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.