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Hy! Computers can do it, so can P900 do that? For example Mobile PC, or some other Microsoft OS for phones? ??? This message was posted from a K700
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Posted: 2004-09-20 13:09:22
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No! I'm afraid phones aren't quite there yet. The closest thing to that so far was puting p910 FW on an p900.
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Posted: 2004-09-20 13:14:31
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Damn! Microsoft OSs have nicer interface and I think they are better. Thanx, I was just curius. This message was posted from a K700i
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Posted: 2004-09-20 13:17:14
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Nicer interface is debatable, it's a matter of taste I suppose.
As far as OS is concerned I've heard Windows are still pretty unstable (not really a surprise) and that there's still a lot of freezing and such.
I know this doesn't help much, but perhaps you'll find some consolation in the fact that most people still trust Symbian more than Windows.
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Posted: 2004-09-20 14:04:50
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Oh, I didn't knew that thing about Windows. But my Symbian p900 freeze when it works witi some aplications that are unstable (eg. Opera: I use Opera a lot, but sometime it reports some error, than, when I try to open it again it freeze, and I can't open anything, call anyone, and can't turn the phone off.). Solution for interface is to find nice Windows Mobile PC theme ;-). Do you know where to find such theme (that really looks like Mobile PC OS)? This message was posted from a K700i
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Posted: 2004-09-20 14:23:54
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im sure you could get it to boot linux - you can boot it on ipod's; then the pX00 really would be a mobile pc in the truest sense
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Posted: 2004-09-20 14:53:14
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Heard someone else mention booting linux off the phone... has any1 done that, or is it hypothetical???
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Posted: 2004-09-20 14:56:40
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I think Linux client will be on the P2510i...
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Posted: 2004-09-20 15:06:43
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Of course, it's possible to have any OS on the P900, really... you just have to get someone to compile and target the code for the P900's hardware.

I can't really see any advantage to installing Linux on a phone, especially since almost every program would require some kind of reprogramming to be usable. Symbian is a pretty good OS, well suited to small, mobile devices... you're better off sticking with it!
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Posted: 2004-09-20 23:55:21
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Why re-code Symbian stuff to work on Linux when you could just install Linux apps? Audio/Video players, telnet clients, browsers etc etc
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Posted: 2004-09-20 23:59:18
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