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Re: Handling phone loss

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Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Sep 2015 16:04:44 +0000, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> 
> > Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 19:34:27 +0000, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> >> 
> >> > Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> wrote:
> >> > [...]
> >> >> It's not. I have a Nexus 5 and a Nexus 7 with vanilla Android, and
> >> >> it has that facility.
> >> > 
> >> >   IME and AFAICT from the posts in this and other groups (and fora),
> >> > there is no such thing as "vanilla Android".
> >> > 
> >> >   Each manufacturer/supplier has their *own* *stock* (not 'vanilla')
> >> > Android version. That is one of the biggest - if not the biggest -
> >> > disadvantage of Android, the lack of any standardization accross
> >> > brands.
> >> > 
> >> >   "Android, broken-by-(non-)design!"
> >> 
> >> While I agree in principle, surely a Google phone is less 'messed
> >> around' than any other one is likely to be?
> > 
> >   I don't know. Don't Google phones have any Google-phone-only apps?
> 
> Google. Google Play store. Google Drive. That's about it.

  No, I meant apps (or other 'enhancements') which are *not* available
on other brands.

  The ones you mention are available on all other brands. The Play Store
app is even a *required* app. Without it, the phone is basically
useless.

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  Re: Handling phone loss Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2015-09-03 10:49 +0100
    Re: Handling phone loss "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-09-03 20:25 +0200
  Re: Handling phone loss Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-03 09:58 +0000
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    Re: Handling phone loss Walter Briscoe <wbriscoe@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2015-09-03 11:48 +0100
      Re: Handling phone loss Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2015-09-03 13:49 +0000
        Re: Handling phone loss chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 15:31 +0100
          Re: Handling phone loss Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-03 17:44 +0000
            Re: Handling phone loss chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 09:04 +0100
              Re: Handling phone loss Walter Briscoe <wbriscoe@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2015-09-04 12:52 +0100
                Re: Handling phone loss "Woody" <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-04 15:29 +0100
                Re: Handling phone loss andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) - 2015-09-05 18:31 +0000
                Re: Handling phone loss Axel Berger <Axel_Berger@B.Maus.De> - 2015-09-06 17:02 +0200
                Re: Handling phone loss "Bob F" <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 14:24 -0700
                Re: Handling phone loss chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 09:47 +0100
                Re: Handling phone loss The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 09:05 -0700
                Re: Handling phone loss chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 16:20 +0100
                Re: Handling phone loss Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 23:12 +0100
            Re: Handling phone loss Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-04 19:34 +0000
              Re: Handling phone loss Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2015-09-04 20:44 +0100
                Re: Handling phone loss Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-05 16:02 +0000
              Re: Handling phone loss Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-04 20:22 +0000
                Re: Handling phone loss Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-05 16:04 +0000
                Re: Handling phone loss Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-05 18:53 +0000
                Re: Handling phone loss BugHunter <bughunter@com.invalid> - 2015-09-05 20:57 +0200
                Re: Handling phone loss Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-06 12:27 +0000
                Re: Handling phone loss Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2015-09-06 14:00 +0100
                Re: Handling phone loss Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-06 15:26 +0000
                Re: Handling phone loss Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2015-09-06 16:46 +0100
                Re: Handling phone loss Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-06 13:25 +0000
                Re: Handling phone loss Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-06 14:36 +0000
                Re: Handling phone loss Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-06 15:21 +0000
                Re: Handling phone loss David Taylor <davidt-news11@yadt.co.uk> - 2015-09-08 09:00 +0000
                Re: Handling phone loss Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-08 10:00 +0000
                Re: Handling phone loss Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2015-09-08 20:41 +0100
                Re: Handling phone loss The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 12:44 -0700
                Re: Handling phone loss Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-06 20:25 +0000
                Re: Handling phone loss The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 22:41 -0700
          Re: Handling phone loss "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-09-03 20:29 +0200
        Re: Handling phone loss "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-09-03 20:27 +0200
    Re: Handling phone loss F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-07 09:47 +1000
      Re: Handling phone loss Walter Briscoe <wbriscoe@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2015-09-07 08:37 +0100
      Re: Handling phone loss Albert Hirsch <doc@treadstone.net> - 2015-09-07 10:17 -0400
      Re: Handling phone loss "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-09-07 22:24 +0200
  Re: Handling phone loss chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 15:37 +0100

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