Good to know, Tim. Where can I find the Google calendar on the web? Can I synch
my android phone with that on a Mac? I notice some of the android file transfer
options won't work with a Mac, which is unfortunate. But I do like the Android
options. I am using their mail client for my comcast mail, and it works great.
Paul
On Jan 13, 2011, at 1:18 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
> I'm one of the people who does Android at Google. For those out there
> who already use some combination of gmail and Google calendar ("those"
> is a big number), when you give the phone your login, it goes and
> automatically sets up your email and calendar and contacts on the
> phone, and then makes sure they automatically stay in sync. It's
> really slick and handy, and the gmail program that runs on Android is
> very smooth & snappy.
>
> There's also a regular ordinary mail client that will talk to various
> kinds of mail servers including the ones most people have "at work".
>
> But if you hate Google and/or have no intention of using any of that
> stuff, you might be better off with something other than Android -Tim
>
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Paul, like you I also have an Android (Google's OS for smartphones) based
>> cell phone. It seems to me that you have confused it a little. When I got
>> the phone (with the number of the local provider, obviously) and fired it up
>> for the first time, I was asked to give my GMail account to "initialize" the
>> phone or "connect it to the cloud" or whatever would be the term. Android
>> phones seem to be unable to operate without a GMail account stored somewhere
>> deep inside them.
>>
>> What I am trying to say is that my (local) cell phone number is a part of
>> contract between me and the respective operator. Google is no part of it.
>> Even if I were to take the Google Nexus phone, I would think that the same
>> reasoning would have applied.
>>
>> Boris
>>
>>
>> On 1/13/2011 1:58 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
>>>
>>> I think it has to do with gmail's role as an app for smart phones. I
>>> had to set up a gmail account when I bought an android phone from
>>> Verizon. Didn't bother me in the least. Don't use the address, but it
>>> certainly didn't make me angry. There are lots of weird things going
>>> on in the world of interconnectivity as the players stake out their
>>> territory. If it doesn't affect me personally, I don't give a damn.
>>> Paul
>>
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