[OFB Cafe] My Droid Preview

Steven Hatfield stevenhatfield at mac.com
Mon Nov 2 06:16:51 CST 2009


If it adds to the discussion, I can see the quotes, however different  
than normal, on my iPhone just fine.

Steven

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 2, 2009, at 7:14 AM, saki <tjmc at torhouse.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:

> Jens Benecke wrote:
>
>> thereâ??s something wrong about your or my character set although  
>> we both use UTF-8 (according to the mail headers). Can you see my  
>> â??German styleâ?? quoting (opening quotes look like two commas)?  
>> Or are they also mangled like I see them when you quote me? Screen 
>> shot for me:
>
> Same at this end- I get an accented a followed by two white on black  
> question marks for your quotation marks.
>
>> They summarized:
>> very good business features, but small display, barely acceptable  
>> camera quality, and rather bad (phone) sound quality.
>
> We obviously looked at different reviews, although to someone used  
> to the screen real estate on other 'phones it might seem small. It  
> does give a good seven line text interface, very neat and clear.
>
> As for sound quality, I only use it for voice, and it is again a  
> subjective assessment.
>
>> I?m looking at Android but it doesn?t make a finished, polished  
>> impression on me yet. Plus, the Android phones I was interested in  
>> were just as expensive as the iPhone.
>
> Yes, but I am sure that these will come down rapidly in price as the  
> performance and reliability improves, and the number of applications  
> increases. I do like FOSS, and have to declare my interest!
>
> Terence
>
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