I thought SLUG was a technical group aimed at exchanging thoughts on,
and getting help with problems in, Linux, not a political group aimed at
the protection of freedom and liberty and the American way?
Regards,
Edwin Humphries
On 3/02/2012 2:30 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
The most important
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has revealed that he prefers Google
Android phones - at least for certain functions such as voice command.
'My primary phone is the iPhone,' said Wozniak. 'I love the beauty of
it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do.'
Read more:
http
Tom Worthington wrote:
>
>power, such as WiFi and GPS. Another option is to turn off the 3G and
>use 2G if you are only making voice calls, as this uses less power.
>
On my phone, the '3G off use 2G' setting simply constraint data to edge/gprs
transfer/speeds, when I wish to use for voice o
More to the point, everything these days comes with rules.
I don't blame Apple for taking all the 'free' software rolling it up, and
making
motza's by selling it debugged with a nice bitmap on hiding all the crud.
Then for hacking, nothing stops anyone hacking the devices. Except for
Sony. And it
On 02/04/12 12:32, James Linder wrote:
I do not think FOSS vx proprietary software is a moral issue, it is a fettish.
Now if others care about your fettish then kewl, and if they are pragmatic in
any form words of disapproval are discourteous.
"Sadly, people these days don't care ..."
ouch!
Jam
On 04/02/2012, at 7:01 AM, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote:
> You don't sound like a troll... just someone who has been around a long
> time and is used to doing it all themselves.
>
> I think people do care... but there is a lot more specialisation now...
> it's like medicne an ENT specialis
Tom W wrote:
> ps: SLUGers will recall I demonstrated a Huawei Deuce U8520 Dual SIM
Android smart phone at a meeting in 2011. I have now handed it back to
Allphones and asked for my money back. This phone seems to be prone to
locking up, judging by my experience and that of others. This is a shame
On 03/02/12 09:21, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
... Given the issues with Battery life, seems there is some scope for tuning
either customised/personal/individual or across the op system. ...
Phones have plenty of options for turning off functions to save battery
power, such as WiFi and GPS. Ano
Some people do care, not all.
Some people who cannot write code still care.
I have a G1 with Optus.
So this is at iphone 1 level of technology. How many of these are still
around.
memory limited, cannot install many apps so have not explored them much.
Apps to SD works till card has problems, r
Open source is a good start. Apple is very much closed, as in closed
source, as well as being extremely proprietary. This includes Apple's
iOS and all i* products, eg iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc.
In case it was unclear: iOS is CLOSED SOURCE. It is clearer to call it
Proprietary.
Availability of sourc
I'm not at the cutting edge, I just need to have a smartphone that can
do most things and is open-source without participating in holy wars.
Can you clarify your comments ?
thanks
Rod
On 02/03/12 14:30, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
The most important app to me is that Libre app. Called Freedom or
som
The most important app to me is that Libre app. Called Freedom or
something... not sure what others call it sometimes.
If you so insist on a self-centered reason: there's that big brouhaha
what, just December or something (can someone remember the name
please)? about that key-logging binary blob i
Hey Jeremy,
You don't sound like a troll... just someone who has been around a long
time and is used to doing it all themselves.
I think people do care... but there is a lot more specialisation now...
it's like medicne an ENT specialist doesn't know much about the legs...
but because he has s
Thanks for all the feedback - Galaxy Nexus sounds like a contender. I
think it comes down to the range of apps available for the OS, correct ?
So are there important apps for IPHone and Windows Phone that Android
lacks or doesn't have apps that can provide equivalent functionality ?
Clunkiness
On Fri, February 3, 2012 10:24 am, Voytek Eymont wrote:
> phone is OK, (but Gorilla Glass is no much for roadside gravel)
oops, 'match'
oh, yes, and, in spite of my prior moanings here, SIP VOIP over 3G now
works on my phone, seems my issues were phone/Motorola releated rather
than anything els
On Fri, February 3, 2012 10:02 am, Jake Anderson wrote:
>> Thinking out loud, has anyone played with 4G(LTE) or dual/band
>> smartphones - do such things exist?
>>
> I played with a HTC 4G device at a telstra shop yesterday in penrith,
> speedtest gave me 20mbit down and 3mbit up. ping was 82ms.
On Thu, February 2, 2012 10:30 pm, Ken Foskey wrote:
> I owned an IPhone for a number of years and recently got a android galaxy
> II.
I got my very first 'smart' phone about 6 month ago, Android, never had or
used iPhone or any other 'smart' phone prior
like my phone, Blur was OK, CM7 is good
On Fri, February 3, 2012 9:21 am, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> Given the issues with Battery life, seems there is some scope for tuning
> either customised/personal/individual or across the op system. I expect,
> things like the WiFi are hungry and even leaving the OS running, while
> you wait for
On 02/03/2012 09:21 AM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
Thinking out loud, has anyone played with 4G(LTE) or dual/band
smartphones
- do such things exist?
I played with a HTC 4G device at a telstra shop yesterday in penrith,
speedtest gave me 20mbit down and 3mbit up.
ping was 82ms.
looking through
On Friday 03 February 2012 08:25:40 Jeremy Visser wrote:
> Sadly, people these days don't care and this post will be ignored.
> Amazingly enough, not even technical or otherwise FOSS–loving people
> seem to care. Blah blah pragmatism blah blah works well enough. Nothing
> about principles.
Some of
Jeremy Visser wrote:
On 2/02/12 20:42, Rod Butcher wrote:
Are there any things they can't do or can't connect to/interface with,
which other proprietary systems can ?
Not really, all there are lots of things it can't do that an open system
can.
Like logging in as root. Or, y'know, compiling t
On 2/02/12 20:42, Rod Butcher wrote:
> Are there any things they can't do or can't connect to/interface with,
> which other proprietary systems can ?
Not really, all there are lots of things it can't do that an open system
can.
Like logging in as root. Or, y'know, compiling the whole OS from sour
I used to use pocketcast but sharing a link was forced via pocketcast
I currently use Google Reader, for the subscription to pocketcasts, and
playback via Google Listen.
It's shame it has to be two apps.
On 2/02/12 10:08 PM, simran wrote:
some adhoc feedback... i have found that podcasts don
Ken
-Original Message-
From: Rod Butcher
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 8:42 PM
To: slug@slug.org.au
Subject: [SLUG] Android-based smartphones - any drawbacks ?
I need to have a smartphone as part of my job needs me to be be able to
use and be familiar with all the new social media & commu
some adhoc feedback... i have found that podcasts dont work as well on
android (especially "enhanced podcasts" - which i think are an apple
propritary thing anyway, surprise surprise!!! :)
i personally prefer android anyday, get the phone, root it (or not), and
you have way way way more control th
I need to have a smartphone as part of my job needs me to be be able to
use and be familiar with all the new social media & communications
tools. Initial research indicates that Android-based phones have the
highest market share and are best value for money. And of course I like
Linux. Are ther
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