Thread: Should I get an iPhone? Or some other device? Or just wait?
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2009-04-11 , 07:58
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
How much technical know-how? Like Linux terminal stuff? I know that Google recently removed tethering apps but you can always install it by hand. And I'd only be using the tethering for basic things like downloading a route for MaemoMapper, chatting on Pidgin, or just updating FeedCircuit. Not torrenting or download maps for MaemoMapper. So the traffic should be unrecognizable right?
Basically, you have to root your g1. This involves downgrading the firmware, hacking it with files copied to the sdcard, turning off autoupdates, upgrading to newer custom firmware and finally installing tethering app. Some of it is via a linux terminal.

In regards to the keyboard, it definately has to do with the spacing. Plus each button has a little bump... something that canlt be done on a touch screen. Btw, I wrote this all on my g1 keyboard.