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If I hadn't spent my tech budget 3 times over and already use a smartphone I would pick this up to try it. Gmail should work through a browser anyway. Maps??

At least the phone selection is now closer to the 21st century.

bridonca said:

It will be interesting to see if Maps, Gmail, and Youtube will work out of the box with Speakout UMB, because this phone uses Android v2.3.6, which needed battery draining 3rd party apps to get anything other than browsing to work. The phone had to be rooted also. With Android v4+, when the proxy settings were added, most apps just worked.

I bought this phone through the Speakout Website.
You are correct that only the Browsing works with the Speakout UMB. The Apps only work with WiFi turned on. I have tried to root the phone to install proxydroid but none of the online "tools" available seem to work on the Canadian version of the phone. Tha being said , you can access your gmail, facebook, twitter , etc using the browser so it's not a big deal I guess.

Hey bridonca, can you clarify this to me: If we are using ICS (Android 4.0+) on our device, we do not need any additional proxy app to use the UMB with most apps? I'm personally interested in apps like Gmail, Gmaps, GReader, Whatsapp - do they all work? I don't expect VOIP (GrooveIP, Fongo etc) clients to work, but I'd be very surprised if that was the case as well.

I see the proxy settings in the access point settings, but I've never tried it before.

Regarding the browser options above. I've found Dolphin to be a pretty capable browser on slower android devices. I used it on a 600MHz Optimus One for sometime. Might be worth a shot.

I have been interested in picking up the Roger's version of this phone to use for it's gps function. I am more interested in using a computer-web based map to find the phone or use the internal gps to log the phone's location. For those that have this phone and have it rooted, if maps don't work does the gps still work for location tracking?

most android device while have AGPS, the 'A' part is disabled by default

So for low end device(like my galaxy gio), it takes it lots of time to make the first lock of the GPS sat(including download necessary data all via the GPS link), about 10-15 minutes. But once it is locked, it is much better.

my xperia ray on the other hand locks super fast.

so GPS thus map works just fine on SO AFAIK.

Gtalk would not work but you can use nimbuzz etc. as proxy.

Got the phone!

All the Android apps for Gingerbread work. I can even Skype on 3G or Hspda, but with no facing camera only voice/messaging. I miss the FM radio but I can switch to on-line stations

An interesting detail I caught on the phone box is that it was built for Koodo but rebranded to Speakout or debranded [did not check to see if it is just an unlocked phone]. I did not use the provided SIM as I had a data active Speakout SIM that I just simply moved to this phone.

The phone can also be forced to use 2G to save battery.

Battery seems to last all day in my use with data on [not just 2G] and no WiFi turned on [why bother with unlimited data for this price]!

It was shipped from what appears to be an apartment in Calgary.

Donnie said:

I have been interested in picking up the Roger's version of this phone to use for it's gps function. I am more interested in using a computer-web based map to find the phone or use the internal gps to log the phone's location. For those that have this phone and have it rooted, if maps don't work does the gps still work for location tracking?

I did not need to root.

GPS and AGPS both work out of the Speakout box. I have used the Tracking app in a previous Android phone and it will log but needs the data just for the Google map, which can be loaded later too.

I have used this LG L3 in Google maps with voice direction just fine.

I am getting the impression that not all of the phones shipped work the same.

I bought the rogers version, on sale right now at Futureshop for $90. It worked with my speakout sim right out of the box, no unlock needed and google maps worked as well. According to GPS status app, AGPS was enabled by default and it got a good quick lock on google maps (when connected wifi), no rooting required.
I bought this mainly to put in my car and use it to track the daily trips, locations my car goes to. I don't need real time checking, just a good app that keeps track of the location throughout the day. I'm new to this, what does offline map mode do? Does anyone know a good gps app that just maps the phones location throughout the day?