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Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 10:57 am
by feyd
dreamscape wrote:who really wants to use a laptop covered in sand?
Currently, our soldiers do all the time.

All those offered so far, excluding maybe onion's, wouldn't survive a day at the beach unless you were really really careful.

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 5:27 pm
by Kieran Huggins
could skip the computer altogether... I'm proud e70 user:

http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/E70

and since mobile data service in Canada sucks worse than Rwanda it's nice to have a phone with wifi! I even have Putty on this thing ;-)

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 6:03 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Dude, how do you put Putty on a phone? And have you actually been able to connect to servers with it?

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 6:21 pm
by OasisGames
onion2k wrote:http://www.dynamism.com/tuftab-v7112xt/main.shtml

With a bluetooth keyboard.
Exactly. UMPC + portable keyboard.

I have to say: Interesting choice, but I'd rather go for something with more features than something durable, though for use "on the beach", yeah, good choice...
EDIT: If you're looking for connectivity, I'd actually suggest this:
http://www.dynamism.com/htc-shift/main.shtml
HTC Shift. Built in keyboard (fairly nice size, may take some getting used to though), built in 3G broadband wireless, plus it comes with Vista. Haven't looked at the price yet, chances are that it's fairly high...

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 8:40 pm
by dreamscape
feyd wrote:
dreamscape wrote:who really wants to use a laptop covered in sand?
Currently, our soldiers do all the time.
Obviously that's not what I meant, you frackin' smartass.

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 2:17 pm
by Kieran Huggins
@everah: it was compiled for the Symbian series 60 OS, which my phone runs 8) It connects either over mobile data or wifi (your choice) and it works very well!

It actually saved me a long trip home one day when a client's web server went wonky - I logged in, modified some symbolic links, edited a few files and I continued my downtown shenanigans!

The querty keyboard makes all the difference.

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 2:31 pm
by RobertGonzalez
I think you may have just sold me on my next phone.