On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Zhang Weiwu wrote:
Dear everyone on the list
I am going to purchase a new mobile phone: having not purchased a new mobile phone for some 6 years I am shocked in both number of choices on the market and over-wheelming number of features to choose from. I guess probably people on the list know better which in-expensive durable model that can cope well with SuSE software, e.g. Evolution (for contact persons and alarm is okay).
Modern phones are not durable. There may be some models specifically designed to be durable--Nokia 5500 may fall into that category--but I don't know. Modern phones are not made to last 6 years, unless you go for the cheapest models with black and white displays etc. and no moving parts such as slides or hinges etc.
Internet: It's better if the mobile phone can offer Internet connectivity, to allow me read / send email on the mobile phone using IMAP. No need to run a browser on it. Also it's better if the phone can provide my notebook wireless Internet connection through infrared or bluetooth or whatever Linux supports. No fancy function like camera and radio needed. If mp3 is supported then better also support OGG.
I belive OGG support is available fro Nokia S60 platform smartphones from somewhere. Probably to Windows Mobile too. That is, you may need to install additional software. I doubt many non-smartphones offer OGG or allow OGG-capable software to be installed. I may be wrong, though.
Multimedia: No complex feature like play one of 1000 games and run several kinds of virtual machine. No need wide built-in full-color screen for watching movie and reading book.
Mac OS: It would be better if it's also supported by Mac OS X 10.2 which is my second OS, but that I think for that I'll go to consult Mac OS user group.
As far as I know, only very few manufactures truly support OSX. There have been some rumours of Nokia OSX beta software spotted or discussed somewhere, but I don't know if they're actually porting their PC suite to OS X, or if they did, when it would arrive. When someone asked, they neither declined nor confirmed that. OS X is not important, so manufacturers are not very interested in it.
LDAP: it's a dream if there is a model supports LDAP because all my contacts are stored in centralized LDAP contact directory in our company, but when I ask LDAP most mobile phone retailer guy don't know what I am talking about. I'll start a google research later see if there is such a product.
You might want to check out if there's S60 or Windows Mobile software that would allow LDAP. Regards, Tero Pesonen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org