April 2, 2009 at 19:43Phone - (not) modem
Despite the fact that I am a user of a communicator on Windows Mobile, I try to follow the news from the camps of Symbian, Android and iPhone. The reason for this is simple: sooner or later, the device in your pocket will be erased to holes and you will need to buy the following. And when you change the piece of iron, you want to not be mistaken and get the maximum of features and amenities.
Until now, in the news about alternative WM platforms, I have never seen anything that would make me exclaim: “I want! I can’t live without it! ” and rush to the nearest store for a new thing. And today there was news that further pushed me away from switching to non-WM.
The news is that Google has removed from the Android Market all applications that allow you to use the G1 smartphone as a modem (news fromlink to CNET ).
Probably the ability to use the device as a means to access the Internet from a computer is not the most important function. Nevertheless, having a spare communication channel “at hand” is never superfluous. In my case, this channel is sometimes the only one, and the ability to connect a "large" computer to the Internet via a communicator is critical. Thus, for me, even in the long run, Android is closed.
Now it turns out that, if we exclude devices on Symbian and iPhone, which do not suit me solely for subjective reasons, my only option for the future is devices on Windows Mobile (I can’t switch to regular phones now to a very old age, probably). Although I do not regret it at all! :)
Until now, in the news about alternative WM platforms, I have never seen anything that would make me exclaim: “I want! I can’t live without it! ” and rush to the nearest store for a new thing. And today there was news that further pushed me away from switching to non-WM.
The news is that Google has removed from the Android Market all applications that allow you to use the G1 smartphone as a modem (news fromlink to CNET ).
Probably the ability to use the device as a means to access the Internet from a computer is not the most important function. Nevertheless, having a spare communication channel “at hand” is never superfluous. In my case, this channel is sometimes the only one, and the ability to connect a "large" computer to the Internet via a communicator is critical. Thus, for me, even in the long run, Android is closed.
Now it turns out that, if we exclude devices on Symbian and iPhone, which do not suit me solely for subjective reasons, my only option for the future is devices on Windows Mobile (I can’t switch to regular phones now to a very old age, probably). Although I do not regret it at all! :)