Android phones, apps and tablets

^ That is so retarded it's absolutely brilliant... Want...

The Motorola Droid 2 is the Motorola Milestone 2 in Europe. Its due in a week or so, and although previously sported a 1Ghz cpu,
its found that it will instead be a 1.2Ghz cpu.

http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-blogs/motorola-milestone-2-announced-droid-2-goes-all-euro-friendly/

so i flashed my phone at the weeke nd with 2.2, sick of waiting on samsung.. its prettyy nice nothing looks any diff but it feel a little smoother and the internetz plays flash which is nice i guess but a bit useless as the uk has such shiddy network coverage...

also the girlfriends oragne uk desire asked her to update top froyo too but she bottled it and said she will do it when i am there to help.. not sure how i can help press yes though...

i wobnder if the official galaxy s froyo will be any diff to the one i have on now?

also the girlfriends oragne uk desire asked her to update top froyo too but she bottled it and said she will do it when i am there to help.. not sure how i can help press yes though...

make sure you back up data, apps, reminders etc, as the phone is effectively wiped back to a factory state

this all gets done by htc sync no?

this all gets done by htc sync no?

Not sure. Not had an official HTC rom for 10 months. Check the documentation

yeah will do, think its good to do a fresh run anyway with out restoring apps etc, think i will literally back up her contacts, and photos etc then wipe the lot, geta clean run at it... she has mentioned that her phone intermitantly switches off etc which is normally caused by a bad install somewhere...

OTA update on my Desire installed 2.2 without me needing to do anything. Of course, if you're on a network then they will no doubt fuck the process up, delete all your data and install a bunch of useless shit at the same time. Kill phone network interference.

I like netbooks. Of course you can't do much on them except for very basic stuff, but I find the concept very workable.
Acer Aspire One 260 now combines Windows 7 with a dual-boot Android OS.
For me, writing will always be better with a physical keyboard, than a virtual one on a tablet.

I like netbooks. Of course you can't do much on them except for very basic stuff, but I find the concept very workable.
Acer Aspire One 260 now combines Windows 7 with a dual-boot Android OS.
For me, writing will always be better with a physical keyboard, than a virtual one on a tablet.

Hang on, I'm sure I remember you saying that you only use your phone for internet use now, and that's how you like it? I'm not surprised at the slight u-turn, keyboards are essential.

Until we have sub-vocal, five nines precision, voice recognition, anyway.

I have a specific project that would be easier to accomplish with a netbook, due to its physical keyboard.

I've not had a home-phone line, nor external internet connection for at least 4 years; I've always used my laptop tethered through my mobile. But now that I can create a Wi-Fi hotspot from my Desire, its fast, and easier for myself and the lady.

I use my laptop when I'm at home. It feels too cumbersome to carry around. I wouldn't actually need a netbook, as my laptop would take care of any such requirements. But the extra portability may be worth a reassessment.

Netbooks, imo, are useless. The keyboard is barely worth being called a keyboard, and the frustration caused by trying to type on one quickly destroys the benefit of weight savings. Ultra-pportable, ftw, if you need to type a lot. Tablet/ereader if you just need to read and take a few notes. Mobile if you're not planning to do either.

orange customers should use the Contacts Backup app from the market. i used it before updating my os and its quickly and efficiently saved all my contacts, inc facebook, email, everything. neato.

@horatio

You say tormartoe and I say turmaydoe, ....lets call the whole thing off.

orange customers should use the Contacts Backup app from the market. i used it before updating my os and its quickly and efficiently saved all my contacts, inc facebook, email, everything. neato.

If you are android, then all of your contacts are synced to the cloud, under contacts in gmail.

Why you need backup?

This is actually a feature I love. I can enter / edit / merge contacts in my web browser and the results are instantly available on my phone. Been waiting years for that to work so smoothly.

to feel re-assured. :P
my phone was reporting problems syncing to google so this made sense.

fair nuff.

if i look at my gmail contacts on a computer, even after syncing, i don't see everything from my phone.. should i?

Yes. They should be linked. One and the same.

I like netbooks. Of course you can't do much on them except for very basic stuff, but I find the concept very workable.
Acer Aspire One 260 now combines Windows 7 with a dual-boot Android OS.
For me, writing will always be better with a physical keyboard, than a virtual one on a tablet.

There's a load of rehashed press release blog stories saying it's "available now" but none of them actually say where from.... grrr

Yes. They should be linked. One and the same.

May need to turn contact syncing on, in the sync manager part of settings. (can't remember the exact wording, you should find it.)

There's a load of rehashed press release blog stories saying it's "available now" but none of them actually say where from.... grrr

I think the technical term is "soon". ;)

Play.com,
PCWorld,
Expansys,
etc, etc, etc

it does allegedly sync all my contacts, but where are they in gmail?

been looking for a radio alarm clock app for my droid

Found one called tunein Radio that is really good.
its got little adverts but no other charge.

The only negative is its only internet radio stations.. no FM option is it drains your bandwidth.
Anyone got any other suggestions for a radio alarm clock app?

http://www.tunein-radio.com/index.html

@tommy
I'm pretty sure this was discussed one or two pages back....though at the speed this thread grows, it could be further back still.