I've had the Samsung Moment which runs Android 1.6 ( and linux underneath) for over an year now - love it. I like sprint cuz their network speeds can't be beat though their coverage is kinda spotty at my home for now. You probably can't go wrong with TMO either .. compare the plans, esp the data plans. Dunno if Verizon is still the walled garden it used to be ( though that would be hard to do with Android anyways). No idea about ATT.
I've got ASE running on my moment but then again I don't mind hacking java on it so I prefer that since it's easier and more well supported and I don't mind writing java code. -- Nimret Sandhu http://www.nimret.com http://www.nimsoft.biz On Thursday, September 30, 2010 09:25:02 pm Mike Orr wrote: > This is a bit off topic but it does get a little into Python. I don't > know much about the smartphone world. I got my first trusty-rusty > cellphone in 2000 when I started travelling, then around 2006 it died > and I got a hand-me-down that's essentially identical, one of those > that barely does texting. I was just waiting until smartphones became > open enough (non-proprietary, ideally Linux) and established enough > (so it wouldn't get unsupprted or obsolete in a year or two), and I > had a specific need for it (portable email and web would be nice but > is not necessary for me, but now I've seen that OneBusAway would be > useful to see when a bus is coming if it's late). And having something > I could program in Python on would be a bonus. > > So, Android looks like it's a step closer to what I've been waiting > for, although I'm not quite sure if it's relevant enough for me to > actually get one. But I'm curious, and now I have to do something > because my AT&T phone doesn't work inside half my apartment, so I > either have to get on my roommate's T-Mobile family plan or get an > Android, and it would be silly to do one now and the other a few > months later, so I'm looking more closely at it. But I don't know > basic things like where do you get one, how do you choose between the > different kinds/brands, how do you find one that's not locked to a > single carrier, etc? > > And does it do Python? the FAQ says you write apps in Java and it > compiles them to a custom embedded language. Does that mean Jython > works on it? And can I get a Python interpreter directly on the phone > or is that too big for its memory? > > Anyway, inquiring minds want to know. Thank you.
