As if looking at the physical packaging tells you everything. You have to remember that "one CPU" does not mean "one chip" - it could mean there are many physical chips, DSP, radio bits, etc. And some of the "multiple-chip" phones do the baseband processor and application processor on a single chip.
The point is, does the processor that runs the user interface also implement the GSM protocol? You'll find that most phones (again, other than the batch of modern smartphones (iPhone, Android, etc)) do this in a single processor.
Incorrect, there are many phones on the market that you are able to reflash the baseband code. Believing that anything like this is impervious to hacking is just naïeve.
I've got some 1905FP's also, and they're great. But all of the new stuff we're buying lately have the viewing angle problem, some WAY worse than others.
My company does visual effects too, so the color-shifting effect is really frustrating for the artists.
Actually, they feel a lot like walking barefoot. The soles give you enough protection so you can step on glass and not get cut, but you really feel the ground well. I've got some, and I love them, they fit great.
Make sure you try before you buy, they don't fit everyone.
7 hour standby? No, that's bullshit. I've gone several days without charging mine. I generally charge it overnight, but when I forget, it still works the next day.
I've got an eeebox b202, which is supposed to be basically a eeepc 1000HA or something. Anyways, everything works, except I can't get hardware acceleration and OpenGL working with the Intel 954GMA display chip. Nothing I've found on the 'net makes it work properly. I suspect it's just too new for the drivers to have properly caught up.
I'm using Gentoo, which I use on all of my machines.
From what I can tell, this is a case of people not really knowing what they're talking about. There is no documented way to turn on this setting from in an application. And just because an app has permission to use the internet does not say it can change this roaming setting.
I have an off-site free site doing my secondary DNS and have no problems at all using djbdns as my primary. DJB includes his axfrdns program for this purpose.
And yeah, the generic record types is what I was referring to. You seem to not have read the documentation.
Again, been running it without any issues for 13 years.
You, like most other people, seem to think that Google has some sort of say in wether the phones are hackable or not. Google published (and open-sourced) the OS and SDK. What manufacturers do with their phones is their business.
And like someone else said, if you want a fully hackable phone, go get an OpenMoko. Nobody promised you that Android would be this.
I want a phone thing I can write apps for. I've no interest whatsoever in writing low-level drivers or having apps I download be able to crash the OS. So Android makes a lot of sense to me.
OpenMoko seems like a horrible mess.. much like Linux (which I do use).
Actually.... The carrier has no say whatsoever what I put on my phone. I have an unlocked Symbian phone that I bought direct from Nokia, and can write my own software for, which the carrier has no involvement in whatsoever.
In fact, most of the carriers ship Symbian (and PalmOS) phones, where you as a developer can do whatever you want.
Not to mention the available root exploits for the iPhone which allow unrestricted access.
So.... dunno what you're on about, it sounds like wishful thinking to me.
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As if looking at the physical packaging tells you everything. You have to remember that "one CPU" does not mean "one chip" - it could mean there are many physical chips, DSP, radio bits, etc. And some of the "multiple-chip" phones do the baseband processor and application processor on a single chip.
The point is, does the processor that runs the user interface also implement the GSM protocol? You'll find that most phones (again, other than the batch of modern smartphones (iPhone, Android, etc)) do this in a single processor.
I imagine using the same die would be cheaper than using a second chip, but surely you don't think it'd have no cost at all?
Incorrect, there are many phones on the market that you are able to reflash the baseband code. Believing that anything like this is impervious to hacking is just naïeve.
That $99 is still something I shouldn't have to pay to work on apps for *my own device*.
I've got some 1905FP's also, and they're great. But all of the new stuff we're buying lately have the viewing angle problem, some WAY worse than others.
My company does visual effects too, so the color-shifting effect is really frustrating for the artists.
Actually, they feel a lot like walking barefoot. The soles give you enough protection so you can step on glass and not get cut, but you really feel the ground well. I've got some, and I love them, they fit great.
Make sure you try before you buy, they don't fit everyone.
7 hour standby? No, that's bullshit. I've gone several days without charging mine. I generally charge it overnight, but when I forget, it still works the next day.
I've got an eeebox b202, which is supposed to be basically a eeepc 1000HA or something. Anyways, everything works, except I can't get hardware acceleration and OpenGL working with the Intel 954GMA display chip. Nothing I've found on the 'net makes it work properly. I suspect it's just too new for the drivers to have properly caught up.
I'm using Gentoo, which I use on all of my machines.
Keanu Reeves as John Constantine? WTF were they thinking?
> The Camel Book is a Must Have. And Must Read.
Eh, all the information is available via perldoc. I have the book, but haven't looked at it in probably 9 years. I might have thrown it out even.
From what I can tell, this is a case of people not really knowing what they're talking about. There is no documented way to turn on this setting from in an application. And just because an app has permission to use the internet does not say it can change this roaming setting.
Some reference: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/ee7bc6309c865672/77003d32c992752c/
I have an off-site free site doing my secondary DNS and have no problems at all using djbdns as my primary. DJB includes his axfrdns program for this purpose.
And yeah, the generic record types is what I was referring to. You seem to not have read the documentation.
Again, been running it without any issues for 13 years.
Too bad it does support AAAA records and SRV records. Oh, and it has a set of config files. And works just fine.
It seems pretty logical to me, BIND is the one that seems backward. Maybe it's because I've been using it since 1995.
You, like most other people, seem to think that Google has some sort of say in wether the phones are hackable or not. Google published (and open-sourced) the OS and SDK. What manufacturers do with their phones is their business.
And like someone else said, if you want a fully hackable phone, go get an OpenMoko. Nobody promised you that Android would be this.
Man, I'm so glad I ditched my E70 for a T-mobile G1. WAY better phone overall. Many times faster too.
I'll ignore the part where I can't check my self-signed-certificate-TLS-only IMAP/SMTP mail with the G1. I'm sure they'll fix that. Guys? Please?
(anyone want a used E70 with a slightly sticky joystick?)
Yeah, there's at least one commercial for the T-Mobile G1. You can find it on Youtube easily.
I want to moderate you up 'cause you've hit the nail on the head. Why do most people not get this?
Okay.
I want a phone thing I can write apps for. I've no interest whatsoever in writing low-level drivers or having apps I download be able to crash the OS. So Android makes a lot of sense to me.
OpenMoko seems like a horrible mess.. much like Linux (which I do use).
I really don't get why you think you need this ability.
To be clear, Android does not require Eclipse in the slightest. I don't use it, I use maven2 to do my builds and vim as my editor.
Nobody has explained this mentality to me in a way that I really understand. Why do you think you need direct hardware access?
And why would you want that, when the hardware is probably going to be drastically different for each Android phone in the future?
Seems like a quick web search would have answered your question, rather than making it a big deal and getting it on slashdot.
Hmm, this doesn't get me anything that the Services plugin for Sawfish does. Oh well.
Why not write your crypto as java libraries?
And really, why are you writing your own crypto in the first place? OpenSSL not good enough for you?
Actually.... The carrier has no say whatsoever what I put on my phone. I have an unlocked Symbian phone that I bought direct from Nokia, and can write my own software for, which the carrier has no involvement in whatsoever.
In fact, most of the carriers ship Symbian (and PalmOS) phones, where you as a developer can do whatever you want.
Not to mention the available root exploits for the iPhone which allow unrestricted access.
So.... dunno what you're on about, it sounds like wishful thinking to me.