ANDROID

[trekfan42]

hat to say this but i  have been using android on my pure for a while now... still no camera or external speaker (phone speaker works) and extremely fast battery drain.... im sad to say i am becoming disgruntled when i have to boot my phone back into win mo to do something android on our devices can not... the pure works very well with android... fast stable powerful..
some have been able to get froyo running but i am using eclair...
give it a shot..

[bruceinman]

What about Wifi?

[EGrier]

I put Froyo 2.2 on my Pure.  I didn't format my card either.  I just dropped the files on the card and ran Hariet.  I went through the screen calibration, waited until it booted and voila Android!!  Wifi works if you turn it on in WinMo first.  I'm checking out Market now via wifi.  Works great.  I hope they get the sound and battery drainage worked out on it soon.  If and when they do, I may ditch Windows!  There are some neat features I like about it that Windows doesn't have.  GPS works fine on it too.  

[bruceinman]

Thanks for the update.

[trekfan42]

I put Froyo 2.2 on my Pure.  I didn't format my card either.  I just dropped the files on the card and ran Hariet.  I went through the screen calibration, waited until it booted and voila Android!!  Wifi works if you turn it on in WinMo first.  I'm checking out Market now via wifi.  Works great.  I hope they get the sound and battery drainage worked out on it soon.  If and when they do, I may ditch Windows!  There are some neat features I like about it that Windows doesn't have.  GPS works fine on it too. 

ugh i cant believe you got froyo on.... i did put sense ui on the other day but it didnt recognize my sim  card...
did you notice any improvements on eclair to froyo?
also in eclair i never had to turn on wifi in winmo first that i know of and worked fine... im also thinking of going with android but i dont think that any devices android will be as good as xdandroid...

[EGrier]

I never tried eclair.  I just jumped right on Froyo.  It went on without a hitch.  Well, except I pulled a boo-boo and didn't read the instructions carefully about the screen calibration.  I didn't take heed to the little white squares that popped up on the screen.  I just kept pressing the screen in the same location.  Needless to say, the buttons were way off when it booted up.  I deleted the files on my card and started over.  That time it worked great.

[joefrank]

 Can somebody help me I placed all the files on my sd its limited to 300mb now because the 16gb sd I bought haven arrived. so maybe this is a fasctor but my frojo won't upload.
              It gets to the loading screen but nowhere else.
    Any ideas?
   want to try android before my next upgrade, and my wife's. So we move on to android!

[bruceinman]

300mb probably isn't enough for it to run.
Didn't know they still made em that small....

[joefrank]

300mb probably isn't enough for it to run.
Didn't know they still made em that small....

no that's whats left of my 8gb sd!

[EGrier]

I'm with Bruce.  I don't think you have enough space left.  Try taking some of the files off of your card.

[trekfan42]

i agree if you really want to try android i recommend backup all your files on the sd and wipe it android runs better without the extra clutter...
i am highly considering making the leap to android but i have a couple little hang ups,
they are as follows:

1. random applications start up with out initiation... even in sleep mode. (they can be closed with a task manager but will shortly start up again...) (this is a problem because android devices are great if they are not doing anything... as soon as applications start running it destryoys battery life... why?... most applications.. even android system  itself is supported by ads... and it needs the data to download and display these ads... only way around is not having a data plan or in some cases buying the pro version of the app will eliminate ads...)

2. you have to wait a long time depending on your device and manufacturer to get an upgrade to the new os... anything under froyo for the most part renders your sd card useless as you can not install apps on to it... use for media data only (music pics docs)

3. Android is free for device manufacturers to put on their phones.... because of this they do not have any minimum or set guidelines as to what it is capable of doing.... this quite literally makes the app marketplace a jungle to sift through as some apps may or may not work on your device.

4. my windows mobile phone can boot up into android if it feels like it... beat that... oh right... you can't hahahaha

but seriously i would recommend android to people to use.... Why?
cause winmo takes time to customize and get just right for you individually and it is not for people faint of heart to screwing around with the systems os and things that void its warranty...(win mo is a programmers playground...)


iphone...no no no no no never recomend ever....


android offers easy to use interface and customization as well as exponential growth in consumers who own it ...
number of people with winmo phones is dwindling...
for those of you willing to take a risk or leap of faith i recommend Windows phone seven series... due to launch in the holiday season this year...

[Batisax1]

There are an update coming soon to Andriod  is a flashable version, and with this version they hope to fix some problems : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509493&page=397                    I hope to see it fully functional soon ...

[Palkalocka]

Froyo works well for me with the exception of extreme battery drain and the camera. I could live with the camera and a few quirks here and there but the battery drain makes it unusable for anything but playing around with it. That being said, cookie hometab 2.0 is basically android interface wise. If only everything else was integrated as well as android.