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[Dan Trevino <dantrevino@xxxxxxxxxx>]

2010/5/20 Michał Karnicki <mkarnicki@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> (here or generally an option to just sync in wlans or wlan +
>> 3g would be great) otherwise it should warn you when the download
>> would exceed a user selected sync limit (useful for some dataplans).
>
> Will be included in future versions :) Good point! (check out the specs
> wiki)
>

I'm not sure I can articulate how much I dislike this idea.

The android is an internet phone.  I'm sensitive to the fact that not
everyone can have "unlimited" data plans (not even those of us with
unlimited plans have unlimited plans), but giving users a false sense
of security by saying 'you've only synced 1 MB in U1' is not a good
idea.

This should be a separate system level app and several already exist. [1]

Best practice seems to be a warning/disclaimer the first time you run
the app saying that the user is responsible for data chargers, blah,
blah, blah.

Maybe I hate users or something, I dont know.  I just think this is
better implemented elsewhere.  U1fA should stick to U1.  IMHO.

[1] http://www.appbrain.com/search?q=data+usage

Dan
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