Comments on: Google Bringing Scrumptious Eclair To Android

By: icecreampaintjob

icecreampaintjob — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:04:49 +0000

@ Alex

Dude… some serious facepalmage is in order… there’s been a virtual keyboard out for a looong time… how do you think htc hero and magic users were able to type?

By: Russell

Russell — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:09:07 +0000

Is the MyTouch android 2.0 compatible?

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:28:31 +0000

I only hope that they fix the horribly broken email client.

By: Vap1d

Vap1d — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:31:30 +0000

Yea, I’m like wtf is Alex talking about.. I have a Samsung Galaxy / i7500 which has no physical keyboard. EVERYTHING that I use the virtual keyboard for works in landscape..

By: JoeMomma

JoeMomma — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:25:03 +0000

@alex….What are you talking about there has been a landscape VK since the VK came out. Which was last april. keep up

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:51:21 +0000

Are they ever going to put a LANDSCAPE virtual keyboard in one of these updates soon enough.
One that is useable on anything.

Sometimes I am even too lazy to open up the keyboard.
Not to mention the lagginess of orientation switching, and the fact that portrait is annoying…

By: siccmade

siccmade — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:36:57 +0000

looking good…wonder how long until the devs get there hands on this?? New roms here we come!!

By: NiiDiddy

NiiDiddy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:16:55 +0000

I REALLY dont have any issues with T-Mobile, or what they offer in smartphones. As an i.t guy, I can make anything work with any smartphone so that is the least of my issues, so long as the phone looks decent. I guess it comes down to priorities. For me, mine is Customer Service – and that is why I am with T-Mobile first and foremost. I am sure most of you will agree that if in fact the smartphones themselves is all we wanted to see and have with T-Mobile, half of you who write on this post would have long left T-Mobile for another carrier…either that or you’d be buying other unlocked phone to use with T-Mobile network. So it’s a bit more than just phones. We ALL love our Magenta company a little more than just that!!! In 2003, I made the mistake of leaving T-Mobile to AT&T, but I was gone for ONE WEEK and came running back with regret…and tail between my legs! So I dont even want to hear about AT&T and ANYTHING they have to offer, including the iPhone or other phones!!!

Secondly, I am glad that my people (friends) from T-Mobile talked me into sticking with Android powered phones after a tough struggle to ween myself from the ultimate ‘”Crack”…berry’! My first Android phone is myTough3G and I like it ALOT. I am sure better phones will show up in the near future so I like my chances and love the phone that first introduced me to Android.

Third, I am looking forward to bigger and better things with Android OS and with T-Mobile. If you think about it really – T-Mobile is like Toyota in the Android World. Toyota leases out their Hybrid technology to a bunch of car manufacturers who might not have the time/money to develop their own R&D for the technology. T-Mobile along with Google, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Samsung, LG, Nvidia, and Wind River Systems came up with this Open Handset Alliance…while the technology is not really ours, other companies will have to go through the OHA to use the technology on their handsets – I am sure that brings T-Mobile some big bucks in their coffers too. thats good business, if you ask me.

The bottom line is that we all need to be patient with T-Mobile. Things…good things happen in due time. I’d rather them not rush to make a quick buck but take their time and systematically compete with the other larger companies.

Good things happen for those who wait! That’s my 2 Cents…probably for a different forum, but it still works here :)

By: James

James — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:52:20 +0000

@Fila

The droid will be the first phone with Google 2.0 (Elcair)..the rest of the phone manufactuers will have access to 2.0 in 2010. From my understanding Verizon cut a deal with Google to be able to pull this off. Shame really since Tmo was the first to carry Android..I cant wait for this project dark business to hit cause hopefully it changes the way Tmo does business. We get the Moto Cliq, Verizon gets the Droid..instead of the Hero (european version) we get a rebadged Magic. Tmo hopefully will get out of this catering mostly to the “tweens” and offer better phones to all.

By: jeck

jeck — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:24:52 +0000

Hmmm, don’t know why but I’m not impressed much by it. A few graphical updates to the icons, some small functionality added, a new lock screen, nothing major, not sure if it warrants a whole new version number…this is like going from windows 6.1 to 6.5…this should have been android 1.6.