Correction, the samsung moment has an 800mhz CPU, one of the fastest on the market be it iphone, blackberry or android.
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:26 PM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > That was all on my phone, an HTC Hero. The moto droid can do the same, all > the android phones are similiar hardware except for the moto droid having a > better screen and the samsung moment having 8 gigs of built in memory. > There are something on the order of 100,000 apps for iphone, I think at last > count 20,000 were either tip calculators or flashlight apps. Tongue in > cheek of course...there are thousands of android apps, and I can't say I've > gone looking for an app and not found something suitable. So far so good. > > I broke my foot in four places a few weeks ago, so I've gotten to know my > couch far better then it or I ever hoped. That said I have spent a lot of > time on my semi new phone putting it to the test. As far as if I multitask > well...you did see i was on IRC right? Not exactly a brain taxer...same > with twitter. Both are more time wasters, leftovers from being on the net > so long. It's a nice distraction while I keep my foot up, and even nicer I > don't need to sign out of twitter, IM or IRC and just play around on > whatever I want keeping them all open while also looking at an occasional > email or engadget page. > > > > > On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:33 PM, David K Watson > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> That is the kind of answer I've been looking for, that I haven't >> seen at all anywhere else. Whatever works for you, fine. You >> make a good case for your phone. (Was all that on your phone, >> or was it at your computer and you are giving an example of >> what you'd like your phone to do?) However, do you know that >> the Droid can do all that now or at least will be able to do that if the >> right apps are made for it? If so, then there is definitely a >> place for it at the smartphone table. >> >> On a side note, what are you, a hyperactive teenager? You >> sound like one seriously distracted dude, dude, if that is >> representative of more than a tiny fraction of your day. >> Live your life however you want, but I hope that you know >> that there's lots of cognitive science which says that kind of >> multitasking seriously impairs your critical thinking, memory >> and mood. Science also says that no one does multitasking >> anywhere nearly as well as they think that they do. >> >> From: mike <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Moto droid by Andy ihnatko >>> >>> In answer to your specific question, at the time I sent the last email >>> where >>> I said I want to be able to multitask, I was answering an email, on three >>> IRC networks (talking in two channels actively), on IM with a friend in >>> London and checking twitter for a search I'd done. If I'm on IRC on the >>> iphone, I can't switch back and forth to IM without shutting down the >>> other >>> app...I can't answer an email without shutting down other apps. >>> Disconnecting from IM and IRC every time I want to read an email would be >>> tiresome, I've done it. I like my little cell phone world I can create >>> on a >>> phone I can multitask on, do I *need* it? Of course not. But combine >>> that >>> advantage on a network that is MUCH cheaper and I'm very satisfied with >>> my >>> choice knowing I've lost some things and gained some things. >>> >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> > > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
