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Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Colin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:07:52 -0000

Use a program called DoubleTwist it allows you to sync you music photos and movies with your droid and many other smart phones.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Justa Notherguy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:17:23 -0000

> T-Mobile [...] will skirt the issue and claim that the phone
> simply will not work w/o a Data Plan. None of that is true,
> though.

Actually, it is true for some features. For example, on both VZW and TMo, Visual Voicemail is network-only. On the other hand, last time I checked, Amazon's .mp3 purchase/download service works on WIFI, only.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Joshua Francis Whalen — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:26:10 -0000

TMobile is European based, so they're cheese eating surrender monkeys and don't get the hype machine going like a good old Murkan mega-corp does. The moral: Don't eat cheese. Also, don't offer customers the flexibility and cheap rates tmobile does. People might start to get the idea big business is supposed to work for them, and not the other way around.

But honestly, it's probably because once you get out of the city center, they don't have coverage worth a damn. I couldn't get any signal in Columbia County, NY, for example, and that's hardly the styx.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:14:51 -0000

Buzz is a funny thing, it might have been luck or the ads or Motorola. Timing matters too and the sense that it's going to be a while before Apple ships an exciting new iPhone

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Michael Jung — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:00:49 -0000

Welcome in the Android World.

I wonder why the very first phone which came with T-Mobile had not THE buzz Verizon makes now. Android is +1yr old. Got many improvements over the time. But there is nothing revolutionary in the new releases imho that would deserve the buzz. The devices might be a bit better but ... I don't get it.

PS: I am Android user from day one.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

CoachDaBoss — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:18:04 -0000

You have to attach the USB cord, then on your notifcation bar, youwill see the USb symbol, drag the bar down, then click on USB conneted, it will ask if you want to mount to disk. Click mount, you can now use it as a removable disk. In windows i creat a shortcut to it and drag my files there.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:31:55 -0000

Thanks! I just added you as an author -- which means you can create posts and publish them. Please write some cheat sheets and howtos! I'll continue asking dumb questions. :-)

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Josh Turmel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:16:27 -0000

jturmel [at] gmail [dot] com

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:50:31 -0000

Oy. It turns out I need your email address not username. Sorry for the runaround.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Joshua Francis Whalen — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:45:29 -0000

Does it support python? That is, can I write a simple little app using an AJAX gui and a Python back-end? This is, form me, the holy grail of smart phones. I realize you may not have gotten that far yet.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Josh Turmel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:56:50 -0000

Yes, I'm joshturmel on Wordpress.com

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:18:53 -0000

Here's the site.

http://droidie.com/

If you have a wordpress.com account, let me know what it is and I'll set you up as a contributor.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

fiyahstotah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:21:03 -0000

really, ok thats great to hear because i think t-mobile is getting the HTC HD2 and i really want that phone more than any other phone thats out there (if it turns out to be as good as they say it is) here's a link to the phone im talkin about:

http://www.htc.com/europe/p...

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:56:36 -0000

Okay, let's work on this.

I'll set the site up right now.

Dave

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Josh Turmel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:55:49 -0000

Definitely, sounds good to me.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:45:29 -0000

If I started a Droid blog on wordpress.com, would you be willing to post
that stuff there?

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Josh Turmel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:43:53 -0000

I might start putting some of this stuff together in one location, so far it's just been helping people out individually on Twitter or replying to blog posts.

I just put one together for setting up tethering through USB for Mac. http://jturmel.blogspot.com...

Were you able to get the HTC IME keyboard I DMed you to work? I haven't had a chance to try it on 2.0 since the Droid is the only phone with that OS so far, but it's definitely superior to the stock Android keyboard.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:25:42 -0000

Thanks for the tips.

Is there a good website or book to read about Android from a user point of
view?

There's a lot of culture to absorb all at once.

A cheat sheet would be nice! :-)

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Josh Turmel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:16:03 -0000

Dave in response to your second podcast and the notifications for SMS vs email, since each app/service is independently configurable for the ring tone itself, you could work around this by creating or finding a blank tone and using that for your email. Not the most elegant solution, but at least there is one. :)

One other side note, for SMS you might want to give chompSMS a try, in some ways it's better than the built-in one and the nice thing about Android is everything is intent based, so you can setup apps to respond to things like SMS and have it completely replace the built-in apps.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Erik Neu — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:52:57 -0000

With T-Mobile, it is actually possible to get a smartphone with no data plan. There is a lot of mis-understanding and flaming on the topic, though. See this link in the T-Mobile forums:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/...

Basically, nobody at T-Mobile will tell you this is possible. They will skirt the issue and claim that the phone simply will not work w/o a Data Plan. None of that is true, though. My son has a G1, and does not have a Data Plan, and it works just fine--anywhere, as a calling/texting device, and at home, as a Wi-Fi device.

Most of the people responding in the forums will say "why would you want a phone like this and have no data plan?". I don't understand why that isn't an obvious use case--haven't these people heard of the iTouch?

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

fiyahstotah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:09:27 -0000

you guys should check out this video about the iphone, it’s funny but sad at the same time.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

What would really be nice is if a phone company would provide a truly awesome smart phone and not deliberately overcharge them for buying one i.e. charging a mandatory data plan fee for a phone even if you don’t plan on using the phone for data that much or would prefer to use the phones data capabilities via wi-fi only.

at&t should have at least given people the option. As it stands they can’t even handle the massive increase in data traffic that happened as a result of the massive influx of new iphone owners!

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Mike Cane — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:10:04 -0000

Winding up all the tech lust here:
http://www.moto.com/amp/amp...

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Bryan Sherman — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:21:44 -0000

Nice post, love to hear new folks experiences. I have a couple post s that might help you as a new Android user:
http://the-gadgeteer.com/20...

And some yammering I made about the Android approach:
http://the-gadgeteer.com/20...

I really like this phone, it is tempting me to terminate my T-Mobile account early.

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Mike Cane — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:30:04 -0000

What compelled you to buy the Droid? iPhone hatred? Apple hatred? I haven't seen anything of the physical phone itself that calls to me. I can understand if you're intrigued by the possibilities of Android 2.0 -- but still, other phones are coming that will have that. So why Droid? Impatience? Indulgence? Evil master plan?

Re: I got a DROID (Scripting News)

Dan Lyke — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:28:29 -0000

Dave, I'm just shooting in the dark here, but what's that metal assembly at the top of the battery compartment? I don't have a feel for scale, but if the SIM card doesn't go there then it's gotta be for an SD or MicroSD.