Most smrtphone comes out with with CD for user to install various softwares like for synching and G1 doesn't have it. I got mine a few week ago and install some free apps over cloud from market, the first thing I tried is the terminal emulator and its jailed, here is a sample snip:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++ $ ls sqlite_stmt_journals cache sdcard etc init default.prop logo.rle init.trout.rc system data sys proc init.goldfish.rc init.rc sbin root dev $ ^[[D^[[C^[[C^[[A^[[B^[[D : permission denied $ ^[[Bls ls: permission denied $ ls -la -la: No such file or directory $ pwd / $ ^[[Bl l: permission denied $ ls -la /sbin -la: No such file or directory opendir failed, Permission denied $ ^[[Ase^[[B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I think Migs got his phone from Google's developer edition which most like its not jailed for development purposes. Mine is from T-Mobile so its a consumer model and locked down.... I will try jailbreak this anytime and install Debian soon.... And don't think it's UI is bad as I heard from most Iphone fanatics. Some killer apps in Market I like is ShopSavvy that turn the camera into barcode scanner and it will get a quote from the Internet for cheaper source of the scanned product both local and internet stores. Stock Quote is also great it gives almost real time stock market transactions pulled from Yahoo Finance. For twitter I use twidroid, very much decent but the Facebook apps, its a trash fork of Iphone facebook apps, mobile photo upload don't work at all. Also the java implementation is very much optimized than j2me. I remember my dead crackberry's j2me garbage collection implementation is by physically pulling out the battery. I agree with Migs this is more computer and I will not be surprised if this GPhone will be used in the future for more handheld centric device applications. Fred Allen - "Television is a medium because anything well done is rare." On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Miguel Paraz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Erwin Olario <[email protected]> wrote: >> 4. I've had no problems with SE phones but I'm looking forward to the next >> generation Android phones. Being linux based, I'm crossing my fingers that >> they're easier to work with on Linux. > > Actually, based on the T-Mobile G1, Android phones work with any OS, > or none at all. > > They don't sync with the PC. They sync "over the cloud" (WiFi or 3G). > The USB cable is only for mass storage, debugging, firmware updates, > and charging the battery. > > Arguably, the Android device is not a "smartphone" - it's a computer > with phone features. > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
