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This is my first WinMo phone. Regrettably, I jumped on a phone not knowing anything about WinMo at all. Other than the flashy overlay provided by HTC along with nice apps they made (like youtube), there is nothing nice for this phone, and it really.. sucks.
Every single app I've downloaded so far either lacks polish or just flat out doesn't work. I regret not getting an android phone soo much, where I could just go to one centralized place, download an app and have it work perfectly. Instead, I troll the internet looking for nice apps. Some, like Palringo, work pretty well, but still aren't really "made" for this phone. After 10 minutes of talking, the scrolling stops working on messages and I wind up having to drag my hand along the bar along the side that is near impossible to touch. Or I'll download a game/app and have it just spazz out when I run it. So god damn frustrating!
I guess I'm just upset that I have a phone with more potential than I've ever seen. Amazing keyboard, awesome screen, but WinMo just ruins it. I've yet to find an app that works perfectly AND looks nice other than what is provided by HTC with the phone. Why?!
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This is my first WinMo phone. Regrettably, I jumped on a phone not knowing anything about WinMo at all. Other than the flashy overlay provided by HTC along with nice apps they made (like youtube), there is nothing nice for this phone, and it really.. sucks.
Every single app I've downloaded so far either lacks polish or just flat out doesn't work. I regret not getting an android phone soo much, where I could just go to one centralized place, download an app and have it work perfectly. Instead, I troll the internet looking for nice apps. Some, like Palringo, work pretty well, but still aren't really "made" for this phone. After 10 minutes of talking, the scrolling stops working on messages and I wind up having to drag my hand along the bar along the side that is near impossible to touch. Or I'll download a game/app and have it just spazz out when I run it. So god damn frustrating!
I guess I'm just upset that I have a phone with more potential than I've ever seen. Amazing keyboard, awesome screen, but WinMo just ruins it. I've yet to find an app that works perfectly AND looks nice other than what is provided by HTC with the phone. Why?!
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Sorry you're not happy but there is so much more for Win Mobile and that you can do to win mobile than any other phone. Look around a little bit in the Development & Hacking section here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=260
BTW the Marketplace for WinMo is a joke. It's still pretty new and needs MUCH improvements. I usually download my cab files online then either bluetooth them to my phone or stick them on my microsd card.
Best of luck.
I played around with one in the store, and I generally like it just fine. If I paid $349 (T-Mobile) for this thing I'd have to say, NO! But if I can tether through 3G just like I plan to, it'll be worth it. The keyboard is big and nice for typing and I already have an iPhone and I use barely use the apps on it, so I won't be missing much, I'm keeping it though.
Here is to hoping ANDROID gets ported over..
This is my 3rd windows mobile phone, and in my personal opinion, I think Windows mobile 6.1 is an improvement, along with 6.5, but Windows Mobile and windows mobile applications is just a fail, a pure epic fail.
My list of Windows Mobile devices are, T-Mobile MDA, T-Mobile WING and now T-Mobile Touch Pro 2.
My next phone will more than likely be a Windows Mobile phone too Even though it sucks, it is what I'm used to in my mobile devices.
I used to use Psion machines which had excellent built-in applications and, out of misguided loyalty, I stuck to Symbian-based mobiles. After a year and a half with UIQ-3 with its lack of applications I jumped ship to WM/Kaiser and haven't looked back since. The integration with my desktop PC is so much easier and there is plenty of very high quality software around. There is a lot of lesser quality software as well, but that is partly due to the fact that it is easier for people to start out developing software for WM than some of the other platforms.
the thing about winmo phones is that you gotta customize it to make it perfect.. sucks that it doesn't come that way out of the box.. but yea... i have the tilt 2 and i absoultely love it.. but i've been flashing roms on my fuze so i'm not a newb.. but actually the stock rom is very decent compared to other stock winmo phone interfaces.
glcK23 said:
My next phone will more than likely be a Windows Mobile phone too Even though it sucks, it is what I'm used to in my mobile devices.
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LOL!!! This is how i feel. Winmo has ruined cell phones for me! Ones you learn how to use one of these things, youll never be satisfied with not tweaking every thing about your cell ever again!
I really wanted to jump to another type of device, but that tasty freedom winmo gives me is just too good
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LOL!!! This is how i feel. Winmo has ruined cell phones for me! Ones you learn how to use one of these things, youll never be satisfied with not tweaking every thing about your cell ever again!
I really wanted to jump to another type of device, but that tasty freedom winmo gives me is just too good
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Yup, I've had all three sliding keyboard phones from T-Mobile, I really like them, the MDA was the best, it was like a rock, dropped it so many times and it never broke.
The Touch Pro 2 fell twice already and doesn't even have a scuff mark, I'm impressed.
Overall, the OS is addicting, kind of like using Windows 7 but asked to use MacOS or a linux distro, just don't want to take the time to switch over to a new OS.
I can only hope Windows Mobile 7 will be better.
I agree, it is fun customizing. I'm just upset that there simply seems to lack "nice" apps. Nothing is completely polished or utilizes the phone since there are so many different kinds of winmo phones out there. Argh, if only I could develop my own apps.. or somehow get android on here
I'm happy with WM, never had a WM device before. Sure it has its limitations (Which are well documented) but for what it is, I find it useful and generally, enjoyable.
I just received my VZW TP2 two days ago and have already gotten to where I can use most of its features, or at least the ones I will be using. This is the fourth WMO device I've had, including two Ipaq PDA's (no phone) and my last a TMO MDA. Like Glck23 said it is a rock, and still works fine after 3½ years of use. I still don't like the cases available for the TP2 and would like to stick with Krusell since I have quite a bit of Multi-Adapt accessories for it, but they don't have a case available that allows plugging in a set of earphones while in the case--or if they do I'm not aware of it. Having two types of TP2's makes this choice more confusing, and although some other cases use the knob-and-clip type of belt-clip system it is never clear if any of them are compatible with Krusell accessories. Piel Frama cases are generally compatible but I'm not paying $100 or more for a phone case.
I build and maintain several computers including my own and am accustomed to M$ Win, so I feel at home with WMO even though it does seem clunky at times. I do think the TP2 is a big improvement, and what rough edges it has, like no camera flash, these don't bother me much.
I haven't gotten into much tweaking yet, but have downloaded a registry editor, a necessity IMO, and am ready to make some meaningful changes. I didn't try any custom ROM's in the MDA and probably won't here unless 6.1 becomes unstable or slow, which it hasn't yet. I would like to find out how to make the TP2 a GPS without GPS software, but I already have iGuidance v3 that I bought for the MDA and iNav says it should work in the TP2. I have a BT GPS that has always worked well to use with iGuidance. Does anyone have any advise on this, as I would like to get GPS functionality working here.
For those that think the WM phone(s) are junk, I'm on my 3rd HTC phone.
Tilt, Touch Pro, Tilt2. I've been using either windows mobile or the windows PPC since the first Dell Axium X5 PDA. If I were to switch to say an iPhone, I would probably have the same reaction to it, as say someone new to a WM phone.
I wouldn't go to another OS on a phone, just for the simple reason that I have spent so much time on them, I know how to tweak, hack & adjust my phone the way I want it.
I think it is a personal thing. If you want to turn on a phone, and have it do what you want, without any input from you, to customize or personalize it to your needs, then get an iphone or something similar. But, when I buy something, I consider it MINE to do with as I please.
I don't understand these people. Don't they realize it isn't what they want BEFORE 30 days is up so that they can return it and get something else?
I am stuck between three phones that I want until I truly upgrade in August. I don't know what I want between the Tilt 2, the Pure or Motorola Backflip. I have done tons of research for all of these phones and I don't know which one I really want. What I should get?(Please don't be bias!)
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I am stuck between three phones that I want until I truly upgrade in August. I don't know what I want between the Tilt 2, the Pure or Motorola Backflip. I have done tons of research for all of these phones and I don't know which one I really want. What I should get?(Please don't be bias!)
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Oh that's an easy question. You just get the one that has the keyboard that feels the best when you play with it (which you have done, right?). Or, get the one that has the OS that feels the best to you. Or, find one that's both. Or.. ok, maybe it's not such an easy question (hint, hint)
My very biased opinion is that if you want a WinMo phone, you should get the Tilt 2.
If you want an Android keyboard phone...I guess the backflip but I have no knowledge of that phone good or bad.
Actually I take it back, you should get the Tilt 2 regardless (it can even run Android, just for fun)
Are you saying what phone should you get in August?
If so, there will be tons of new phones then, so do not decide now.
If you're going to upgrade all the way in August, you shouldn't really be deciding what phone you want now. By then, AT&T should have more Android phones, their own version of the Palm Pre, and hopefully a new lineup for their Windows Mobile devices, like the HTC Tera (Touch Pro3).
You might even want to wait until October, since that's typically when AT&T gets their new sliding keyboard Windows Mobile device, like the Rhodium, and the Raphael before that, and the Kaiser before that, and the Wizard before that, and so on. By the time you upgrade, it's likely that the whole playing field will have changed significantly, so don't lock yourself into a device just yet when there's still plenty that can change between now and then.
Just get the TP2... a friend of mine went from the iphone to the backflip and can't stand it.. The screens small. That said.. Pure is a good phone BUT no keyboard...
Also.. at the rate the android development is going you'll be able to run android in full by the time you're ready to upgrade *lets hope at least*
Right now theres some things missing but I'm able to run adroid 2.1 pretty smooth on my tilt2.
You can read about it here ---> Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development
All that is missing is:
•BT
•Sound (in call mic and earpiece work, no ringtones or music)
•GPS
•Camera
•Opengles: using software rendering for the time being.
•Battery Meter
Which yes those seem fairly important but keep in mind you STILL have the full fledged Winmo able to run as well... so why get the backflip when you can have android running on this phone?
Just my food for thought!
If you're in the mood for a phone that runs JUST android then you may want to look at this Dell Aero Phone (AT&T)
Built-in 5.0-megapixel camera lets users share snapshots and upload them to Facebook, Flickr, Picassa, YouTube and TwitPic
Large 3.5-inch nHD display, perfect for watching media
Stay connected with social networking apps such as Facebook with an integrated phonebook and events that sync to the calendar
PC-like Web browsing experience with Flash Lite support for streaming audio and video content
Integrated Wi-Fi technology to connect to 20,000 AT&T hotspots
Navigate using the onboard GPS system while talking handsfree
I was at the AT&T store today to get a new bluetooth headset I wanted and saw their new Samsung Windows 7 phone. Being an EVO Android user I am almost ashamed to say that it was cool as sh*t. Seriously. I love that interface and I thought I would hate it based upon what I've seen online.
Anyway, one of the things I liked was the way you can vertically scroll homepages. This would be VERY valuable to be able to do this in Android as well.
Can it be done and is anyone doing it?
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I was at the AT&T store today to get a new bluetooth headset I wanted and saw their new Samsung Windows 7 phone. Being an EVO Android user I am almost ashamed to say that it was cool as sh*t. Seriously. I love that interface and I thought I would hate it based upon what I've seen online.
Anyway, one of the things I liked was the way you can vertically scroll homepages. This would be VERY valuable to be able to do this in Android as well.
Can it be done and is anyone doing it?
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Theres some on the market.
its not the best...but one to try out is
ZUNE launcher.
install that. It looks and feels like the Titanium feel from windows phones!
I was reading through lifehacker.com the other day (my SECOND favorite website ) when I came across a link to an instructables guide on turning a netbook into a tablet and it got me thinking. Why should I have to buy a $500+ tablet every year or two, or settle for a crappy $200 one when I can buy a used netbook and make it new again for half the price of the high end ones and probably better performing than the low end? Plus I'd have upgradability when it starts being sluggish in the future.
Here's the thing: I'm not content with essentially making a netbook into a slate that runs WinXP and calling it a day. I want it to run Android and have (most of) the bells and whistles. All on a budget of $250. What I'm thinking of so far is this:
10.1" Intel-Atom tablet, ebay ~$70
CAPACITIVE touchscreen overlay ~$110
SSD ~$60
Which leaves me with about 10 bucks for stuff to make it look good.
There is an x86 android port floating around on the internet that I plan on using and I've seen netbooks with built in GPS/gyro/accelerometer/etc. Although, I'm not so sure if just booting Android will get all of that to work of if I'll have to somehow write my own drivers... Honestly, I would have no idea where to start on that. Does anyone have any insight into how that might/might not work?
I don't have any of the parts yet, but have begun bidding on some stuff on ebay. If anyone would like to sell me something that might help, PM me. If you all are interested, I'll post updates and pictures as I'm working on it, however if not, then I'll probably just post something of the finished product. Functioning hardware or not.
Whether or not any of you take an interest in this project, I would appreciate any comments or advice that you can offer. I'm sure that as I go along I'll have questions to ask and hopefully one of you will be able to help.
I read the same thing and I would interested in how you go about it. I was not impressed with the lifehacker.com instructions or any of the other ones I found on line.
Thanks for the interest, glsooter. I still plan on completing this project sometime this summer probably and will update with pictures and what I am doing, but unfortunately I've had to make a few changes. It won't primarily run Android, although I could dual boot. My main reasoning behind this is that it would be impossible for me with my skill set to add the required hardware and then get it to work (such as accelerometer and gyroscope). Also, the capacitive touch screen I want to get is apparently Windows only. I'm thinking of using the Windows 8 preview or alternatively loading Win7 and using Rainmeter or something similar to give it a touchscreen functional layout. I also want to take a Bluetooth keyboard and make some sort of dock, like the Transformer Prime. My newest goals for the project is to have a portable tablet-esque gadget that I will use for retro gaming with a BT controller or mobile (android) gaming and productivity using BlueStacks. If I need laptop functionality I can use the BT keyboard/mouse combo for word processing or note taking. There are obviously some details to be hammered out, but I'm now thinking it will be closer to $350, which I feel is reasonable for something like this.
I was thinking about installing android on my 12.1" asus eepc with intel atom but i cant do it now (i get it in next month). I want to try how it works with android (maybe there are no need for drivers or only some of them?). If i get it earlier i try it and i can write here results how it works for me.
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Could u give me link to android x86 and installing market on it (i heard that it must be installed other way). thanks
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I will be using it without touchscreen
that sound like a really good idea, but maybe not as a tablet alone but as a laptop+tablet, like the Thinkpad X Tablet series.
So i tried and installed android-x86 on my eeepc 1201nl and only froyo is working I wanted ics but i take what i can.
Working on it is very easy (even without touchscreen). I have problems only with wifi (cant connect to router). I found that some other people have similar problems.
However i will be trying it again and again. I want ics
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Hey xda,
So my last phone was a iPhone 3GS (16GB) that I used from October 2009 - April 2012. The phone did darn well and I've never had a phone that I've used that long, but again I never had a phone that expensive either before the 3GS. So iOS got damn boring, the phone got sluggish and there was something wrong with the sim card tray and the wifi hence I decided to pick up an Android phone which happens to be the HOX.
I've created this thread just to share my opinion on how its going on for me so far, how different it is using Android and the HOX. Keep in mind I am comparing a roughly 3 year old phone with the latest iOS to the HOX.
Honestly there isn't much I miss from iOS, maybe the ability to add more than 10 alarms(out of the box not talking about other apps), but thats all I can think of really. Maybe installous for you know what..
Android is just better than iOS in loads of ways, I'll list a few that strike me now and a few things I miss:
1)Setting a Custom Ringtone
This is a total pain in the ass in iOS. I would rather jailbreak my phone and get ringtones from cydia than make the mp3 I have a ringtone and connect a cable to phone and convert that cut mp3 to a ringtone file. Nonsense.
On the HOX I was able to trim a mp3 I had and make it a ringtone right off the phone, so convenient that is.
2)iTunes
I hate iTunes. I hate making my PC connect to my phone via iTunes and the whole sync bs that I've to go through. I like being able to copy paste songs, images and whatever I have than do all the crap required for an iPhone. I would use iTunes as a music player for my PC but thats about it, I hated dealing with it for my iPhone.
I know lots of people who "can't live" without iTunes, but I aint one of them. The best feature I like about iTunes is probably you installing a iTunes remote app to your iPhone and controlling your PC music off your phone via wifi, thats the best thing maybe.
Android is weird in a way though, I don't know if its now or it has always been this way but getting apps to your phone only via wifi? What if you don't have wifi? Play Store doesn't give me an option to download the app to my computer. iTunes and App store is better that way maybe.
3)Contacts
iCloud or whatever its called came to the iOS much much later than Android had their Google Contacts. Thats just too convenient. Besides who doesn't have a gmail account these days? And all you have to do to get your settings and contacts back is add your google account. Thats just too convenient. Android is a pure winner that way imo.
One thing I hate though is the really crap quality photos that get synced to Google Contacts and sometimes how Contacts isn't smart enough to link contacts properly.
Eg:I have [email protected] in my Gmail and Abc from my contacts. It will show up as [email protected] instead of Abc
4)Play Store
I mentioned not liking the fact I can't get an app on my pc and then transfer it to my phone, but one thing that I like about the play store is being able to start/queue app downloads on my phone without even touching it.
5)Lockscreen
Lockscreen for Android is just more productive. iOS added that camera shortcut recently. I think its sense, but its damn cool to be able to access any four apps I want directly from the lockscreen.
6)Alarms
I need loads of alarms to wake up, and iOS allowed me to put a lot of them. I used to have 30-40 a day. Sense/Android does not allow more than 10 out of the box.
7)Widgets
Its nice to have widgets rather than a whole bunch of apps to scroll through.
8)Music
I could access iPod or music in iOS just by double tapping the home-screen button twice. There's no such thing possible on the HOX.
9)Airplane Mode
Switching to Airplane mode was faster on iOS than Android. But thats something I can live with xD.
10)Hotspot
Creating a hotspot was easy for iPhone 4 or 4S but wasn't possible on the 3GS unless you got an app from cydia called myWI. Thats just ridiculous imo. Setting a iOS restraint on a older device.
11)Keyboard
Even though the screen of the HOX is huge compared to the 3GS, the iOS keyboard has a bigger spacebar to tap on. With the stock keyboard on the HOX I kept missing space and hitting '.'.
But then again Android you can choose amongst so many keyboards without any hassle. I used swiftkey and now I'm using swype, both are awesome imo.
12)Customization
There’s lots of customization possible on Android, with or without rooting.
Things I miss about the 3GS:
1)Silent Button
This was just awesome imo, every "phone" should have this.
2)Battery
It did give me much more battery life than the HOX smaller screen or not.
3)Top-notch Hardware?
I used, fiddled and played with the Silent button on the iPhone a lot for around 800 days and it was still perfect. The lock button was good too.
The home button wasn't responsive after a year or so but still very usable towards the end. The sim card tray was cheap and messed up towards the end.
But I dropped it a LOT of times and even in small puddles of water I remember and it survived all that.
The HOX on the other hand, has this weird buzz/noise after a haptic feedback response. There's a rattling sound if I shake the phone. One corner near the capacitative panel was creaking in the beginning, seems fixed or maybe I don't notice it anymore. I dropped the HOX once and there's this tiny crack in the corner. I really hope it lasts me at least 2 years.
4)Heating or rather Cooling
I played a lot of games on my iPhone, it did get a little heated after gaming for 30 minutes straight or so but thats it.
HOX gets so heated after using a browser on 2G for 20 minutes? Also gets heated while gaming. Gets heated so much that it doesn't charge, thats just a complete annoyance to me.
Besides I have to choose between charging my phone and using my phone, thats damn stupid. I've read that the 2.05 leak fixes this, I'm on ARHD 7.1.0 which is based on the leak and I've still faced the heating problems.
I know its packing a quad-core in such a slim device there isn't much space for cooling but then again if heating problems like those are to be faced then this chip Tegra3 doesn't belong in a phone.
5)Speaker
The speaker on the 3GS was placed at the bottom edge whereas the One X has it’s speaker placed at the back which is quite easy to block. The speaker placement and quality of the 3GS was undoubtedly better.
6)Charging Speed
3GS charged faster than the HOX. I’ve read the 2.05 base it charges faster, have yet to see that.
7)Software Support from Manufacturer
3GS is probably the only iPhone that will get 3 updates it came with 3 and got updates to 4 and 5 and is getting a update to 6 too. I doubt I’ll see that much from HTC.
What I like about the HOX:
It would have been easy to figure from my above statements that I like Android better than iOS, now its time to list a few things that I like about the HOX.
1)Camera
I love the Camera on this thing, I’m not a pro photographer or anything but the camera on this is really awesome. And it has a flash, my 3GS didn’t have a flash but my phones before the 3GS did so that was pretty odd.
2)The Screen
The Screen is just gorgeous on this. Its a pleasure to watch videos or look at pictures or use the internet. Most impressive.
3)Body
I like the matte body of the HOX and how solid it feels. The only gripe regarding the body would be the protruding camera lens that is easy to scratch. I haven’t put on a screen protector yet as I’ve read most of them don’t cover the screen completely because of the curved edges.
4)micro-USB port
This is a really really handy thing because not everyone I hang out with will have a iPhone charger, but most of the phones have a micro-USB port so theres a good change of finding that at a friend or relative’s place.
5)Quad-Core Fast
I love the speed of the HOX, I doubt I will ever feel it becoming sluggish. I plan to underclock/undervolt it to get more battery life once I figure out how.
6)32GB
26GB but yea, its a huge plus to have that much data storage.
7)Dev and Community Support
It feels really really good to have so much support from this awesome xda community and developers. One of the really good parts of getting this phone is the awesome support and multitude of custom roms, tweaks and mods available.
8)THD Games
I’m not a fan of games on touch screen phones anymore unless its an arcade game, but THD powered games are a plus no doubt, just doesn’t matter to me.
Things I wish are fixed with the HOX would be heating problems and better battery life. I’m going to try undervolting to get more battery life once I figure out how. But thats it. I’ve been taking good care of the phone, have ordered a Rock TPU case for it.
Thats it guys. Thank you XDA for all the support and more that will come.
That was a nice objective comparison, thanks.
With regards to updates, Apple have produced 5 phones in 5 years, it's easier for them to produce updates for longer. I think HTC are going to be producing fewer phones now, maybe that will help.
You'll find the community here will create updates for a while, I think the One X is going to have a large, active community for quite some time.
Personally I don't have the overheating problems that some do, been using the phone for an hour and it's barely warmer than the back of my hand.
Hi
Just a couple of things I picked up on:
You can add a widget (there a several of them supplied by HTC which are just buttons essentially) which will allow to switch flight mode with one button press. There is also a profile button which will lot you switch to silent or vibrate mode easily as well.
Regards
Phil
You're right, it is easier for Apple to get out updates more than HTC or others but it is something I'll miss i.e Official Support
But then we have awesome devs here so all is good
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Just a couple of things I picked up on:
You can add a widget (there a several of them supplied by HTC which are just buttons essentially) which will allow to switch flight mode with one button press. There is also a profile button which will lot you switch to silent or vibrate mode easily as well.
Regards
Phil
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Hey Phil,
I know about those widgets, I'm using them. Still switching to Airplane mode is slower i.e the time it takes for all connections to go off is slower vs airplane mode on iOS (or atleast what iOS shows)
And regarding the widget for silent mode, I'm using that too . Just nothing beats a hardware button to put your phone on silent mode.
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Hey Phil,
I know about those widgets, I'm using them. Still switching to Airplane mode is slower i.e the time it takes for all connections to go off is slower vs airplane mode on iOS (or atleast what iOS shows)
And regarding the widget for silent mode, I'm using that too . Just nothing beats a hardware button to put your phone on silent mode.
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We can using the volume keys I know it's not the same but technically near enough, it is good though I've got the same button on the iPad and although useless for that device pretty cool you can switch quickly.
But plenty of widgets available to achieve the desired result.
Good write up on both OS's. Both have their pros and cons and it's good to see no fanboy bashing of either device.
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thank you for the senseful and nag free comments
Thanks for that honest and fair report.
Just picking up on your comment regarding Google compressing image backups.
I recommend getting dropbox that will automatically backup your photos without any compression or alteration whatsoever.
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You can customise till you drop on Android devices. For example with a custom rom like viperX, you can customise the buttons for example long press home and you can assign an action or even launch an app, or just use apex launcher or nova launcher no root needed for these and you can apply gestures, so swiping up can open the music app. I find these gestures very useful for my commonly used actions, I've got swipe down to show me battery, swipe up to open my music, etc and you can even put gestures on the dock icons.
That will give you back some functionality you had with the double tap home button on iOS.
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I think if a person is kind of more than an casual user - want to study how to root, install custom staff..., would love android more. If he just picks a phone from store, then use it, better to take iphone
Thank guys. I was going for a unbiased opinion.
@nikzdhd
Yea the silent button works as a orientation lock for the iPad so its damn handy.
I'll try to get some gestures running soon, there was a similar thing on iOS after JBing it, called Activator. My Android Journey has just begun haha xD
@hamdir
Anything about the One X has to be 'sense'ful imo
I'm not the type to bash on this device without any reason. I love the One X. Despite the haptic feedback noise and stuck pixel I'm not that keen on getting it exchanged.
@stuart001
Dropbox will backup my pics with the same quality, that I've seen but I was talking about how the Photos I snapped with my phone and assigned to a contact get converted or compressed when synced with Google Contacts.
@1phuong
You're right about picking an iPhone if you're not going to mess around with it and want out of the box functionality. Thats why I even recommend iPhone over Android phones to people who aren't that keen on f***ing around with custom roms and kernels to get more out of their device .i.e if they're not geeks
However there are still loads of people who are geeks but go for iPhones either because of their fanboyism or their ignorance to how cool Android is.
Beyond a point there isn't much you can do in iOS but Android is just awesome. There's loads more of messing around I have yet to do. Undervolting is one of them xD.
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Thank guys. I was going for a unbiased opinion.
@nikzdhd
Yea the silent button works as a orientation lock for the iPad so its damn handy.
I'll try to get some gestures running soon, there was a similar thing on iOS after JBing it, called Activator. My Android Journey has just begun haha xD
@hamdir
Anything about the One X has to be 'sense'ful imo
I'm not the type to bash on this device without any reason. I love the One X. Despite the haptic feedback noise and stuck pixel I'm not that keen on getting it exchanged.
@stuart001
Dropbox will backup my pics with the same quality, that I've seen but I was talking about how the Photos I snapped with my phone and assigned to a contact get converted or compressed when synced with Google Contacts.
@1phuong
You're right about picking an iPhone if you're not going to mess around with it and want out of the box functionality. Thats why I even recommend iPhone over Android phones to people who aren't that keen on f***ing around with custom roms and kernels to get more out of their device .i.e if they're not geeks
However there are still loads of people who are geeks but go for iPhones either because of their fanboyism or their ignorance to how cool Android is.
Beyond a point there isn't much you can do in iOS but Android is just awesome. There's loads more of messing around I have yet to do. Undervolting is one of them xD.
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really awesome given that you dont even use this device for its gaming power even!
i always have trouble with iOS people and that is they fail to see the bright side and just nag about the lack or imperfections of the things they loved the most on iOS
and i tell them if you want it exactly like iOS why did u even switch..
There is a reason behind not being able to download an app to your pc and then sync it to your phone. The compatibility filtering is done by the play store, so if you have one phone with hw keyboard and one without hw keyboard you'll be able to install an app which requires hw keyboard (or specific screen size, or whatever) on both phones regardless of their compatibility. If you have filtering on the pc, then you'll have to have an Android iTunes equivalent and noone wants that, right ?
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hamdir said:
really awesome given that you dont even use this device for its gaming power even!
i always have trouble with iOS people and that is they fail to see the bright side and just nag about the lack or imperfections of the things they loved the most on iOS
and i tell them if you want it exactly like iOS why did u even switch..
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Well the main problem with most 'iOS people' lol xD is that they're the type to believe that Apple cannot make a mistake whatsoever and "It is the best". Wrong that attitude is. Its not only iPhones, its these Apple Fanboys in general. There are these rich pricks who who'll go get a 15" MacBook Pro to do what? Surf the web, make word docs and ppts max.
On the other hand if a person into video/graphics editing comes and asks me if an MBP is good, I give them a go ahead because of the kickass softwares that OSX has for them such as FCP etc.
Coming back to iDevices, 4S was horrible upgrade. Old design with a new camera, processor and a beta voice assistant, no thanks.
They're running out of innovations imo. They shoved a retina display for their new iPad and even the MacBooks. Wtf really? I had no problem whatsoever with the iPad 2 display(used a friends iPad 2 quite a bit). It was gorgeous imo, they didn't need to make it retina. Same goes for the MBP, didn't have a problem with that display either. Maybe its the lack of Steve Jobs but Apple has failed to impress me lately. iOS6 doesn't seem that great to me.
HTC really upped them by coming out with this beautiful design that is the One x . They should have put prettier packaging though xP
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There is a reason behind not being able to download an app to your pc and then sync it to your phone. The compatibility filtering is done by the play store, so if you have one phone with hw keyboard and one without hw keyboard you'll be able to install an app which requires hw keyboard (or specific screen size, or whatever) on both phones regardless of their compatibility. If you have filtering on the pc, then you'll have to have an Android iTunes equivalent and noone wants that, right ?
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That makes a lot of sense. Thank you. But they still should give an option to custom filter out a .apk from the online play store maybe?
I'll tell you why I'm stressing on this. I wanted to download this game which was around 500mb in size and I didn't have wifi then, all I had was a 2G plan on my phone and access to internet via ethernet. Downloading off 2G would have taken ages and 3G consumption would have set me back by quite some money. It made sense to get the .apk from the comp and then transfer it but I couldn't.
You could have always used internet pass through?
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death__machine said:
That makes a lot of sense. Thank you. But they still should give an option to custom filter out a .apk from the online play store maybe?
I'll tell you why I'm stressing on this. I wanted to download this game which was around 500mb in size and I didn't have wifi then, all I had was a 2G plan on my phone and access to internet via ethernet. Downloading off 2G would have taken ages and 3G consumption would have set me back by quite some money. It made sense to get the .apk from the comp and then transfer it but I couldn't.
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No app will ever be 500 MB What you need to do is download that app (around 10-15 MB) and it will download data that goes into SDcard. You can download that data from PC too if you know what to search
death__machine said:
Well the main problem with most 'iOS people' lol xD is that they're the type to believe that Apple cannot make a mistake whatsoever and "It is the best". Wrong that attitude is. Its not only iPhones, its these Apple Fanboys in general. There are these rich pricks who who'll go get a 15" MacBook Pro to do what? Surf the web, make word docs and ppts max.
On the other hand if a person into video/graphics editing comes and asks me if an MBP is good, I give them a go ahead because of the kickass softwares that OSX has for them such as FCP etc.
Coming back to iDevices, 4S was horrible upgrade. Old design with a new camera, processor and a beta voice assistant, no thanks.
They're running out of innovations imo. They shoved a retina display for their new iPad and even the MacBooks. Wtf really? I had no problem whatsoever with the iPad 2 display(used a friends iPad 2 quite a bit). It was gorgeous imo, they didn't need to make it retina. Same goes for the MBP, didn't have a problem with that display either. Maybe its the lack of Steve Jobs but Apple has failed to impress me lately. iOS6 doesn't seem that great to me.
HTC really upped them by coming out with this beautiful design that is the One x . They should have put prettier packaging though xP
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no im a fan of all this retina push but not in the case where they fail to produce the same ipad2 game graphics on ipad3 due to the massive amount of pixels, like one reviewer said if this happens in ps/xbox land where the new machine fails to run the game of the previous gen in the same quality, it would be a disaster
everything you said about apple people is true and its really sickening and tiring, in life you have tons of choice in every consumer thing you purchase
every product has its ups and down, yet iPeople they gather in the corner all holding the exact same thing and giggle at everyone else
its insulting, spoiled and ignorant
apple products their presnesation and videos, have some sort of psychological effect or something, the elite thing
believe me i have no problem in trying iPhone 5 if it was worth it but i wouldn't simply because i hate to be part of that group and accept the monopoly Apple is aggressively pursuing, its almost like dictatorship
mac book pro, same old same old since ages now, the lack of "change" is seriously boring, and why is originality and "change" something that the critics consider in their review, a perfect game might get a bad score for not being new or original and yet in the apple land, its not an issue
@CoSaWa What do you mean by internet pass through?
@realunited123 yes the app was small, but the download that the app had to do was 500mb or so .. I tried looking for .apks, but it was too much work or maybe I didn't look in the right places.
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@CoSaWa What do you mean by internet pass through?
@realunited123 yes the app was small, but the download that the app had to do was 500mb or so .. I tried looking for .apks, but it was too much work or maybe I didn't look in the right places.
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Internet pass through : Connect your phone to PC, select internet pass through from notification bar. Lets you transfer data through PC network.