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Developing for the Motorola T720

Posted by michael on from the code-on-the-go dept.

r0.ini writes "Nice step-by-step introduction guide on how to make that cool app for your T720." Worth a read even if you never intend to write a program for your cell phone, for the comparison between BREW and J2ME (and implicitly between Verizon and AT&T).

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  1. T720 is allegedly pretty buggy... by weave · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Read the alt.cellular.verizon newsgroup about the T720. A few people like it, but the majority who have bought it or who work in the retail stores think it's garbage. Apparently the system software is buggy as hell.

    I don't know about you but I want a mobile phone to make calls. I don't need a phone that decides to crash and reboot in the middle of a call... I have enough headaches with PCs, I just want my phone to work. (ps, I have never tried one, just my observation from reading that newsgroup when I was trying to decide what phone to buy. Based on the rants, I got a v60i for the wife and hung onto my trusty 2 year old moto 7868W startac which has always worked like a champ)

    Sounds like a good script for a horror movie. The bad guy is about to slash you up in bits, you reach for your fancy cell phone, and it blue screens while trying to call 9-1-1

  2. Who CARES?? by EvilStein · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Speaking as a former employee of a large cellular phone company, I have one big question..

    Why the hell is everyone looking at some whiz-bang cell phone features but settling for crappy reception/range?

    Grr. I know why certain areas don't have cell towers. Not profitable, NIMBY folks, FCC regs, etc.. but what I don't get is the notion that your phone needs to be a second Game Boy. If I want to play games and crap, I'll get an actual Game Boy Advance. I use my Ericsson T68 for my address book & calendar stuff. Maybe some WAP browsing here & there. But, that's about it. I would much rather have more effort put into stability & call quality than "gee whiz!' features.