Comments on: My new phone http://freepressblog.org/blog/2008/01/09/my-new-phone/ A collection of my thoughts and other random stuff I found interesting. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:51:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: JB http://freepressblog.org/blog/2008/01/09/my-new-phone/#comment-17988 JB Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:37:23 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2008/01/09/my-new-phone/#comment-17988 Dan: It does have wifi; I mentioned it up there in the same point as the 3G data. GPS is awesome. I haven't noticed a battery drain, although I don't use the GPS that much. It was cool seeing the Google Maps app use it. When Maps first started up it placed me somewhere in Saticoy, but that was just using the cell tower positioning trick. There's a checkbox that tells it to use GPS, and when I did that it pinpointed me right at my house. I've seen pointui, but I don't think I'll use it. It's a cool idea, just not for me. hans-peter: The finger-friendly-friends contact app does look interesting; not sure if I'll use it yet. Dan:
It does have wifi; I mentioned it up there in the same point as the 3G data.

GPS is awesome. I haven’t noticed a battery drain, although I don’t use the GPS that much. It was cool seeing the Google Maps app use it. When Maps first started up it placed me somewhere in Saticoy, but that was just using the cell tower positioning trick. There’s a checkbox that tells it to use GPS, and when I did that it pinpointed me right at my house.

I’ve seen pointui, but I don’t think I’ll use it. It’s a cool idea, just not for me.

hans-peter:
The finger-friendly-friends contact app does look interesting; not sure if I’ll use it yet.

]]> By: hans-peter http://freepressblog.org/blog/2008/01/09/my-new-phone/#comment-17978 hans-peter Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:50:57 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2008/01/09/my-new-phone/#comment-17978 Turn the flimsy Outlook contacts interface of the TyTN II into a powerful tool: check out: http://www.mobilegadgetnews.com/index.php?showtopic=14629 And yes, the battery goes fast, especially if you use GPS, Bluetooth, WLAN. I bought a new, slightly more powerful one, which seems to help (a little). Turn the flimsy Outlook contacts interface of the TyTN II into a powerful tool: check out:
http://www.mobilegadgetnews.com/index.php?showtopic=14629

And yes, the battery goes fast, especially if you use GPS, Bluetooth, WLAN. I bought a new, slightly more powerful one, which seems to help (a little).

]]> By: Dan http://freepressblog.org/blog/2008/01/09/my-new-phone/#comment-17972 Dan Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:53:24 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2008/01/09/my-new-phone/#comment-17972 No WiFi? I want to here about how GPS is on the thing because I've heard bad things about it: draining battery and taking a long time to locate. You should use, http://pointui.com/. No WiFi?

I want to here about how GPS is on the thing because I’ve heard bad things about it: draining battery and taking a long time to locate.

You should use, http://pointui.com/.

]]> By: JB http://freepressblog.org/blog/2008/01/09/my-new-phone/#comment-17968 JB Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:23:10 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2008/01/09/my-new-phone/#comment-17968 Possibly, I'll wait and see. It will probably be a while, though before the apps catch up with the selection available on WM. I might try it out just for the heck of it and give it a try, knowing I can always switch back if it doesn't work out. Possibly, I’ll wait and see. It will probably be a while, though before the apps catch up with the selection available on WM.

I might try it out just for the heck of it and give it a try, knowing I can always switch back if it doesn’t work out.

]]> By: Dan http://freepressblog.org/blog/2008/01/09/my-new-phone/#comment-17966 Dan Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:05:44 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2008/01/09/my-new-phone/#comment-17966 That phone does seem up your ally. Pretty much the best WM device I've heard of. You already think about upgrading the OS to Android? That phone does seem up your ally. Pretty much the best WM device I’ve heard of.

You already think about upgrading the OS to Android?

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