Almost through!

I went to the Service Center to get those guys to have a look at the USB problem. Those guys had the phone for a little while, came back, and said. your USB port is working fine.
I asked that they demo it to me, and they did.

It was surprising to me first, because, I had tried several times with both my home and office laptops, and this thing didn't blink an eye. I am not sure if it readily worked, or those guys had to do something. I didn't have the time to ask more questions to those guys, as I was in a hurry.

Ok, that brings us to:
Both the USB and BT have been setup.
We have an open issue on Android Market. I can probably expect a reply from them on Monday. I'll keep my fingers crossed, as to what they say.

I'll make another post with the list of all my installed apps within the next two days.

USB and Bluetooth: Teething problems.

First, I though that Bluetooth isn't working. I wanted to transfer some photos from my old phone, and enabled Bluetooth. But the phone wouldn't show up at all.

After searching for a while, I found how to connect using bluetooth.
Settings > Wireless & Networks > Bluetooth Settings > Discoverable:
Follow this sequence, and Mi310 will be open for other devices to connect for another two minutes. You can pair up with another mobile phone or computer during this time. I could successfully dial-up and listen to music on my computer.
The menu also shows up a list of devices that will connect.

The USB interface is still a mystery to me. I remember getting it to work once, after enabling USB tethering. But I can't get it to work now. After having tried multiple times, I have no option but to give up. I will be going to the service center tomorrow, and ask that guy to set it up for me. Will be an interesting experience tomorrow! Will update the blog further.

Oh, BTW, I got a vague reply from Spice Product support. They replied as if they dont know about Android Market at all. Have sent a detailed note to them explaining the Android Market problem, and let us hope that it get some good attention at Spice.

Yippee, finally got Swype

First, I was disappointed that I could not find Swype in the Android Market.

Luckily, they have a beta version open for Android, which you can install on the device. It can be found at the following URL:
http://beta.swype.com/

You will need to register with your email for it.

It is much better than the standard Qwerty.

Is it a computer of a cellphone?

Oh my gosh? I am looking up contacts and it is showing up only 7. Oh wait a minute! These are not the ones on my previous phone. Oh yes, these are my gmail contact. What happened to all of the contacts in Sim.

Strange, I would expect cellphones to initialize the address-book from the Sim first.

Ok, let me google!

Ah yes, there it is. I followed the procedure in the second post.

http://androidforums.com/g1-support/856-any-way-get-g-1-read-sim-contacts.html

"Open the contacts,
press menu,
tap settings,
tap sim contacts importer,
press menu,
tap import all. That's one way to get your SIM contacts on your phone."

and this little bugger imported the contacts from the SIM.

No wonder, Android is for geeks, and iphone is for 'chic's.

I got my Android!

After a long tussle with the online shop, I got hands on my first Android, the Spice Mi-310 on Monday.
Since then, I have been busy configuring the phone. Its mostly like a computer and not a phone.

The wireless is seamless, but I have dont have a WIFI for the phone at my office. So, I am using whatever little time I get away from Ananya (my little baby daughter) to configure the phone.

So far, the reactions have been mixed. Will follow up.