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I want to replace my old mobile soon. I am looking for some cheap, small mobile, that I can use for basic administrations of my server (through SSH connection).

Do you have some nice tips please?

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I'm a big fan of the Droid and ConnectBot. You can generate keys natively and use the SD card to move them from the phone to your computer to your remote server (delete when done). Tip on ConnectBot & Droid that saved my life: pipe character is Shift-Alt-Comma.

Android Market also has Decaf, for administering EC2 systems, if you're doing that. Didn't support user-data last I checked, but good for checking status, terminating instances, etc.

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Ditto for me too. I use the SSH port forward as a back door into my web admin pages(Nagios, etc). – Porch Oct 10 '10 at 3:39
I also use an android phone w/ ConnectBot. Has worked nicely. – sapp3r Oct 12 '10 at 15:45
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Does it really have to be a phone? Can it not be a netbook that connects to the Net via your phone?

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Yes. When I am out of the office, I don't want to take a lot of things. Sometimes even mobile is enough :) – msgre Oct 9 '10 at 20:07
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I use an iPhone with TouchTerm Pro and iStat for a few servers.

TouchTerm pro can do anything a normal ssh shell can do basically. Needs a bit of patience and practice to get used to the interface. On an Ipad it is probably near perfect (didn't try).

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