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Operating Systems Linux Android Mini Review: Samsung Galaxy S (Android 2.1) v. Nokia E63 Post 302455827 by Neo on Wednesday 22nd of September 2010 01:15:25 PM
Old 09-22-2010
Based on more testing, I have updated the table:


ItemImportance Samsung Galaxy S Nokia E63 Remarks
GPRS ConnectivityVery Important Works GoodRock Solid Seems OK on Galaxy S now
WiFiVery Important Works GoodRock Solid Seems OK on Galaxy S now
DisplayImportant Amazing AMOLEDJust OK Samsung Wow!
GPSVery Important TerribleSolid with Holex (External) Bluetooth GPS A Samsung Samsung Galaxy S Heartbreaker!
AppsImportantEnoughNot so many Some Android apps are very cool!
SSH ClientVery Important Needs ImprovementGreat PuTTY client PuTTY on E63 much better than ConnectBot
EmailVery Important Great Gmail IntegrationJust OK Nokia email Nokia not impressive here
Text InputVery ImportantSwype Virtual Keyboard is Cool!!Nokia Keyboard is Great Nokia E63 is easier with one hand

There are some very good things about the Galaxy S Android phone, and so I will discuss them later in another table. I definitely like this phone, even with the major GPS problem. Yes, the GPS is almost useless, but there are plenty of good things about this phone that blows away the Nokia E63.

Switching between WiFi to GPRS (or GPRS to WiFi) often causes an Internet connection lockup on the Galaxy S and requires a reboot... I hope that is fixed in Android 2.2...


More on that soon....
 

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GAMMU-DETECT(1) 						       Gammu							   GAMMU-DETECT(1)

NAME
gammu-detect - Gammu device detection New in version 1.28.95. SYNOPSIS
gammu-detect [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION
Script to detect available devices, which might be suitable for gammu. Note This program lists all devices, which might be suitable, it does not do any probing on devices them self. Currently it supports following devices: o USB devices using udev o Serial ports using udev o Serial ports on Windows o Bluetooth devices using Bluez Note Supported devices depend on platform you are using and compiled in features. You can find out what is actually compiled in by run- ning gammu-detect -v. This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (--). A summary of options is included below. -h, --help Show summary of options. -d, --debug Show debugging output for detecting devices. -v, --version Show version information and compiled in features. -u, --no-udev Disables scanning of udev. -b, --no-bluez Disables scanning using Bluez. -w, --no-win32-serial Disables scanning of Windows serial ports. OUTPUT
The output of gammu-detect is configuration file for Gammu (see gammurc) with configuration section for every device which might be used with gammu. Note You can choose which section to use in gammu by gammu -s. When invoked as gammu-detect -d, also all examined devices are listed as comments in the output. EXAMPLE
; Configuration file generated by gammu-detect. ; Please check The Gammu Manual for more information. [gammu] device = /dev/ttyACM0 name = Nokia E52 connection = at [gammu1] device = /dev/ttyACM1 name = Nokia E52 connection = at [gammu2] device = /dev/ttyS0 name = Phone on serial port 0 connection = at [gammu3] device = /dev/ttyS1 name = Phone on serial port 1 connection = at [gammu4] device = /dev/ttyS2 name = Phone on serial port 2 connection = at [gammu5] device = /dev/ttyS3 name = Phone on serial port 3 connection = at [gammu6] device = 5C:57:C8:BB:BB:BB name = Nokia E52 connection = bluephonet AUTHOR
Michal iha <michal@cihar.com> COPYRIGHT
2009-2012, Michal iha <michal@cihar.com> 1.31.90 February 24, 2012 GAMMU-DETECT(1)
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