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= Smartphones =
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Personal tracking devices.


== Android ==
== (Smart)phones ==
A Java VM (Dalvkit) running on top of the Linux kernel, comes with Google if you don't set it free. Needs some debloating but still the best bang for buck. See [[Android ricing]] for unlocking and tweaking.
See [[ Phones ]]
/g/ seems to favor a couple in particular.


* '''Google Nexus''' Popular flagship line that comes with OTA updates as soon as they are released. Mid range phone starting at $350
== Tablets ==
* '''Samsung Galaxy S/Note series''' Samsung's flagship series. They are expensive, for at least $700 in the US and up to $1000 US dollars in other countries, but they are also ''very'' powerful. Stock ROM is extremely bloated (in some cases it's literally heavier than Windows 8!) but most of that bloat can be removed by flashing a custom ROM like CyanogenMod or Replicant. Easily riceable, gets a lot of hacks and homebrew software.
If buying second hand, avoid anything with Windows RT. These are older (~2013) 32-bit ARMv7 tablets that run a locked down version of Windows 8 with limited software support. However if you happen to have one lying around then some work has been done to try get Linux running on them, to varying degrees of success. https://openrt.gitbook.io/open-surfacert
* '''Motorola Moto G''' Popular starter android that goes for cheap. gets OTA updates very quickly.


== iPhone ==
=== ARM ===
Jailbreak the Unix-based iOS with [http://evasi0n.com evasi0n].  
Mostly Android devices that are essentially oversized smartphones, though at the higher end performance can rival that of x86.
*Kindle Fire - cheap as shit, subsidised by ads everywhere. Use Bezos' app store. Can get rid of ads and install google play store.
*insert chinkshit here
*Xiaomi Redmi Pad
*Xiaomi Pad Pro
*Samsung Galaxy Tab
*iPad Pro - a less powerful Macbook Air in tablet form factor running iOS. Why???


== Jolla ==
=== x86 ===
[http://jolla.org Jolla] is the recent phone running Sailfish OS, a partially (the underlying is opensource, the UI is partially proprietary) open source operating system based on Meego and build on Qt, developed by fired Finns after Microsoft jewed Nokia to death. Meego in turn was based on Maemo, the Debian-based N900 OS. Capable of having Android apps installed. Sailfish OS. [https://sailfishos.org Sailfish OS] can be installed on Android devices, N9 and the N950.
*chinkshit
*Surface Pro (7-9): Microsoft's iPad Pro competitor, these have recent Intel Tiger/Ice Lake mobile CPUs offering excellent performance and decent battery life. Run full-fat Windows 10, unofficial Linux support [https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki here]. The Surface Pro 9 also has an ARM model using a "Microsoft SQ3" Snapdragon 8cx3 SoC - performance is reportedly good, but IO and software support is lacking.


A  startup is working on resurrecting the legendary N900 into the FLOSS [http://neo900.org/ Neo900], so [https://shop.goldelico.com/wiki.php?page=Neo900 fund it]!
== E-Book Readers ==
 
Main article: [[E-book reader]]
== Firefox ==
Fully open source OS made by Mozilla, and based on Firefox/Gecko (the rendering engine).
It uses the same kernel used by Android.
 
There are some phones running it, officially:
*[http://www.alcatelonetouch.com/global-en/products/smartphones/one_touch_fire.html Alcatel OneTouch Fire]
*[http://www.geeksphone.com/ Geeksphone]
 
== Windows Phone ==
Mostly Lumia by Nokia. The App Store doesn't contain as much software as Android and iOS.
 
== Tizen ==
Soon to come Meego fork by Intel on Samsung phones.
 
== Ubuntu Touch ==
Opensource operative system developer by Canonical, created to have the same look&feel as Unity on the desktop.
While it used to share the kernel/graphical stack with Android, now it uses it's own stack, sporting Mir as the graphical system (instead of SurfaceFlinger). They want to unify the desktop and phone.
 
It currently runs, albeit buggy/glitchy, on some Android phones/tablets, like the Galaxy Nexus, the Nexus 4, the Nexus 7 and the Nexus 10.
 
Ubuntu Touch is famous for being the operative system of the [http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge Ubuntu Edge], the phone for which Canonical had an indiegogo campaign.
While the campaign failed,  Ubuntu Touch is still actively developed.
 
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install Tutorial on how to install it]
 
= Tablets =
 
== Nvidia ==
Tegra Note is basically a highly powerful tablet. Everything else about it is poorfaggotry however.
 
== Google ==
Nexus 7 has stock KitKat android, a great screen and is sleek and fast. Also comes with goodies like OTA updates. Beware if you care about software freedom because the Nexus 7 is tied to Google (obviously.)
 
== Windows ==
'''Windows RT Tablets:''' Avoid at all costs! Just showing you the models so you know what to avoid.
 
*Surface 2
*Nokia Lumia 2520
 
'''Windows 8 Atom Tablets:''' Get a tablet that runs Full Windows 8 32bit with great battery life (7+ hours).
 
*Lenovo Miix 8
*Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 8
*ASUS TF100
*ASUS VivoTab Note 8
*Dell Venue 11 Pro
 
'''Windows 8 Pro Tablets:''' Get a tablet with laptop hardware specifications. Fast, a bit hot and 4+ hours battery life.
 
*Surface Pro 2


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(Smart)phones

See Phones

Tablets

If buying second hand, avoid anything with Windows RT. These are older (~2013) 32-bit ARMv7 tablets that run a locked down version of Windows 8 with limited software support. However if you happen to have one lying around then some work has been done to try get Linux running on them, to varying degrees of success. https://openrt.gitbook.io/open-surfacert

ARM

Mostly Android devices that are essentially oversized smartphones, though at the higher end performance can rival that of x86.

  • Kindle Fire - cheap as shit, subsidised by ads everywhere. Use Bezos' app store. Can get rid of ads and install google play store.
  • insert chinkshit here
  • Xiaomi Redmi Pad
  • Xiaomi Pad Pro
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab
  • iPad Pro - a less powerful Macbook Air in tablet form factor running iOS. Why???

x86

  • chinkshit
  • Surface Pro (7-9): Microsoft's iPad Pro competitor, these have recent Intel Tiger/Ice Lake mobile CPUs offering excellent performance and decent battery life. Run full-fat Windows 10, unofficial Linux support here. The Surface Pro 9 also has an ARM model using a "Microsoft SQ3" Snapdragon 8cx3 SoC - performance is reportedly good, but IO and software support is lacking.

E-Book Readers

Main article: E-book reader

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