Re: Samsung Galaxy S, Big Brother, and an unsolicited review [Was: Advice Needed - Bye Bye Nokia!]

2011-03-02 Thread Moish
On 27/02/2011 06:23, sammy ominsky wrote: On 26/02/2011, at 03:24, Shachar Shemesh wrote: The contacts situation is a little more complicated on stock Android. The contacts application is useable even before logging in to Google, but it uses a temporary local provider that is no longer availa

Re: Samsung Galaxy S, Big Brother, and an unsolicited review [Was: Advice Needed - Bye Bye Nokia!]

2011-02-26 Thread sammy ominsky
On 26/02/2011, at 03:24, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > The contacts situation is a little more complicated on stock Android. The > contacts application is useable even before logging in to Google, but it uses > a temporary local provider that is no longer available once the Google > provider is pres

Re: Samsung Galaxy S, Big Brother, and an unsolicited review [Was: Advice Needed - Bye Bye Nokia!]

2011-02-26 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
On 2/25/11, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: >Configuring email accounts with incoming (POP) and outgoing (SMTP) >gmail.com servers This is a bit of a goof: Gmail only supports IMAP with Android clients, but not POP. I usually use POP but I had to configure IMAP for the phone, and it didn't regist

Re: Samsung Galaxy S, Big Brother, and an unsolicited review [Was: Advice Needed - Bye Bye Nokia!]

2011-02-26 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 25/02/11 23:28, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: I hope synchronization can be disabled on all Android phones, but I don't know that and I could not find out. "My Calendar" was a major reason for choosing Galaxy S. Calendar and contacts use a "provider" (technical term) in order to p

Samsung Galaxy S, Big Brother, and an unsolicited review [Was: Advice Needed - Bye Bye Nokia!]

2011-02-25 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Amichai Rotman writes: > I also heard about some kind of a "Big Brother" issue with Android > devices? I am a very privacy-conscious type so I'll be glad to hear about "Big Brother" issues if anyone has more information. As far as I know there are a couple of issues to be aware of. 1. You are

Re: Advice Needed - Bye Bye Nokia!

2011-02-20 Thread Etzion Bar-Noy
You remove the existing one and manually install the older 2.9 version, saved previously for that exact purpose. Ez On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Amichai Rotman wrote: > How do I check what version I have? > > And how do I down grade? > > I tried to download it and install it, but got an erro

Re: Advice Needed - Bye Bye Nokia!

2011-02-20 Thread Amichai Rotman
How do I check what version I have? And how do I down grade? I tried to download it and install it, but got an error the existing version cannot be removed Amichai. On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 14:23, Etzion Bar-Noy wrote: > And did you downgrade your MFE to 2.9 from 3.0, as 3.0 doesn't work we

Re: Advice Needed - Bye Bye Nokia!

2011-02-20 Thread Etzion Bar-Noy
And did you downgrade your MFE to 2.9 from 3.0, as 3.0 doesn't work well with Google Apps? Ez 2011/2/20 Hetz Ben Hamo > Hi Amichai, > > I'm in the exact position as you with the same phone, yet I'm not planning > to switch for several reasons: > >- Battery life: Try to find any smart phone

Re: Advice Needed - Bye Bye Nokia!

2011-02-20 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi Amichai, I'm in the exact position as you with the same phone, yet I'm not planning to switch for several reasons: - Battery life: Try to find any smart phone which can hold more then a day without charging. Good luck with that. I just found this saturday night that I forgot to charge

Advice Needed - Bye Bye Nokia!

2011-02-20 Thread Amichai Rotman
Hello all, I need you advice, before I make a horrible mistake - so please bear with me and don't flame ;-) I recently opened a small business and wanted a smartphone with a dedicated line. I ended up buying a Nokia E72 (about 2 months ago). It's an OK phone, but it has a few problems. Then