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verb, swapped, swap⋅ping, noun –verb (used with object)  1. to exchange,
barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for
the radio.  –verb (used without object)  2. to make an exchange.  –noun 3. an
exchange: He got the radio in a swap.
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take care,
Muthu Ramadoss.

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On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote:

> **From m-w.com/dictionary/swap*:* to make an exchange
>
> I can -exchange- my home app (or browser) for an alternate application. I
> can make that exchange permanent (or at least, automatic) by checking
> "always use this application".
>
> Sorry, but that one isn't gonna fly..
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Every english dictionary I've seen defines "Swap" as "replacing", not
>> "put alongside the original and bug people with a 'which one'? dialogue".
>>
>> Al.
>>
>> Disconnect wrote:
>> > "Swap out" doesn't mean "uninstall carrier-provided services".
>> >
>> > Lets look at their examples, under rc30 g1:
>> >  - homescreen.  Yep. thats a standard app, with a standard interface.
>> > Feel free to write a different one and install it, when the user hits
>> > 'home' they will see the "which app to use?" prompt.
>> >  - dialer. OK so this one is a little magic (emergency calls) but can
>> > still be done. Same as above.
>> >  - "any applications" .. ok, lets see. How about sms. I installed
>> > k9sms and when I went to send a text message, it asks whether to use
>> > "Messaging" or "K9SMS". Looks swapped out to me.
>> >   browser? I installed steel, and when I type a search into the google
>> > widget I get asked about 'browser', 'steel' and a couple of search
>> > apps. Neat. Looks -very- swapped out.
>> >
>> > I haven't replaced any others (at least that come to mind off the top
>> > of my head), but I can't imagine they are any different. It does sound
>> > like you are using a phone outside it's supported network and then
>> > bitching that its not behaving as expected. Funny, that.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 2:34 AM, gjs <[email protected]
>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >     ...With devices built on the Android Platform,
>> >     users are able to fully tailor the phone to their interests. They
>> can
>> >     swap out the phone's homescreen, the style of the dialer, or any of
>> >     the
>> >     applications..
>> >
>> >     Not with the G1 ( and rc30 ) there's no official root access, eg: we
>> >     cannot uninstall t-mobile's MyFaves application ( and it zillions of
>> >     453 sms messages ) etc etc.
>> >
>> >     I guess t-mobile is the G1 'user' not us G1 consumers...
>> >
>> >     I find it interesting to keep seeing google saying 'speak to the
>> >     carrier/vendor' about software for the devices and the carrier (t-
>> >     mobile) says 'google writes the software'...
>> >
>> >     I now see, with hindsight, that I should have waited for the Dev
>> Phone
>> >     1 and not jumped in and bought a G1.
>> >
>> >     regards
>> >
>> >     On Jan 8, 2:21 am, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[email protected]
>> >     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >     > Thanks.
>> >     >
>> >     > I haven't clean fetched "Master".. may be that's the issue.
>> >     >
>> >     > take care,
>> >     > Muthu Ramadoss.
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz+91-9840348914http://mobeegal.in-
>> >     mobile search. redefined.
>> >     >
>> >     > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Disconnect
>> >     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >     > > FYI Master builds right now, even for actual hardware.  (It
>> >     doesn't run so
>> >     > > well due to a bunch of closed-source libraries they can't
>> >     release.. but
>> >     > > thats just more of the "we'll worry about licensing later"
>> mess.)
>> >     >
>> >     > > At a minimum, whats out there now is:
>> >     > > Master - cutting edge, community tree (although so far only
>> >     googs can
>> >     > > commit) - currently (as of a couple days ago) builds fine for
>> >     g1/adp1 using
>> >     > > the directions on android.com <http://android.com>
>> >     > > Master w/ tag "release-1.0" - the tree as it was kinda sorta
>> >     when rc29/rc30
>> >     > > were peeled off, but not really. Doesn't build.
>> >     > > Cupcake - laggy internal cutting edge, synced from perforce.
>> >     still broken
>> >     > > build, and behind master.
>> >     > > Perforce - cutting edge private tree, occasionally synced to
>> >     cupcake
>> >     > > Product - adp1/g1 tree, stable, tested, running, never to see
>> >     the light of
>> >     > > day other than as blob updates ('open source' or not..)
>> >     >
>> >     > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Muthu Ramadoss
>> >     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>wrote:
>> >     >
>> >     > >> Google has their own internal repo which they haven't synced
>> >     it up with
>> >     > >> the public repo. Its all a bit confusing now since both
>> >     master and the
>> >     > >> cupcake branch seems to be broken now.
>> >     >
>> >     > >> take care,
>> >     > >> Muthu Ramadoss.
>> >     >
>> >     > >>http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz+91-9840348914
>> >     > >>http://androidrocks.googlecode.com
>> >     >
>> >     > >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Disconnect
>> >     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>wrote:
>> >     >
>> >     > >>> Its apache-licensed.  Just pretend that the upstream is
>> >     'equal' and they
>> >     > >>> created a closed-source fork of it. (Since, realistically,
>> >     thats what
>> >     > >>> happened with the dream product tree. Compounded when they
>> >     merged it to
>> >     > >>> their p4/cupcake instead of the old master, basically making
>> >     it forever
>> >     > >>> unreachable.)
>> >     >
>> >     > >>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Al Sutton
>> >     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> But  a group of OHA members made the first deployment where
>> >     a number of
>> >     > >>>> apps aren't equal (e.g. Market using locked down APIs, 3rd
>> >     party
>> >     > >>>> diallers being unable to call emergency services, etc.).
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> So if the OHAs own members aren't sticking to that idea,
>> >     why are the OHA
>> >     > >>>> claiming it's one of features of an Android system?
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> Al.
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> Muthu Ramadoss wrote:
>> >     > >>>> > "All Applications are created Equal"
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> > holds true for all applications created on top of
>> Application
>> >     > >>>> Framework.
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> > It does not mean that the applications created will be
>> >     open or free!
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> > take care,
>> >     > >>>> > Muthu Ramadoss.
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz+91-9840348914
>> >     > >>>> >http://mobeegal.in- mobile search. redefined.
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 7:51 PM, aayush
>> >     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> >     > >>>> > <mailto:[email protected]
>> >     <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     The adage that all applications are created equal
>> >     cannot hold true
>> >     > >>>> in
>> >     > >>>> >     a real commercial rollout by a carrier.
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     Carriers would want to achieve service
>> >     differentiation and a
>> >     > >>>> >     competitive edge over their peers. So they would
>> >     always want to
>> >     > >>>> lock
>> >     > >>>> >     down some apps to provide them to only their customers.
>> >     > >>>> >     If all applications would be equal, what value
>> >     proposition will
>> >     > >>>> they
>> >     > >>>> >     show to their customers ?
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     So i think, that this statement of application
>> >     equality does not
>> >     > >>>> hold
>> >     > >>>> >     good....no matter how good the intentions may be..the
>> >     carriers
>> >     > >>>> wont
>> >     > >>>> >     tolerate it !
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     Aayush
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     Muthu Ramadoss wrote:
>> >     > >>>> >     > I guess "All applications are created equal" will
>> >     hold true when
>> >     > >>>> >     you roll
>> >     > >>>> >     > out your own custom Android implementation. If we
>> >     consider the
>> >     > >>>> G1
>> >     > >>>> >     > implementation of Android, of course the Carrier is
>> >     going to
>> >     > >>>> >     lock down a lot
>> >     > >>>> >     > of Apps which the Carrier believes is important
>> >     enough to be
>> >     > >>>> >     locked down for
>> >     > >>>> >     > various reasons.
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     > take care,
>> >     > >>>> >     > Muthu Ramadoss.
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     >http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz+91-9840348914
>> >     > >>>> >     >http://androidrocks.googlecode.com- Android Tutorial.
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Al Sutton
>> >     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> >     > >>>> >     <mailto:[email protected]
>> >     <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     > > Debate on the policy is another (probably
>> >     lengthy) discussion,
>> >     > >>>> >     the fact
>> >     > >>>> >     > > is that the policy exists and because of that all
>> >     apps are not
>> >     > >>>> >     equal as
>> >     > >>>> >     > > the OHA site claim that "All applications are
>> >     created equal"
>> >     > >>>> >     doesn't
>> >     > >>>> >     > > hold up.
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     > > Al.
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     > > Shane Isbell wrote:
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     > > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:27 AM, Al Sutton
>> >     > >>>> >     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> >     <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> >     > >>>> >     > > > <mailto:[email protected]
>> >     <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]
>> >     <mailto:[email protected]>>>>
>> >     > >>>> >     wrote:
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     > > >     They would need stretch that somewhat and
>> >     define the
>> >     > >>>> dialler
>> >     > >>>> >     > > >     application
>> >     > >>>> >     > > >     as non-core for that to work in relation to
>> >     the block on
>> >     > >>>> >     third party
>> >     > >>>> >     > > >     diallers calling emergency services.
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     > > > This is one area I agree with Google on. If
>> >     there is a
>> >     > >>>> >     hostile app,
>> >     > >>>> >     > > > dialing out false emergency requests, clogging
>> >     the system,
>> >     > >>>> >     people
>> >     > >>>> >     > > > could die. Of course, Google deserves all the
>> >     other crap you
>> >     > >>>> >     give
>> >     > >>>> >     > > > them, so keep swinging. Maybe some candy will
>> >     fall out.
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     > > > Shane
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> >     > > --
>> >     > >>>> >     > > ======
>> >     > >>>> >     > > 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.
>> >     >
>> >     > >>>> --
>> >     > >>>> ======
>> >     > >>>> 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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>>
>>
>> --
>> ======
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
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