Comments on: Locale for Android Review http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/05/29/locale-for-android-review/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:02:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Someone http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/05/29/locale-for-android-review/comment-page-1/#comment-64959 Someone Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:51:46 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=15702#comment-64959 Couldn't you have just deleted the Locale app and reactivated the data connection manually? Couldn’t you have just deleted the Locale app and reactivated the data connection manually?

]]> By: Eug http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/05/29/locale-for-android-review/comment-page-1/#comment-55184 Eug Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:23:08 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=15702#comment-55184 Locale is no longer free. Too bad the Locale dev's got greedy and thuggish. Recently they took the steps of abandoning the free beta version, removing it from the Android Marketplace, and initiating a forced upgrade of all beta users. If you disregard the upgrade message you are unceremoniously exited from the app without a way to turn off the rules currently in place. I was unfortunate enough to be stuck in a rule that had my data connection turned off when this happened. My phone was held hostage. The devs were unhelpful and unapologetic. My only recourse was a factory reset on the phone. Uncool. Thank you two forty four a.m.! Locale is no longer free.

Too bad the Locale dev’s got greedy and thuggish. Recently they took the steps of abandoning the free beta version, removing it from the Android Marketplace, and initiating a forced upgrade of all beta users. If you disregard the upgrade message you are unceremoniously exited from the app without a way to turn off the rules currently in place.

I was unfortunate enough to be stuck in a rule that had my data connection turned off when this happened. My phone was held hostage. The devs were unhelpful and unapologetic. My only recourse was a factory reset on the phone. Uncool. Thank you two forty four a.m.!

]]> By: Rich_F http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/05/29/locale-for-android-review/comment-page-1/#comment-36677 Rich_F Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:57:56 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=15702#comment-36677 Looks a great product! Enough to make iPhone users jealous! But ... if you're happy to jailbreak your iPhone, check out MyProfiles (http://intelliborn.com/). It's got much of the same functionality as Locale. Downsides are that it's not free, the documentation is patchy, and so (in places) is the function. However, I am persevering with the 10 day free trial, and will probably end up buying - so I guess that's a (muted) recommendation. Looks a great product! Enough to make iPhone users jealous!

But … if you’re happy to jailbreak your iPhone, check out MyProfiles (http://intelliborn.com/). It’s got much of the same functionality as Locale.

Downsides are that it’s not free, the documentation is patchy, and so (in places) is the function. However, I am persevering with the 10 day free trial, and will probably end up buying – so I guess that’s a (muted) recommendation.

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