Hello guys. New to the forum here. I currently have been using an unlocked jailbroken iphone for the last 2 years. I have a contract with TMobile USA and will not be changing carriers. I pretty much get the sweetest deal possible (unlimited calling $49 per month).
Tmobile will be getting the Magic as a mytouch 3g in another month. However, once i saw the UI for the Hero i became a huge fan of that device. I am trying to decide between keeping iphone, getting mytouch 3g, or buying an unlocked Hero from Europe. Here are my thought on each and i want to see others opinions.
1. Keeping Iphone- I am so bored with this phone. I have unlocked it and did everything that can be done to try to keep it interesting but i think it may be time to get rid of it. I do use it for an ipod everyday and its great for this. Has a weak camera but has 3.5mm headphone jack. Can only get Edge signal with tmobile in the usa.
2. Mytouch 3g- has android. But not the slick UI of the hero. Has a weaker camera than hero and no headphone jack without adapter. However, would have 3g speeds.
3. Hero- would cost the most by far. Price about 600-700 usd vs 199 for mytouch due to carrier subsidy. Would not get 3g signal on tmobile usa. But that android combined with Rosie UI is very appealing. Plus it has a 5 megapixel camera.
I would think of waiting for the hero to come to america but everything points to it not coming to tmobile. So it wouldnt be any better to me if it came to at&t or sprint.
What i am trying to convince myself of is the ability to install the Rosie Rom on the Mytouch 3g. How practical is this? Is the process the same for the tmobile branded magic as it is for the European magics that people have done this to? Has the Rom been perfected enough at this point to use it in this fashion? I can follow directions as this is how i have been able to keep unlocking and jailbraking my iphone over the last 2 years. But it seems like this process that i have looked at so far for this phone rom is much more complicating than the iphone jailbrake.
So what would you guys do? I appreciate all opinions.
My impressions of the Mytouch slide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebac42NXMmM
Awesome video, I am thinking of getting this phone. I have a Nokia N900 and a G1 at the moment, I may add this to the collection.
When coming from the g1 you won't regret it. I didn't and I'm not looking back.
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Here is my issue. I'm stuck on AT&T. I am contemplating buying the slide, rooting it and using it on AT&T (in b4: at&t sucks), and well... I am just stuck between getting the touch pro 2 and the 3g slide. I am a long time user of HTC (kaiser, wizard), and I love the way the phones run, but they just don't seem to get any faster. And android is more conducive to getting good apps. WinMo just doesn't have the development like android does. So my issue is.. Is the slide worth getting? I have also heard that the slide won't run on AT&T's 3G network... Any hotfixes for that? That's kind of an important issue I suppose.. Anyways, any slide users from AT&T have any feedback / anyone compared the touchpro 2 to the slide? I've been scouring google looking for comparisons but nothing insightful has come up. Thank you.
alphamancer said:
Here is my issue. I'm stuck on AT&T. I am contemplating buying the slide, rooting it and using it on AT&T (in b4: at&t sucks), and well... I am just stuck between getting the touch pro 2 and the 3g slide. I am a long time user of HTC (kaiser, wizard), and I love the way the phones run, but they just don't seem to get any faster. And android is more conducive to getting good apps. WinMo just doesn't have the development like android does. So my issue is.. Is the slide worth getting? I have also heard that the slide won't run on AT&T's 3G network... Any hotfixes for that? That's kind of an important issue I suppose.. Anyways, any slide users from AT&T have any feedback / anyone compared the touchpro 2 to the slide? I've been scouring google looking for comparisons but nothing insightful has come up. Thank you.
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Can't help you on comparing phones, but the slide will not do 3G on AT&T's network. The radio operates at different frequencies for 3G than what AT&T uses, there is nothing you can do to make it work.
Android phones on at&t
Why don't you just go with the aria.my wife has the mt3g slide and I have the aria. Theres not much of a difference between the two except size and a keyboard. The aria is a beast. Don't let the size fool ya.also they have the new samsung galaxy and I think a dell streak that's supposed to be pretty good too.
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beazie0885 said:
Why don't you just go with the aria.my wife has the mt3g slide and I have the aria. Theres not much of a difference between the two except size and a keyboard. The aria is a beast. Don't let the size fool ya.also they have the new samsung galaxy and I think a dell streak that's supposed to be pretty good too.
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I had the aria, and it's not condusive to texting. I went and sold it for $350 on ebay and was going to buy the slide until I realized it doesn't support AT&T's 3g network.
alphamancer said:
I had the aria, and it's not condusive to texting. I went and sold it for $350 on ebay and was going to buy the slide until I realized it doesn't support AT&T's 3g network.
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Look into the Galaxy. I had the joy of playing around with one, and am seriously debating on if I want to sell my Slide and grab one. Wonderful hardware, amazing battery life for the hardware in it, and I have never seen a display that made things look so nice.
My only gripe is the lack of a physical keyboard, but Swype does a damn fine job of handling most of my texting needs, only hassle is dealing with terminal and typing in commands.
Yea, did you try swype? It makes typing a breeze on the smaller screen. But by all means go check your att store for the galaxy or the dell streak. They are very high end devices. But also no keyboard
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Ok here's the low down u rlly can't compare winmo to android but in most ocassions android if u new mess around with it. Ok so tp2 is resistive screen big no no unless u a stylus freek imo get the mytouch slide 2g ain't so bad but use wifi when downloading apps it helps. Battery life varys on the mts from ok to amazing. And plus alota apps lol hope this hlps . Oh the tp2 has an awsome keyboard I used to have one
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How do guys think it will be? I think it has to be a super phone since it looks like it has a front facing camera, and because it looks like t-mobile's first HSPA+ phone, and I read online that the first HSPA+ phone will have a 1ghz processor of the 3rd generation. I know this phone might not be real, but if it is, and has killer specs would you get it? I think I'll get it if it dosen't have a physical keyboard, and i woukd get it in white.Any opinions on it?
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For thos who haven't seen it, here's a pik, and I'll post the other one up in a few.
http://www.tmonews.com/2010/07/mytouch3g-hd-coming-to-t-mobile/
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http://www.tmonews.com/2010/07/mytouch3g-hd-rendering-appears-again-this-time-shows-off-the-back/
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Right now I feel a little pissed about it cause I just bought this slide @ full price but its the way technology. *sigh* >
I got with a contract,actually my dad did, but I'm working right now, and saving up,plus I have a cousin that works in tmo to hook me up.
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I got mine free on fathers day with no contract ... before that I was on at&t. Hope the hd has some great specs though.... looks good imo
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I know, and I hope it's real lol, main reason why I want the mytouch phones is because its tmobile's flagship phone, and you can make them 100 % you lol. Plus I want a super smart phone with no keyboard I got the slide, until a better mytouch without a keyboard and with killer specs comes out, plus makes sense it might be tmos first HSPA+ phone it is their flagship device
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It's weird.. I bought the slide because it had a KB. I like a phone with a hardware keyboard. If the MTHD doesn't have one I'll have to find a new device .....
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I think it won't its too thin to have one,plus they might do a keyboardless mytouch then one with a keyboard, and continue that trend or maybe not, but personally I don't want a physical keyboard, especially for the fact that cases look better.
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I wouldn't get this or any other MyTouch device for that matter. I got the slide because it was the newest Android device with a physical keyboard T-mobile had to offer. But I was disappointed, build quality is horrible and I can't believe HTC actually made this (seems more Tmobile than HTC influence). Feels like a cheap toy cell phone, and has no grip whatsoever. My next device will be whenever Tmobile decides to get a real HTC device with a keyboard, maybe the rumored HTC Vision? Was about to go for the Vibrant but I heard build quality isn't so good on that either, and it has GPS issues. So I guess I will wait. I have another year on contract and then I'm free to jump over to another carrier. AT&T and Verizon not looking too bad about now.
But anyway, if this device is what's next from T-Mobile, then I'm not interested. Looks like a slide that got sat on and stretched vertically. Still cheap looking, trackball is flat and isn't easy to use, and it just looks like a fail waiting to happen.
Having said all of that, this is my first Android device so anything is better than what I was experiencing with Windows... The HD2 was the greatest device HTC built for Windows IMO, and it was still lacking. It finally proved that even with great specs, a Windows phone is a Windows phone and will always give you the same problems.
I wish i new about this before, i would have waited for it instead...But i guess this sort of thing is inevitable these days...
@ace me too lol
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I would love for it to have these features
My touch 2 HSPA+/My Touch HSPA+(Codenamed HTC Unstoppable)
*New Sense UI you have the option to turn HTC Sense off or take out bubbles
*8mp/11mp
*1ghz snapdragon/1.5/2 with very good battery life
*Android 2.2/Gingerbread
*Comes in white, red, and black
*Loads of accessories
*3.7-4.0 screen SLCD screen with Atmel maXTOUCH sensors
*Includes 8/16gb micro SD card expandable to 32gb
*8g/16gb internal storage
*Touch Sensitive track pad like the my touch slide but you will able to calibrate the sensitivity
*HSPA+ Device
*3.5mm audio jack
*Camera/video takes 720/1080p HD resolution
*Xenon Flash/Dual Led Flash
*Camera in front 1.3/3mp
*Very slim
*Pre-loaded with Flash 10.1
* default on-screen keyboard is swype,
*My modes
*Genius Button
*Faves Gallery
*7/9 customizable screen
*Mini HDMI output
*Has four hard key buttons, Menu, Genius Button, Back, and home
*more features
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http://www.tmonews.com/2010/08/wait-project-emerald-is-both-the-g1-blaze-and-mytouch-hd/
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Check this out
http://www.tmonews.com/2010/08/so-what-do-i-think-project-emerald-is/comment-page-1/#comment-149910
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Check this out
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http://www.tmonews.com/2010/09/myto...s-toward-ffc-and-americas-largest-4g-network/
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Drzfr3shboialex said:
http://www.tmonews.com/2010/09/myto...s-toward-ffc-and-americas-largest-4g-network/
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That thing looks worse than the slide, whatd they do to the buttons, it looks strange.
I like it better though its more of a powerhouse
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Engadget has added new pics, seach HSPA on t-mobile's website or mytouch to see the new hd although you aren't able to see the pictures, and also engadget has new pictures.
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So after having my G2 for around 10 months I'm getting kinda bored of it now...haha
Is there any other new android phone that is comparable in any way? I've been looking at the sensation 4g and it seems to be the only phone that catches my interest.
The things I find lacking in the g2 is mainly the speaker and camera quality, a better screen would be nice too (those samsung amoled are awfully pretty)
Any info about the sensation 4g we should know or other recommended phones?
G2x, Sensation, and Nexus S are about the only tmobile phones nicer than ours. Other than your either staying in the same realm or downgrading. Mytouch 4g slide = garbage.
I also am interested in the Sensation but I feel like there this year more T-Mobile phones will be released. I would hold off until after the ATT deal finishes
I have to agree with steven, the mytouch *g slides have been traditionally awful.