What about the iPhone?

I don't have one myself, but I hear there is quite a selection of applications for it, and it has built in GPS

I'd be surprised if someone hasn't already figured out how to put linux on it...

-----Original Message----- From: main-bounces@lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-bounces@lists.alug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Chris G Sent: 27 August 2008 14:47 To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [ALUG] Mobile Linux, more thoughts and questions

Having looked at the Nokia N810 (reviews etc.) I've decided it probably doesn't offer the mix I really want. In particular it lacks phone capability (i..e. it has no SIM) so I'd need to carry a phone as well as the N810 which seems a bit silly.

So I'm still kicking ideas around, I'm after GPS ability (for logging and for motorbike), a mobile phone and mobile computing which, for me, essentially boils down to being able to make an ssh connection through the mobile phone data connection. A browser for Googling would be nice but is less essential.

I think this probably looks like several devices with a mobile phone and a data connection at the centre. Does anyone here use a mobile phone data connection with an Asus EEEPC, is it easy to set up and usable? If it was then it gives me a much nice keyboard for ssh than any keyboard on a smartphone or whatever.

Alternatively a smartphone (like a Treo 680) with ssh installed would work too, much more difficult keyboard but more portable.

Any other ideas, comments, etc. regarding getting a "terminal on a mobile phone" that's usable, portable and cheap?

Once I've decided the neatest solution to the above I can add a GPS logger easily enough and I suspec the motorbike GPS navigation just ends up as a separate device.