Laptop (cell phone) in my pocket?

[Joshua A. Andler]

On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 13:09 -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Joshua A. Andler <scislac at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         I have a G1 and absolutely love it. The physical keyboard is a
>         little
>         smaller than I would like, but it's not nearly as bad as some
>         I've used.
>         
>         I did also root my phone so it can now do pretty much anything
>         I throw
>         at it. The primary benefits to rooting it are being able to do
>         whatever
>         you want with your hardware ;), a fun little project for a
>         couple hours
>         while rooting it, wireless tethering, and being able to use a
>         bunch of
>         the "for root users" apps on the marketplace (low level backup
>         stuff for
>         your phone, task manager, and other great utilities).
>         
>         Even w/o rooting, the most useful apps I've found and use are:
>         a
>         terminal (pretty capable), a telnet client, irc client,
>         ftp/sftp client,
>         an IM client with support for all major IM protocols, VNC
>         (definitely a
>         bit slow, but still usable if you're patient), and every type
>         of
>         distraction imaginable... skymap, a metal detector app, a
>         tuning app for
>         instruments (incredibly accurate), games, etc.
>         
>         So perhaps I actually just explained how it's really good at
>         wasting
>         time. :D
>         
>         Either way, if you have any Qs about the G1 hardware,
>         software, or
>         experience let me know.
> 
> Yes, the touch screen is really good.  On a G2 from Ebay (China)
> unlocked (which works with TMobile dataplan sims) [$140.00) you don't
> have all the added TMobile stuff and better screen art/design, and
> there IS NO KEYBOARD.  I haven't seen the G2 from TMobile yet.


Oh, another fun thing with the rooted G1, it does support multi-touch...
(as long as the apps you use are set to utilize it). As for the T-mobile
specific apps... I didn't really use them so it was a non-issue for me.
As for the art-related stuff, it was fine by me... I didn't really
notice anything significantly different there.

As for G1 vs G2... I specifically wanted the physical KB, which is why I
opted for a G1. Although, I will say, any extra CPU power you could get
should actually be considered as potentially more important, especially
if you plan on using SSH.

Cheers,
Josh