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From: John Navas on 4 Jul 2010 10:42
On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:08:11 +0000, in
<Xns9DAB671A2C52Enoonehomecom(a)74.209.131.13>, Larry <noone(a)home.com>
wrote:

>nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in news:030720102159465361%
>nospam(a)nospam.invalid:

>> could be worse. archos has their *own* marketplace and blocks the main
>> one.
>
>I think we'll soon find every device will have its own, proprietary, locked
>up, app store like Apple's. ...

I don't think that will happen with Android -- Google strongly supports
the current open Android market, and has considerable clout.

--
Best regards,
John

If the iPhone and iPad are really so impressive,
then why do iFans keep making excuses for them?
From: Larry on 5 Jul 2010 01:32
"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop(a)nastydesigns.com> wrote in
news:elmop-24FD69.12281404072010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi:

> In article <Xns9DAB671A2C52Enoonehomecom(a)74.209.131.13>,
> Larry <noone(a)home.com> wrote:
>
>> If you bang the drum loud
>> enough and get enough sheeple banging their drums long enough, it's
>> easy to turn total bullshit into "truth" that can be exploited
>> against them.
>
> 1984.
>

Orwell only had the date wrong.....

--
Global Warming and Creationism are to science what storks are to
obstetrics...

Larry

From: Todd Allcock on 5 Jul 2010 00:47
At 04 Jul 2010 07:41:23 -0700 John Navas wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:31:50 -0600, in
> <dwUXn.6556$Hw.4395(a)newsfe10.iad>, Todd Allcock
> <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote:
>
> >At 03 Jul 2010 16:41:50 -0700 nospam wrote:
>
> >> i don't doubt that at&t is crippling their android offerings while
> >> having an exclusive on the iphone.
> >
> >According to a friend of mine with one, AT&T limits Android app
> >installation to Market apps only. This arguably could be to prevent
> >awkward comparisons to the iPhone... ;)
>
> Android normally won't install a non-Market app unless a setting is
> changed. Is your friend sure that setting has been disabled? Or does
> your friend not know about the setting?


Thanks, I'll ask her. Do you have a specific setting in mind or should I
just Google it?


From: John Navas on 5 Jul 2010 02:31
On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:47:54 -0600, in
<NReYn.6064$Zi.5702(a)newsfe14.iad>, Todd Allcock
<elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote:

>At 04 Jul 2010 07:41:23 -0700 John Navas wrote:
>> On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:31:50 -0600, in
>> <dwUXn.6556$Hw.4395(a)newsfe10.iad>, Todd Allcock
>> <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote:
>>
>> >At 03 Jul 2010 16:41:50 -0700 nospam wrote:
>>
>> >> i don't doubt that at&t is crippling their android offerings while
>> >> having an exclusive on the iphone.
>> >
>> >According to a friend of mine with one, AT&T limits Android app
>> >installation to Market apps only. This arguably could be to prevent
>> >awkward comparisons to the iPhone... ;)
>>
>> Android normally won't install a non-Market app unless a setting is
>> changed. Is your friend sure that setting has been disabled? Or does
>> your friend not know about the setting?
>
>Thanks, I'll ask her. Do you have a specific setting in mind or should I
>just Google it?

Menu > Settings > Applications > Unknown sources

--
John

If the iPhone and iPad are really so impressive,
then why do iFans keep making excuses for them?
From: Todd Allcock on 5 Jul 2010 08:22
At 04 Jul 2010 23:31:09 -0700 John Navas wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:47:54 -0600, in
> <NReYn.6064$Zi.5702(a)newsfe14.iad>, Todd Allcock
> <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote:
>
> >At 04 Jul 2010 07:41:23 -0700 John Navas wrote:
> >> On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:31:50 -0600, in
> >> <dwUXn.6556$Hw.4395(a)newsfe10.iad>, Todd Allcock
> >> <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >At 03 Jul 2010 16:41:50 -0700 nospam wrote:
> >>
> >> >> i don't doubt that at&t is crippling their android offerings while
> >> >> having an exclusive on the iphone.
> >> >
> >> >According to a friend of mine with one, AT&T limits Android app
> >> >installation to Market apps only. This arguably could be to prevent
> >> >awkward comparisons to the iPhone... ;)
> >>
> >> Android normally won't install a non-Market app unless a setting is
> >> changed. Is your friend sure that setting has been disabled? Or
does
> >> your friend not know about the setting?
> >
> >Thanks, I'll ask her. Do you have a specific setting in mind or
should I
> >just Google it?
>
> Menu > Settings > Applications > Unknown sources


Thanks, I'll pass it along!


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