[OSM-talk] lazyweb: what linux-based wifi gps phone would you recommend

[John Smith]

On 19 May 2010 08:43, jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com
<jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com> wrote:
> So, he is new to osm but not new to linux, and if we can find the right
> phone for him, maybe more people will be also motivated to help with osm,
> when they see somone sitting in the cafe with a nice phone, collecting pois,
> they will want to do the same, because it looks cool.

The OS isn't directly accessible to most apps on most phones, they
generally all have middleware for the apps, like java, if you are all
for show you shouldn't worry as much about the OS as about the GUI and
GUI apps to do POI mapping, and the accuracy of the GPS.