Re: Android Choice

Posted by Roger Critchlow-2 on Oct 30, 2011; 5:05am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Android-Choice-tp6944832p6944888.html

Buy a http://www.google.com/nexus/, not available, yet, but soon.

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On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Russ Abbott <[hidden email]> wrote:

Take a risk.

 

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On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:

OK .. I'm likely to buy an Android phone, but I confess I'm confused by the differences between the handset manufacturers.  

They all attempt to have somehow "improved" on the core Google software.  And some/most of the phones are locked and/or require jailbreaking to do do fairly standard things.  But I thought the whole point of android was being open, right?  And there are radically different reports on battery life that I don't seem to be able to parse having to do with "task management", "notifications", and other things.

So I'm confused and there isn't a lot of help on the web. I decided to simply reduce the choice to the carrier I prefer, TMobile.  These are the androids they offer (on contract) of interest:

$260    HTC Amaze

$230    Samsung Galaxy S 2

$199    HTC Sensation 4G

$100    Samsung Galaxy S

$100    T-Mobile G2x

Free     T-Mobile myTouch 4G

Do any of us use one of these phones?  Or something close?  Any recommendations?  Possibly other androids I should consider?  How to tame them?

Sorry to obsess about phones, but god, this stuff is confusing!  I should blog post on the differences in cellular tech and protocols, carriers (Verizon, ATT) ripping folks off, and so on.

Thanks!

   -- Owen

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