pete Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 Mainly because T-Mobile have the G1, but their not-hilariously-expensive data plans are retarded, whereas O2 said "yeah, course you can do that" to everything I couldn't do on T-Mobile. So, what essential (and ideally free to begin - I'm aware the app store is rather addictive) apps are you running?
tobyhacker Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 The best free app has to be Shazam. If you travel a lot on the tube system in London for a very small amount 79p or something use TubeDeluxe which is really good. 1
HodgeHi Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 My list of apps consists of: Wordpress AstroTilt Bomberman JirboMatch Tap Tap (really good) Monkey Ball (better now its easier) Remote (good but missing a key feature for me) moonlight lite Bubblewrap Bejeweled 2 Trism Aurora Feint: The beginning (I liked this but now i have to create an account on their server, can't be bothered) Spinner Free The obligatory Facebook app Lumen Lite Matches Enigmo Tris VNC TouchTerm Air Sharing FourFree Rolando (good but i don't play it often) Out of all of them the one i use most is Mail and Safari to keep up with the Edugeek threads:) 1
Domino Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 The evernote app is cool - great for keeping notes, etc organised s is Stanza for getting free ebooks. 1
CyberNerd Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 (edited) Mainly because T-Mobile have the G1, but their not-hilariously-expensive data plans are retarded, whereas O2 said "yeah, course you can do that" to everything I couldn't do on T-Mobile. sorry to hijack, I'm on the brink of buying a t-mobile g1: what can't you do with them? edit: and how does it compare to the new g2? http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012632o-2000331827b,00.htm Edited April 23, 2009 by CyberNerd
russdev Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 Really annoyed currently on o2 contract if went took contract today would get iphone but got to wait till nov before can do an upgrade
marco84 Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 Some Apps I've found useful are.... Ping Lite Speed Test RDP lite
HodgeHi Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 Really annoyed currently on o2 contract if went took contract today would get iphone but got to wait till nov before can do an upgrade Can you not migrate the contract to an iPhone contract? I'm sure that that is an option. IIRC it used to be. They were going on about it on their website when the new one was being released as far as i can remember.
russdev Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 First gen iphone could but not with new one I believe. Russ
Number6 Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 I'm looking at an iPhone, but on PAYG. Contracts are so expensive now! £390 for the phone on PAYG and a single £10 top-up gives 12 months free unlimited data. Not a bad deal I think. The only downside is no VVM on PAYG but I have all my VMs converted to text and email anyway.
pete Posted April 23, 2009 Author Posted April 23, 2009 sorry to hijack, I'm on the brink of buying a t-mobile g1: what can't you do with them? edit: and how does it compare to the new g2? Magic from Vodafone expected on 5 May - Barker Bites Back - Colin Barker's Blog at ZDNet.co.uk Community As an existing, loyal customer I cannot: 1) Use instant messaging (against TOS unless I use their wanky application, which doesn't support my protocol of choice). I can't pay the £3 a month and use $desired_protocol on another app, I have to use theirs (or buy/use a Sidekick). 2) Accessing Internet video is against their TOS on the G1 plan I wanted. 3) Get a good data plan. I have a 1GB cap for data - if I want a decent data plan I have to spend more/month than I want to pay. 4) Get a non "I'm bored and just want you to get off the phone" attitude from their elbonian customer support drones. 02 didn't have any of the above problems, hence T-Mobile lost a customer and 02 gained one (unless they do something stupid). re the iPhone - I've asked them to deliver it on Saturday - if it turns up mid-week I'll spend all my time playing with it. 1
pete Posted April 27, 2009 Author Posted April 27, 2009 Spent the weekend playing with the iPhone and (bearing in mind it's my first real smartphone - previously a W810i, which is smart-ish) I like it a lot. Just need to get Tomboy syncing with it now.
rolfea Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 you just joined the dark side... and not even the real dark side... the other dark side has cookies. but no
mac_shinobi Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 my contacts, ipod, sms and some games I downloaded like iSniper Could do with getting Metal Gear Solid 4 for £3.50 or there abouts
CyberNerd Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 As an existing, loyal customer I cannot: 1) Use instant messaging (against TOS unless I use their wanky application, which doesn't support my protocol of choice). I can't pay the £3 a month and use $desired_protocol on another app, I have to use theirs (or buy/use a Sidekick). 2) Accessing Internet video is against their TOS on the G1 plan I wanted. 3) Get a good data plan. I have a 1GB cap for data - if I want a decent data plan I have to spend more/month than I want to pay. 4) Get a non "I'm bored and just want you to get off the phone" attitude from their elbonian customer support drones. 02 didn't have any of the above problems, hence T-Mobile lost a customer and 02 gained one (unless they do something stupid). re the iPhone - I've asked them to deliver it on Saturday - if it turns up mid-week I'll spend all my time playing with it. I caved in and bought a G1. thanks for the advice but on closer inspection Android is better for me: The google IM client is actually quite good, plus there are loads of free IM clients to install that use a variety of different protocols. Youtube works fine on a £25 per month contract, larger files connect direct to my PC and i can play video by copying to my sd-card via wi-fi this so as not to worry about hte 1GB fair usage. there are so many free apps because Android is open. I use google docs/calendar email anyway so it automatically syncs 2
tech_guy Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 Mainly because T-Mobile have the G1, but their not-hilariously-expensive data plans are retarded, whereas O2 said "yeah, course you can do that" to everything I couldn't do on T-Mobile. So, what essential (and ideally free to begin - I'm aware the app store is rather addictive) apps are you running? Oh so you just need a poser phone to play games on, I get you.
jamesb Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 Oh so you just need a poser phone to play games on, I get you. You mean a Nokia N85?
pete Posted May 5, 2009 Author Posted May 5, 2009 Oh so you just need a poser phone to play games on, I get you. I'm sorry, did I inadvertantly urinate in your cornflakes? Get back under your bridge.
tech_guy Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 iphone - a phone for nerds and chavs with too much money. g1 - a phone for geeks. Nuff said. 1
webman Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 I wonder what maddox thinks of the iPhone? Results linked from Google may contain bad language. 1
ascott2 Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 iphone - a phone for nerds and chavs with too much money. g1 - a phone for geeks. Nuff said. I have a G1, and am a member of eduGEEK. A geek and proud!
tech_guy Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 I'm sorry, did I inadvertantly urinate in your cornflakes? Get back under your bridge. So it was you pi$$ing off the flyover over the M5 this morning?
TechMonkey Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 Really annoyed currently on o2 contract if went took contract today would get iphone but got to wait till nov before can do an upgrade Probably for the best as the new version (supposedly) will be out either June or September depending on who you listen to. Tis great now that everyone can not only fight and be smarmy over OS but phones as well. Next someone will pick on someone else's Head trainers!
Number6 Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 So, for those who have one, how does the G1 feel? How about battery life? GPS? Any loves or hates about the G1?
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