Accessing the arbiter from a Droid

[umpirebob71]

Dear God, first Ipods, now something called a "Droid."

[Dholloway1962]

Works on iPhone

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by umpirebob71

Dear God, first Ipods, now something called a "Droid."

Looking to get one once my phone comes up for renewal in April.

I'm such a geek...

[JefferMC]

I'm looking at getting a Droid, too.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by JefferMC

I'm looking at getting a Droid, too.

Droid? Or Android?

Droid is a specific phone that's made by Motorola, and it runs the Android operating system.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Droid? Or Android?

Droid is a specific phone that's made by Motorola, and it runs the Android operating system.

Ubergeek!

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

Ubergeek!

You say that like it's a bad thing.

[DeRef]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Droid? Or Android?

Droid is a specific phone that's made by Motorola, and it runs the Android operating system.

Actually, I am looking at the Droid with the Android OS. What I have discovered over the last couple of days is that the arbiter is accessiable with the Droid. You just need to download the Dolphon browser which comes at the right price... FREE.

[ChampaignBlue]

Originally Posted by DeRef

Actually, I am looking at the Droid with the Android OS. What I have discovered over the last couple of days is that the arbiter is accessiable with the Droid. You just need to download the Dolphon browser which comes at the right price... FREE.

You might want to check out opera mini web browser as well at half the price of dolphin. Also Google is launching a new phone shortly that runs on android as well.

[HugoTafurst]

OK Geeks - Is any of this operated by sprint?
If not what do YOU say is the best Sprint available device for Arbiter, EMail, and dirty pictures) -(or not).

I have a 2 yr. old Sprint Palm which I don't like (too small screen).

I also have an ATT BB (from work) - it would be nice to sync the two phone books

[JefferMC]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Droid? Or Android?

Droid is a specific phone that's made by Motorola, and it runs the Android operating system.

Droid. I also looked at the HTC Droid lite (or whatever VZW actually calls it, I think it's the Hero for another carrier) and it didn't seem as nice/sturdy/useful/etc.

I really think I would like a Palm Pre. But being a Verizon user... VZW gets the Palm phones 6-9 months behind Sprint, and initially charges too much for them, so in no-time, Palm has quit making them for the next big thing they're making for Sprint and I'm left without a Palm OS smart phone. Has happened three times.

A while back I won a Palm Centro in a contest. But it turned out to be Sprint branded and Verizon wouldn't touch it, even when they started offering Centros. I ended up selling it on eBay.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by JefferMC

Droid. I also looked at the HTC Droid lite (or whatever VZW actually calls it, I think it's the Hero for another carrier) and it didn't seem as nice/sturdy/useful/etc.

I really think I would like a Palm Pre. But being a Verizon user... VZW gets the Palm phones 6-9 months behind Sprint, and initially charges too much for them, so in no-time, Palm has quit making them for the next big thing they're making for Sprint and I'm left without a Palm OS smart phone. Has happened three times.

A while back I won a Palm Centro in a contest. But it turned out to be Sprint branded and Verizon wouldn't touch it, even when they started offering Centros. I ended up selling it on eBay.

That's odd, since Verizon and Sprint are both CDMA (which is why you can't put an iPhone on Sprint or Verizon).

[JefferMC]

VZ just says no.

However, my understanding is that each vendor has their own firmware that controls such things as phone menus and what bluetooth functionality works. VZW isn't going to allow a phone without their firmware to be used on their network and thinks that loading their firmware on the Sprint phone is just too much trouble for their field techs to learn to do, when they're "not getting any money", i.e. for the phone sale.

What they don't understand is that they're also not having to offset a subsidy/discount on the phone so they're actually getting my full monthly check... plus I would have had to buy and e-mail/data plan... yet more money.

So, I've just kept getting "free" or cheapest phones while waiting for "my" smartphone to show up.