Re: Thank you! and... Advice?

On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:56:40 -0800 (PST)
Bert Latamore <[email protected]> wrote:

> Jeff,
> 
> I think you have really summed up what is going on, except that the
> Android market may be worse than you said. Several of my friends who
> have bought Android smartphones say they come pre-loaded with stuff
> that the cellular carrier wants you to use, which means stuff that
> they make extra money with. That doesn't leave a lot of resources for
> stuff you want. I can just imagine trying to put my base appsw --
> Quicken, HanDBase, Pimlical, CalorieKing, and of course Shadow, plus
> the book readers for eReader, BN Nook, MobiPocket, and Amazon/Kindle,
> and then trying to get all the data I need to back those up on it.
> Not a chance. And the only way you can get rid of the junk the
> carrier puts on is to "root" the machine. I don't know how to do
> that, and it sounds complicated. 
> 
> 
> And forget the new Android "tablets" So far all of them are being
> sold through cellular carriers, which means they come loaded with
> that same junk. To me that makes them large cell phones, not true
> tablets.

Its not a big company in the US, but check out the Archos tablets. They
have ipod touch/cell phone sized tablets as well as up to 10"
tablets--all running android. (Well, the big ones aren't out yet but
will be shortly.) None of these will be loaded with the crap the US
cellular companies pile on cell phones.

Doug Morrison-Cleary