Posts by bstring

Icy, are you a MobileMe subscriber? or are you just syncing music, photos and video straight across usb? You don't have to have windows to use android. I have a mac and android phone. It syncs photos and video with Picasa over the air...

GV allows you to make calls using the standard dialer/phonebook and shows your caller ID. There is a robust suite of call control options. It allows you to send/rcv sms with the same number without an sms plan from the carrier. This is...

You wouldn't buy a Droid if you needed to make calls in Europe, but I suppose you could make skype calls over wifi or using Sipdroid may be cheaper. Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell How does Google Voice on a Verizon Droid save...

No, I'm saying that by restricting apps like GV force the customer to pay a higher monthly rate. I haven't investigated app pricing, but I've spent less than $5 on my ipod touch, droid and blackberries combined. (wait, I bought...

Beejive is great. You're right. It's pretty clear that the iPhone will be on Verizon this summer, if I'm not being overly optimistic. It will be very interesting to see what other changes come to the ecosystem. Android is the...

Apple's chosen path of restricting apps leads directly to higher cost for consumers relative to all other handset makers. Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism PS: Is you restrictions and cost comment referring to price and/or...

To the contrary. Latitude is the bomb. It's not something you actively use like a game or email, it's most useful for me when I'm curious to know where one of my latitude buddies is, like if we're planning to meet. I don't have to call...

He raises many valid points, sure, but when he goes into 'designer vs coder', as if no one in silicon valley except apple employees can create well designed products, my eyes start to roll. iphone OS is more polished, it's more...

Solip, Can I ask if you have ever owned an android device or spent any reasonable amount of time with a Droid or Nexus One? Not trying to come across like jerk, just curious. Looking at the facebook apps on either platform, I...

Yea, you're right, they aren't as straight when going slow. Must be a difference in the averaging. Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I wonder if an app can up the refresh time that the display uses to grab points. Did you go...