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 displayable on the screen, compared to the treo. All it would take was a choice of smaller fonts, to start. I desperately long for a simple "today" button on the calendar. I miss the audible application; I now have to listen to my audible books on a separate mp3 player. It also seems slower.
On the other hand, the treo was somehow dropping calls and I couldn't run the "mother TED" application for really cool video lectures.
Regards,
Kaia Taylor
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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, then a Motorola Cliq might be better, although it's not nearly as nice hardware-wise as the Nexus One. Blackberries are the only smartphones that really look like the Treo phones anymore.
AT&T is the only major carrier that I know for certain can do voice and data simultaneously.
For contact sync at close range, I think most Android phones are at least capable of this, but you might need to add an app for it from Android Marketplace.
For other small transfers, I think you may have to use a web-service or email (which would work over WiFi, but not bluetooth) as an intermediary (unless you write your own application for it).
Any phone-to-phone contact would probably not work unless both phones are unlocked and have the capability (e.g. two unlocked Android phones with an app for sync via bluetooth).
der.hans wrote:
> 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 O/S can do voice and data simultaneously if the phone
>> radio and network support it (the Nexus One radio is capable), but as
>> I understand it T-Mobile's network can't do data and voice at the
>> same time due to a limitation of their 3G network. Verizon cannot do
>> voice/data together either, not sure about Sprint.
>
> Ah, maybe it's ATT that can do simultaneous.
>
>> An unlocked phone will get most of your features, go to
>> google.com/phone for the Nexus One (cannot be purchased anywhere
>> else), which is unlocked, and has the best CPU (Snapdragon at 1GHz)
>> and screen currently available.
>
> Yeah, I was planning on getting one there.
>
>> I don't think bluetooth tethering is available on any current phone,
>> but you should be able to write an app for it on an unlocked phone.
>
> OK, I'll check.
>
>> All Android phones can connect to your mail server if you load an
>> appropriate application from the Marketplace.
>> All newer Android "Google Experience" phones can play vorbis and
>> theora AFAIK.
>
> Cool.
>
>> Sync depends on software, look through the Android Marketplace for
>> sync apps that match what you use on the desktop, or you could write
>> your own (it's not very difficult).
>> All "Google Experience" Android phones should have GPS, camera w/
>> video, full function while charging, bluetooth, WiFi, compass,
>> accelerometers, external storage (mostly SDHC-micro).
>>
>> I don't think any current Android phones have external display
>> capability
>>
>> One of your desiderata confuses me:
>> Phone-to-phone via bluetooth/wifi (do you mean walkie-talkie, phone
>> calls, contact sharing, or other?)
>
> I mean contact, data, etc. when in proximity. I'd love to be able to
> ssh back and forth over a local network :), but I'm mostly interested
> in being able to trade small pieces of data such as contact info, a
> picture or a URL.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
>> der.hans wrote:
>>> moin moin,
>>>
>>> I need to get new phones. Which of the t-mobile android phones best
>>> meet the following requirements?
>>>
>>> Required features:
>>> . bluetooth tethering
>>> . ability to turn off GPS if one is available . ssh out . bluetooth
>>> . connect to my own mail servers . root access . play ogg-vorbis .
>>> contact, etc. syncing w/ GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> Desired features:
>>> . tether and call at the same time
>>> . on phone internet connection and call at the same time . ssh in
>>> across cell network . USB tethering . fully functional while
>>> charging . root access w/o jailbreaking . wifi . tetherable via wifi
>>> . phone to phone communication via bluetooth . phone to phone
>>> communication via wifi . GPS . camera and video . external storage
>>> card, prefer sdmc . can use external display ( monitor and/or TV )
>>>
>>> Any features that I forgot?
>>>
>>> t-mobile has Motorola CLIQ, Samsung Behold II, t-mobile myTouch and G1.
>>> Which is the better phone? I will be trying to do this w/o a
>>> contract, so deals don't matter and all phones appears to be almost
>>> equally expensive.
>>> I am interested in consumer ready, easy to use as this one is for my
>>> wife.
>>>
>>> What services/features are included in the service plan? If not,
>>> what is the add on cost?
>>>
>>> . cell phone calling?
>>> . internet access ( not just web )?
>>> . tethering?
>>> . gps?
>>>
>>> I still haven't completely decided whether I will go with the Nexxus
>>> One or N900 for my own use. Will the N900 work with t-mobile? I
>>> believe it will.
>>>
>>> I could consider ATT if I go with the N900 and it works well with
>>> ATT, but as I understand it the Nexxus One currently will not work
>>> fully with ATT.
>>>
>>> Does t-mobile carry a Linux-based, large numbered, low-cost phone?
>>> This one just needs to be able to make and receive calls on the family plan.
>>> Receiving text messages on the family plan would also be good.
>>>
>>> ciao,
>>>
>>> der.hans
>>
>>
>
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