[BLUG] Windows Mobile sucks. Where is Linux mobile?

[Gaddis, Jeremy L.]

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I quite like my Blackberry.  It doesn't "resend" alerts, but our
monitoring system takes care of that.

--
Jeremy L. Gaddis
Network Administrator
812.330.6156 (w)  812.391.0358 (m)




-----Original Message-----
From: blug-admin_at_cs.indiana.edu on behalf of Mark Krenz
Sent: Sun 3/18/2007 9:40 PM
To: blug_at_cs.indiana.edu
Subject: [BLUG] Windows Mobile sucks. Where is Linux mobile?
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 There it had to be said.

 Now I know there are some others out there that share my sentiments.
What frustrates me is that as a system administrator, I need to be able
to receive text message alerts on my phone and have the phone re-notify
me if I don't check the message initially.  Either I'm sleeping and need
more noise to wake me up or I'm away from my phone (Eeeek!!) and need to
hear that I was alerted when I get back to it.

  My wife just bought a Motorola Q and I was thinkign about getting one,
good thing I haven't yet.  Windows Mobile for Smartphones doesn't
properly re-alert me.  And neither does the full Windows Mobile (I also
have a Treo 700w at my day job).  Neither one of these cell phone
operating systems give you the proper options to re-send an alert if you
don't check the message.

  Does anyone else face this problem with phones recently?  Any
suggestions as to what good phones are out there that don't use Windows,
but still offer the same kind of functionality?  I'd still like to be
able to use a decent calendar on my phone, etc.

  Anyone know if any phones out there run Linux?

  Keep in mind that I am with Verizon and pretty much need to stick with
them.  I know there are some better options with Nokia phones, etc.  But
I can't get good coverage at work.

  While I'm on the gripe wagon.  I could potentially use a really long
alert to page me like a 2 minute song or something, but the problem is
that Windows based phones don't allow you to cancel the alert that is
running.  So if you get the alert early on in the notification, you
can't do anything to shut it off and have to wait through it, etc.  This
was a basic feature of cell phones up until now.  What has happened to
cell phones?  The professionals who have used them for so many years are
now getting the shaft.

  Phones these days were seem to be made for 19 year old girls driving
in their daddy's car.  Even the high end phones.

--=20
Mark Krenz
Bloomington Linux Users Group
http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
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