That is why an unlocked phone can be to your advantage. On Feb 16, 2013 10:06 PM, "Russell Standish" <r.stand...@unsw.edu.au> wrote:
> The phone is just a touch over two years old. Even though my contract > has expired, and the phone company has offered an upgrade, its only on > the proviso that I change plans, which would see me losing roaming (a > big deal in a country where mobile coverage it pretty ratshit out of > the big cities). Upgrading the phone would also see me putting the old > phone back in the drawer, not to be used again, as the SIM has changed > format, for the first time in my mobile phone history. > > My experience has been so far that every phone upgrade has seen the > loss of as much functionality as new functionality gained. At each > generation, its a different set of functionality I have to do without, > or find alternative ways of meeting the need. > > As I said - my phone does everything I need of it right now. At some > point upgrading will become compelling - hopefully that happens before > the phone dies physically. > > Cheers > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 09:48:53PM -0700, Douglas Roberts wrote: > > Android 1.6? > > > > Let me guess: you're also one of those running an ASCII email client, as > > well. I believe I see a pattern. > > > > (Message sent from my rooted, cyanogen modded Android 4.2.2 > > work-in-progress gorilla glass excuse for a phone). > > On Feb 16, 2013 9:35 PM, "Russell Standish" <r.stand...@unsw.edu.au> > wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 10:34:39AM -0700, Owen Densmore wrote: > > > > I don't want to be flame bait (oh well, maybe i do) .. I posted this > on > > > > your blog post: > > > > > > > > I'm surprised anyone buys android phones at all. They're stuck > between a > > > > rock and a hard place: If they buy from Google they have your well > > > > articulated problems. > > > > > > > > But if they get another handset mfgrs phone, they get no updates .. > as > > > far > > > > as I know most give you the vanilla android+their device's drivers > with > > > > little to no upgrades over time. > > > > > > > > cyanogenmod? Er.. sorta proves the point! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Updates is not the only reason to buy a phone. I went Android > > > (upgrading from Symbian), precisely because of the iOS lockdown > > > prevents me from using a couple of critical features on iPhone (namely > > > USB Mass store, and USB modem - aka tethering). > > > > > > Yes, it would be nice to have had some updates to Android (I'm on 1.6 > > > (donut?)), but its not the end of the world, as the phone basically > > > does everything I need of it. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > > > Principal, High Performance Coders > > > Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au > > > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ============================================================ > > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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