Linux for Keysers | Adventures in Open Source

First off, I think you can tether any Android phone to create an Internet connection no matter what computer you have, though the methods differ slightly by type (search for PDANet, Barnacle, EasyTether in the market). Legally and technically, it appears possible. Verizon won't give you support to do it and if you ask for help, Verizon will likely want you to pay an additional $50 a month for some kind of a mobile data plan (yikes!). In terms of xfer cap, I've heard you have up to 5GB per month free on the "unlimited" data plan (yeah. I know. Seems contradictory, right?). After that, it's $0.05 per MB, I believe. That total includes any xfers you make on the phone alone. Not bad, I wouldn't think... I don't see most people hitting huge xfers with the mobile phone and hopefully the tethering is used as a backup, not the norm. As for info from Verizon on this, if found this post on their forums: http://forums.verizon.com/t5/Android-Devices/TOS-limitati...

For news on upcoming Android apps, gadgets, etc., check out this site I stumbled upon (pun) today. Pretty useful information and lots of cool previews. Check it out .

While iPhone and iPod has captured people's attention for some time now, I've always been apprehensive of making a big jump to either product. On the one hand, it has all the niceties of a *nix based system but on the other, it's sort of a perverted form of *nix. DRM, tyranical policies, and closed-development have, in my opinion, hampered the product's attractiveness to many would-be adopters. Couple that with a rapidly crowding network and it just hasn't appealed to me. Enter Android . It has the potential to be everything iP* is and then some. For starters, it's open source. If the community doesn't like something, they can change it. It's working marvels for Ubuntu as popularity of the OS grows and the same will be true for Android or similar *nix micro distributions built for handheld devices. While Android isn't perfect yet, there are more apps starting to show up and a stronger base of support for developers which should help increase th...