Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quoting style on HTC Dream

2009-11-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 13 November 2009 23:35:21 James wrote: > Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > > Do you mean "droid" as a synonym for Android? > > yes, > Verizon is offering the HTC ERIS (DROID) phone, in > addition to the Mot DROID phone: > http://www.htc.com/us/product/droideris/specification.html Nice

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quoting style on HTC Dream

2009-11-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 14 November 2009 11:30:42 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > I have not looked into these new phones much because my G1 is only a > > year old, still runs fine, and still has a year to go on the danged > > contract. But if I were looking for a new phone today, I would start > > by investigating

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quoting style on HTC Dream

2009-11-14 Thread felix
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 09:30:42AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:21:06 -0800, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > Plus it does > > not have multitouch like the iPhone or the new Motorola Droid, which > > would be a big improvement. > > That's a software limitation, the touchscreen

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quoting style on HTC Dream

2009-11-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:21:06 -0800, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > I have a G1, normal model, not flashed. I too wanted it because of > its physical keyboard, but then someone developed a pay program ($5 I > think, well worth it) called Better Keyboard which has been so good > that I don't use the ph

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quoting style on HTC Dream

2009-11-14 Thread felix
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 04:29:49PM +, James wrote: > My son wants a droid phone. I'm pushing him towards the HTC droid > as I think we can customize it, if not eventually run embedded > Gentoo on this phone. I have a G1, normal model, not flashed. I too wanted it because of its physical key

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quoting style on HTC Dream

2009-11-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 13 November 2009 18:29:49 James wrote: > Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > > It's not an iPhone and Apple's psychosis doesn't enter the picture, I can > > install any user-space app I feel like. The warranty is already invalid > > though, for a different reason - I flashed it with an OS