Which mobile OS do you use or would like to use?
I’m interested in whether the desktop Linux users consistently use an open OS on their handset too, or don’t mind owning the products of the “evil side”. Please write some words about why you choose a certain platform, but try to avoid flaming!
Thanks for voting.
**** it, I forgot Windows Phone 7 and Windows Mobile… I hope few of you use them…
Ok, I go for first.
I take the last option, my 10-years old Nokia is still working, and I don’t need the “smart” features of these high-tech devices.
Any Linux-based platform.
I have a linux-based Motorola now, and I’m considering an upgrade in 2011.
Which OS it ends up being is up in the air. I’m currently biased toward Android, but I’m waiting to see what will come down the pipe for MeeGo and WebOS before making a final decision.
I don’t have a smartphone at the moment. Some cost almost as much as a desktop computer and also require feeding with an ISP plan, which I want to delay as long as possible. But I can see someday I will find one useful for travels. When I do it will probably be Android or another Linux based model. There may be more choice by then.
On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:36:01 +0000, ken yap wrote:
> I don’t have a smartphone at the moment. Some cost almost as much as a
> desktop computer and also require feeding with an ISP plan, which I want
> to delay as long as possible. But I can see someday I will find one
> useful for travels. When I do it will probably be Android or another
> Linux based model. There may be more choice by then.
Android here. About 2 weeks ago I received my HTC Incredible, and I love
it (apart from a minor complaint about the calendar widget and isues with
the battery life).
Jim
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+1. That exactly matches my situation/view right now.
I’ve been using my Nokia N900 (Maemo) since Jan this year, very stable & does everything I want.
I just wish I had a bigger screen;)
At this moment Android. Not only me, my kids too are also amazed with how I handle my new smartphone. They consider me an experienced Android user :). Funny thing is, that to me it truely feels like a small linux machine. Waiting for a 1.6 -> 2.1 update, which is supposed to be much faster, and I’m already satisfied 
Yes, isn’t it marvelous what they can squeeze into small boxes these days. And it can only get better.
I discovered the other day that when I browse a particular newspaper’s site with Chrome on my desktop, it gives an abbreviated web page, probably on the assumption that it’s being viewed from an Android phone. So that’s one way of escaping the annoying ads, use Chrome. 
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:06:01 +0000, Knurpht wrote:
> Funny thing is, that to me it truely feels like a small linux
> machine. Waiting for a 1.6 -> 2.1 update, which is supposed to be much
> faster, and I’m already satisfied
Even moreso with an ssh client installed on it.
Jim
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If it is open source i would use it. Currently i’m leaning towards Android and MeeGo. Symbian is good but it’s not as good as Android.
WebOS is supposed to be coming back this or next year from what I’ve heard. Not to keen to spending close to $500 for an carrier-free version though.
I have sony ericsson xperia 1. It has windows mobile but I unistall it and now has Ubuntu Easy Peasy.
I’m about to buy a motorola cliq that runs on android. It’s pretty neat from the reviews.
I voted “other”. I have a maemo based N900, which I am very happy with. Would consider upgrading to an N9 (meego), but I don’t think nokia made a wise decision there. I had also considered an HP phone, but they followed a similar road to nokia (and they were way too expensive). I like my wife’s Android phone (its a low end Alcatel 890D), but would prefer something more linux based. So for the time being I will stick with the N900 and see what the market has to offer in a year or two.
I voted Android because my current primary phone is a Samsung Galaxy S II which I’m very pleased with. More pleased than I thought I’d be in fact… It’s ‘replaced’ my N900 which I still use around the house in much the same way as the earlier Nokia Internet Tablets would have been used, e.g. browser, media player, ssh client, Skype, IM etc.
I also vote other.
I am using a Nokia N900, its working perfectly has no problems
ANDROIDANDROID!
I loved my HP Pre 3 phone, and still think that WebOS 2.2 was probably the best mobile OS going, and with a little more push and more enthusiasm from HP it would have been an even better one. But unfortunately(Or fortunately of course) most of the lead developers on WebOS jumped to Android.