The rumormill says that 3.0 [Gingerbread] will require a 1GHz processor.
As it is now, the G1 can't really handle a lot very well and the touchscreen on it was not very good (when I compare it to my new Vibrant). A lot of apps had to be stripped out, in order to make it work smoothly at all.
Personally, I think that the amount of RAM is far more important than the processor on these devices...people seem to be reporting that their Magics running it great and the magic had more RAM than the G1. The fact of the matter is that the G1 is very much at the end of its life cycle (in terms of being able to upgrade).
Now, what Cyanogen has done though is make it so people can have a fully functional OS until their contracts expire, which is definitely a thing of beauty. I would have kept my G1 until my contract was up if it hadn't started acting up on me (hardware.....calls would drop, things are rattling inside the phone......a trip back to stock 1.6 didn't make it any better, so it definitely was hardware) which forced me to make an earlier than expected upgrade.
The vibrant is simply an awesome piece of hardware.... I can't wait until CM gets ported to it so I can remove TW and the crap that Samsung put into this phone. The music player and video player are definitely nice though, hopefully that can get ported with CM (not in the CM package, but hopefully we'll be able to back it up and move it with us).
Exactly. The real problem isn't that these apps HAVE the access.
The problem is idiots installing Chase apps that were created by BobsSoftwareCompany and then getting surprised that it emailed back their username/password to Bob!
I have an app called Dindy that when I mark myself as being at work, if anyone calls, it SMSs them to say that I'm working and if it's an emergency, they can call back w/in 5 minutes & then Dindy will let the call through.
What's it need:
android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
android.permission.PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS
android.permission.SEND_SMS
android.permission.READ_CONTACTS
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Yup, all those make sense, but according to this "study" this app is malware!
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The rumormill says that 3.0 [Gingerbread] will require a 1GHz processor. As it is now, the G1 can't really handle a lot very well and the touchscreen on it was not very good (when I compare it to my new Vibrant). A lot of apps had to be stripped out, in order to make it work smoothly at all. Personally, I think that the amount of RAM is far more important than the processor on these devices...people seem to be reporting that their Magics running it great and the magic had more RAM than the G1. The fact of the matter is that the G1 is very much at the end of its life cycle (in terms of being able to upgrade). Now, what Cyanogen has done though is make it so people can have a fully functional OS until their contracts expire, which is definitely a thing of beauty. I would have kept my G1 until my contract was up if it hadn't started acting up on me (hardware.....calls would drop, things are rattling inside the phone......a trip back to stock 1.6 didn't make it any better, so it definitely was hardware) which forced me to make an earlier than expected upgrade. The vibrant is simply an awesome piece of hardware .... I can't wait until CM gets ported to it so I can remove TW and the crap that Samsung put into this phone. The music player and video player are definitely nice though, hopefully that can get ported with CM (not in the CM package, but hopefully we'll be able to back it up and move it with us).
Exactly. The real problem isn't that these apps HAVE the access. The problem is idiots installing Chase apps that were created by BobsSoftwareCompany and then getting surprised that it emailed back their username/password to Bob! I have an app called Dindy that when I mark myself as being at work, if anyone calls, it SMSs them to say that I'm working and if it's an emergency, they can call back w/in 5 minutes & then Dindy will let the call through. What's it need: android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE android.permission.PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS android.permission.SEND_SMS android.permission.READ_CONTACTS android.permission.WAKE_LOCK Yup, all those make sense, but according to this "study" this app is malware!