm pretty interested in the Blackberry 8310,
> > Samsung Blackjack, or something similar.  Or of course a cheap iphone,
> > but I don't see that happening...
>
> ATT phones are GSM so you'd need something like gsm-utils
> (http://packages.ubuntu.com/gsm-utils)
>
> If you went with a CDMA provider (Sprint or Verizon) I'd recommend
> bitpim (http://packages.ubuntu.com/bitpim).
>
> Both tools should allow you to interact with your phone and maintain
> your phonebook and other phone features (depends on the phone model).  I
> only have experience with bitpim since I have Verizon.
>
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