Or download it and then look for an application to open it. On Aug 20, 12:58 pm, plusminus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe transfer it later to his desktop-pc? > > On 20 Aug., 09:59, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A third party developer is free to write an application that > > understands the zip MIME type and does something with it that the user > > might care about. This functionality is not currently provided as > > part of the base platform. > > > Why do you want to download on to your phone a zip file or some other > > file type that you can't do anything with? > > > On Aug 19, 3:54 pm, Sir Nobax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Not sure if this is the right place, but I have a (simple?) question > > > about the Download Manger integrated in the 0.90 SDK Emulator. > > > Soo, I tried, just to familiarize myself with my common use of a phone > > > on Android, to surf 'the web' a bit, downloading some pictures, little > > > bit of messing around, i.e. just playing. (and so far I like it :D ) > > > However, when I tried to download a ZIP file, the download manager > > > refused to download it, giving the following 'error': > > > > "<Unkown> > > > download2us.softpedia.com > > > Cannot download. The content being downloaded is not supported on the > > > phone." > > > > Uh, what? First, no ZIP support? Why no ZIP support? > > > Second, why won't it download the file, or at least let the user be > > > able to force the download it, by e.g. a "Download Anyway" button that > > > appears when you 'long-press' it. > > > > I hope I am missing some hidden options or something, because, if it > > > is true, that there is a very limited amount of files I would be able > > > to download, I'd consider that a MAJOR drawback. > > > > Anyone that can comment on this 'problem'? > >
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