What Android cell phone or IPhone can I use in a prepaid plan?
I don’t care what service provider it is from, as long as it is prepaid and I can text and web, and probably talk, but not needed. Also, as long as it is an android phone or IPhone.
If you are in the US there are no prepaid androids (officially) but if you are thinking of getting an unlocked one you might wanna look at the band of the phone that you are buyin and see if it’s compatible with you carrier
http://www.criterioncellular.com/tutorials/findfrequencies.html
more advanced
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_us.shtml
as for the iphone I believe it will work on any band
see connectivity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
if you get an unlocked 1 that is
btw If you are in the uk I’ve heard they have t-mobile prepaid androids
T-Mobile G1 / HTC Dream Android live demo
Live demo of the T-Mobile G1 Google phone from the launch event in NYC. Full story and photos: http://www.mobileburn.com/gallery.jsp?Id=5366
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How Google Integrates With the Android Phone
Google and T-Mobile have teamed up to create a new breed of cell phone. The T-Mobile G1 is the world’s first Android Phone. An “android” is traditionally defined as a robot with human qualities. Perhaps the name was chosen because of the capabilities of this new phone.
It’s known as the T-Mobile G1 Android, the Android Phone, the G1 Phone, or (more informally) the Google Phone.
The G1 Phone integrates fully with your Google accounts. Here are a few of the features and capabilities of this new cell phone:
- An Android phone allows you to browse the Internet just as you would on a normal computer.
- It allows one to run several applications at the same time, on one phone. You can switch between applications, and you can also be notified when something new occurs on one of those applications.
- It allows you to chat and share photos on applications such as Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, etc.
- It allows you to copy URLs and share them with friends via a chat line, using a simple touch-screen interface.
The following Google applications can be accessed and used directly by the Android Phone:
- Google Maps
- YouTube
- Gmail
- Contacts
- Calendar
- IM (Instant Message)
All of these Google applications will be available to you with a single logon – and they will automatically be synchronized with the web. What that means is that any change you make in one of your google accounts from your phone will also show up the next time you log on from any other computer.
For example, when you are out and about with your phone and you meet a new contact, you might want to save their contact information. All you do is save it into your Google Contacts on your G1 phone. That information will be available to you any time online, in your Gmail account, and in any other applicable Google account, and you can access it through any computer in the world which is connected to the Internet.
Any information you save on your phone in this way will appear on your computer as well – and vice-versa.
If you lose or break your phone, you won’t lose your information. Your data will be there waiting for you on your Google account, which you can access the next time you are online. And there is no need to worry about your information being stolen, as its password-protected.
Here is another example of the a use of a Google Android phone. Once you have a contact address saved into your Google account, you can easily find that location on a map – using Google Maps, of course. And what’s more, you can access street level events in any area where this is available.
This makes it a breeze to get directions to a new location! Simply find your contact on a a map with a couple of clicks, and use a street-level view to find your way if needed!
Another example of the use of the this phone is the integration of the cell phone with your Google Calendar. Any event you save on your Google Calendar will be available to you on your phone, wherever you are. So you can access your schedule easily, on the go and from anywhere, as long as you have your phone with you.
No more schedule books! And you can say goodbye to those tiny notebooks and pads of paper you carry around so that you can jot down notes and phone numbers.
What’s more, once you save information on your Android phone, there’s no need to transfer it over after you get home. Its all there, safely stored on your Google account, for ready access whenever you need it.
Anna
http://www.articlesbase.com/computers-articles/how-google-integrates-with-the-android-phone-714939.html
How do I clear our memory on an Android device?
I own an Andoid based handset. It keep telling me that its internal memeory is low. I’ve unistalled many unused 3rd part apps, and restart the device. Its still saying its running low. I guess there are cache’s/legacy files remaining somewhere…
I am familiar with the system structure of S60 and WindowsMobile, but am new to Android. Where/how do I look to clean things up?
try setting | managed applications | menu button(sort by size) | click app | clear data…
http://www.ubiquitous-software.com/
Google Android Mobile Phones
Google Android sounds like the name of a mobile phone, but it’s actually not. The name Google Android is used to refer to the OS of the mobile phone. The market is flooded with with mobile phones these days, and consumers are spoilt for choice. So what makes Google Android so different? And why should anyone start using a totally different OS altogether?
Currently, the better known mobile operating systems in the market are Symbian, Palm, Windows Mobile and more recently, OS X for iPhone. These operating systems are all competing for market share. But the similar aspect of these operating systems is that they are all closed systems. In other words, no one else, but the companies themselves can develop applications for the OS (with the exception of OS X, which we shall discuss later).
Therefore, all mobile phones that are equipped with these operating systems have limited applications that can be installed.
Recognizing the rising trend of the open network, Google is hoping to change all that with Google Android. With the SDK (Software Development Kit) offered by Google, developers can truly innovate and come up with applications that can be installed in Google Android. We have all seen this concept taking the Internet by storm.
For instance, we see the Firefox browser closing the gap with Internet explorer. It’s able to catch up quickly because it allows developers to develop useful extensions for the browsers. To date, there are hundreds of extensions for the Firefox browser, and its popularity is still rising. The same goes for social community sites. MySpace used to be the top social community site. But Facebook became popular really fast, and have risen to be on par with MySpace. Again, it happened because Facebook started allowing developers to launch applications on its platform.
The signals are clear. The open concept works, and Google Android is looking to overtake all the other mobile operating systems. The project is now being undertaken by the Open Handset Alliance, which is a group of companies formed by Google, T-Mobile, Sprint, Vodaphone, HTC, Motorola, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and other players in the mobile phone industry.
Eventually, fans can’t help but compare Google Android with Apple’s OS X. After all, the Apple iPhone is immensely popular, and it also allows developers to develop third party applications for the iPhones, and distribute them through Apple’s website. However, the OS X also has a limitation – it can only work with the iPhone. So if you don’t like the iPhone (rare, but it happens), you are out of luck.
Google Android looks set to become the leading OS. It’s just a matter of time. Already, the Open Handset Alliance is working with mobile phone manufacturers to develop Android mobile phones. So don’t be surprised to find mobile phones from major brands such as Samsung, HTC, Motorola, etc. in the near future.
Gen Wright
http://www.articlesbase.com/computer-forensics-articles/google-android-mobile-phones-715057.html