[Clug-tech] BlackBerry Pearl & Linux

[Mitch Brown]

Sorry Sam run that by me again? The triple negative was too much for my head!  
Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry

-----Original Message-----
From: bogi <khangyi at shaw.ca>

Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 17:03:09 
To: CLUG Tech<clug-tech at clug.ca>
Subject: Re: [Clug-tech] BlackBerry Pearl & Linux


I am truly glad you found the blackberry 8130 useful for you , and found it 
functional under Linux. This is however is not what it looks. RIM failed to 
make the Blackberry incompatible with linux without breaking compatibility 
with the oh so coveted Microsoft platform. And that would lead you to think 
about the power and flexibility of Linux.
Good news nonetheless.
Cheers
Szemir
 
On Saturday 07 February 2009 11:50:43 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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