Re: Android phone question

2012-12-01 Thread Diego Iastrubni
On יום שני, 26 בנובמבר 2012 16:38:30 Steve G. wrote: > Got myself a Galaxy Mini (was going to get Pocket, but Mini was discounted > in Bug for Black Monday, Cyber Friday, or some such holiday). > > Does all I need, more, quite well. Screen not ideal size, but frankly, the > latest iPhones and Gal

Re: Android phone question

2012-11-26 Thread Steve G.
Got myself a Galaxy Mini (was going to get Pocket, but Mini was discounted in Bug for Black Monday, Cyber Friday, or some such holiday). Does all I need, more, quite well. Screen not ideal size, but frankly, the latest iPhones and Galaxy models are getting too big to be used as phones, and are too

Re: Android phone question

2012-11-15 Thread Steve G.
Glad to hear your experience. Can't bring myself to spend on the phone twice as much and then some of my netbook... The screen is small, but I hope it won't affect the sound quality. If your daughter likes it, it probably has nice texting features, which might be good, as a lot of times I can't t

Re: Android phone question

2012-11-15 Thread ronys
Bought this for my daughter a few weeks ago, when the spec I had was "the cheapest phone possible that can run whatsapp". She's* **very* happy with it (also installed some other apps, of course, but no hacking - yet). To my old eyes, the screen's a bit small, but hey, that's just me. R. On Thu,

Re: Android phone question

2012-11-15 Thread Steve G.
Checked out prices, and the Galaxy 2 (2300 shekel) is a bit much. What is the consensus regarding Galaxy S5300 Pocket? Runs Gingerbread (Android 2.3) according to the specs ( http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_pocket_s5300-4612.php), seems to have a GPS, and priced somewhere between 1/3 and 1/

Re: Android phone question

2012-11-12 Thread shimi
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 6:59 AM, Steve G. wrote: > > If I want to play with programming the phone - installing an app, not > changing the OS - do I risk bricking the phone, or is there a sandbox for > dummies to play with? Do I need a special toolkit? > > You can create your own APK with whatever

Re: Android phone question

2012-11-12 Thread Steve G.
Thanks, all! It definitely helped. Now you mention it, I do remember a couple of years ago changing the law was in the news, but then the visit ended and I forgot the consequences... So where do I get a good deal on a (new?) Galaxy II phone? Do I look for it at the provider's, or is it better to

Re: Android phone question

2012-11-12 Thread shimi
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Steve G. wrote: > > I hear Samsung Galaxy 2 is good, but I don't know if it has a GPS or > whether programming for it is the same as for the later models (can it take > the latest dessert-OS from Google?) - any better suggestions? > > SGS2 is upgraded by the manu

Android phone question

2012-11-12 Thread Steve G.
Only marginally Linux related. I recently returned for a long stay and quickly realized my phone does not speak Hebrew - SMS is reduced to numbers, commas and periods. Well, it was not a smart phone to begin with, and the culture shock just killed it. So I am thinking switching my Orange number t