RE: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-22 Thread Ian Forrester
I still don't see why a non developer or non geek would want the google phone over windows mobile? Maybe its just me? Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ email: [EMAIL

Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-22 Thread Jim Tonge
surely the proof of android's pudding will be in the eating? non-geeks i know who used WinMo were utterly flummoxed by it. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list

Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-22 Thread Phil Wilson
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Jim Tonge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: surely the proof of android's pudding will be in the eating? non-geeks i know who used WinMo were utterly flummoxed by it. +1 to both those statements. I don't know any non-geeks who get on well with WinMo (but several geeks

RE: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-22 Thread Ian Forrester
But this is the point right. If you’re not a geek, why would you consider the Gphone which looks like those scary windows mobile devices? Unlike Apple, there won't be any special data plans or special price points. Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable

Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-22 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/9/22 Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I still don't see why a non developer or non geek would want the google phone over windows mobile? Maybe its just me? I'm totally ignorant, but I hadn't seen a WinMo do anything like the gPhone/iPhone's animated UI. (Apple doesn't even allow the

Re: [backstage] Android UK launch set for Tuesday

2008-09-22 Thread Jim Tonge
Ok, I see what you mean. Although: - Web n Walk (it's on T-Mobile, right?) is £5 a month for unlimited internet. - Google is a brand non-geeks trust - if they market it with Google search, Gmail, YouTube and Maps they're laughing. As Apple rightly surmised, people do want the lighter

Re: [backstage] Manchester Free Software Talk: Dave Crossland - Free as in Profit

2008-09-22 Thread Tim Dobson
Brian Butterworth wrote: I'd quite like to come, but can't. I just love font internals*. Looking forward to the video, Dave. Just to follow this up, I have the video, I just need to convert it from DV raw to something people might want to download ie. not 1GB/min ish I am waiting for