Buy a http://www.google.com/nexus/, not available, yet, but soon.
-- rec -- On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Russ Abbott <russ.abb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Take a > risk<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/technology/personaltech/windows-phone-is-back-full-of-great-tricks-state-of-the-art.html> > . > > *-- Russ Abbott* > *_____________________________________________* > *** Professor, Computer Science* > * California State University, Los Angeles* > > * Google voice: 747-*999-5105 > Google+: https://plus.google.com/114865618166480775623/ > * vita: *http://sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ > *_____________________________________________* > > > > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net>wrote: > >> OK .. I'm likely to buy an Android phone, but I confess I'm confused by >> the differences between the handset manufacturers. >> >> They all attempt to have somehow "improved" on the core Google software. >> And some/most of the phones are locked and/or require jailbreaking to do >> do fairly standard things. But I thought the whole point of android was >> being open, right? And there are radically different reports on battery >> life that I don't seem to be able to parse having to do with "task >> management", "notifications", and other things. >> >> So I'm confused and there isn't a lot of help on the web. I decided to >> simply reduce the choice to the carrier I prefer, TMobile. These are the >> androids they offer (on contract) of interest: >> >> $260 HTC Amaze >> $230 Samsung Galaxy S 2 >> $199 HTC Sensation 4G >> $100 Samsung Galaxy S >> $100 T-Mobile G2x >> Free T-Mobile myTouch 4G >> >> >> Do any of us use one of these phones? Or something close? Any >> recommendations? Possibly other androids I should consider? How to tame >> them? >> >> Sorry to obsess about phones, but god, this stuff is confusing! I should >> blog post on the differences in cellular tech and protocols, carriers >> (Verizon, ATT) ripping folks off, and so on. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- Owen >> >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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