Android Phones

SFAndroid's picture
SFAndroid
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
Comments:

Anonymous's picture
w00t (not verified)
January 7, 2011 - 9:53am
I love my Android.

TerlObar's picture
TerlObar
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

Anonymous's picture
w00t (not verified)
January 7, 2011 - 11:34am
Droid. I have more friends now.

SFAndroid's picture
SFAndroid
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

SFAndroid's picture
SFAndroid
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

TerlObar's picture
TerlObar
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. Smile  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

Sargonarhes's picture
Sargonarhes
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.

Anonymous's picture
w00t (not verified)
January 8, 2011 - 9:20am
Doesn't the magazine have an "advanced chronocom"?


SFAndroid's picture
SFAndroid
January 8, 2011 - 10:56am
w00t wrote:
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

Will the Stampede's picture
Will the Stampede
January 8, 2011 - 11:43am
SFAndroid wrote:
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."

Will the Stampede's picture
Will the Stampede
January 8, 2011 - 11:44am
TerlObar wrote:
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. Smile  In all other aspects, yes, they do.

Well, you could, assuming you took along a commsat as well.Smile
" '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."