--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "marc_guillot" <marc_guillot@...> wrote:

>
> Thank you Lester.
>
> Yes, it's very easy to develop for the N900 (and to port old applications).
>
> I don't want an always connected requisite. I prefere a local database (24 hours available and full speed access) and a replication mechanism.
>
> I suppose I will go with SQLLite on the phone application and Firebird on desktops.

It's better to use firebird on all devices :)
sqlite is quite limited

>
> A Firebird Embedded for phones OS (iPad, iPhone, Android, Maemo/Meego, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, ...), will be awesome, I hope someday someone could do the port.

I will work on Android part and maemo (there just needs to be added to their repository)

>
> Thanks again.
>
> Marc
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Lester Caine <lester@> wrote:
> >
> > marc_guillot wrote:
> > > I would love to install Firebird in my phone N900 (a Firebird Embedded at least).
> >
> > Do you need it ON the phone?
> > Mine runs nicely as a thin client to the main server ... wireless network when
> > at home, and over the phone network when I'm away ... just a different theme for
> > the web pages.
> >
> > I've not had to write anything for the N900, but I do find that it is a fairly
> > clean Linux distribution and so it should not be too difficult to develop for it?
> >
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