 January 7, 2011 - 9:34am | Just an FYI, T-Mobile is having a special where they're giving the Samsung Vibrant free with a 2 year contract. I'm a subscriber who was due an upgrade (Have a G1) and just got the deal. No no, not trying to sell phones, just thought if you and yours were up for a new phone, might be worth considering. Besides, it has Android in the name, so itz awwsum. You can't argue with the invincibly ignorant. - William F. Buckley |
 January 7, 2011 - 10:13am | Me too. My wife and I both got Droid X phones for Christmas (They were by one get one free). It so fun it's a distraction. Ad Astra Per Ardua! My blog - Expanding Frontier Webmaster - The Star Frontiers Network & this site Founding Editor - The Frontier Explorer Magazine Managing Editor - The Star Frontiersman Magazine |
 January 7, 2011 - 11:34am | Droid. I have more friends now. |
January 7, 2011 - 2:46pm | It came today! Woo! Yay! Down Down! Go Go! Stay! Stay! Mine Mine Mine! I'm a happy miser.... It came with Avatar loaded....a movie I've never seen. It looked like Pocahontas in space. Also came with Sims 3....never played 1 or 2. Just have to root it and I'll be ecstatic! You can't argue with the invincibly ignorant. - William F. Buckley |
January 7, 2011 - 2:49pm | Ok, ok, ok...now that today's phones stomp chronocom functionality in the dirt, has anyone done a "new chronocom"? You can't argue with the invincibly ignorant. - William F. Buckley |
January 7, 2011 - 3:42pm | They don't quite stomp chronocoms. Take you're Android phone to the moon and you won't be able to talk to anyone. A chronocom will still have a 5km range and doesn't need a calling plan.  In all other aspects, yes, they do.Ad Astra Per Ardua! My blog - Expanding Frontier Webmaster - The Star Frontiers Network & this site Founding Editor - The Frontier Explorer Magazine Managing Editor - The Star Frontiersman Magazine |
 January 8, 2011 - 6:20am | And there are two-way radios out there that claim a 30 mile range with no calling plan. An updated chronocom is very much needed. So it asks the question are chronocom more like a two-way radio or a cell phone. They're always comparing the Star Trek communicator to cell phone, but they aren't the same thing as the communicator doesn't need a calling plan either. Too many people have confused cell phones with two-way radios, they are two different things. In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same. |
January 8, 2011 - 9:20am | Doesn't the magazine have an "advanced chronocom"? |
January 8, 2011 - 10:56am | I love my Android. Awww, I love you too. Your claw hand is........special. You can't argue with the invincibly ignorant. - William F. Buckley |
 January 8, 2011 - 11:43am | Ok, ok, ok...now that today's phones stomp chronocom functionality in the dirt, has anyone done a "new chronocom"? As a matter of fact, Droid, Bill submitted an excellent chronocom article in issue 8 of Star Frontiersman. " 'Beware the Beast, Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport, for lust, for greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death." |
January 8, 2011 - 11:44am | They don't quite stomp chronocoms. Take you're Android phone to the moon and you won't be able to talk to anyone. A chronocom will still have a 5km range and doesn't need a calling plan. In all other aspects, yes, they do.Well, you could, assuming you took along a commsat as well.  " 'Beware the Beast, Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport, for lust, for greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death." |
