[olug] galaxy S3

[Jay Bendon]

You could try and snag a used galaxy nexus or nexus S, both are relatively
new, and powerful and should have android jelly bean on them.  If you get a
GSM one you can use it with ATT sim card.
--Jay


On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Sheldon, Roger W <
Roger.Sheldon at firstdata.com> wrote:

> S3 sounds like really awesome phone but the price tag is like $500?
>
>
> Roger Sheldon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Barry Von Ahsen
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 12:53 PM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] galaxy S3
>
> I'm doing all of those things with the S3 - exchange/calendar/GAL,
> gmail/gcalendar/etc, and regular old imap.  almost all recent (like 2.2 and
> greater) android phones can run connectbot, which is more or less /the/
> android ssh client
>
> -barry
>
>
>
> On Jul 13, 2012, at 12:41 PM, Sheldon, Roger W wrote:
>
> > Former actually. It will need to able to hook up w/exchange, calendaring
> etc... work stuff. I would really like to ability to ssh from the phone
> dunno if that's an option of these smartphones. I found a few phones like
> the HTC Rezound and Samsung Focus 2 but hate to buy into yesterday's tech.
> Guess the old Windoze 7 phones can only utilize single proc's. Windoze 8
> will use dual/quad proc's. I don't keep up on phones n gadgets so when it
> comes to phones I'm noob. Thx for advice tho and have seen some reviews
> there. Cnet sometimes only rehashes the brochure and doesn't really give
> full review like actuall run times, ports, etc. But still good to ck them
> out there like u said. Thx for info sir.
> >
> >
> > Roger Sheldon
> > Storage Engineer I
> > Storage Services
> > wk 402.777.7901
> > cell 402.889.2585
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Obi-Wan
> > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 12:33 PM
> > To: olug at olug.org
> > Subject: Re: [olug] galaxy S3
> >
> >> I hate cell phones and need to replace my blackberry. Would like to
> have smartphone with GPS and be able to talk.... any recommends?
> >
> > By "GPS" do you mean navigation capability with maps, or do you just
> > mean E-911 service (which transfers your GPS location to the operators)?
> >
> > If the later, pretty much any phone (smart or dumb) made today will
> > suffice.  If the former, pretty much any smartphone made today will
> > suffice.  If those are really your only requirements, then I recommend
> > you choose based on price and physical size.
> >
> > I find that cnet.com and engadget.com have good reviews of most cell
> > phones, so see what they have to say before buying.
> >
> > --
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