Jake, You are too much.
How much facial mutilation has this HD2 undergone? Any pics? Kind regards, Bernard On 13 December 2011 15:37, Jake Markhus <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, you asked for it. > I have an HTC HD2. For those who don't know this beast, it originally run > WinMo6.5 (Windows Mobile 6.5) The last windows 98 look alike > phone OS just before they switched to Windows Phone 7. > I bought this phone early last year for one reason only. It's phone specs > are EXACTLY the same as an entry level android device or the > original windows phone 7 devices. Thus I knew I could play without paying > ;-) > I started this device on stock android but got tired of it so I tried > installing Windows Phone 7. I went well except I had to break a number of > Microsoft "best practices" and I hated the "walled garden" experience. So I > looked around for none stock roms and really good cooks like > cyanogen. I settled on a Chinese rom called MIUI and have been using it for > most of this year. > No with regard to hardware, I have upgraded android on my phone from 1.6 all > the way to 2.3.6 with all the stops in between. All this without > changing hardware once!! This is on hardware from 2008!! My current problem > is the small 512mb system partition and the fact that my 8gb sdcard > is filled with audiobooks. > The reason I love android so much is because this is the new Linux with > everyone having the ability to get a standard smartphone and do what they > want with it. Google is now shipping the Google Nexus with a rootable rom > just so that you can keep up with the upgrades and various flavoured > roms. > It is no longer the cost of the device/hardware my friends but the amount of > work you are willing to put into making it work for you. JUST LIKE LINUX!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Bernard Wanyama > Sent: 13 December 2011 15:20 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LUG] Android users get screwed? > > Hi Mark, > > The story was about phones. > > Interestingly, I also have the same setup - 4 year old clone called DELUX > with a 19-inch Samsung LCD (those days 9ms of LCD response time was killer!) > running Linux Mint 12 (upgraded on Sunday). I have done so much to it, only > failed to close it up permanently, runs with the side open. > > On the same computer table, however, lie the dead bodies - Nokia N80 - > 2006 - 2010 (pioneered small-pin charger), Blackberry Pearl 8100 - > 2009 - 2010 and the G1 which still part times as a 3G modem. > > So, in my case, phone hardware and software really expired so fast! > And the PC seems to be going nowhere but up..... > > Kind regards, > Bernard > > On 13 December 2011 06:28, Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 03:02:56 AM Bernard Wanyama >> wrote: >> >>> Moral of the story, hardware nowadays expires just as fast as >>> software. It is now more about the latest device than the latest >>> kernel or patch! >> >> Ummh, I don't think so. >> >> Hardware expires quickly because we all want new toys as fast as they >> can come off the production lines (even though many of us can't always >> have them). >> >> I bought a no-name Intel Core 2 Duo PC back in 2008 for my house + a >> 17" Samsung LCD display. I still have the same today, running Windows >> 7 Home Premium (64-bit), no sweat. >> The only work I've done is upgraded from 2GB of DRAM to 4G, then to >> 8GB; added a 1TB hard drive; added some fans; and switched from my >> 480W power supply to a 600W unit. That's it. This tech. is nearly 4 >> years old - I could hardly get the RAM for my motherboard here >> (everybody has since moved on to DDR3), but Windows 7 runs beautifully >> and no one is complaining (the box came with Windows XP back in '08). >> >> Don't even get me started on other kit I have running in my service >> network that is quite long-in-the-tooth, but still doing great work >> with current software (yes, not exactly consumer-grade interest, but >> in relative terms, it's lasting). >> >> The point is, new hardware does not advance that much that an upcoming >> software release will not run on previous hardware that is no more >> than 1 - 2.5 years old in the mobile phone business. It's just our >> appetite for new gadgets that is causing this phenomenon. I, for one, >> refuse to buy into it. >> >> Mark. > > > > -- > Bernard Wanyama > Technical Manager > SYNTECH ASSOCIATES Ltd > Kampala, Uganda > Cell: +256 712 193979 > Fixed: +256 414 251591 > Web: www.syntechug.com > Email: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. -- Bernard Wanyama Technical Manager SYNTECH ASSOCIATES Ltd Kampala, Uganda Cell: +256 712 193979 Fixed: +256 414 251591 Web: www.syntechug.com Email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
