December 2009
3 posts
N900 out | E72 in
I had a filesystem issue on the N900. The issue on a BSD or Linux server at the office would be nothing but I do not want to deal with bugs of this magnitude on my N900. If my holiday photos are gone I will be done with Maemo until the N900 has a proper followup. I should have used rsync! The camera crashed and took down the entire device. Now my microSDHC, swap and one more volume do not mount...
Dec 30th
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Android for soccer Moms
I’ve seen the future. The people will get sick of Ed Zander #2 AKA Ralph de la Vega, his excuses regarding a 30$ data plan, and how somehow that does not justify always on DATA. The soccer Mom’s of Cupertino rocking iPhones the last couple years will drop ATT for CDMA/EVDO clunkers running Android. I heard exactly THAT conversation from two old ladies when out for lunch today. Can...
Dec 12th
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N900 in;iPod Touch 2G out
I should have the N900 next week and just in time. My E51 battery is toast, the screen was flickering Wednesday and I dropped my Touch 2G. I’m looking forward to having a handheld Debian device. I hope the display is more responsive than the “stab me please” Nokia 5800.
Dec 5th