Smartphones For Text SSH Use — Revisited

jfischet writes "Back in 2005 a Slashdot user asked this question and the responses were helpful — but I'd like to ask again to see what has changed in three years. I'd like to know what this community thinks is the best choice of smartphone for remotely administering Linux/UNIX boxes via SSH."

Comments

First fanboy alert.

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

When I read the headline, I thought "I wonder how long it's going to take for some fanboy to recommend the iPhone, despite the fact that it doesn't have a keyboard & is inferior for text entry compared to say a blackberry, or even some of the HTC monstrosities."

And there you were - right in the first post. Thank you for reaffirming my faith in fanboi nature.

First Hater Alert

[SuperKendall]

When I read the headline, I thought "I wonder how long it's going to take for some fanboy to recommend the iPhone, despite the fact that it doesn't have a keyboard & is inferior for text entry compared to say a blackberry, or even some of the HTC monstrosities."

The iPhone is fine for typing text. And the fully dynamic interface allows for some interesting possibilities for shell control, along with more room for a wider view on the screen. Penny Aracde of course, put it best... "If you find such things unpleasant, then I suggest you develop a taste for forced labor because by the year twenty-twenty all that sneer is going to get you is a slot in the underclass boiling corpses."

Don't be so dismissive until you see what terminal possibilities might arrive with the SDK.

And there you were - right in the first post. Thank you for reaffirming my faith in fanboi nature.

Don't your eyes scratch a lot with that wool you keep pulling over yourself?

Nokia E70 or N95

[glomph]

Being my two phones of the past 3 years.

The E70 has a -real- keyboard, and runs Putty perfectly.
over the GPRS/3G network, or over WiFi, your choice.

The N95 has a regular phone pad, but I use a folding external bluetooth keyboard if I'm doing a lot of text.
and -every- feature of the N95 rocks. Putty runs perfectly, as always.

Second Fanboi Alert!

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

The iPhone is fine for typing text.

Yes, for short messages, typing in URLs, etc, it is fine.

What the submitter asked for is not fine general text entry, but the best choice, specifically for ssh. An iPhone (where every slash, period & ampersand is three taps away) is a poor choice for ssh text entry.

Don't be so dismissive until you see what terminal possibilities might arrive with the SDK.

Right, thanks - we're looking for a solution right now, not a possible solution that may come about one day.

Fanboi redux.

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

Presumably...could also be...Possibly....potentially better...possibility.... don't....what if they did add a model with a physical keyboard?...we do not know everything ...so much in the world may change...

Do you want to use a few more weasel words in your post? Qualify things a little more?

You'd make a great white house spokesperson.

Re:Hater Redux (to tears)

[passthecrackpipe]

There are a couple of logical fallacies with your argument.

You are betting on some application coming out in a month, or less then a month. Your argument seems to be that once this application is developed, tested, etc. in less then a month, it will *instantly* be the best ssh application. That's rubbish.

You state that some unknown improvement made to the iphone, at some unkown point in the future might address all the issues theOP might have with the iPhone, and the OP should therefore wait with making *any* decision until such time as the IPhone has this improvement. This logic would extend to saying "and if the next model doesn't have it, wait some more". Thats ridiculous.

And, on the basis of this deeply flawed argument, you call the OP a "hater". That's playground logic. What are you, 12? Does your daddy know you are using his PC?

oh, and if you are still reading, please make sure you realise I am not saying *anything* about any of apple's products (just want to make sure you dont start changing the subject and calling me an apple hater as well).