Re: [SEAPY] Android

2010-10-04 Thread geremy condra
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:55 AM, geremy condra debat...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Christopher Barker chris.bar...@noaa.gov wrote: Joshua D. Drake wrote: I do not recommend buying off-contract. It is usually a wash if you end up breaking the contract in terms of

Re: [SEAPY] Android

2010-10-04 Thread Christopher Barker
Dan Helfman wrote: Hey Chris, T-Mobile's plans without a subsidized phone are now actually cheaper than their subsidized plans. yes -- I think I noticed that with a MiFi plan -- but now I'm locked into another year or so with Verizon - arrgg! -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D.

Re: [SEAPY] Android

2010-10-01 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I'd definitely avoid the HTC G1 -- I had one and it was terribly slow.

Re: [SEAPY] Android

2010-10-01 Thread geremy condra
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Joshua D. Drake j...@commandprompt.com wrote: On Thu, 2010-09-30 at 21:51 -0700, geremy condra wrote: You can get an Android phone from any of the major carriers. The four majors each have a variety of both top- and mid-tier devices running it, and you can

Re: [SEAPY] Android

2010-10-01 Thread geremy condra
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Eric Hanchrow eric.hanch...@gmail.com wrote: I'd definitely avoid the HTC G1 -- I had one and it was terribly slow. Well, you can't even get one anymore- they've been EOL'd- but I ha(d|ve) one and was very pleased with it once I slapped Cyanogen on it. Geremy

Re: [SEAPY] Android

2010-10-01 Thread Wayne Dyck
Actually this brings up a good point - get an Android phone running 2.2 'cause 2.2 has LOTS OF GOOD STUFF(TM). Many phones are still running 1.x and few phones running 2.1 have updated. Is anyone out there still running, or know of someone running, an Android phone with 1.5 on it? According

Re: [SEAPY] Android

2010-10-01 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:07:51 -0700, Wayne Dyck wa...@platoscave.net wrote: Actually this brings up a good point - get an Android phone running 2.2 'cause 2.2 has LOTS OF GOOD STUFF(TM). Many phones are still running 1.x and few phones running 2.1 have updated. Is anyone out there still

Re: [SEAPY] Android

2010-09-30 Thread geremy condra
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Mike Orr sluggos...@gmail.com wrote: This is a bit off topic but it does get a little into Python. I don't know much about the smartphone world. I got my first trusty-rusty cellphone in 2000 when I started travelling, then around 2006 it died and I got a

Re: [SEAPY] Android

2010-09-30 Thread Mark McWiggins
Looks like Python is supported: http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-android-scripting.html On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:51 PM, geremy condra debat...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Mike Orr sluggos...@gmail.com wrote: This is a bit off topic but it does