[Clug-tech] BlackBerry Pearl & Linux

[Shawn Grover]

while getting multimedia operational *is* important, there are users out 
there that want their phone to be well, you know...  A PHONE! :)

If it cannot synch contacts properly, it is not 100%.  On one hand, I've 
yet to see a phone that can synch easily against Linux out of the box. 
On the otherhand, it's no excuse to say "we're the same as everyone 
else"... meeting the status quo does not gain market share - exceeding 
the status quo does.

The bottome line though is that if it is doing what YOU need of the 
phone, then it's a good match for you.

My thoughts.

Mitch Brown wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Everyone is well I expect.
> 
> I'm just taking a moment to express my flabbergasted astonishment at the 
> BlackBerry 8130 (Pearl) from TELUS. I didn't expect much as far as Linux 
> support goes (I mean, it's "just a phone", right?) - but in case anyone 
> was wondering how everything works: it works great.
> 
> The syncing with contacts/calendars, etc - is still a work in progress. 
> But as far as the media manager goes? Just enable the mass storage mode 
> on the device, and everything pops up in your file manager. Putting 
> MP3's on your device, pictures, ringtones, etc - is as simple as 
> dragging and dropping them into the appropriate folder. Upon entering 
> the "Media" application on the device afterwards, I expected it to crap 
> the bed. No such thing! For a few seconds it said "Scanning...", and 
> voila - all my MP3's were all automatically recognized through their ID3 
> tags, and my pictures appeared in the Pictures area too, all in the 
> folder structure I copied them as from the computer.
> 
> 
> All in all, this is basically just a rant - that something actually 
> works - for once. And props to RIM for implementing mass storage on a 
> cell phone.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -Mitch, a new Crackberry addict
> 
> 
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