[AccessD] Verizon Droid 2 for the wife

Yea, I can see JC writing a phone app:

One of his robots would go pick up the phone, answer it and begin reading
his papers on:
-bound vs. unbound
-autonumber vs. natural primary keys
-classes
(all the while retrieving a cool drink for him and rubbing his feet while he
reads the latest literature on how to make a smoking fast SQL Server system
using the new quantum physics based solid state drives)

...if you would now like to speak to Mr. Colby directly please press 1...
sorry, he is busy, please call again. The robot hits END.

;o)
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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:26 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Verizon Droid 2 for the wife

 > I've started playing around with writing my own apps. That, to me is the
ticket! ;)  Android has a great dev site, with great tutorials:

I do need more to keep me occupied!  ;)

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 9/14/2010 3:19 PM, David McAfee wrote:
> They are great phones. I bought hte Droid (1) when it first came out.
>
> I bought my son the HTC Droid Eris for Xmas.
>
> We can play games against each other (such as the Raging Thunder) over 
> the our home network or via the web.
>
> He can transfer files to me via bluetooth .
>
> I, like you, wanted to unlock my phone and do all the stuff that the 
> Verizon doesnt want me to, but I've decided for now to leave it as is 
> while it is under warranty.
>
> I've started playing around with writing my own apps. That, to me is 
> the ticket! ;) Android has a great dev site, with great tutorials:
>
> http://developer.android.com/index.html
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:12 PM, jwcolby<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
wrote:
>> 1) I shall certainly try that first
>> 2) Well... if I get the app from the marketplace, how do I guarantee that
it won't have a virus?
>> 3) Native Google maps and the like are updated and made better (we 
>> hope).  I would prefer to use that than the phone specific version which
may or may not ever be updated.
>>
>> This is all new to me, but kinda exciting.
>>
>> 4) Tethering.  Built in to the Droid OS by Google, removed from the 
>> phone by Verizon so that they can sell it back to me for a not 
>> insignificant sum every month.  I think not!  I will not use it often,
but when I do I will not pay for it every month or call to turn it on / off
etc.
>>
>> John W. Colby
>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
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