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I just wish the price would come down on the Hero, even for the friends and family or SERO plan, it's still 280 bucks, and then you have to wait a couple of months to get the $100 rebate back. With the Droid, you can get it for 100 bucks and don't have to wait for the rebate if you get it at Best Buy. I suppose that Sprint doesn't recoup as much money from higher monthly costs, so they need to charge more in the upfront costs, but it's hard to justify throwing down almost 300 bucks on a phone when my Touch still does just fine.
So I was considering upgrading my Sprint phone to something running Android this Christmas, but I wanted to wait for 2.0. Now that I see I have to wait this long, it barely even makes sense for me to stay with Sprint. Is upgrading to the current version really this hard?
@ForestFire0: If you're willing to get your toes wet (and if you post here you just might be) then custom brews of 1.6 have significant features of 2.0 squeezed in and you can have instant gratification. Consider too that you can still use out-of-box 1.6 as a type of GPS navigation (responsibly, natch), just not with fancy flythrough graphics and vocal turn-by-turn.
On the other hand, over the next six months there will be new Android phones on various carriers - some of them with better hardware, some of them running the latest official release. Decisions, decisions...
@Killjoy: Well, with all the talk of Google phones from Google made by HTC, I have a good idea what I'll be choosing for my next phone. But all this talk of instant gratification and doing-it-myself is pretty enticing.
@jon.athan: Well, my contract with Sprint is up pretty soon and the only reason I choose it in the first place was because it was the only carrier with service at my home, where I no longer live. And if Sprint doesn't have the phone I want, why can't I look around?
@fallenturtle: That's more than the G1/MT3G owners have gotten. And we run stock Android. Granted, the G1 had that memory issue, but the MT3G? Seriously?
I get closer and closer to rooting this thing everyday.
@OCEntertainment: This might sound stupid, but I don't know a whole lot about T Mo stuff, are they still selling the G1 or has it been phased out since MT3G came out?
@Calijoefornia: I believe they still sell the G1 alongside the MT3G (they keep both as one has a keyboard and the other doesn't). Though I think they're pushing the CLIQ a bit harder than either of them just because it's the newest and they need to get it out the door.
@eeJonathan: Well it seems Google's been more than a little stingy with the 2.0 update. The source code didn't even drop until either pretty close to or after the day the Droid was released.
I don't think any exclusive deal was made public, but it seems that at least for a while the Droid is the only device running 2.0. In fact, perhaps this deal is the reason the Hero has to wait so long. Unfortunately, it's all speculation from here.
@Killjoy: Oh, yes, Zombie, Run! After a conversation about this game with a youth leader at our local church, she had me adapt the game to be a live-action scavenger hunt wherein some some of the 20-somethings in our group volunteered to dress up as Zombies and attempt to attack or capture the kids.
That's right. Because of this game, I got to be a zombie. And attack children. At a church.
@OCEntertainment: When Android was first announced, I liked the news that programmers would have open(ish) access to the hardware and software. The more tinkerers you accommodate, the more Zombie, Run!s you'll wind up with.
And thanks for the mental image: I can't think of many community-organized activity programs better than church zombies preying on kids.
@Bueller: Yes, I have three gmail accounts. I think that you can also use exchange to push mail from 10 accounts total. I'll research that just to be sure.
How many email accounts do DROID devices support? Unlimited accounts are supported with the understanding that the more accounts checked on the device means the device memory and battery are filled faster.
I'd disagree that a task manager is mandatory for keeping an Android phone speedy. I used to run TasKiller on my Hero, but uninstalled it after doing some research, and haven't seen any performance drop. Something about the way Linux allocates memory and handles background processes...
@cc82: The general consensus is that killing tasks makes no difference in speed, and some who run task killer programs end up with glitches. There were those who were running a task killer app and because they kept killing their background email programs they ended up screwing up their email accounts.
I ran a task killer for a few days and I got rid of it after udating to 2.0.1... I don't even notice it's gone. The phone is fast, period. No need for a task killer in my opinion.
And now that I associate that mark with a smile and not an arrow, it looks like the Amazon logo is smirking at me. Or possibly trying to hit on me. Thanks.
@OCEntertainment: Strange...I had always thought the amazon logo was smiling at me, which I found weird. Now I realize it is an arrow pointing from A to Z...I wonder how many other idiots are out there like me thinking amazon was smiling at them.
@Yinzers Are People Too: A good graphic artist will be able to do that. Hide multiple interpretations in the same logo.
The FedEx logo is the classic example. A simple, easy to identify five-letter, two-color word that you always recognize. Then you see the arrow. And your life is never the same again.
@nachobel: Right below the text box, there's an image icon. Click it. You can either upload an image or link to one you found in a Google image search.
I've had trouble with uploading in the past, though if that happens, just use imageshack and then link to it.
@Killjoy: It's the empty space between the E and the X.
It uses the negative space to create a shape. Some people see it, others don't. Fortunately, the logo works either way. However, because it's so cleverly sort-of hidden, you end up talking about it. Which is a nice bonus for the marketing team.
I guess I have to download and archive all my juicy e mails from Yahell to protect them. $60 would be a very low price for all the dirt thats in there.
The only thing I really use Yahoo for is the email address that I get all my spam sent to. I guess they can have that if they want. Sometimes there is pron. Maybe they will like that as well.
@Crimson33: The article twists the meaning somewhat. Yahoo isn't really "selling" information. When law enforcement agencies subpoena a company (Yahoo, Google, MS, whoever) for information, there is nothing much that they can really do about it. The numbers above just say how much Yahoo is reimbursed for using its resources to provide this information.
Meaning - Yahoo is probably not the only company with a chart of prices like this. It just so happens that Yahoo's chart got published here. I was sort of joking in my first comment.
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On the other hand, over the next six months there will be new Android phones on various carriers - some of them with better hardware, some of them running the latest official release. Decisions, decisions...
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@jon.athan: Well, my contract with Sprint is up pretty soon and the only reason I choose it in the first place was because it was the only carrier with service at my home, where I no longer live. And if Sprint doesn't have the phone I want, why can't I look around?
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I get closer and closer to rooting this thing everyday.
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Why would it take so long to update the phones?
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I don't think any exclusive deal was made public, but it seems that at least for a while the Droid is the only device running 2.0. In fact, perhaps this deal is the reason the Hero has to wait so long. Unfortunately, it's all speculation from here.
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That's right. Because of this game, I got to be a zombie. And attack children. At a church.
(The actual app was fun, too.)
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And thanks for the mental image: I can't think of many community-organized activity programs better than church zombies preying on kids.
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Also, can this phone handle more than one gmail account at the same time?
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How many email accounts do DROID devices support?
Unlimited accounts are supported with the understanding that the more accounts checked on the device means the device memory and battery are filled faster.
[wirelesssupport.verizon.com]
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More on the subject:
[androidforums.com]
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I ran a task killer for a few days and I got rid of it after udating to 2.0.1... I don't even notice it's gone. The phone is fast, period. No need for a task killer in my opinion.
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And now that I associate that mark with a smile and not an arrow, it looks like the Amazon logo is smirking at me. Or possibly trying to hit on me. Thanks.
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The FedEx logo is the classic example. A simple, easy to identify five-letter, two-color word that you always recognize. Then you see the arrow. And your life is never the same again.
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*is now afraid of Tobelerone*
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I've had trouble with uploading in the past, though if that happens, just use imageshack and then link to it.
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thanks.
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It uses the negative space to create a shape. Some people see it, others don't. Fortunately, the logo works either way. However, because it's so cleverly sort-of hidden, you end up talking about it. Which is a nice bonus for the marketing team.
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Meaning - Yahoo is probably not the only company with a chart of prices like this. It just so happens that Yahoo's chart got published here. I was sort of joking in my first comment.
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I'm the commissioner in name only!
TwoHandTouch(myself)Football is runnin' the thing!
I swear!
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