Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-17 Thread Stewart Marshall
From a few reviews they are all pretty customizable, the nice part of being android. Stewart At 11:29 AM 3/17/2010, you wrote: I've never been fond of motorola's blur interface...unless I could drop Android back to the original home screens I think I'd clear from Moto Android phones. That

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-17 Thread mike
I've never been fond of motorola's blur interface...unless I could drop Android back to the original home screens I think I'd clear from Moto Android phones. That is another good thing about Android, I've got four very different interface skins I can run on top of Android at the moment. On Mon,

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-17 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote: From a few reviews they are all pretty customizable, the nice part of being android. While we are on the subject, perhaps someone can explain to me the nexus between the concept of freedom and cell phones?

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-17 Thread mike
Maybe freedom to not be on roaming charges every other day? Freedom to be anywhere in the city and get 3g as opposed to not. Freedom to get any information anywhere you are. Remember when you first had to find a payphone and stop and hope you had a dime to use it? Then you had the freedom of

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-17 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 8:16 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe freedom to not be on roaming charges every other day?  Freedom to be anywhere in the city and get 3g as opposed to not.  Freedom to get any information anywhere you are.  Remember when you first had to find a payphone and

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-17 Thread mike
Those who choose to be enslaved are I suppose. Those drivers with the ladders? They are probably happy to have that phone to make appointments and put food on the table for their kids and keep a roof. In smaller context which is where I thought you started, I consider it 'freedom' not to have

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-17 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:22 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Those who choose to be enslaved are I suppose.  Those drivers with the ladders?  They are probably happy to have that phone to make appointments and put food on the table for their kids and keep a roof. As in lucky just to have

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-16 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Palms OS has evolved so far from that it is ridiculous. I have had a Treo 600, 700W, Samsung 7?? and a Motorola Q9. Treos were nice, but clunky. Samsung was a slider, awkward. Motorola was a great phone, only handicap was Windows Mobile 6. The Androids look nice but I am still waiting for

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-15 Thread mike
Holding something the size of a poptart to your face to talk is one thing...holding something the size of a pan of lasagna is another. Palm is also on the brink, as noted in that email I sent a few days ago...Palm is even brinkier even. On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:59 AM, tjp t...@tjpa.com wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-15 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Not if you want to make phone calls. http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/8-reasons-to-hate-ipad/ http://www.funnyordie.co.uk/videos/d2b714361c/hello Stewart At 01:59 PM 3/15/2010, you wrote: 40% of Blackberry users willing to trade in for an iPhone

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-15 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I have seriously looked at Palms new phones. Just not sure what I want to do right now. Stewart At 02:18 PM 3/15/2010, you wrote: Holding something the size of a poptart to your face to talk is one thing...holding something the size of a pan of lasagna is another. Palm is also on the

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-15 Thread mike
I have a friend who got a palm when they came out...he's had 3 due to faulty screens, lockups and general bad luck. On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net wrote: I have seriously looked at Palms new phones. Just not sure what I want to do right now.

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-15 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Well I am on Verizon so they have been out for a little while. Plus these are beefed up versions with a lot more memory than the Spint cousins. (8 GB) Stewart At 03:10 PM 3/15/2010, you wrote: I have a friend who got a palm when they came out...he's had 3 due to faulty screens, lockups and

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-15 Thread mike
The OS is pretty nice, although my friend has lost his contacts several times because of Palm outages...but other than that pretty robust. I've thought since they were released that the pixi and pre were both horridly designed phones, sharp edges on the pre and the small screen on the pixi, no

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-15 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I will not buy a touch screen only phone. I want a physical keyboard. Not because I like keyboards that much but when you start having problems with the screen it is nice to have a physical backup. Stewart At 03:51 PM 3/15/2010, you wrote: The OS is pretty nice, although my friend has

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-15 Thread mike
A good plan, consider how usable or unusable the palm will be if the phone does have a screen problem. I think most of the interaction is tied to the screen so you may not be able to do much without the screen on that one either. On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-15 Thread tjpa
On Mar 15, 2010, at 3:18 PM, mike wrote: Holding something the size of a poptart to your face to talk is one thing...holding something the size of a pan of lasagna is another. My iMac 27 is a heck of a lot larger than an iPad yet we find it is terrific for phone calls. No, I do not walk

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-15 Thread mike
Well of course not, there is no proximity sensor! I do wonder how you see where you are going or go grocery shopping when you are out talking on the thing though... On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:00 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Mar 15, 2010, at 3:18 PM, mike wrote: Holding something the size

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-15 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
But Tom you have the right connectors on it for that. Stewart At 05:00 PM 3/15/2010, you wrote: My iMac 27 is a heck of a lot larger than an iPad yet we find it is terrific for phone calls. No, I do not walk around with it pressed to my ear. We do not have to continue to use telephones

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-15 Thread rleesimon
I have only had one palm device ...a Palm IIIc ...wonderful device ...very nice for carrying around a database I needed professionally ...had good battery life ...could be backed up via an aftermarket thing that plugged into its port and had a storage subroutine ...had a snap on camera ...it was

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-15 Thread mike
Baby talk os? On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 4:55 PM, rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com wrote: I have only had one palm device ...a Palm IIIc ...wonderful device ...very nice for carrying around a database I needed professionally ...had good battery life ...could be backed up via an aftermarket thing