Re: Laptop (cell phone) in my pocket?

> On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Joshua A. Andler <scislac@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.