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Re: Sunday Funnies: Using a smart phone as a diagnostic tool
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (LaDerrick H.)
Sun Feb 27 21:47:46 2011
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:46:50 -0600
From: "LaDerrick H." <nanog@lacutt.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 09:00:18PM -0500, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> Do you have a smartphone? Blackberry? iPhone? Android?
>
> Do you use it as a technical tool in your work, either for accessing
> devices or testing connectivity -- or something else?
>
> If so, what kind of phone, and what (if you don't mind letting on) are
> your magic apps for this sort of work?
>
> (My motivation? Well, um, Lee, I'm looking at buying an HTC Thunderbolt,
> if everyone can get their thumbs out, and I want to get a feeling for
> the lanscape, if you'll pardon the pun. :-)
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
Nokia N900. Slide-out, physical keyboard. Debian Linux based OS. Fair
amount of free packages/apps available and then there's always GCC. No
hackery needed for full system access. IPV6 capable and actually
working on T-Mobile. Not quite as slick as newer Android phones and
iPhones but more of a workhorse.
LaDerrick
