[Lancaster] Android G1 phone?

[Sam Barnett-Cormack]

Mike Dent wrote:
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lancaster-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:lancaster-
>> bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Wayne Ward
>> Sent: 21 March 2009 19:24
>> To: Lancaster LUG
>> Subject: Re: [Lancaster] Android G1 phone?
>>
>> I have a G1 the phone is pretty good I have a SSH client installed
>> havent looked for a vnc client yet..
>> You have a app called market place were new apps get added daily which
>> is handy - you can seem to get what ever apps you need. The battery
>> life
>> is pants though! ive had to turn off bluetooth / wireless / gps
>> basically all the stuff i use on the phone!! Although i used the gps in
>> the car last week and it worked great! the calendar and conacts sync to
>> google calendar and then i sync my google conatcts and calendar with
>> thunderbird which all works A1 tasks sync with RTM  and I use a RTM
>> client on the G1.  Some of the other apps i use are pocket ebay wifi
>> scan and wptogo for blogging to my wordpress. T-mobile has been pretty
>> crap and i have a lot of problems with calls were i have had tmobile
>> reset the account and im still have small problems - So to sum it up -
>> Great phone - some great apps - Crap battery and a crap network.....
>>
>> Wayne
>>
> 
> Thanks for the comments guys. Looks like the phone will do most of the stuff I want and then some.
> Shame about the battery though :(

The battery life really depends on what you're going to do. While it's
in low-power mode (sleeping), it uses pretty much nothing. It'll
disappear quite quickly if you do much, though, especially if what
you're doing involves the network. I've found that this is less of an
issue if you're using Wi-fi with good coverage. If you're going to
"work" seriously on it, though, it helps to have it plugged in.

Sam