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> 1. Re: Smartphones (Peter Andrijeczko)
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> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 18:13:11 +0100
> From: Peter Andrijeczko <peter.andrijeczko@???>
> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Smartphones
> To: jan@???, Hampshire LUG Discussion List
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> I'm on Vodafone and had a Google Nexus One (which I've kept to use with PAYG
> and as an audiobook player) but recently had the option of a free upgrade so
> went for the HTC Desire Z - the only thing that swung it for me was the
> pull-out keyboard which I use with the Android ConnectBot SSH client for
> remote SSH access to my home Linux systems. I also plan on installing VNC on
> it to get desktop access also.
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> Both phones are running Android 2.3 by taking advantage of the most recent
> Vodafone Android upgrades.
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> I hope that helps.
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> Regards
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> Peter
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> On 4 October 2011 11:04, Jan Henkins <jan@???> wrote:
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>> Hello Paul, Ian and all,
>>
>> On Mon, October 3, 2011 23:34, Ian Grody wrote:
>>> The ZTE Blade (Orange San Francisco) is a far better choice than the
>>> Wildfire
>>> S. Same specs, but has a 640x480 screen and better display overall. Even
>>> if you do get one locked to orange, there are free aps on Android Market
>>> that will work out your SIM unlock code easy peasy.
>>
>> I have this phone, and I have to say that even though it is by no means
>> "perfect", it is certainly one of the most impressive phones I have had. I
>> had the pleasure of using an HTC Desire for a week, and it really sets the
>> bar. As far as I'm concerned, the Desire is the bare minimum one should
>> want in the medium to high-end smartphone. Anything equal to or better
>> than the Desire will make you smile! :-)
>>
>> Back to the OSF (ZTE Blade). I have to say that in comparison to the
>> Wildfire S, it's not neccessarily "better". The HTC just oozes quality and
>> solidness, whereas the OSF is plasticky. The OSF's buttons is also not
>> it's best feature. The "Back" button doubles as the indicator, and the
>> little arrow graphic is so small that you won't notice the flashing red or
>> green LED, unless it's really dark.
>>
>> You might think that I'm unloading a huge indictment against the OSF, but
>> really I'm not! :-) Even though the phone itself has these shortages,
>> there are major plusses that pulls it into a class of it's own:
>>
>> * It has the biggest screen in it's price-class (?89-?99 brand new,
>> depending on where you buy it)
>> * It is one of the prime Android hacking platforms available today. You
>> have a broad choice of Android distros you can load on this phone
>> * Battery life, depending on your Android distro, is actually quite good
>> for a smartphone. I almost get 48 hours on a charge with light usage,
>> which goes down to 16-20 hours with heavy usage.
>> * Even though the CPU is rated at 600MHz, it is overclockable. My current
>> distro (Ginger Stir Fry [1]) overclocks to just below 900MHz on demand,
>> which makes the phone really nice to use. OK, it's not a 1.2GHz dual-core
>> monster, but for what I need it is perfectly acceptable. There is another
>> Android distro called Monfro CAE [2], which apparently is quite a bit
>> better on this front, but reportedly at the cost of some battery life.
>>
>>
>> Links:
>>
>> [1] Ginger Stir Fry:
>>
>> http://android.modaco.com/topic/342009-romgen2zte-gingerbread-ginger-stir-fry/
>>
>> [2] Monfro CAE:
>> http://android.modaco.com/topic/346475-monfro-cae-zte-leak-234-v31/
>>
>>
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>> Jan Henkins
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> Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 09:25:01 +0100 (BST)
> From: "Tim Brocklehurst" <timb@???>
> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Gaining feedback
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> On Tue, October 4, 2011 10:23 am, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
>> Currently this process uses Excel for people to enter their comments,
>> and then we import the Excel comments into a database.
>> The problem is that the Excel format does not seem to be restrictive
>> enough. I.e. We wish to restrict some fields to specific range of
>> values etc.
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> Excel can do combo-boxes (as a part of forms) for data selection. You
> should be able to find out how using google.
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>> The solution must also be stand alone. I.e. Not web server or web
>> service/clound based.
>> I.e. A person with a laptop that is not connected to the network
>> should be able to raise comments.
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> Until I read this I would have suggested PHP and a web-server. There are
> loads of helpdesk/bugtracking/comment type systems around for that. Is the
> internet/network issue really that fixed?
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> The other suggestion is to write a GUI front-end to provide some options
> and text-boxes. However, you may have fun deploying this, but writing the
> code itself is not hard if you use something like QT4 / GTK etc.
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> Tim B.
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