I am 71 and just got my FIRST cellphone. It's an LG Optimus V. This is going to be quite a trip. I'm the guy who still uses a pencil and paper.
Peter
Peter
So this is the 20th century.
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Lol, you're going to leave peter alone.. OK now.
Hello.
welcome to Android Central forum.
We're happy to have you on board.
I wanna go to the 22nd century. So many cool things are bound to come about. Too bad I won't live that long.
RHChan84
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The forum was insistent about introductions so here's how I found myself here.
Despite working as a C/C++/Java developer for 20+ years, I've never been big on phone technology. My first wireless was from Qualcom and it did what I needed it to do -- made phone calls. Then we moved out of the Sprint PCS service area and my employer provided a Nokia on the Cingular network because the wired switch was maxed out. AT&T took over, employer provides discount and is also the only provider with acceptable coverage. Eventually I acquired a Centro which merged 2 devices into 1 and would actually sync calendars with the office GroupWise system. I could also write my own applications for it using the Palm SDK. I got it from a big box store so it had no data plan and I never used the browser, email, or other web applications. After 3 years, it died and my choices ranged from super-basic for cheap to iPhone4 for big bucks so I ended up with LG Phoenix which will, no doubt, drag me into the 21st century.
I was sad to learn that this phone has disabled easy sideloading and I wound up here to begin the process of learning about Android in general and the specific implementation I have. Maybe somewhere along the line I'll feel brave enough to take it to root but despite its name, I doubt that it will be able to re-create itself from ashes so for now I'm mostly going to lurk and learn and maybe ask a question about where I can go to find out more. The Android SDK is probably going to be added to my toolkit if for no other reason than to learn about application structure.
Despite working as a C/C++/Java developer for 20+ years, I've never been big on phone technology. My first wireless was from Qualcom and it did what I needed it to do -- made phone calls. Then we moved out of the Sprint PCS service area and my employer provided a Nokia on the Cingular network because the wired switch was maxed out. AT&T took over, employer provides discount and is also the only provider with acceptable coverage. Eventually I acquired a Centro which merged 2 devices into 1 and would actually sync calendars with the office GroupWise system. I could also write my own applications for it using the Palm SDK. I got it from a big box store so it had no data plan and I never used the browser, email, or other web applications. After 3 years, it died and my choices ranged from super-basic for cheap to iPhone4 for big bucks so I ended up with LG Phoenix which will, no doubt, drag me into the 21st century.
I was sad to learn that this phone has disabled easy sideloading and I wound up here to begin the process of learning about Android in general and the specific implementation I have. Maybe somewhere along the line I'll feel brave enough to take it to root but despite its name, I doubt that it will be able to re-create itself from ashes so for now I'm mostly going to lurk and learn and maybe ask a question about where I can go to find out more. The Android SDK is probably going to be added to my toolkit if for no other reason than to learn about application structure.
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