KGV Device Update
Hi all,
Quick update on where we are up to. Martyn wrote 0n 4/12/09 that we were expecting our mobile devices to start evaluating and I was looking forward to spending christmas playing with the new toys and finding out just what they are capable of. Unfortunately,our supplier failed to notify us that we needed to fill in a credit agreement before they would release the devices. This wouldn’t have been a problem, but the college was closed early just before the Christmas holidays due to the 1st lot of bad snow and then closed for a further week after the holidays because of the 2nd bad snowfall meaning I was unable to do anything to find out why we hadn’t received delivery.
But now some good news! We have received our order and testing can now begin. I have picked devices that represent a good cross section of what is available today. Each device is running a different OS and the aim is to be able to connect to a full desktop with the minimum of effort and the ability to use it comfortably. The device must be easy to configure as having to spend say, half an hour per device before we can give them to the end user is unacceptable.
The devices being evaluated are:
Samsung Omnia Pro B7610 – Windows mobile 6.5
Palm Pre – Palm OS
Toshiba Portege G910 – Windows Mobile 6.1
Sony Ericsson Satio – Symbian S60
Nokia N900 – Meamo 5 (Debian linux)
Motorola Milestone – Android 2.0
Apple Iphone 3GS – Iphone OSX
Elonex Websurfer – Windows XP
Archos 5 – Archos custom linux
