Linux Phone for Verizon Wireless
 

hello guys!

I'm a Verizon Wireless customer and I would like to know if any of you know if Verizon will have a Linux based phone?
Thanks!

I know Tmobile has the G1 and now they will be coming out with the G2 but Tmobile antennas are really bad! no reception!
Thanks

No they do not have any phones that are native linux, they are not that enlightened...

lol thanks! but their service is great! I never miss my calls! LOL just the phone that I have it sucks... guess what? it runs W$ndows crap.

I have an HTC Touch, code named Vogue, or in Verizon land they call it a xv6900. I am booting Android 1.1 off of my SD card with Haret. It's able to make phone calls, SMS, and the internet with the help of a PPP dialer app. I can also install any app in the market just fine. I can get you more information about it if you want. I'm in love with it, and I wish I could switch to a G1 or G2, but my company pays for my phone bill and they won't really let me switch. There are several drawbacks, the obvious lack of Wifi/acceloremeter, and GPS. So it's not nearly as nice as the G1, but it's working and it's making calls on Verizons network.

yes, please can you get me more info? thanks!

Yeah sure it's pretty straight forward. This will NOT break any functionality of the standard Windows Mobile on the ROM, this will run ONLY from the SD card so you will need atleast a 512mb SD card, I would suggest at least a 1gb card. In my case I have a 2gb and I'm wanting to get a new one since I'm installing so many apps from the Android market. The files are zip archive with the linux image as well as a config file which goes with Haret to help it boot the image. Here is the link where I found all of this stuff
http://www.androidonhtc.com/vogue/install

Keep in mind that there are other models you could install on, I'm just telling you from my own experiences.

ok I went into the webpage and I found 4 different downloads Kaiser, Polaris, Vogue and Diamond. which one did you install on your cellphone? The cellphone that I have is a piece of crap SMT5800.
The worse phone I ever had! even my Motorola Brick phone I had back in the 90s worked better than this piece of... :=)

Look here: http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/N...d-deal/?kc=rss
Might take it with a grain of salt though.

Another hot RUMOR for you: http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/26/h...s-the-passion/

nice! thanks. this guy that I know told me that at the Halloween party. damn it! and I just got a crack-berry! grrrr we'll see :) thx guys!

I broke down and bought a Motorola Droid from Verizon last night. So far I like everything except the keypad. It runs Android 2.0 from Google.

from where? is it for sale now? let me check their site.

just checked them out. going to the store later.
thanks

I bought 2 Droids on launch day. Absolutely incredible phone, easily the best I have ever used. I spent a lot of time on the iPhone, and I can honestly say that it has nothing on Android 2.0 as far as I am concerned.

Using this phone has me seriously considering getting into Android development, if nothing else than for the fact I can have my own code running on this thing without any draconian limitations or hacking around.

I picked up one Friday the 6th when it was released, I figured that was the closest we'll get to a linux phone since from what I've read Android runs on a modified linux kernel.
it shows up as USB storage so copying mp3's and pictures on was no problem, can even use rsync to make it easier.
I setup gcaldaemon to get my calendar going from korganizer up to google calendar and therefore back down to the phone.

Android is Linux. It is has all of the standard Linux libraries and systems you would expect, there are even a few apps to get a command terminal right on the phone.

The programs it runs however are not native Linux programs in the traditional sense. They are written in Java and interact with the phone through Google-created APIs that isolate the software from the actual hardware. The idea being that software doesn't need to be tailored to each individual handset, but rather the APIs handle each phone's specific features and capabilities.

I went to the Ver$zon store last Friday and I played a bit with the phone... I had like 3 sales people come up to me and ask if I needed help. I really liked it but the problem is that I just got a Blackberry since Ver$zon couldn't give me any information when they were going to release a Droid phone. I'll try to sell my Blackberry and then perhaps get the Droid.

Yeah I think that happened to a lot of people. I first heard about the Droid in June, so I had been trying to tell all my friends to hold off on upgrading their phones as long as they could so they would be eligible for the Droid.

I could have upgraded my line in August, but I kept the old phone because there was no way I was getting anything else when the Droid was so close to release.

wow yeah I know... I remember calling Verizon many times but my phone was just a piece of garbage (M$crosoft Mobile OS) that figures! lol I'll try to get rid of this BB and get a Droid...

I'm gaining much interest in making Droid my next phone. I haven't seen it 1st hand yet, but I'm planning to first chance I get. Has anyone here purchased it, and what are your objective thoughts? How does it stand up to iPhone?

I hate how they limit phones to one carrier. I have both an att iphone and tmobiles g1 i want the motorola droid but i refuse to use verizon again. I went from having no service anywhere to everywhere. So att runs new england. So im just hoping the droid gets a gsm version. With unlock for att sim and capable 3g cause im bord with my 3gs and macs patent bullsh*t were when i buy a dvd on itunes and there software fails on my phone i have to hope i made a back up of all my new music etc.

I walked into a Verizon "Go Wireless" store a week after introduction (November 13) and had no trouble getting a Droid right on the spot. It is easily the fastest phone I have ever had, but not the best with a keyboard. The touch keyboard that appears has a light touch but it is easy to type the wrong letter or number - and you have to press an ABC or 123 key to toggle between letters and numbers. The phone does come up with a larger phone keypad and that is just fine.

I've seen criticism of the phone side of things, but to me it is fine. The larger criticism is the keyboard, both the touch and the very small physical keyboard. The physical keyboard is really small, though the feel is OK. It is necessary to hold the Alt key with the physical keyboard to type numbers. Like some erratic laptop keyboards, I've had the physical keyboard abruptly jump to some other function without intentionally doing so.

Keyboards are the biggest issue. Navigation could be better; that would probably be the second criticism.

Positives: very good performance; good ability to connect to the Internet in a variety of ways. If wireless is available it can be fast, as fast as the wireless network you can find. 3G access is fine too, and so is satellite GPS access and location finding services.

Definitely the fastest phone I've had. The Blackberry 7520 had the best keyboard; the LG enV (first edition) had the most compact form factor of the phones I've owned. The Motorola Droid is slightly smaller than the Blackberry 7520, which was big, three times as thick and slightly longer and wider. The Droid is slim, easily fits in my shirt or jacket pocket, and with a plastic screen cover, it is convenient to use it from a pocket. I like this phone easily more than any other I've had and FINALLY after a DECADE of looking it is a Linux based (Google Android) phone that I can both afford and actually use.

They are all interesting.

It's true))