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Originally Posted by chardog
I think I'm pretty right with the xp to vista upgrade. That's as best as I can describe it in tech terms. Vonnie is already wanting to mess with android from the TP2.
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I didn't mean to start any problems here. To me this is an interesting thread. I enjoy Chardogs comments even if he might misunderstand my motivation a bit. To me it doesn't matter a whole lot about how the TP2 stacks up against more powerful devices such as the EVO. I can't use an EVO on my plan. In the early 80s I spent months working with and programming computers that didn't have a tenth of the power the TP2 packs in a device that will fit in a shirt pocket.
I purchased two TP2s on Ebay over the weekend, one is scheduled to arrive this coming Thursday and the other on Friday. It wouldn't matter to me how perfect the OS was out of the box. I like to get into the nuts and bolts of everything that I purchase. This includes everything from bicycles and hang gliders, to lumber mill equipment to cars, trucks, motorcycles, airplanes, computers, phones, DVD players and almost every other electronic gadget I get my hands on. When I first got the PPC-6700 aka the HTC Apache, it never gave me any grief, but I started tweaking the setup almost immediately. Even using WM 6.5 and Opera 10 surfing on the tiny screen of the Apache is a challenge. I am really looking forward to the larger screen of the TP2.
The TP2 is the best phone that Sprint will allow us to use without giving up our Fair and Flexible Plan. To me that is a challenge. I am very excited about trying out all the great stuff that I have been reading about here and in other forums. The truth is I have too many projects right now, but this one has caught my imagination. As I stated previously Sprint through their corporate policies is trying to force me to drop a plan that I was told that I could keep for as long as I wanted. Because of this if I can get most of the functionality of a more advanced phone by tweaking the TP2, it will give me a real sense of satisfaction.
As far as Microsoft Operating Systems... I have used them all from MS-DOS 2 on up. Many years ago I had a work study job as a computer lab assistant helping students and maintaining dozens of computers running MS-DOS 3.1. Microsoft has had some Operating Systems that many considered losers; in my experience even those builds considered losers by most could all be tweaked to work just fine.
I never had any substantial issues with ME or Vista. For years I have been helping friends with their computer problems; often they have had issues that they blamed on the OS. I can't actually remember any case where the problems my friends were certain were from deficiencies in the OS... actually had anything much to do with the OS. Even after I got them up and running and explained the issue with them... they would often be back to blaming the OS a short time later.
As far as Android... I don't have any problems with Windows but I still like to play with Linux now and then on my laptops and desktop computers. Sprint won't let me put an Android phone on my plan, using Android on the TP2 will give me a very special thrill.
