[clug] Android developer phones?

Michael Still mikal at stillhq.com
Fri Apr 10 00:10:04 GMT 2009


Arjen Lentz wrote:
> Hi Michael
> 
> On 10/04/2009, at 3:03 AM, Michael Still wrote:
>> Ben Coughlan wrote:
>>
>>> I'm pretty happy with it.  Touch screen and menu navigation is very
>>> responsive.  It does require a gmail account to link with.  The
>>> battery life can be iffy.  It charges completely in about 2 hours,
>>> but that will only last about 24 hours.  Of course turning off things
>>> like wifi and GPS make a very large difference, as does your
>>> frequency of use, web browsing etc.  I personally love having SSH
>>> capabilities on my phone :)
>>
>> Try turning off the 3G radio to further increase your battery life if
>> you don't care about data speed.
> 
> 
> That does require an extra little toggle tool that in fact needs to
> invalidate the APN by changing the name string.
> Bit of a hack - but it does work ;-)

Really? Here's its just a menu item. Perhaps there is something odd
about AU APNs...

What happens if you go into:

  Home > Menu > Settings > Wireless controls > Mobile networks

And select "Use only 2G networks"?

Mikal


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