lb, This isn't your personal rant list and certainly isn't a list for discussing the service you have with various cell providers.
If you don't have anything Android related to say please take your points up with them directly and spare all of the rest of us one extra hit of the delete key. Thanks, Al. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * ====== 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. On 24 Sep 2009, at 18:38, lbcoder wrote: > > You seem to be missing the point. > The fact that the hardware you sell is stuck with your shoddy CDMA > service means that whoever buys any hardware from you is stuck using > YOUR SERVICE, so from a *freedom is good* perspective, everything > about sprint *IS BAD*. If your service is really that good (your > statements are just as biased as those "other people's marketing"), > then it would be able to stand on its own merits rather than giving > the user NO CHOICE, i.e., with a GSM phone, if you don't like the > service you're using, you yank the card, run it over with a steam > roller, shove in another, and away you go. With sprint, user's don't > have that choice. If they want to switch carriers, they are forced to > dump in (in the case of an android or other high end smartphone) > hundreds of dollars to switch carriers. > > On Sep 24, 12:06 pm, nathan_sprint_developerprogram > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ib coder >> >> First, everybody is entitled to their opinion >> >> Let me ask you, have you utilized a sprint device lately on our 3G >> CDMA network - I am not here to talk about other people's data >> networks but the Sprint 3G data network is the BEST data network >> (don't care what other people's marketing >> TV Ads says), and the HTC hero on this network is a phenomal device - >> Also, the device is an open device (developers have full access to >> the >> Android OS and to distribute the apps in any manner) >> >> Thanks >> >> On Sep 24, 9:15 am, JoaJP <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Com'on show some appreciation. They're in a tough spot for a variety >>> of reasons and looking at the rest of the carriers there, they look >>> like the boldest in their efforts to get ahead. >> >>> On Sep 24, 7:03 am, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> What good is a "free sprint device" when it is stuck using sprint >>>> for >>>> the rest of its existence? >> >>>> On Sep 22, 3:42 pm, nathan_sprint_developerprogram >> >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Today - Sprint made three announcements around support for the >>>>> Android >>>>> Platform. >> >>>>> 1: Launched a section dedicated to Android development support on >>>>> Sprint devices athttp://developer.sprint.com/android >>>>> - Showcase how to utilize free Sprint network services such as LBS >>>>> (where are my friends/co-workers / Geofencing, Messaging, >>>>> Presence) >>>>> - We also have some initial FAQs to address developing for Sprint >>>>> Android >>>>> - We will continue to add content to the section and looking for >>>>> any >>>>> developer feedback on this >> >>>>> Announced Extensive Plans to Showcase Android at our upcoming >>>>> Sprint >>>>> Developer Conference: >> >>>>> 2: Want an HTC Hero Android Device ? >>>>> Sprint is partnering with HTC to give away 400 HTC hero devices >>>>> at our >>>>> upcoming Sprint Developer >>>>> Conference,http://developer.sprint.com/devcon2009 >>>>> . The 400 devices will be provisioned for one month of service, >>>>> and >>>>> will be given to the first 400 attendees of the Android coding lab >>>>> being held the evening of Oct 26. Mark Murphy of CommonsWare >>>>> will >>>>> lead the Android platform training session. Murphy has published >>>>> three >>>>> guides on Android development and writes the “Building 'Droids” >>>>> column >>>>> for AndroidGuys and the “Android Angle” column for NetworkWorld. >> >>>>> 3: Google will be presenting at the Sprint Developer Conference, >>>>> Wed >>>>> Oct 28 from 8:30am - 11:00am. Topics covered will incude the >>>>> Android >>>>> Marketplace as well as Android Technical SMEs discussing >>>>> development >>>>> best practices. >> >>>>> We look forward to seeing you all at the conference, and look >>>>> for any >>>>> feedback on developing on the Sprint Android devices >> >>>>> Nathan Smith >>>>> Sprint Application Developer Programhttp://developer.sprint.com-Hide >>>>> quoted text - >> >>> - Show quoted text - >> >> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
