Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-04-01 Thread Alan Dayley
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:43 PM, der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: Am 16. Mär, 2010 schwätzte Alan Dayley so: - The Motorola models are TVO-ized. They check all binaries for a specific signature.  No signature, the binary will not run.  This means only official builds of OS can be used on

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-04-01 Thread Mark Phillips
My daughter got an google phone last week and she loves it. She has been a crack-berry addict for years, and thinks Android and the Nexus One are much better. I had problems scrolling the screen, but other than that it was very fast and the screen and camera are outstanding. Mark On Mon, Mar 22,

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-04-01 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 20:58 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote: On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:43 PM, der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: Am 16. Mär, 2010 schwätzte Alan Dayley so: - The Motorola models are TVO-ized. They check all binaries for a specific signature. No signature, the binary will not run.

RE: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-22 Thread Taylor, Kaia
Sinclair Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:48 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: which t-mobile android phone? Not sure what something similar to a traditional Palm device is (I assume you mean the Treo phones, not an ancient Palm V or similar). If you mean a Treo phone

RE: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-22 Thread der.hans
Am 22. Mär, 2010 schwätzte Taylor, Kaia so: I have a motorola cliq. It was the only Tmobile android I could get at the time. I miss palmOS on my treo650. I miss datebook-plus. I miss the really usable todo list. There's way too much touch/pause/touch/pause. There's not enough info

RE: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-22 Thread Taylor, Kaia
] On Behalf Of der.hans Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 1:13 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: RE: which t-mobile android phone? Am 22. Mär, 2010 schwätzte Taylor, Kaia so: I have a motorola cliq. It was the only Tmobile android I could get at the time. I miss palmOS on my treo650. I

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-18 Thread Sir Light
hans, If it helps any, I can be at the Westside Stammtisch as I do have a HTC Hero for you to look at. Jon der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: Am 17. Mär, 2010 schwätzte Joseph Sinclair so: Not sure what something similar to a traditional Palm device is (I assume you mean the

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-18 Thread Sir Light
Err Make that tonight's Stammtisch in Tempe. :) Jon Sir Light sirli...@cox.net wrote: hans, If it helps any, I can be at the Westside Stammtisch as I do have a HTC Hero for you to look at. Jon der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: Am 17. Mär, 2010 schwätzte Joseph Sinclair

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-18 Thread huertanix
I thought Tempe Stammtische is on Tues? Sent from my BlackBerry Slowphone provided by Allfail -Original Message- From: Sir Light sirli...@cox.net Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:09:46 To: Main PLUG discussion listplug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Re: which t-mobile android phone

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-18 Thread der.hans
Am 18. Mär, 2010 schwätzte Sir Light so: Err Make that tonight's Stammtisch in Tempe. :) That was Tuesday night. Tonight we have the night off :). ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/Classeshttp://www.TwoGeekTechs.com/ # Director of Engineering, FonWallet Transaction

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-18 Thread der.hans
Am 19. Mär, 2010 schwätzte huerta...@gmail.com so: I thought Tempe Stammtische is on Tues? It has been for over a decade :). Sent from my BlackBerry Slowphone provided by Allfail Well, Blackberry is completely offtopic for this thread ;-). Alltel was good until they got bought out and

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-17 Thread Joseph Sinclair
For your wife, a Nexus One from Google is probably the best choice, as it is the most iPhone-like and will blend in well with her colleagues' iPhones. A few notes: The Android O/S can do voice and data simultaneously if the phone radio and network support it (the Nexus One radio is capable),

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-17 Thread der.hans
Am 16. Mär, 2010 schwätzte Joseph Sinclair so: For your wife, a Nexus One from Google is probably the best choice, as it is the most iPhone-like and will blend in well with her colleagues' iPhones. She'd most like something similar to a traditional palm device. A few notes: The Android

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-17 Thread Joseph Sinclair
Not sure what something similar to a traditional Palm device is (I assume you mean the Treo phones, not an ancient Palm V or similar). If you mean a Treo phone, then a Motorola Cliq might be better, although it's not nearly as nice hardware-wise as the Nexus One. Blackberries are the only

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-17 Thread Mark Phillips
Does anyone have a N900 or Nexus One that we could see, say at the next plug meeting? Both phones look great, but it would be interesting to do a live side by side comparison. Also, I can't seem to find what the difference is between the nexus one for current t-mobile customers (other than steep

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-17 Thread Stephen
Verizon cannot do voice/data together either I have done this on my 1st Gen storm on Verizon. It worked just fine. -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-17 Thread Nathan England
Hans, I have a Sprint HTC Hero and down here the 3G is something to be desired, but since almost everywhere I go has wifi, the lack of 3G has not been an issue. Last I was up in the phoenix area the phone absolutely rocked! The speed in everyday things was much faster, the 3G network loads

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-17 Thread Mark Phillips
It seems the Nexus One has 3G problems and users get little support from Google, and no support from HTC or T-Mobile. Granted, these articles are from Januarygoogling nexus One problems didn't return anything more recent...;-)

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-17 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 15:26 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote: I could be wrong or out of date with some of my information. Tethering is possible with http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php but requires a client on the computer and does not have a Linux client. And is not Free. Check the

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-17 Thread der.hans
Am 17. Mär, 2010 schwätzte Joseph Sinclair so: Not sure what something similar to a traditional Palm device is (I assume you mean the Treo phones, not an ancient Palm V or similar). I don't know :). Actually, I think it was a Palm V she had. It wasn't actually a phone. Well, we still have

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-17 Thread der.hans
Am 17. Mär, 2010 schwätzte Mark Phillips so: Does anyone have a N900 or Nexus One that we could see, say at the next plug meeting? Both phones look great, but it would be interesting to do a live side by side comparison. I believe we have at least one Nexxus One in the group. Theoretically I

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-17 Thread JD Austin
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Craig White craigwh...@azapple.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 15:26 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote: I could be wrong or out of date with some of my information. Tethering is possible with http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php but requires a client on

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-17 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 14:26 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote: - The Motorola models are TVO-ized. They check all binaries for a specific signature. No signature, the binary will not run. This means only official builds of OS can be used on those phones. In other words, don't get one from Motorola

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-17 Thread Wayne Davis
For what it's worth: A Android developer friend of mine in London just got a Nexus, He said it ROCKS. SO much faster the a G1 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-16 Thread Alan Dayley
I have a myTouch since November. I like it, though it is laggy sometimes, like a computer using the swap file too much. If I were to buy now, I'd get a Nexus One. As you your requirements... - Most of your list is not possible on any Android phone unless you replace the software with some

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-16 Thread Dazed_75
Good info Alan. Thanks I did hear the CDMAized Nexus One is supposed to hit Sprint on Mar 23. But I suspect those two reports may be bogus since I've seen no follow-up. I also saw a report that buying the Nexus One unlocked plus monthly usage ended up costing less than buying the T-Mobile

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-16 Thread der.hans
Am 16. Mär, 2010 schwätzte Alan Dayley so: I have a myTouch since November. I like it, though it is laggy sometimes, like a computer using the swap file too much. If I were to buy now, I'd get a Nexus One. Yeah, for me I'm going Nexxus One or N900. As you your requirements... - Most of

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-16 Thread David Huerta
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 3:14 PM, der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: - As far as I know you will not get any of the following features with any of the Android phones currently available: . tether and call at the same time Hmm. I was told that's possible. . on phone internet connection and

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-16 Thread Alan Dayley
I could be wrong or out of date with some of my information. Tethering is possible with http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php but requires a client on the computer and does not have a Linux client. And is not Free. Check the article and comments at

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-16 Thread der.hans
Am 16. Mär, 2010 schwätzte Alan Dayley so: I could be wrong or out of date with some of my information. Tethering is possible with http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php but requires a client on the computer and does not have a Linux client. And is not Free. Someone at the west side

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-16 Thread Dazed_75
I was told by a multi-vendor phone booth employee that none of the storefronts actually stock the Nexus One so that you end up getting it from Google in any case. He claimed the only difference was that whether you are buying a T-Mobile Nexus One or an unlocked Nexus One. I do not know if that

Re: which t-mobile android phone?

2010-03-16 Thread Shawn Badger
I was able to ssh out on the cell network before I rooted my G1, but the other things do require you to rot the phone and install one of the many other spins. On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Alan Dayley ala...@consultpros.com wrote: I have a myTouch since November. I like it, though it is