Comments on: LG U990 Viewty http://etbe.coker.com.au/2009/05/31/lg-u990-viewty/ Linux, politics, and other interesting things Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:45:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: etbe http://etbe.coker.com.au/2009/05/31/lg-u990-viewty/comment-page-1/#comment-19384 etbe Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:39:31 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/?p=1164#comment-19384 Michael and Anonymous: Fair points, but cracking a platform that is open for most people is going to be a lot easier than cracking a closed platform. Also there should be good options for outright purchase of an Android phone, currently it's becoming increasingly difficult to clearly purchase a regular mobile phone. John: The UI response seems good for everything other than starting the camera, video camera, or video/picture viewer. As for the lens size, the Viewty appears to have a larger lens than all the other phones that Three has on offer. Michael and Anonymous: Fair points, but cracking a platform that is open for most people is going to be a lot easier than cracking a closed platform. Also there should be good options for outright purchase of an Android phone, currently it’s becoming increasingly difficult to clearly purchase a regular mobile phone.

John: The UI response seems good for everything other than starting the camera, video camera, or video/picture viewer.

As for the lens size, the Viewty appears to have a larger lens than all the other phones that Three has on offer.

]]> By: John http://etbe.coker.com.au/2009/05/31/lg-u990-viewty/comment-page-1/#comment-19357 John Sun, 31 May 2009 22:53:46 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/?p=1164#comment-19357 What's the UI response time like? A colleague has one of these and isn't awfully impressed. Also I thought you'd know better than to think megapixels really matter much when the lens is barely bigger than a pin. Fit for your purpose, I guess, but then so would a 3MP sensor be What’s the UI response time like? A colleague has one of these and isn’t awfully impressed.

Also I thought you’d know better than to think megapixels really matter much when the lens is barely bigger than a pin. Fit for your purpose, I guess, but then so would a 3MP sensor be

]]> By: Anonymous http://etbe.coker.com.au/2009/05/31/lg-u990-viewty/comment-page-1/#comment-19353 Anonymous Sun, 31 May 2009 19:01:17 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/?p=1164#comment-19353 Indeed. Android already does support carrier restrictions, and the carriers use them, unless you buy the developer edition. Then you only have to live with *Google's* restrictions. Sigh. My kingdom for an OpenMoko phone that Just Works. Indeed. Android already does support carrier restrictions, and the carriers use them, unless you buy the developer edition. Then you only have to live with *Google’s* restrictions.

Sigh. My kingdom for an OpenMoko phone that Just Works.

]]> By: Michael Janke http://etbe.coker.com.au/2009/05/31/lg-u990-viewty/comment-page-1/#comment-19350 Michael Janke Sun, 31 May 2009 15:02:32 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/?p=1164#comment-19350 If the carriers mangle Android like they do other OS's, presumably they'll make similar restrictive modifications to the OS. I don't see that problem going away on subsidized phones, Android or not. If the carriers mangle Android like they do other OS’s, presumably they’ll make similar restrictive modifications to the OS. I don’t see that problem going away on subsidized phones, Android or not.

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