[Cialug] OT: Pre

David Champion dave at dchamp.net
Wed Jun 3 17:41:52 CDT 2009


The lastest update (aka "cupcake") for the G1 supports stereo bluetooth. 
One of my cow-orkers has one and is sitting in his cube listening to it 
right now.

-dc

Brandon Griffis wrote:
> I haven't played with a G1 but it fell off the shelf of possible 
> phones when I found they wouldn't be supporting A2DP (stereo 
> bluetooth).  (Also one of the many reasons the iPhone sucks).  The 
> camera is also fairly poor (or so I've heard), and doesn't support 
> video.  (Some of these things may have changed with more recent updates).
>
> I still can't believe that smartphones are still being released that 
> don't support a full bluetooth stack.  It'd also be nice if the G1 
> supported flash (youtube/pandora/last.fm <http://last.fm>).
>
> -B
>
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Chris Freeman <cwfreeman at gmail.com 
> <mailto:cwfreeman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org
>     <mailto:newz at bearfruit.org>> wrote:
>     >
>     > Yeah, but seems like we were singing a similar song a year ago.
>     > Expectations for Android have been very high but I can't hold my
>     > breath much longer. I held off getting a smart phone last fall
>     opting
>     > to buy a full-featured phone on ebay and skipping a contract. Not
>     > wanting to wait too much longer.
>
>     For me, the biggest problem is that the phones are tied to the service
>     provider. I want a G1, but I won't pay the disconnect fee for 2 people
>     to get off of Sprint. That said, I am also drooling over the Pre, and
>     I have a Centro already. I'm in no rush to get shiny and new.
>
>     I have a friend with a G1, and he loves it. If T-Mobile is a
>     possibility for you, you might want to look at it if you can't wait
>     much longer.
>
>     Chris
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