Re: Handling phone loss

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android, uk.telecom
Subject	Re: Handling phone loss
Date	2015-09-06 15:21 +0000
Organization	NOYB
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Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Sep 2015 13:25:40 +0000, Bob Eager wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 06 Sep 2015 12:27:52 +0000, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > 
> >> 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.
> > 
> > In that case, nothing. Which was my point.
> 
> Or, to put it more clearly for you. it has no specific Google apps.
> 
> It is vanilla Android.

  I find that hard to believe, because that would make Google phones
less 'feature'-rich than (m)any other phone(s), especially Samsung's.

  But since I don't have access to - nor data about [1] - a Google
phone, so I can't prove this one way or the other. So for the moment, I
- have to - accept your info.

[1] I can probably Google :-) for this data, but ATM I can't be
bothered.

Thread

Handling phone loss Walter Briscoe <wbriscoe@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2015-09-03 10:32 +0100
  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
    Re: Handling phone loss Someone Somewhere <nntpac@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 11:27 +0100
    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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