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[dilla]

I gotcha. Yeah, I do read 9to5 Mac for Mac news. Unwired is something new to me, so I'll take a look at that.

About the Mac "excuses," it does suck to be buying older versions of new technology when buying an Apple product, but I got my MBP because I had a bad experience with HP and their shit products. It's not a very good reason, I know, but I wanted to to make the switch anyway to see how it was. So far, I like it a lot, although paying a premium for it, counteracted with "old" technology, it kinda stings at times.

Does the Android have anything like - Mobile ME or Ilocalis? At a reasonable price. ie. <$20. yearly.

What Masta said. If you get an Android phone, you are required to make a GMail address, or use an existing one. You'll need to sign in to this GMail account just once on your phone, and after that, everything on your phone is backed up on Google's servers at intervals that you can determine.

All the phone contacts you add to your phone are synced, and you can view them in GMail. If you use Google Voice, you can type a text on your computer and choose a phone contact from the drop-down menu on your computer. Your apps are synced as well. It's really a cool thing, and yes, it is completely free. There is no "premium" version.

I am not familiar with MobileMe all that much. Can't you make a website with it? That's probably for Mac computers, but $20 just to sync contacts is mad homo.

 

[dilla]

Rumor: 2GHz HTC “Sabor” to Arrive with Gingerbread Late 2010 [UPDATE] | AndroidGuys)

Here's the next big HTC phone, it seems.

 

[masta247]

I gotcha. Yeah, I do read 9to5 Mac for Mac news. Unwired is something new to me, so I'll take a look at that.

I don't check these sites on regular though. Whenever I see anything interesting I google it further and read various sites.
9to5 Mac is very pro-Applish sometimes writing things that are simply not true just to convince how awesome Apple is. I agree that they often have interesting news but they are often jumping to strange conclusions or neglecting even the biggest flaws Apple products have.

 

[Pittsey]

I gotcha. Yeah, I do read 9to5 Mac for Mac news. Unwired is something new to me, so I'll take a look at that.

About the Mac "excuses," it does suck to be buying older versions of new technology when buying an Apple product, but I got my MBP because I had a bad experience with HP and their shit products. It's not a very good reason, I know, but I wanted to to make the switch anyway to see how it was. So far, I like it a lot, although paying a premium for it, counteracted with "old" technology, it kinda stings at times.






What Masta said. If you get an Android phone, you are required to make a GMail address, or use an existing one. You'll need to sign in to this GMail account just once on your phone, and after that, everything on your phone is backed up on Google's servers at intervals that you can determine.

All the phone contacts you add to your phone are synced, and you can view them in GMail. If you use Google Voice, you can type a text on your computer and choose a phone contact from the drop-down menu on your computer. Your apps are synced as well. It's really a cool thing, and yes, it is completely free. There is no "premium" version.

I am not familiar with MobileMe all that much. Can't you make a website with it? That's probably for Mac computers, but $20 just to sync contacts is mad homo.

You can logon to your phone remotely and locate it via it's gps. I use ilocalis. It has lots of anti-theft features.

 

[dilla]

You can logon to your phone remotely and locate it via it's gps. I use ilocalis. It has lots of anti-theft features.

There are plenty of free apps that lock your phone remotely and locate it for you as well. You don't need to pay $20 for it, though it's not that much anyway if it's per year. Still, it's free on Android with a legitimate app.

 

[masta247]

You can logon to your phone remotely and locate it via it's gps. I use ilocalis. It has lots of anti-theft features.

oh then what you're looking for is for example antidroidtheft which is free:

http://www.antidroidtheft.com/?lang=en

There are hundreds of apps like this on the market though.

Oh and for example this one has more features:
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.neevo.mobiledefense/

Options include: remote GPS tracking, phone management (being able to wipe the phone remotely) and a loud alarm when the phone is stolen :thumb:
Comments show that it helped to retrieve a lot of stolen phones.

Except some bigger games most apps on the Android Market are free. Even most paid apps have their free counterparts.

 

[dilla]

It seems like the best time to buy an Android phone is once 3.0 is out.

I think I just read something that basically said the N1 will be the bare minimum specs needed for GB. Considering it'll be almost a year old when GB comes out (assuming it comes out September/October) it may be best to wait for the top-tier Google phone at the end of this year or early next year.

Does that sound reasonable? I'm very wary now after rolling the dice on lesser hardware because of the price. Never buy a phone that isn't the most expensive, I say. At least when it comes to Android. Chances are the $200 ones (with contract) are the best you get, not the one for $50.

 

[Casey]

/\ Way to state the obvious.

I see it like this - you sign these contracts for long enough that you want top-tier devices to keep them from becoming obsolete within a short time frame. You cheaped out and got the Eris and it was obsolete within what, 6 months?

I would never buy anything less than a top tier device, any later than 3 months after release. No matter what the OS. The industry moves fast.

 

[dilla]

Yeah, well, sometimes we need to learn from experience.

 

[masta247]

There were also cool lower-end Android phones too that also offer good usability, battery life and quite decent performance in a lower price but have smaller and older screens, a bit slower processors etc.
In the past there was HTC Magic which was a very good mid-end phone, Samsung Galaxy Spica that I have and am very happy about it - in it's time it was much cheaper than high-end Androids while offering only a tad less.
The problem is that now most new Android phones are high ends. Basically the only modern "lower end" htc Android phone is HTC Legend which doesn't cost like a lower end phone though and gets a bit outdated.
Only upcoming low-end and mid-end Android phones I can think of are these Samsungs which are even lower-end than last year's low-end Androids:
Samsung I5800 Galaxy 3 - Full phone specifications
Samsung I5500 Galaxy 5 - Full phone specifications
edit: oh yeah and Xperia X8 and X10 mini are similar to these Samsungs but are way more expensive.

 

[dilla]

Interesting: Dan Morrill Calls Foul On Whoever Started That Gingerbread Rumor | Android Phone Fans

 

[Cooper]

There were also cool lower-end Android phones too that also offer good usability, battery life and quite decent performance in a lower price but have smaller and older screens, a bit slower processors etc.
In the past there was HTC Magic which was a very good mid-end phone, Samsung Galaxy Spica that I have and am very happy about it - in it's time it was much cheaper than high-end Androids while offering only a tad less.
The problem is that now most new Android phones are high ends. Basically the only modern "lower end" htc Android phone is HTC Legend which doesn't cost like a lower end phone though and gets a bit outdated.
Only upcoming low-end and mid-end Android phones I can think of are these Samsungs which are even lower-end than last year's low-end Androids:
Samsung I5800 Galaxy 3 - Full phone specifications
Samsung I5500 Galaxy 5 - Full phone specifications
edit: oh yeah and Xperia X8 and X10 mini are similar to these Samsungs but are way more expensive.

Wildfire's low end I think. Legend isn't really low end I don't think, kind of a mid-market....great looking, decent spec, nice screen.

 

[dilla]

Well, it's all relative to what's in your country's market. Australia just got the Nexus One, I think. Or maybe it was a specific carrier. I dunno. But just now did a carrier and its customers have access to the Nexus One on their network.

 

[dilla]

Schmidt: no Google Nexus Two plans | Android Community

 

[ARon]

A lot of big news from T-Mobile today. I'm hoping November 5th is a good day

 

[masta247]

lmfao there's a "Log.WTF" method in Froyo.
It stands for "What a terrible failure " in documentation.

http://developer.android.com/refere...html#wtf(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

lol apparently I wasn't the first one to notice:
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1111159

 

[THEV1LL4N]

back in the uk, i checked the android community app. there was an article about the samsung galaxy s2, featuring a 2GHz cpu, 4.3" screen super amoled screen, 4GB ROM, 32GB memory.

Samsung Galaxy S2 i9200 features 2GHz, 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Display and More | Android Community

 

[masta247]

Samsung Galaxy Beam will be released in a week now.

It's a fairly cheap mid-end with an amazing 1800mAh battery and a mobile screen projector. If there'll be a good offer for it here and it turns out to be a decent phone I might consider getting myself one as it seems to have actually everything I need + a cool mobile projector which might be an awesome idea for various trips.

Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam - Full phone specifications

 

[dilla]

T-Mobile licks ass according to the people I know. It's predicted as one of the companies to go bankrupt this year.

 

[SiGh]

My entire phone just reset on its own today and I lost everything, wtf?