Steam Droid for Android (aka steam chat)

If only I had an unlocked Android phone.

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You mean rooted?

You realise that takes about 20 seconds to do and has absolutely no downsides :L

Wait it doesn't need to be rooted? nevermind :L

 

From what I understand, most phones require you to have a SIM card from a phone service, and that phone service requires you to have a data plan, phone service, and texting if you wish to use a smartphone (meaning you have to pay a boatload every month for the service). However, there are some phones that have an unlocked SIM card, which doesn't belong to any phone service provider and doesn't require you to have phone service.

Therefore, if I want an android handheld device, from my understanding of things, I need to buy one that isn't a phone (which aren't too common) or one that has an unlocked SIM card.

 

uh, With my old one you just don't put a sim in?

 

In the UK you're not forced to have a data plan. But how anyone can live without having mobile internet, I have no idea.

 

We don't always need access to the internet omg

 

I still have a black and white mobile phone and snake 2 on my mobile. What is with people and internet phones dear god.

 

Don't get new stuff until it breaks, and I have an old Nokia, so not in the foreseeable millenium

 

I didn't think you needed a SIM card, at least for CDMA phones (Verizon and Sprint phones). If you have any android device, you should still be able to root it and connect to WiFi.

 

I suppose considering I need quite a bit of contact with people (emails with the datacentre and whatsnot) it's pretty handy for me.

My previous phone ended up only being able to hold about two hours of charge. It lasted a good 4-5 years mind.

 

I was looking at this a while back and forgot about it, I'll test it when I get home. Doesn't appear to be working on my 3G, and College WIFI is barely usable.

 

Steam would follow me at school, not that I would mind at all.

 

The app seems to work every so often. I had a case before where every time I tried to talk someone it would just force logout.

 

imo.im also has a steam service, though I don't know how it works or if it works.

 

They're probably using the old method of storing your password hash and the steam guard hash on their servers so they can authenticate each time. The app uses the reversed steamworks project so it actually connects straight to steam.

 

Official Steam app is in beta. Download and log in to sign up for it.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/steam-mobile/id495369748
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.valvesoftware.android.steam.community

 

Pretty sweet, hope I get a beta invite for it. I don't know why they don't just make it open to whomever wants it...

 

When will they fucking release it for the Blackberry

 

Get a real phone.