[Nottingham] Android Phones

[Rory Holland]

I'm reading about HTCs 2010 release, and might wait around for this:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/htc-bravo-pictured-more-lucidly/
Newer versions of Android will almost certainly feature better Outlook
integration, especially now microsoft have opened their PST format for
direct access without proprietary APIs.

2009/12/8 Cat Clarkson <envengcat at googlemail.com>

> i've got an HTC Hero - love. it. to. death.
>
> Motorola Droid comes out this week or so - meant to be pretty good - has a
> huge screen and the advantage of a slip out keyboard thingy.
>
> Hero has compass and gps built in - negative points about HTC - they're a
> bit funny about their updates because of SenseUI - they're skipping android
> 1.6 and 2.0 (?) and going for a 2.1 (i think?) update which is a tiny winsy
> bit annoying.
>
> Build quality is great.
>
> Outlook email and calendar integration on HTC hero is fantastic - however I
> think it's an HTC thing not an android thing, although potentially newer
> android versions may have great support too - i don't know a huge amount
> about that.
>
> If you ever want to have a little fiddle and play with a hero feel free to
> drop me a line off list and if you're around uni a bit you can give it a go.
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Rory Holland <
> modestforagenius at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'll soon be in the market for an Android phone.
>> I'm prepared to wait until one fitting my needs comes out, but are there
>> any on the market at the moment that have a GPS and compass built in?
>> Has anyone got an android phone? What one would you recommend?
>> Or is it worth waiting for the next "big thing", (HTC Hero +1?)
>>
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>> of ideas that could provoke such a question."
>> -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
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"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr.
Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers
come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas
that could provoke such a question."
-- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
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