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What is the battery life like? I'm particularly interested to hear
how it does with IMAP (non-gmail) email client running and collecting
mail all day. My Nokia E61i would last about a day with imap idle
collecting my 300-400 messages/day. I imagine most smart phones are
similar but I understand Blackberry's technology allows for 3-4 days
battery life which is pretty impressive.
Are the third party builds realistically usable everyday? That is:
I'm very technical but once it's set up I *really* don't have the time
or energy to tweak and manage it. Is it set and forget once it's set
up?
Thanks again for all the insight.
-morgan
On Nov 5, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Richard Freeman wrote:
> Morgan Jones wrote:
>> I'm in the market for a 3G TMobile phone, I mostly want email, google
>> maps, tethering and light web browsing. Nice apps would be icing bug
>> not strictly that important.
>
> Email is going to be fine on android - a great gmail client, and
> lots of
> pop/imap/exchange options (many exchange options cost money, but I
> think
> some are free - don't use them personally).
>
> Google Maps - you're not going to do better anywhere else obviously...
>
> Tethering - that almost certainly won't be supported on any stock
> android build. However, it is almost standard on every 3rd-party one
> (cyanogenmod/etc). Most have usb and wi-fi based options (granted the
> wi-fi is in ad-hoc mode - some people have laptops with a windows
> policy
> setting that gets tricky in that case). It probably is going to be
> banned by your provider's service agreement, although if you're just
> downloading a few emails nobody is going to care. Just don't go
> downloading any torrents or anything like that over 3G or you'll
> almost
> certainly get a disconnect, nasty-gram, or major throttling.
>
> Web browsing - android's default browser is based on webkit and works
> rather well. There are a bunch of alternatives, including one by
> Opera.
> I just stick with the default. Only issue I've seen is that
> multiple-window support is a bit weak - when you switch windows it
> seems
> like it does a full reload.
>
>>
>> Would anyone be able to venture a brief comparison with a modern
>> Blackberry? I'm tentatively holding out for the rumored upcoming 3G
>> TMobile Blackberry but would consider a MyTouch.
>>
>
> Can't help too much there - never actually used a blackberry
> firsthand.
> However, having seen them I can comment a little on the form-factor.
>
> The G1 is a LOT bigger than a blackberry when the keyboard is
> extended -
> no question about that. On the other hand, the keyboard is almost
> certainly going to be easier to use. I wouldn't want to type an essay
> on it, but it works well enough for quick emails. Plus, you can use
> an
> on-screen keyboard if you need to just type in a few characters.
>
> The MyTouch is supposed to be a lot nicer than the G1, but I'm not
> sure
> I could part with the keyboard personally. That is a matter of taste.
> I certainly wouldn't mind the hardware upgrades though.
>
> You should be able to use an android-based phone at any T-Mobile
> store -
> they had them to play with at the end of last year when they were a
> lot
> more rare than they are now. If you're really brave you can download
> the sdk and try out the emulator. You'll get zero feel for the
> form-factor, but you should be able to install a working image and see
> how the OS behaves.
>
> I'm sure if you run into somebody at a PLUG meeting they'd be happy to
> let you drool on their phone as well.
>
> Just the fact that I can build my own firmware if needed and tweak
> things makes android the right phone OS for me. If you have enough SD
> storage you can easily run debian on it (note that most window
> managers
> are not going to be well-suited to a phone form factor, and I believe
> that debian just runs chrooted in user space - you're not going to
> run a
> stock debian system including kernel, init, etc). I'm half-tempted to
> get gentoo running on my phone sometime, but I'll have to settle for
> distcc or pre-built binaries I think. :)
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