Re: [clug-talk] Smart Phone

2011-06-03 Thread terr
You confirm my thoughts. Interesting article in Slashdot and they tend to trash motoblur. I was a little surprised at that. However maybe they are thinking of performance on a machine without the dual cores. The plan I was looking at is the same as yours. On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 12:34:57AM

Re: [clug-talk] Smart Phone

2011-06-03 Thread Gustin Johnson
I have now become a fan of the Nexus series of Android phones. They are not crippled with garbage from the carrier or manufacturer. Currently there is no dual core version but if I were to buy one today, that is where I would go. You also get a more recent version of the Android OS directly from

Re: [clug-talk] Smart Phone

2011-06-03 Thread Shawn
I'm surprised no one has suggested the Google/Samsung Nexus S yet. It is an unlocked phone, running the most recent stable version of Android. It is a world phone as well - just pick up a SIM when you are overseas to avoid roaming charges. When I first got mine, I was "playing" with it lots,

Re: [clug-talk] Smart Phone

2011-06-03 Thread TekBudda
One other thing I forgit to mention was when the phone uses the Webtop software (think thats what it is called). Essentially if you are connected via any of the docks, you can have the phone displayed on your desktop or the lapdock & you can manage the phone from their. That means that even using

Re: [clug-talk] Smart Phone

2011-06-03 Thread Martin Glazer
+1 for the Nexus S bought one in Jan at Best Buy in USA and I'm using it on the Wind network ($40/mth unlimited calling, unlimited data). I am very happy with Android (2.3) and the Nexus S so far. It works best with a Google account and so I have setup syncing for my calendar and contacts with

Re: [clug-talk] Smart Phone

2011-06-03 Thread terr
Ah! Small screen and so forth. This is where the Motorola Atrix shines. It support USB KB/mouse and has HDMI outputs so it support a full size monitor. Bell at Northland mall showed me the $60 connector... which has an RJ45 (so I'm told) on the back as well and its a USB hub. They told me i

Re: [clug-talk] NAS

2011-06-03 Thread Cody Swanson
I had a DNS-323 for a few days. Firmware bugs and limited functionality swayed me away from it so I returned it. For the money I have had a much better experience with a Foxconn Atom processor box I picked up on newegg.ca. It holds two drives, cost me less money than the 323 and has a small po

Re: [clug-talk] Smart Phone

2011-06-03 Thread Carl
I'm not quite sure what you are looking for in an emulator. Part of the Google Android SDK is an emulator. So you can start developing and testing apps before you even have a phone. Carl On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 22:20 -0600, t...@terralogic.net wrote: > I'll be looking for an emulator which can ru

Re: [clug-talk] Smart Phone

2011-06-03 Thread terr
THat is pretty much exactly what I am looking for. thanks. On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 01:51:15PM -0600, Carl wrote: > I'm not quite sure what you are looking for in an emulator. Part of the > Google Android SDK is an emulator. So you can start developing and > testing apps before you even have a ph

Re: [clug-talk] NAS

2011-06-03 Thread Dale Scott
> > Seagate GoFlex Home Network Storage System. I know Gustin has > > mentioned some stuff about the D-link in the past, but I wondered what > > others thought about the various options or any ideas. > > FWIW, I've been very pleased with my 1TB Iomega "Home Media Network Hard Drive" (what a mouth

Re: [clug-talk] NAS

2011-06-03 Thread Gustin Johnson
I have messed with a lot of NAS devices. In the end I still build them myself because I have never been happy with most of them. My actual storage machine is a full on Linux box with a Quad core CPU and a healthy amount of RAM. The new synology stuff looks promising. A good friend of mine has a