Comments on: GMAIL for Blackberry wants access to my phone logs?! http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4 Blah Blah Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:42:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Blackberry Gmail Conspiracy Theory « Lance’s Thought Stream http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-8 Blackberry Gmail Conspiracy Theory « Lance’s Thought Stream Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:44:47 +0000 http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4#comment-8 [...] the comments on the blog posting at: http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4 GMail is invoking Phone.getActiveCall(), which returns null when there is no call. It’s part of [...] [...] the comments on the blog posting at: http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4 GMail is invoking Phone.getActiveCall(), which returns null when there is no call. It’s part of [...]

]]> By: Jason http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-7 Jason Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:42:45 +0000 http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4#comment-7 Yes, exactly (we do the same thing *grin*). There are a few other APIs to guess if there is a solid network connection, but this API has been around for a while, so it will work on "older" devices. GMail is optimized for OS 4.0, I would guess. (Notice how the menu is the same with the trackball click or the context menu key). This appears on the 8800 because it's the first device to ship with OS 4.2.1, which contains some new security stuff. Yes, exactly (we do the same thing *grin*). There are a few other APIs to guess if there is a solid network connection, but this API has been around for a while, so it will work on “older” devices. GMail is optimized for OS 4.0, I would guess. (Notice how the menu is the same with the trackball click or the context menu key).

This appears on the 8800 because it’s the first device to ship with OS 4.2.1, which contains some new security stuff.

]]> By: Darren http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-6 Darren Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:31:06 +0000 http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4#comment-6 Jason, thank you that helps explain it, so the application is attempting to determine if there is an active phone call before it connects to the google servers to retrieve mail? Any idea why this shows up on my 8800 and not on any earlier models? Jason, thank you that helps explain it, so the application is attempting to determine if there is an active phone call before it connects to the google servers to retrieve mail?

Any idea why this shows up on my 8800 and not on any earlier models?

]]> By: Jason http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-5 Jason Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:51:43 +0000 http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4#comment-5 GMail is invoking Phone.getActiveCall(), which returns null when there is no call. It's part of determining when there is likely to be a network connection. (BlackBerrys cannot do voice+data at the same instant) http://www.blackberry.com/developers/docs/4.2api/net/rim/blackberry/api/phone/Phone.html#getActiveCall() GMail is invoking Phone.getActiveCall(), which returns null when there is no call. It’s part of determining when there is likely to be a network connection. (BlackBerrys cannot do voice+data at the same instant)

http://www.blackberry.com/developers/docs/4.2api/net/rim/blackberry/api/phone/Phone.html#getActiveCall()

]]> By: Hashi http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-4 Hashi Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:21:15 +0000 http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4#comment-4 That definitely sounds a little *scary.* It's funny how used to this stuff we become. I haven't heard this mentioned anywhere else. Does no one care? I'm all for this shift to the <a href="http://advancedmediacommittee.typepad.com/emmyadvancedmedia/2007/01/over_the_top_fi.html" rel="nofollow">digital, over the top networks</a> -- but when I see stuff like this, I want to grab my rabbit ears and hand on for life. Hashi That definitely sounds a little *scary.*

It’s funny how used to this stuff we become. I haven’t heard this mentioned anywhere else. Does no one care?

I’m all for this shift to the digital, over the top networks — but when I see stuff like this, I want to grab my rabbit ears and hand on for life.

Hashi

]]> By: Why Does Gmail Access Your BlackBerry Phone Logs? | RIMarkable | The official, unofficial BlackBerry Weblog http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-3 Why Does Gmail Access Your BlackBerry Phone Logs? | RIMarkable | The official, unofficial BlackBerry Weblog Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:43:42 +0000 http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=4#comment-3 [...] Darren Albers has. [...] [...] Darren Albers has. [...]

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