* Posts by clp

5 publicly visible posts • joined 30 Oct 2012

Fairphone thinks its fair to offer a not-very-major and slightly-more-recycled new model

clp

Re: Buying

That's strange. I bought a retail FF3 early this year, from reseller Ballicom, to use with my existing contract. Vodafone sent me a new SIM and it was good to go :)

Singapore releases the robot hounds to enforce social distancing in parks

clp

Re: Local wildlife

No, it's legs would be stolen, leaving the body propped up on bricks :)

What do you call megabucks Microsoft? No really, it's not a joke. El Reg needs you

clp

The Dairy Farm

(full of cash cows?)

RIM PlayBook trumps new iPad in UK channel sales - analyst

clp

Re: Playbook

PB standby allows apps to keeping running in the background. That wasn't what I expected from 'standby', based on PC experience, but it does explain why the battery only lasts a few days in that mode.

I like my PB a lot and for the price I think it leads the field. Only issues I've found are:

- Although robust, it's a bit heavy to hold in the hand without resting it on something

- Browser crashes (vanishes) from time to time

- Slow responsiveness on change of tablet orientation

Android, heal thyself

clp
Happy

A sense of perspective

I am not overly concerned with Android security, because it is still at the level of not working and not being fit for purpose.

I want my HTC Desire Z (Android 2.3 - no more updates forthcoming except if I had time and inclination to hack one in) mail client and Exchange (2010) ActiveSync to work reliably, not just occasionally, to sync contacts straight away, instead of after a few days or maybe not at all. I want it to send just a single copy of each email I send, rather than timing out, giving me an error meanwhile the message have gone to my Sent folder while it gets ready to send the next copy. In short it is fatally broken.

For a while a used a third part email client, which solved the time out and multiple email send issues (ahah, at least it's not a hardware issue) when sending over SMTP, but it did not support Exchange 2010. I tried another apparently highly regarded mail client for ActiveSync, but that spent half the time crashing, after which I decided I really didn't have time for this stuff.

All that might be due to bugs in Android, HTC software or whatever Vodafone put on top, but that effectively leave me nowhere to go to look for a resolution. It has seriously blighted my experience of Android and I would be very reluctant to spend out on another Android phone.

My solution to the email issues has been to buy a Blackberry, which at least works reliably and fast, except for lacking native Exchange ActiveSync at this present time.

So, my only experience of an Android device is it's great as an internet toy, media player and telephone, but worse than useless as a serious piece of business kit. Security? Don't make me laugh.

Thanks for listening :-)