Following what Darren has said, I've got an htc magic on vodafone and can't fault it. Syncing with gmail is simple and works brilliantly for email, contacts etc. I was concerned about only having a 500mb data allowance, but in my first month of setting up, installing applications, getting on irc, browsing, email etc I only used 50mb.
I also found that I was able to put an orange aim in the phone and it wasn't network locked. Dave On Aug 5, 2009 12:52 PM, <darren.mans...@opengi.co.uk> wrote: Written from my perspective as a G1 Android user.. > > Hey everyone, > > I have been using a Nokia 3220 since around late 2004. Recently I've > been ... T-Mobile with the G1 do unlimited data with a fair use policy. I'm a fairly heavy user and haven't fallen foul of any fair use restrictions yet. You will struggle to get a phone without a 12-18 month contract without paying through the nose. > 2) Select a phone that complements the above network. I have my G1 on T-Mobile but I know of other that have bought them for around £190 from eBay unlocked and use them on Orange. Not sure of the data deals there though. > Offering me a decent web browser, Android browser is webkit based and works great. No gesture support by default but if you load a community ROM (like I have) it puts gesture support like pinch zooming back in. > much customisability (geek factor), G1 is ideal then, root it (easy) then put whichever community build you want on. You then can tweak lots of things like startup, shutdown screens, themes, amount of virtual screens, get a shell directly on the phone, SSH to other devices, use it as a WiFi/BT router etc. > good calendar > system for my awful memory, The Google Calendar syncing is brilliant. Google Calender itself is great and the phone client works very well with it. > decent media playback (ogg would be a plus > but I suppose I could always write a script to conve... The built-in music player plays OGG. The video player is restricted to H.264 because of the built-in hardware decoder but it makes for very nice quality, smooth video at a decent res. > anything else that people think is essential(?) > Bluetooth compatibility with Ubuntu would be us... I've got a Brodit car kit for my G1 and it sync's hands-free Bluetooth with the car stereo and Bluetooth audio streaming. Add CoPilot Live 9 Android for £25 and it's the ultimate car PC. Play videos on the move, audio through the car stereo, play audio while sat-nav directions overlay, phone calls break through the BT audio connection seamlessly. It's an awesome bit of kit. All your contacts are sync'd from your Gmail account so you don't have to edit anything on the phone. > > I think that what complements my needs best in terms of a phone might > be an Android one but ... As I said, others I know have bought them for <£200 > > I'm able to provide additional information as required. To anyone > who's read through this mo... At the risk of annoying iPhone users, to me the G1 is a more capable phone and will give you a lot more freedom. It's great fun to use and the Qwerty keyboard is the absolute killer. I've used the on-screen keyboard and it's no comparison to a real keyboard. HTH. Darren -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubu...
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