This is so cool. If this is the case I can make my own handheld software that will interface with whatever I choose as desktop application, in case a handheld version is not available. When do you think we can expect these phones to hit the Philippine market?
Thanks! Johann On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:05 PM, thad <[email protected]> wrote: > Most smrtphone comes out with with CD for user to install various > softwares like for synching and G1 doesn't have it. I got mine a few > week ago and install some free apps over cloud from market, the first > thing I tried is the terminal emulator and its jailed, here is a > sample snip: > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > $ ls > sqlite_stmt_journals > cache > sdcard > etc > init > default.prop > logo.rle > init.trout.rc > system > data > sys > proc > init.goldfish.rc > init.rc > sbin > root > dev > $ ^[[D^[[C^[[C^[[A^[[B^[[D > : permission denied > $ ^[[Bls > > ls: permission denied > $ ls -la > -la: No such file or directory > $ pwd > / > $ ^[[Bl > l: permission denied > $ ls -la /sbin > -la: No such file or directory > opendir failed, Permission denied > $ ^[[Ase^[[B > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > I think Migs got his phone from Google's developer edition which most > like its not jailed for development purposes. Mine is from T-Mobile so > its a consumer model and locked down.... I will try jailbreak this > anytime and install Debian soon.... > > And don't think it's UI is bad as I heard from most Iphone fanatics. > Some killer apps in Market I like is ShopSavvy that turn the camera > into barcode scanner and it will get a quote from the Internet for > cheaper source of the scanned product both local and internet stores. > Stock Quote is also great it gives almost real time stock market > transactions pulled from Yahoo Finance. For twitter I use twidroid, > very much decent but the Facebook apps, its a trash fork of Iphone > facebook apps, mobile photo upload don't work at all. > > Also the java implementation is very much optimized than j2me. I > remember my dead crackberry's j2me garbage collection implementation > is by physically pulling out the battery. > > I agree with Migs this is more computer and I will not be surprised if > this GPhone will be used in the future for more handheld centric > device applications. > > > Fred Allen - "Television is a medium because anything well done is rare." > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Miguel Paraz <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Erwin Olario <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 4. I've had no problems with SE phones but I'm looking forward to the > next > >> generation Android phones. Being linux based, I'm crossing my fingers > that > >> they're easier to work with on Linux. > > > > Actually, based on the T-Mobile G1, Android phones work with any OS, > > or none at all. > > > > They don't sync with the PC. They sync "over the cloud" (WiFi or 3G). > > The USB cable is only for mass storage, debugging, firmware updates, > > and charging the battery. > > > > Arguably, the Android device is not a "smartphone" - it's a computer > > with phone features. > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Web application and database consulting: www.sagadasolutions.com
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