[DUG] Google Phone

[Kyley Harris]

Getting a friend in USA to buy and ship you one is probably the only way to
get one cheap I think.

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Leigh Wanstead <leighw at softtech.co.nz>wrote:

> Hi Jolyon,
>
> Thanks for the information. I know about the Vodafone htc magic. But it is
> not the phone sold in usa by Google which get more powerful cpu. I don't
> want a term contract which is expensive for me. Anyway to buy a Google phone
> sold by Google in usa reasonably priced?
>
> Have a nice day
>
> Regards
> Leigh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz]
> On Behalf Of Jolyon Smith
> Sent: Monday, 18 January 2010 9:58 a.m.
> To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
> Subject: Re: [DUG] Google Phone
>
> That all depends what you mean by "reasonable".
>
> Vodafone offer the HTC handset for as little as "FREE".  "Free" in this
> case
> means signing up for 24 months at $80/mth, so that's $2000 (give or take)
> in
> real money, albeit on an installment plan.
>
> A handset only deal will set you back $750.
>
> I was nearly tempted by the "installment plan" but fortunately (for me) the
> Vodafone rep was able to demonstrate the device as she herself had one.  As
> a result I quickly changed my mind.  The on-screen keyboard (it has no
> physical keyboard at all) was just too small for my fingers and didn't have
> cursor keys that I (or she) could find.
>
> So, e.g. when entering a txt message, if you make a mistake the only way to
> position the cursor on the offending text is to try to hit exactly the
> right
> spot in the txt with your finger (or backspace ALL text back to it) .. you
> can't simply cursor back over/thru the txt!!!
>
> And unless you have a child's fingers and prod the letter out *real*
> carefully (i.e. slowly), you will make mistakes with the tiny virtual
> keyboard.  Guaranteed.
>
> There is no stylus.
>
>
> "Way cool" doesn't outweigh simple practicality in my book.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz]
> On
> Behalf Of Leigh Wanstead
> Sent: Monday, 18 January 2010 9:40 a.m.
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer?
>
> May I ask how to get one Google phone reasonably priced in New Zealand?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz]
> On
> Behalf Of Colin Fraser
> Sent: Friday, 15 January 2010 5:00 p.m.
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer?
>
>
> > >>  But Google's phone just begin entering into the market.
>
> The 'Google Phone' has been around for quite a while now (I have had one
> for
> about a year... has not really been pushed in New Zealand)... Android is
> the
> Google OS, and quite a few companies make 'Google' or Android phones, eg,
> HTC (made the first released one, and also make the latest that Google is
> now selling directly), Samsung, Motorola and others I can't recall also
> make
> and sell them.
>
> The media hype seemed to peek because Google is selling the latest (running
> Android 2.1 I think) directly... not sure why the hype, but I am sure it is
> good for the phone and for Google...
>
> In terms of Development, Android is Java based (mainly), and comes with a
> few plugins for Eclipse to make things more easy... all free.
>
> iPhone has an XCode development environment, not to familiar with it...
>
> Regards
> Colin
>
>
> The latest news is that Google are actually selling one now,
>
> On 15/01/2010, at 4:31 PM, Leigh Wanstead wrote:
>
> > May I ask what is the future between apple's iphone or Google's phone?
> >
> > I saw that Google phone got Linux behind and no rip off fee from Apple
> which is great. But Google's phone just begin entering into the market.
> >
> > Have a nice day
> >
> > Regards
> > Leigh
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz]
> On Behalf Of Jeremy North
> > Sent: Friday, 15 January 2010 4:09 p.m.
> > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> > Subject: Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer?
> >
> > Pro upgrade is $519 (AUD) for Delphi 2010.
> >
> > Just because something is "free" doesn't make it a good "investment".
> >
> > The apple tools are way behind other IDE's for usability and
> functionality.
> >
> > I suggest you download them and try them for yourself.
> >
> > Oh, you'll need apple hardware as well to do that ;-)
> >
> > I'm not a fan of OSX - it feels like I'm being forced to use a
> > computer with one arm tied behind my back and continually trying to
> > swat flies and work with the free arm...
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Jolyon Smith <jsmith at deltics.co.nz>
> wrote:
> >>> You can't deploy to the iPhone platform unless you pay.
> >>
> >> $99 / $299
> >>
> >> If there were a version of Delphi at those price points I would be very
> >> happy.
> >>
> >> :)
> >>
> >> And unless I'm mistaken, those costs apply no matter whose tools you are
> >> using to create the software.
> >>
> >> $2000+ for Embarcadero Delphi 20XX for iPhone may even include that $99
> >> cost, but it's still $2000+ vs $99 and free tools.
> >>
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