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So sad...

Sadly, I lost my phone this weekend... a friend called it and got someone who said they found it, but didn't get their # or anything, and now my phone's battery is obviously dead.
Wish i could track it's gps position for the weekend... i want my phone back! anyone have a spare I could buy? i just got 6.1 on it too...

did you have your owner info filled out?..

Berserk87 said:
did you have your owner info filled out?..
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Good question. I was flashing the ROM so many times this week, I don't know!!!

sroussey said:
Good question. I was flashing the ROM so many times this week, I don't know!!!
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so then the question remains... if you had a chance to do it all over agian would you?
would you get the same phone? or one of the newer phones out now?

That is the question! I feel so locked in by Sprint's SERO program, that it is difficult to leave for ATT for example. The 1200min +unlimited text and unlimited internet for $59/mo. I would like the extra RAM in the Kaiser though (and SIM cards are great so you can change phones every day). What has come out since the Kaiser?

I'm in your boat too. I like my Mogul, but I'm not convinced. I've had it for almost 3 weeks of my trial period. I've already had to replace one handset because the scroll wheel froze up and wouldn't budge. Now, my replacement has a really light spot on the screen. I'm tempted to get a Touch over a 3rd Mogul in 3 weeks. Anyone think that is a good idea?

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I'm in your boat too. I like my Mogul, but I'm not convinced. I've had it for almost 3 weeks of my trial period. I've already had to replace one handset because the scroll wheel froze up and wouldn't budge. Now, my replacement has a really light spot on the screen. I'm tempted to get a Touch over a 3rd Mogul in 3 weeks. Anyone think that is a good idea?
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Depends on what you're looking for. Personally, I would go nuts with the Touch. I hate the fact it doesn't have a keyboard and has very few hardware buttons. I'm not into having everything on the touch screen. I prefer hardware buttons I can find by feel so I can keep my eyes focused on what I'm doing.

Just want some attention lol

Might as well make the topic exactly what I mean know?
I decided to move up to the Touch Pro from my wing and wow that didn't work out. Just in case y'all want to know why here it is. D-Pad on the Touch Pro is absolute crap. I could never select anything right the first time. It is just way to awkward for me. The GPS is unreliable only picked up a satellites for me with the sim card out. The screen responsiveness is not as sharp as the wing. It all could be me but I decided not to "live with it" and just wait for T-Mobile to eventually get a replacement for the wing. They will eventually catch up with the rest of the world eventually.

Moving On..

from the smartphone community.
sorry to say guys but my time has come. I will still be active thru-out the XDA community, but no longer in the Maple Forums for i have moved on to another device.
Ill still be around for about a week or so until my new device arrives, so by all means..bring on the questions LOL
SoCal

Didnt have your Ozone for long huh? What are ya goin too (Just curious)...?
Are you selling that Ozone? I'll take it off your hands

I've been considering on upgrading to the Touch Pro 2 now that it is available at Verizon. Not quite sure though. I got a glimpse of the Leo, and I may want to hold out until that phone debuts later next year.
See ya around SoCal. Out of curiousity, what phone did you migrate to?

no i didnt have it for long at all..what 3monts i think??
..i tried and tried..but i just cant get the feel for it. I miss my VGA screen, and the full on feel of WINMO.
im moving on to a Touch Pro 2..according to VZW i should have it by Fri, Sat the latest. Im hoping my order is processed prior to them being out of stock.

Sounds like the better choice. I would die if our company decided to allow Touch Screens... But currently is Non-Touch only.

SoCalSpecialist said:
no i didnt have it for long at all..what 3monts i think??
..i tried and tried..but i just cant get the feel for it. I miss my VGA screen, and the full on feel of WINMO.
im moving on to a Touch Pro 2..according to VZW i should have it by Fri, Sat the latest. Im hoping my order is processed prior to them being out of stock.
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Good luck! Let us know how is your experience with the new phone.
Me, I got tired of touch screens. I'm very happy with the Ozone.
I love to have a keyboard, no stupid screen rotation that takes forever, tons of hw buttons and not have to use your nail for most of the options.
I may go back to touch screens in the future when the technology and windows mobile gets better.

Black_V!per said:
Sounds like the better choice. I would die if our company decided to allow Touch Screens... But currently is Non-Touch only.
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good to know that Merck & CO isnt the only company out there like that.
i went thru the same issues for about 2.5-3yrs, so i wound up getting my own phone and then having a work phone. It was a pain the the arse, but i got what i wanted, and they had what they wanted!

staryon said:
Good luck! Let us know how is your experience with the new phone.
Me, I got tired of touch screens. I'm very happy with the Ozone.
I love to have a keyboard, no stupid screen rotation that takes forever, tons of hw buttons and not have to use your nail for most of the options.
I may go back to touch screens in the future when the technology and windows mobile gets better.
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my fiancee DIGS the Ozone. she doesn't put it down! as soon as i got it for her she turned into a smartphone guru lol. i asked if she wanted a touchscreen but because of our toddler, her pregnancy and her nails..the answer was "seriously J, what am i gonna do if i go into labor and i need to dial a number..i need a dial pad and keys, keys i say"! yea..she was cranky

Well, stop back in and give us a full comparison of the two phones.
I want a nice blend between touch and non-touch screen phones. That means, I can fully use a keyboard without the need to tap a screen if I don't need to. I enjoyed my PPC6800 for that very reason. But, it was slow. The Palm Treo was ok, but the lack of soft buttons was killing me.
See ya around, I may be joining you soon. That is, if my business ever starts to be productive again.

will do JT!
i should have it soon.
as of 9:50pm PST last night, the device was placed on back order and will not be here until the predicted date of 9-23.
sucks..but oh well

Awww... Poor baby.
lol.

thinking about getting the nexus one

hey guys. i'm on att and i am thinking about getting a nexus one in the near future. after reading this article from engadget, i am a bit skeptical now. do these 3g problems really only exist on tmobile's network? i heard that it could also be a hardware issue. will they be improving the hardware on later revisions of the nexus one? i would like to have feedback from people using the att 3g phone on att's 3g network. are you having an reception issues. etc.?
thanks

hey guys. i'm on att and i am thinking about getting a nexus one in the near future. after reading this article from engadget, i am a bit skeptical now. do these 3g problems really only exist on tmobile's network? i heard that it could also be a hardware issue. will they be improving the hardware on later revisions of the nexus one? i would like to have feedback from people using the att 3g phone on att's 3g network. are you having an reception issues. etc.?
thanks
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I have no reception issues nor 3g issues.
Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

The only thing about the hardware, is that the radio is where the palm of your hand rests, while holding the phone.
If you already have good coverage in your area, you'll have no further issues.
If your coverage currently sucks, and you drop calls... Well, you really shouldn't be considering adding to your ATT contract anyway.
Just my $.02

I never have any problems. The thing that bugs me most about the nexus one is the dust under the screen. I don't want to send mine in because, I need a phone to use, and know I'll probably get a dusty phone back.

also in the earlier youtube review of the phone, many reviewers complained of the unresponsinve touch buttons. have those been fixed?

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also in the earlier youtube review of the phone, many reviewers complained of the unresponsinve touch buttons. have those been fixed?
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I myself am planning on getting this phone in 46 days (when my contract is up). I can answer this for everybody. Apparently you just have to know where to touch. If you touch the bottom of the "touch buttons", it doesn't register.. however if you touch the top of the button it does work most if not all of the time. Really once you get use to it, its no big deal.

The touch screen was never unresponsive, its just sensitive, this happens when the palm of your hand touches the bottom of the screen while you touch other parts of the screen, after buying a case for my phone, I never had the same problem again.
3G is a big issue with Tmobile users, like myself, my co worker however has ATT and never had problems with his 3G.
You'll love it
kevinf1990 said:
also in the earlier youtube review of the phone, many reviewers complained of the unresponsinve touch buttons. have those been fixed?
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rjhay22 said:
The touch screen was never unresponsive, its just sensitive, this happens when the palm of your hand touches the bottom of the screen while you touch other parts of the screen, after buying a case for my phone, I never had the same problem again.
3G is a big issue with Tmobile users, like myself, my co worker however has ATT and never had problems with his 3G.
You'll love it
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May I ask what case your using? I've been in the market for buying a case before ordering my Nexus One.

I have a lot of cases bro, lol, and all of em fixes the supposedly "screen issue" people are talking about
Here are some links:
http://www.googlenexusoneaccessories.com/cases.html
http://store.nexusoneforum.net/seidio-innocase-ii-surface/4A123A6392.htm
http://www.ultra-case.com/products_nexus_one.php?gclid=CKWXuLObnKECFQdZbAod3iunwg
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May I ask what case your using? I've been in the market for buying a case before ordering my Nexus One.
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i'm not talking abotu the screen though. i'm talking about the capacitive buttons on the bottom

rjhay22 said:
I have a lot of cases bro, lol, and all of em fixes the supposedly "screen issue" people are talking about
Here are some links:
http://www.googlenexusoneaccessories.com/cases.html
http://store.nexusoneforum.net/seidio-innocase-ii-surface/4A123A6392.htm
http://www.ultra-case.com/products_nexus_one.php?gclid=CKWXuLObnKECFQdZbAod3iunwg
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Thanks bro, much appeciated.
i'm not talking about the screen though. i'm talking about the capacitive buttons on the bottom
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I answered that question for you, its fine. You just tap the top of the capacitive button and it works.

If you are coming from another phone with capacitive touch buttons (ie Droid / Milestone), you will be really bothered for about a day while you adapt to the N1's touch buttons. After that, you'll forget about it completely.
For 3G, just try it and see if it works for you. Either return it or sell it - you will definitely find someone willing to take it off of your hands.

+1 true that.
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If you are coming from another phone with capacitive touch buttons (ie Droid / Milestone), you will be really bothered for about a day while you adapt to the N1's touch buttons. After that, you'll forget about it completely.
For 3G, just try it and see if it works for you. Either return it or sell it - you will definitely find someone willing to take it off of your hands.
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ChillRays said:
I myself am planning on getting this phone in 46 days (when my contract is up). I can answer this for everybody. Apparently you just have to know where to touch. If you touch the bottom of the "touch buttons", it doesn't register.. however if you touch the top of the button it does work most if not all of the time. Really once you get use to it, its no big deal.
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Yes, the capacitive buttons along the bottom of the screen only register touches along the top half of each label. It's strange, but if I had to guess why I would say that during testing Google/HTC found that they were accidentally triggering the buttons while using the trackball and probably moved the input pads up a bit to avoid this (a software change rather than hardware). But that is a complete guess on my part.
As for the 3G issues, the whole thing was blown out of proportion by tech sites looking for page hits.

Go for it! Nexus One rocks! /end shameless fanboy-ism
Just the facts...I did have issues initially, but nothing that a new ROM can't fix. Capacitive screen was overly sensitive, but toned down after flashing CM 5.0.5.3. I'd say it's even more accurate. Physical keyboards are for klutzy neanderthals.
Noticeable speed increase and better memory allocation for app use after flashing. Soft buttons below the screen are only registering on the top half of the icons...not a big deal but I can understand how someone can think there's something wrong with it and press harder (like I did). Oh yeah...no 3G issues here. Downloading 2.8mbps / uploading 1.5mbps on AT&T.
Doesn't take that much effort to fully customize N1 to meet your demands 100%. You can even do CPU-killing processes by running Pandora, Navigation, wifi-tethering, car dock bluetooth (on speakerphone), AND make a phone call....all at the same time. Snapdragon processor kicks a$$!

i like my nexus one but i do have the 3g problem. i live in vegas and while im downtown i get good signal but at my house, like 15mins away from the strip, my signal switches back and forth with EDGE and 3g, my touch pro 2 doesnt do this.

do you have tmobile or att

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do you have tmobile or att
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I'm curious to what he answers too. Anyway are you any closer to making a decision on what phone you want?
Originally I searched night and day to find out what the widget was that had the beautiful weather forcast when you turned on the phone. It was the same widget that had the windshield wipers when it was raining outside. Eventually I found my answer, its the htc sense home screen. I looked into htc sense further and I find it to be very ugly. So thats why I'm going with the nexus one over the htc desire, etc. Besides I have the old apk of beautiful widgets before htc told them to take it down (that has the same look and feel as htc sense). I know htc sense can be turned off but I still like the feel of the nexus one over desire and some of these other phones.
Thats my story.

i am pretty sure that i will be getting it but just when i have the money saved up. poor college student ftw haha. almost there though

kevinf1990 said:
i am pretty sure that i will be getting it but just when i have the money saved up. poor college student ftw haha. almost there though
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Cool, which one are you going with? The $500+ at&t one, the $500+ dollar t-mobile one, or the $180 contract t-mobile one?

Galaxy S pro

With everyone else doing it does anyone know if Samsung a planning a upgraded S with a physical keyboard?

Ever heard of Epic 4g? If you're asking about a gsm version, there has been no news about it and I highly doubt they will make one.

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With everyone else doing it does anyone know if Samsung a planning a upgraded S with a physical keyboard?
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like the Sprint version of Galaxy code named Epic 4G ?

Now that is a shame that would be a killer if it was 3G. Wonder why they do this CDMA only thing.

In my opinion the phone's screen is big enough to make a physical keyboard pointless. Typing on it is quite easy in landscape due to the size of the buttons.
On a smaller phone a keyboard is great but it's just not worth the added bulk here. I liked the idea of having something like the Epic 4G at first until I had my SGS for a while, now I feel no need for a physical keyboard.
On my old Nokia 5800 it was a different story, that screen was too small for me to type comfortably.
Look at pictures of the Epic 4G compared to the SGS and imagine carrying that in your pocket

the SGS is great!
but i'd still would like to have a hardware keyboard for many apps.... specially GAMES
otherwise there is no real need of a hardware keyboard
as everything works great without it

The need for a hardware keyboard.
I use my phone as a work tool as well so here are a few reasons.
Editing documents (Yes you can do this with the screen but it is far easier with a keyboard as you can see the whole screen/page)
Writing notes. (as above)
Using text boxes on web sites. (far easier as you can see and choose each box without having to scroll the small slot to get to each)
Emails and longer texts.
Much easier for cut and paste
I could go on but you get the idea.
BTW what happened to that auto correcting screen keyboard or was that just a fake?

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Ever heard of Epic 4g? If you're asking about a gsm version, there has been no news about it and I highly doubt they will make one.
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I read "somewhere" that the EPIC 4G does gsm 3G as well

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I read "somewhere" that the EPIC 4G does gsm 3G as well
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um, that would be a big fat no. Sprint uses CDMA, like Verizon. 2g/3g/4g - it's all CDMA with Sprint.

I would buy it! I need it for NETHACK! yes. the game. but its too late right now as i'm locked in a 2 year contract. Next Time round i would definately get Keyboard if the machine at the time had it, No idea what machine will be around as 2 years is a LONG way away in phone/computer land

An interface that let you clip on a keyboard for typing or a joypad for games, or whatever else for whatever purpose would be nice. You can add things with bluetooth of course but they have to be held, carried, charged separately etc.

Why not have a second capacitive laminate type glass under the main screen that could be slid out and act as a keypad. It would add very little weight and surely must be engineer-able.

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I would buy it! I need it for NETHACK! yes. the game. but its too late right now as i'm locked in a 2 year contract. Next Time round i would definately get Keyboard if the machine at the time had it, No idea what machine will be around as 2 years is a LONG way away in phone/computer land
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you know you can simply use any Bluetooth keyboard for that purpose eh?
it's been confirmed Froyo comes with HID devices to support mouse and keyboard via BT

AllGamer said:
you know you can simply use any Bluetooth keyboard for that purpose eh?
it's been confirmed Froyo comes with HID devices to support mouse and keyboard via BT
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If that's right then brilliant. I can lay my hands on an old fold away Palm Treo one.

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If that's right then brilliant. I can lay my hands on an old fold away Palm Treo one.
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i was thinking about the same thing the old Palm Treo 3 fold super thin keyboard, forgot the model #
they don't make it anymore, it's even hard to hunt on ebay
at first i was thinking about using the lazer projected keyboard, but that one although cool, it sucks if as you can't use it in public places say like in a Bus or Subway, even on a Taxi cab
the foldable one works anywhere as long as you can put it on your laps