Comments on: Fun with my new Droid https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/30/fun-with-my-new-droid/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:07:28 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/30/fun-with-my-new-droid/#comment-15733 TB Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:09:15 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15844#comment-15733 I see no reason my camera, for example, needs a "special" USB port, other than making me buy their cables. If I'm missing a technical reason, clue me in. I see no reason my camera, for example, needs a “special” USB port, other than making me buy their cables.

If I’m missing a technical reason, clue me in.

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/30/fun-with-my-new-droid/#comment-15731 Robert Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:56:54 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15844#comment-15731 The USB is a proprietary design, so you'll need the adapter cable they supply. It's charged through the USB port, too, and comes with a little power block with a USB port on it. No external antenna port. I wonder if there are conduction amplifiers that you put next to the unit to feed it boosted signal? If not, somebody ought to make one. The USB is a proprietary design, so you’ll need the adapter cable they supply. It’s charged through the USB port, too, and comes with a little power block with a USB port on it.

No external antenna port. I wonder if there are conduction amplifiers that you put next to the unit to feed it boosted signal? If not, somebody ought to make one.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/30/fun-with-my-new-droid/#comment-15729 bowser Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:38:16 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15844#comment-15729 I'm trying to think of a way to improve wifi reception in a van. Don't think this is possible, is it? I’m trying to think of a way to improve wifi reception in a van.

Don’t think this is possible, is it?

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/30/fun-with-my-new-droid/#comment-15579 Robert Tue, 05 Jun 2012 01:16:10 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15844#comment-15579 Thanks. It turned 2,133,936,000 just now. n/t Thanks. It turned 2,133,936,000 just now. n/t

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/30/fun-with-my-new-droid/#comment-15570 Robert Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:22:49 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15844#comment-15570 I think my Tab is androgynoid. n/t I think my Tab is androgynoid. n/t

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/30/fun-with-my-new-droid/#comment-15569 Robert Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:21:42 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15844#comment-15569 Glad I could help n/t Glad I could help n/t

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/30/fun-with-my-new-droid/#comment-15537 bowser Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:20:15 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15844#comment-15537 Or for carrying around if on a longer anything. I just like to have one for the MP3 player because I get frustrated if the battery goes when I'm in the middle of a walk. With the right adapter they'll do for anything. Mine is identical to the one pictured but was $20. Well, that answers all the questions I have. Can't think of a reason to not get one. I can only hope I'm clever enough to utilize it. My next budget cycle. As ever, my ongoing thanks. Bowser Or for carrying around if on a longer anything. I just like to have one for the MP3 player because I get frustrated if the battery goes when I’m in the middle of a walk. With the right adapter they’ll do for anything. Mine is identical to the one pictured but was $20.

Well, that answers all the questions I have. Can’t think of a reason to not get one. I can only hope I’m clever enough to utilize it.

My next budget cycle. As ever, my ongoing thanks.

Bowser

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/30/fun-with-my-new-droid/#comment-15536 Jody Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:02:44 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15844#comment-15536 You should see my car from orb......oh wait...it is smaller than a pregnant gnat just from the second story window...never mind. You should see my car from orb……oh wait…it is smaller than a pregnant gnat just from the second story window…never mind.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/30/fun-with-my-new-droid/#comment-15535 Jody Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:00:26 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15844#comment-15535 So...do you play with Androids...or Gynoids? So…do you play with Androids…or Gynoids?

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/30/fun-with-my-new-droid/#comment-15529 TB Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:10:01 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15844#comment-15529 <p>There are lots of Sprinters all over Europe.</p> They're built by Mercedes, but used to be imported and sold in the U.S. by Dodge. Now Mercedes has taken the product back. The diesel engine, like many diesels, is practically immortal, and you can find used ones for sale on E-bay and elsewhere with over 200,000 miles on them. Most American Sprinters are cargo versions (no windows) and see use as delivery trucks or ambulances. "Bus" versions are common too, with windows and a bus-style side door. There is a passenger version sold off the lots, but they have rows of seats that are way too bus-like for a family vehicle. Most conversions like mine are built from the cargo versions. Until recently, the closest official Sprinter-carrying Mercedes dealer was near Sacramento. Now Behler Motors down Tully Road carries them. Go take a look! Apparently idiotic import restrictions (see "Chicken Tax") require Mercedes to build these things (at least the cargo version) in Europe, disassemble them, ship them here, and re-assemble them in American plants. Guess how that affects the prices. There are lots of Sprinters all over Europe.

They’re built by Mercedes, but used to be imported and sold in the U.S. by Dodge. Now Mercedes has taken the product back. The diesel engine, like many diesels, is practically immortal, and you can find used ones for sale on E-bay and elsewhere with over 200,000 miles on them.

Most American Sprinters are cargo versions (no windows) and see use as delivery trucks or ambulances. “Bus” versions are common too, with windows and a bus-style side door.

There is a passenger version sold off the lots, but they have rows of seats that are way too bus-like for a family vehicle. Most conversions like mine are built from the cargo versions.

Until recently, the closest official Sprinter-carrying Mercedes dealer was near Sacramento. Now Behler Motors down Tully Road carries them. Go take a look!

Apparently idiotic import restrictions (see “Chicken Tax”) require Mercedes to build these things (at least the cargo version) in Europe, disassemble them, ship them here, and re-assemble them in American plants. Guess how that affects the prices.

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