[ILUG] [OT] HTC Hero / Android

[Gary Boland]

just a note to consider when talking about price. the nexus one (as I use
it) is my mp3 player that can sync podcasts etc automatically. so any mp3
player that would do this I would value > €100.

Its a decent ereader for a dart journey (I recently re-read down and out in
paris & london and it was perfect), again ebooks can be synced at
home/office over wifi and I would easily value this @ >€100.

Its camera is decent and has a built in flash. Lets call that €50.

Finally its a smart phone with mobile browsing/web/GPS/phone calls etc.
Easily >150. So if you take it that you have at least 4 separate devices
that are easily portable and infinitely useful, I think the €400 (for anyone
that knows someone that will travel over to the US, ie everyone in Ireland)
its reasonable. It is not €400 just for a phone.

gary

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Niall O Broin <niall at linux.ie> wrote:

> On 18 Mar 2010, at 10:31, John P. Looney wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Niall O Broin <niall at linux.ie> wrote:
> > Yes, that is beyond ridiculous, and is why my iPhone still runs OS 3.0
> where
> > I can tether without having to pay for two different kinds of data. How
> is
> > support for tethering on the Nexus 1 ?
> >
> >  A bunch of people use some third-party apps that aren't perfect but will
> kinda work. I suspect you'll need to wait for Froyo (Android 2.2 I think)
> for really good tethering (maybe usb, wifi) in the base OS.
>
> OK - that's more or less what I expected. I'm currently using an iPhone 3G
> with OS 3.0. I guess I'm going to stay at that behind the curve point until
> I can get a Froyo device so.
>
>
> Niall
>
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