Comments for seife's assorted rants

Comment on Android sucks bigtime by seife

seife — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:30:56 +0000

That’s true. I don’t want to go through complicated steps and spend additional money for standard functionality. I mean - this is like not being able to make a phone call without installing an “app” first. Bluetooth PAN / DUN is just plain basic functionality for a data-capable phone.

Comment on Android sucks bigtime by Chris

Chris — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:25:03 +0000

Among all the Linux-based OS’s,, WebOS is the only one that gets it right: easy, functional, _official_ tethering. You klick the app, you tether.

Comment on Android sucks bigtime by M. Martin

M. Martin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:59:11 +0000

http://www.androidtapp.com/pdanet-for-android/

http://www.softsailor.com/how-to/mobile-how-to/15567-3-simple-ways-to-tether-an-android.html

http://androidcommunity.com/a-new-way-to-tether-without-root-20100212/

oh, that’s right, I forgot–you didn’t want to spend either money or brainpower to get what you want….by that criteria, you’re absolutely right: the android platform ’sucks bigtime’

Comment on Android sucks bigtime by Iznogood

Iznogood — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:11:28 +0000

Having to install a app or rooting a device in order to have functionality that we have had on phones since “dawn” of gsm networks here in Europe is starting to annoy me.

I promise I will only buy phones that let me do standard functionality out of box.
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Iphone : NO - i do not want to have itunes, just to “activate” my phone, thank you
Android : NO - no tethering or bluetooth PAN/DUN

Now I’m sure there is more phone OS that should go on my list, but these 2 are the ones that I can think of right now.

Notice a pattern? Both are made by American companies….

People - vote with your money! Don’t buy “broken” phones

Comment on Android sucks bigtime by seife

seife — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:54:54 +0000

Actually, this is a non-branded, genuine motorola milestone. So I fail to see what it has to do with my mobile provider. The exact same SIM can do PAN and DUN just fine in a Sony Ericsson C510.

And I have seen lots of android users asking for “how to do tethering” etc on the internet, so it obviously seems to be a common deficiency.
Do you have a hint on how to enable BT DUN or NAP?

Comment on Android sucks bigtime by Richy

Richy — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:15:02 +0000

If you have a windowsbox n900 would be OK !!!!

Comment on Android sucks bigtime by ruurd

ruurd — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:06:24 +0000

I think you need to change the title to: my mobile provider sucks big time.

Comment on Rearranging Accounts in Claws-Mail by Followup: Accounts in Claws-Mail « seife’s assorted rants

Followup: Accounts in Claws-Mail « seife’s assorted rants — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:48:48 +0000

[...] to let everyone know that it was me being blind and not Claws-Mail lacking the function to rearrange the Folder list. As Paul pointed out in his [...]

Comment on Rearranging Accounts in Claws-Mail by seife

seife — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:39:12 +0000

Yes, definitely. And I am obviously blind :). Thanks for the hint, and thanks for this really awesome piece of software. I appreciate it every day.

Comment on Rearranging Accounts in Claws-Mail by Paul

Paul — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:38:23 +0000

What you were looking for is /File/Change Folder Order