Open source is a good start. Apple is very much closed, as in closed
source, as well as being extremely proprietary. This includes Apple's
iOS and all i* products, eg iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc.
In case it was unclear: iOS is CLOSED SOURCE. It is clearer to call it
Proprietary.
Availability of
Some people do care, not all.
Some people who cannot write code still care.
I have a G1 with Optus.
So this is at iphone 1 level of technology. How many of these are still
around.
memory limited, cannot install many apps so have not explored them much.
Apps to SD works till card has problems,
G'day
Can anyone explain why my slug posts are marked as spam? I'm beginning
to take it personally.
Regards,
Edwin Humphries
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On 03/02/12 09:21, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
... Given the issues with Battery life, seems there is some scope for tuning
either customised/personal/individual or across the op system. ...
Phones have plenty of options for turning off functions to save battery
power, such as WiFi and GPS.
Tom W wrote:
ps: SLUGers will recall I demonstrated a Huawei Deuce U8520 Dual SIM
Android smart phone at a meeting in 2011. I have now handed it back to
Allphones and asked for my money back. This phone seems to be prone to
locking up, judging by my experience and that of others. This is a shame
On 04/02/2012, at 7:01 AM, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote:
You don't sound like a troll... just someone who has been around a long
time and is used to doing it all themselves.
I think people do care... but there is a lot more specialisation now...
it's like medicne an ENT specialist
On 02/04/12 12:32, James Linder wrote:
I do not think FOSS vx proprietary software is a moral issue, it is a fettish.
Now if others care about your fettish then kewl, and if they are pragmatic in
any form words of disapproval are discourteous.
Sadly, people these days don't care ...
ouch!
