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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 for free. M…
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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 seamless inte…
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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 you money i…
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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 vlingo on bb, pai…
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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 greatest threat and…
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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 time for deve…
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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 or text, I ju…
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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 developed, yes it…
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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 would agree the …
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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 as slowly…
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For the sake of healthy discussion, I'll list my favorite android apps. Swype keyboard - type much faster in portrait mode with one thumb than two thumbs in landscape Speech input for any text field on Android 2.1 - great while driving PdaNet -…
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yea, I saw this too. Made me wonder. I have a kids paint app on my droid and drew lines in the same pattern, but they are perfectly straight. Not sure what the implication of this test is. Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Real men apparen…
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I made a simple claim that GV functionality cannot be duplicated with other apps. You counter, but never explain. I know of other IM apps like AIM and there are GV calling workarounds, but they really don't stand up. That's like me saying android ha…
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This is a great question. With my iPod touch, I'm regularly looking for new apps and games being that it's my game player and alarm clock, primarily. I've yet to find the killer app not found or duplicated on Android, but there are legitimate reason…
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Teno, please go on. Tell me how Google Voice's functions are duplicated by other iphone apps. I'm being sincere. Is there a way to receive sms via the data channel with some type of push notification? Is there a way to dial out without having to tak…
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Not sure I understand you. Yes, you can try to use GV for inbound calls, but for outbound it is awkward and impractical without the integrated app. It just doesn't work and that's just the way Apple wants it. Secondly, there is no Friends/family…
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Addabox, it's simpler than you might think. "Leveraging Google Voice" just means using it and to your own advantage. It's integrated so you don't know it's there. Without a corp discount, my plan is $54; not a huge difference, but still considerable…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell How does a 1400 minute plan provide unlimited everything, first of all by its very definition its only 1400 minutes. The unlimited data plan is an additional $29.99. The only way you can get unlimited text is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell How does a 1400 minute plan provide unlimited everything, first of all by its very definition its only 1400 minutes. The unlimited data plan is an additional $29.99. The only way you can get unlimited text is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by fjpoblam We switched to $Verizon$. Using an Android phone on a Verizon family plan with Google Voice and Friends & Family calling feature, pricing is better than Tmobile and much cheaper than ATT. A 1400 minute…