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I've been using the HTC Dream for a couple of weeks now, and it's been pretty good so far. I haven't had to break out any hacker-fu to get anything working. Mostly I just had to download apps to do stuff. The only complaints I have are that battery life is too short, especially when 3G is on, and I can't find an app allowing me to transfer files with bluetooth. If anyone can point me in that direction, I would be much obliged.


I believe that bluetooth support on Android is currently limited to headsets.

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/08/some-informat...


So bluetooth file transfer at 28kbps with some old school modem hackery, awesome :)


Someone could write an App that pretends to be an old Hayes modem.


Turn off location services, that added about one day to my battery.

Also, if you have rooted phone, you can try scp (or samba) over wifi. I know, it is not obex over bluetooth, but should be faster.


I've been holding off for a few months, waiting for other Android devices to come out. The way I see it, Apple just has the iPhone. Android can run on anything else.


True, but the upcoming devices (only the HTC Magic as far as I can see) don't seem that much more appealing than the G1.

I like that the G1 has a physical keyboard, that's pretty much the main reason I bought mine (as opposed to waiting for the HTC Magic).




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