Marks response is going to be typical of many users and will only harm the image of the G1 as an "Internet" phone. Many people (myself included) are not willing to migrate their email to GMail especially given stories like http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/askjack/2007/apr/19/lockedoutofgmail
Personally I believe that the email client should not have been shipped with the 'phone and someone should have mentioned on the -developers list that writing an email client might be a good idea. Al. http://andappstore.com/ mark hensley wrote: > On 11/10/08, Andrew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Also, I'm pretty sure that the whole principal of the phone is inline with >> the hacker mentality. Sometimes you need to use workarounds or write >> something yourself if you're unhappy. The system is open source and in it's >> infancy. Things will change (quickly) so either do it yourself or use a >> workaround until someone else does it. >> >> -- >> Andrew Burgess >> >> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 3:48 PM, MobiJordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> Just to clarify what I said before in case you didn't understand what >>> I said: >>> >>> 1. GMail can "spoof" your pop3 email accounts and nobody would know. >>> 2. I have my own domain too and use it when I send email from GMail. >>> (It looks like it came from my domain account, not gmail.) >>> 3. When I reply on my G1 phone it sends the reply using the >>> appropriate pop3 account. >>> 4. GMail is "Pushed" to your phone just like the Blackberry. (Try it, >>> you'll see) Whoever said it doesn't have "Push" capability was wrong. >>> >>> I used to be stuck with another cell phone company and now I am glad I >>> get to be on the "bleeding edge" with a new phone. I think Android is >>> a great start to an Open Source cell phone operating system. Instead >>> of worrying about the things that don't work, I am embracing the new >>> technology and learning to write applications to improve it. Have you >>> downloaded the Android SDK? What about the Android source code? It >>> is freely available if you want to help improve it. >>> >>> Take care, >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> On Nov 10, 10:19 am, Henchman wrote: >>> Because I don't want to, and shoudln't have to do a "workaround'. >>> I have my main email account that is a domain I own, and do all >>> my business through. That's the one I want to use, that's the one I >>> should be able to use. >>> I can live (for now) with the lack of push email. >>> >>> >>> On Nov 10, 2:41 pm, originalman20 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Yeah I agree. I can use the gmail client but that's gmail only. >>>> >>>> > > I am not a teenage hacker hobbyist, and as such don't have time or > desire to find workarounds. > When I spend good money I expectcertain things. > This whole bedroom programmer/hacker beta tester attitude is simply > bcoming a bit infuriating. > I'd rather hhave a phone with less initial features, yet where the > iincluded apps work properly. > > And who in their right mind would rely on a 3rd party to be > responsible for somwthing as important as an email client. > > Give me a break. You guys are trying way to hard to come up with > excuses and justification for such a dismal piece of programming. > There is no excuse. And they better get it together before Android > fails because of the dismal rollout to date. > > > > -- ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
