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Phone needs to be rooted with cyanogen mod.
Is it fair to compare a rooted Nexus to a non-rooted iPhone 4?
My iPhone 4 is jailbroken...I think it's quite fair because I feel the same exact way.
Ask HN: What smartphone to get right now?
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The N900 is an interesting beast. If my father called, and asked me what smartphone to get, I'd suggest an Android device. If an old friend called, who happened to be familiar with Linux, I'd advise the N900 with no reservations. The N900 is more open than Android in that it uses the traditional APIs used on the Linux desktop. You can install pidgin, irssi, otr, asterisk, and just about everything else that is popula…
> Both Skype and SIP work very well over 3G on T-Mobile US. Interesting, where? I have an N900 on T-Mobile in Boston and it's been very disappointing. I had visions of a "data only" relationship with the phone, but neither Skype nor SIP over 3G are of acceptable quality. Over wifi, works pretty well, though. How have you set yours up? I tried Google Voice -> Gizmo5, buying a skype number, and some other things and no…
I can't comment on SIP because I haven't used it (yet) on the phone. For the map, though, there is Sygic's app: http://www.sygic.com/. The app itself is free from OVI, but the maps you have to buy :( Still looks like this would do a decent job. I'm actually going to try it on a trip next week.
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#144HTC Aria. Fast, fits in your pocket, and runs Android. I've been very happy with it so far. Also since you're on AT&T, this is a no-brainer.
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Shame on anyone who upmods a comment like yours which consists of nothing but calling someone a name and then telling two lies.
It isn't "calling someone a name". It's pointing out a fact. They are clearly ignorant about the Android security model, and they're ignorant about the checks that Apple does. Your claim that they are lies is humorous, however. Ignorance casts a wide shadow.
I believe a significant chunk of the damage done in our society can be chalked up to people who are ignorant thinking that their opinions are facts.
You just gave two examples.
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I submit that if you take the time to learn Objective-C you'll feel quite differently. I've learned many languages in my years, while neither Java nor Objective-C is my favorite language right now (erlang is, though I haven't used it for awhile) they both were at different points in my life. I hated Objective-C for the first week or two, then came to understand it, and saw how it was so much better than Java. Of cour…
I submit that if you take the time to learn Objective-C you'll feel quite differently. I've used ObjC for many years and released several Cocoa apps. The syntax isn't the problem; I actually rather like the brackets. Objective-C has every advantage Java does, but the converse is not the case. No garbage collection (on iOS at least), inherently unsafe, primitive types requiring silly [NSNumber numberWithInt:x] contort…
I see, this is some sort of a popularity / "all the cool kids hate apple technologies" thing rather than an issue based on programming.
Cause if you think those are a list of problems, you don't know how to write software.