Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 24th Jun 2009 18:28 UTC
We've been talking an awful lot about the Palm Pre and iPhone lately, but what about Android? Sure, we've mentioned Android a number of times when it comes to netbooks, but what about phones, you know, what Android is designed for? Well, today, HTC annoucned its 3rd Android phone, the HTC Hero. This is the first to include a custom UI, as well as Flash 10 right out of the box.
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Will these Android based phones connect to Linux computers to share files?
Yes, I use my T-Mobile G1 Android phone with Ubuntu and the Xfce desktop. It mounts as a USB drive. You can just drag files to it or open a terminal and copy away. I might be biased since I use the phone each day, but wow this phone seriously rocks. You can do some cool hacks with it. I couldn't wait for the Cupcake update of Android and downloaded it and flashed the phone manually -- I was crossing my fingers hoping it wouldn't brick. It doesn't have the eye candy the iPhone has but if you use Google's web applications it really shines. Once in a while I worry about Google tracking me with it but I think I have given up on the idea of privacy anymore. They can have all my crappy data, as long as they don't spam me. And about the new Android phones, the original one with the slide out keyboard is more useful if you do a lot of typing. I use the onscreen keyboard for quick replies but having the full button keyboard rocks for quick texting. Oh, I should mention the downfall of the current G1 phone, battery life. If I turn on G3, GPS and do a lot of web browsing and texting I get about 4 hrs. of battery. I ended up turning off G3 and GPS to stretch the battery to 8 hrs. The funny thing about these smart phones is the manufacturers slyly avoid talking about the poor battery life. The iPhone has the same problem. Turn on all the bells and whistles and the battery runs down quick. The irony is that when you turn off the cool features you are left with a fancy looking regular cell phone. Ah, progress.
Edited 2009-06-25 01:35 UTC