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[totient]

My new phone lets me be logged in to chat services 24/7. This means you can send me a chat instead of a text message and (a) it will show up at the same notification level, and (b) it will save me a dime (if I'm close to my text messages limit, anyway). It does not mean I have stopped doing any of those pesky things like sleeping that ever take me away from my keyboard, so don't fear if you send a chat message to what seems like it's me sitting at my computer in real time, but turns out to be me sitting across the house from my phone and paying no attention.

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[srakkt.livejournal.com]

This also works for me on the Google Talk service. Firstname.lastname if you please.

[mangosteen]

Got the Droid?

[palmwiz.livejournal.com]

Why yes, yes I have. It's the anti-iPhone. Instead of installing a zillion little apps to cope with the fact that the iPhone's native browser is not quite up to snuff, I find myself removing things like the native Gmail client (from my home screen, anyway) because using the web interface is better.

I have to say, though, the keyboard is Not Scottish.

[palmwiz.livejournal.com]

Oh, and if any of my readers are considering getting one: skip the Verizon-branded screen protectors, they're not Scottish either.

[mangosteen]

As a current Droid owner, I salute you. :)

The big thing about the iPhone is that it's not really a great phone. In fact, the phone is very much Not Scottish, but that's not the important bit. What the iPhone *is* is a very successful handheld computer with a phone pasted on.

The Droid is most certainly not an iPhone killer, but it's definitely the first viable competitor, defined as "Apple now actually has someone to look at in the rear-view mirror."

[palmwiz.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the Droid is clearly the superior phone, in the sense of "I can do all the things I could do with a V3 as easily with this thing". But let's be real. Anyone carrying a Droid is doing so because it's a handheld computer. On that score, it's still less polished than the iPhone. There's no multi-touch. Finger taps on the screen sometimes go vastly astray or cause bizarre scrolling effects or what have you. Some of the built in UI bits are lacking. The on-screen keyboard only autocorrects when the app you're in thought of that. Apps mostly don't respond to a shake. But multitasking and the gorgeous screen completely make up for that.

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

I presume that you guys being you guys have taken a peek at the Android Scripting Environment?

Mumble ...

[paradoox.livejournal.com]

Having moved from Verizon to TMobile (and after involving the Mass AG office finally getting the extra money back about six months late that Verizon collected for the the month in advance they charged me for), I vowed never to go back to Verizon and their lack of customer service. I wonder if TMobile is going to come up with a state of the art phone this century. Or if this is one of the cases where you can have any 2 of 3 but not all three.

Maybe it is time to get a jail-broken iPhone. Sigh.

(Yes, after reading the paragraph above, it seems time for anther cup of coffee or a remedial writing class, but I think you get the idea. Coffee now.)

Re: Mumble ...

[palmwiz.livejournal.com]

I've got one. 3G (not S), 16GB. These go for $350 on ebay these days, so while I can do $300 for you, I can't really afford to sell it for less than that.