[Cialug] Replacing a Palm

[David Champion]

The previous generation of Palm (Treo), since at least the Treo 600, ran 
Palm "PRC" apps in emulation as well (native palm apps are compiled for 
the Motorola Dragonball 68k variant in the original Palm Pilot) since 
the newer Treos had an ARM processor. I would think the Pre would run 
them about the same way... I can speak to that as I don't have a Pre. 
Maybe one of the people here with a Pre could speak to that.

The Pre or the Android phones can both be hacked in some manner to gain 
root access, then you can do all sorts of things like tethering via USB, 
turn it into a wifi hotspot... but you're still having to hack it.

Does anyone know if he Nokia N900 supports getting a root shell, or do 
you have to hack it too? Seems to me that the Linux nerd crowd would be 
all over it. As far as apps go... it runs Linux, and the apps are native 
Linux apps - no JVM layer. The browser is Firefox. If you've seen what 
you can run on the previous Nokia Maemo tablets... it's like that, but 
shrunk down into a phone. It's pricey (the cheapest I've seen it is $479 
after rebate, at Dell) but T-Mobile hasn't announced what it will cost 
with a plan yet.

-dc