[Watford] Androids

[Magnus Kelly]

AFAIK N1 has yet to offer SIM-toolkit support.

 

From: watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Neel Upadhyaya
Sent: 18 July 2010 13:13
To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Watford] Androids

 

At the moment the nexus one provides the best machine for
software+hardware.

The best hardware is probably in the HTC Desire however the latest
version of android [froyo] will not be available for it until Christmas
(they say).  It is however very close in design and spec to the Nexus
One (although a little more powerful) making the Nexus One a good second
and better overall (especially as google are planning another OS release
later this year).

In terms of your requirements the OS will sync with both outlook and
your google contacts including phone, address, facebook, twitter and
flickr.  The nexus one also comes with active noise cancellation which I
understand is extremely usable.

For an ssh client most people seem to recommend Better Terminal Emulator
from http://www.magicandroidapps.com which can be found in the app
store. it costs $9.99 but I understand that it's the most fully featured
app out there (including Ctrl key support).  You can check out the
manual here:
http://www.magicandroidapps.com/wiki//index.php?title=Using_Better_Termi
nal_Emulator_Pro
<http://www.magicandroidapps.com/wiki/index.php?title=Using_Better_Termi
nal_Emulator_Pro> 

The nice thing about google marketplace is that it wont charge your card
until after 24hrs of install meaning that if you uninstall the app
before then you wont get charged, allowing for a 24hr "try before you
buy".

If you're looking for a larger device then Dell has a iPad like device
(the Streak I think) with an inbuilt phone, however, I'm not sure about
the availability in the UK.

Hope that helps.

--Neel

On 17 July 2010 15:57, Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk> wrote:


I am looking at Android machines, there seem to be many of them.
Anyone got any quick do/don'ts ?

       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Android_devices

What I want is:

* phone - I don't want to carry a separate device
* address book, texts as part of the phone
* ssh client - so a nice big screen to make that usable

I have read about problems with a lack of control key on the ssh client,
I
may need to hack it to get that to work.

That is about it.

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