I would love to see WM ported to this device, it would be the next best thing to the HD2 if someone could.
Not really, this device is better than the hd2 because the hd2 is running windows. Android blows winmo out of the water imo, and I was a hardcore winmo fanboy until recently.
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Not really, this device is better than the hd2 because the hd2 is running windows. Android blows winmo out of the water imo, and I was a hardcore winmo fanboy until recently.
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yea i swore by winmo until i got this, because essentially winmo had the same basics. multi-tasking, sandboxed apps, open development. its just that the engine for winmo was 8 years old, and it was not slick anymore.
as far as 720p video goes, who shoots 720p video with their phone and then broadcasts it to the world as HD, seriously who does that. i saw the video quality and its very decent.
video calling- yeah they could have done that.. but no, im not willing to sacrifice open development for video calling. if you absolutely must have it, get the sprint evo. thats like a million times better than i****.
This is so funny, 99% of people are switching to android running away from MS like the house is on fire, but someone actually wants MS ported to an andriod device. I guess the grass is always greener
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This is so funny, 99% of people are switching to android running away from MS like the house is on fire, but someone actually wants MS ported to an andriod device. I guess the grass is always greener
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Very true... I switched from the TP2 to the Inc and really expected not to like the Android. Within a half hour, I was hooked and wondered why Windows Mobile is at least 10 years behind in technology.... This is my opinion of course but no matter how good WM7 is, I simply can not imagine going back.
Yep I just left the TP2 and was only worried about the lack of hard keybd but 3 days later, who cares about keyboard....DI works when WM would freeze or crash.
I still have a lot of apps that aren't available for android yet. Would be nice to have the added features like the hardware compass and more ram and the added speed.
I'm not saying that android is a bad platform, which it isn't and I know its advancement is moving along at full steam.
I just have a lot of stuff that I use for WM and isn't available for anything else yet except some of it is available for Crapple's IPhone and would like to keep it for now.
GPS Meter, GCzII, VidaOne Personal Diet and Fitness, Identadrug, Davis Drug Guide, Hamachi2, WMWifiRouter, WifiMonster, GPSWeatherRadar, Bing, and TrackMe.
Would be nice to see an WM Energy ROM for this thing.
Also, is there anything available yet that will auto install software and customize your device with your user information and settings yet for android like XDA_UC does?
like XDA_UC? No, not that I know of as of yet but I'm new to Android(just got rid of my TP2 recently). However, if you set up a gmail account now on your TP2 and know how to setup ActiveSync(instructions are on Gmail's website) all of your calendar & contacts auto-sync to the Incredible when you set it up. All of your apps stay with your gmail account on the marketplace so anything like XDA_UC on Android is relatively useless other than automatically setting up user settings. However, if Android is set-up like a Linux computer, you can simply update the OS version without losing your settings anyways... Trust me, I was in your shoes... It's easy to keep saying Windows is nice but aren't you sick of your phone freezing all the time?
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Not really, this device is better than the hd2 because the hd2 is running windows. Android blows winmo out of the water imo, and I was a hardcore winmo fanboy until recently.
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so was I for about 5-6 years until I got this thing then I was like windows who?
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This is so funny, 99% of people are switching to android running away from MS like the house is on fire, but someone actually wants MS ported to an andriod device. I guess the grass is always greener
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if they got WP7 ported to it then I would def try it for S&Gs, and because I could, I love not having an icrapple.
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like XDA_UC? No, not that I know of as of yet but I'm new to Android(just got rid of my TP2 recently). However, if you set up a gmail account now on your TP2 and know how to setup ActiveSync(instructions are on Gmail's website) all of your calendar & contacts auto-sync to the Incredible when you set it up. All of your apps stay with your gmail account on the marketplace so anything like XDA_UC on Android is relatively useless other than automatically setting up user settings. However, if Android is set-up like a Linux computer, you can simply update the OS version without losing your settings anyways... Trust me, I was in your shoes... It's easy to keep saying Windows is nice but aren't you sick of your phone freezing all the time?
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I haven't been having any problems with my phone freezing up since I unlocked my phone and got away from that pitiful stock rom and upgraded to a 6.5.3 rom, except when it gets really hot from being on in direct sunlight in my truck or something.
I'm not saying that android is bad, just saying it doesn't do what I want it to do at the moment.
lol. I wiped WinMo from my HTC Vogue in favor of Android cause even 6.5.3 is junk. Can't believe someone wants to regress on purpose. Microsoft's answer to finger friendly was to just make certain buttons bigger and make the X really big and ugly.
No way any dev is wasting their going backwards. This wouldn't be like a dev running Windows 3.1 on a Nokia or Apple device to show of their skills. It'd be like swapping a Mustang's engine with an Escort's.
Sorry if I sound rude...I don't mean to. It just sounds crazy to me.
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I agree with the above post. I owned every WM phone under the sun until the G1 came out. Since then I haven't looked back. I had the G1, mt3g, then switched to verizon for the Eris and now the Incredible. They all outperform any windows device I ever owned. I can't think of one thing on windows that I miss really. Use the incredible for about a week and you'll be hooked. There are plenty of apps in the market I'm sure you can find apps to do what you need.
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I know all of the versions of WM have a list of problems that have plagued users since long before I ever used my first WM device "HTC Apache" and I think its besides the point of this thread.
Why has android been ported to other devices "such as the before mentioned HTC Vogue" and all of the other devices that it has showed up on?
One word....... Choice.
People want the ability to choose what they do with their devices, run what they want to run on it and do what they want with it. If they didn't want that choice then everyone would have a Blackberry.
I'm not saying that WM is any better or worse than Android, Personally I use both "Via XDANDROID" on my Touch Pro 2 and I like android, but I still use WM because I have a lot of apps that I rely on that aren't available on android, so I want to have the choice to run WM or Android on it and I think there may be a few others that haven't switched away from WM completely yet because it has something that they use.
you have not experienced Android to it's potential if you are basing your opinion on running 'XDANDROID's' current work in progress... That was running Android off of an SD card and was STILL faster than WM. However, alot of things didn't work properly so your view is skewed. You mentioned people wanted 'variety' so they through Android on their phones.... Not exactly. Android is simply faster and manages memory better hence why people try to port it to WM to speed up their phones. If your only reason for not wanting to switch is because of a few apps, I'm sure you can find the apps on Android. The fact that you are really trying to make the point that you want to stick with WM bc of a few apps boggles my mind... Have you even looked in Android marketplace???
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If your only reason for not wanting to switch is because of a few apps, I'm sure you can find the apps on Android. The fact that you are really trying to make the point that you want to stick with WM bc of a few apps boggles my mind... Have you even looked in Android marketplace???
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I agree....If you search a little bit you'll find apps that will replace the ones you're missing from WM. I thought the same thing when I switched but I've found everything I needed and more.
Identadrug
I purchased this with a yearly subscription and I use it almost daily for work.
http://www.identadrug.com/%28S%28p21lfx45orka2x55gbhbvtad%29%29/pda.aspx?s=ID&cs=
Nothing mentioned about android...
Looked at Davis Drug Guide, and it now has Android.
GCzII Geocaching app, nothing available in android marketplace even comes close to comparing to it at the moment.
http://www.vidaone.com/ Diet and fitness software that i bought and use daily has no current support for Android.
Hamachi 2 Client I use it daily for accessing our reports system at work and my network at home.
WMWifiRouter No current android support "however Chainfire has mentioned that they are developing a version for android" and PDANet just doesn't compare doesn't support wifi and is much slower when using bluetooth and doesn't have the range as wifi. "My g/f and I often take our laptops and I leave my phone plugged up charging while in the cradle in my truck and leave wifirouter running and we both can surf with reasonable speed at the same time on each of our laptops.
TrackMe I see a couple of TrackMe apps on Android, but are any of them based off of this one that have a web gui and allow me to use my existing self-hosted server? Using my existing server setup isn't a requirement but it would help, but hosting my own server and having offline storage of data to sync later is a requirement. (more information requested on this one)
GPSWeatherRadar Currently WM only, and I haven't found anything that is like this on android.
Bing: Seems that there is a version out there for android now, I use it mostly for business listings and movie times etc...
I rarely use it for navigation.
I have listed above the programs that I currently use the most and either can't or don't want to do without.
When an android version comes out of this software or something else that can replace it with the same features "then I will seriously consider switching.
I just really want a better device to run what I have on "since we are locked in with the limited selection of devices that our carriers offer us", at least until more companies adapt their software for android.
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GCzII Geocaching app, nothing available in android marketplace even comes close to comparing to it at the moment.
WMWifiRouter No current android support "however Chainfire has mentioned that they are developing a version for android" and PDANet just doesn't compare doesn't support wifi and is much slower when using bluetooth and doesn't have the range as wifi. "My g/f and I often take our laptops and I leave my phone plugged up charging while in the cradle in my truck and leave wifirouter running and we both can surf with reasonable speed at the same time on each of our laptops.
GPSWeatherRadar Currently WM only, and I haven't found anything that is like this on android.
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-GeoBeagle has been out for awhile now and is open source
-Wireless Tether works pretty good but requires root
-Weather Channel or Weatherbug Elite not exactly the same but functions are there
Not to be rude, but sounds like you should have just purchased an HTC Imagio.
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Very similar profile to our Inc's. Keep in mind that every single app you listed has been replicated in some way or form on android. Do some research, youll be pleasently suprised at androids capabilities.
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Not to be rude, but sounds like you should have just purchased an HTC Imagio.
Very similar profile to our Inc's. Keep in mind that every single app you listed has been replicated in some way or form on android. Do some research, youll be pleasently suprised at androids capabilities.
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Imagio vs Rhodium_W......... Any real difference except for one being a slider and the other having a FM radio and a better camera? I was looking for something faster, has more ram, and a hardware compass. Since it doesn't look like VZW will get a CDMA HD2, I figured this had the most potential out of the current selection of offered devices.
I'm very content with what Android is capable of, it is afterall linux. Its the software selection that still needs a little work.
I've looked up Geobeagle. haven't tried it out yet though. Just heard that Tom from GCzII has been showing more interest in Android, perhaps he'll make a version for it.
Can you show me compariable versions of software for the other listed items?
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Do some research, youll be pleasently suprised at androids capabilities.
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I agree with LegionTHEFecalExcretion....
Sounds like you want us to convince you that you made the right decision. I too came from WM and after a couple days of searching around I found all the apps I needed. To say that the software selection needs work is a little crazy if you ask me.
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An interesting development, this version of GMM has a new feature that its Android counterpart does not yet have and that is the ability to synchronize anything you star on maps.google.com on a computer logged in with your google account with your phone (also logged in) and vice versa (see picture).
Pretty cool if you're a big google mapping dude but this one has a bug. If you attempt to start Layers from the menu and it crashes, you have to start GMM again and go into Menu > Help > Options > Reset Google Maps. This will wipe the cache from your previous version but until they release a fixed version which they'll probably do pretty soon i'm guessing then you have to do this. To my knowledge there are no other new features since 3.2.1, at least none that are apparent enough for me to notice on my own and their release notes aren't so thorough. Anyway here's the cab.
EDIT: They fixed the bug and released a new version, 3.3.1. No other changes to my knowledge.
Doug
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is anyone else more agrivated that it does not have navigation like android ones?
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An interesting development, this version of GMM has a new feature that its Android counterpart does not yet have and that is the ability to synchronize anything you star on maps.google.com on a computer logged in with your google account with your phone (also logged in) and vice versa (see picture).
Pretty cool if you're a big google mapping dude but this one has a bug. If you attempt to start Layers from the menu and it crashes, you have to start GMM again and go into Menu > Help > Options > Reset Google Maps. This will wipe the cache from your previous version but until they release a fixed version which they'll probably do pretty soon i'm guessing then you have to do this. To my knowledge there are no other new features since 3.2.1, at least none that are apparent enough for me to notice on my own and their release notes aren't so thorough. Anyway here's the cab.
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Nice find!
But where did you get the nice taskbar with the small icons of running apps?
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If you were the king of Google, wouldn't you try to make some kind of point by doing this in order to fire up a bigger consumer frenzy to get 250,000 Droids sold in its opening week and over a million by the end of the year? And then a little later after the initial jolt to let it out to all Android 1.6 phones to bolster your overall mobile market share? Maybe overtake Apple in three years? They already crushed MS very decisively.
Once things cool down and level off maybe there will be more incentive to get GMM on as many phones as possible with all its features regardless of the OS than there are incentives not to but I'd bet green money that won't happen this year.
Face it, we're on our way to extinction.
My Maps was actually a part of the 'Layers' functionality quietly released in version 3.2.0.
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=156059
I showed it to my iPhone-toting software engineer brother-in-law several months ago and he was quite amazed and disappointed at the same time. Disappointed because he said that GMM is part of the OS and he can't get version updates like us WinMo users until Apple adds it to the OS update via iTunes.
I enjoy showing iPhone users these things - they show me their fart apps and slowly walk aimlessly away trying to find a better signal.
Although if it weren't for the iPhone, I'm sure WinMo touch screen phones wouldn't be near as good as they are.
emwdava said:
Nice find!
But where did you get the nice taskbar with the small icons of running apps?
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Yes, where did you get that task bar?
emwdava said:
Nice find!
But where did you get the nice taskbar with the small icons of running apps?
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That's wktaskL which you can grab here: http://blownfuze.org/files/WkTaskL_1202.cab
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If you were the king of Google, wouldn't you try to make some kind of point by doing this in order to fire up a bigger consumer frenzy to get 250,000 Droids sold in its opening week and over a million by the end of the year? And then a little later after the initial jolt to let it out to all Android 1.6 phones to bolster your overall mobile market share? Maybe overtake Apple in three years? They already crushed MS very decisively.
Once things cool down and level off maybe there will be more incentive to get GMM on as many phones as possible with all its features regardless of the OS than there are incentives not to but I'd bet green money that won't happen this year.
Face it, we're on our way to extinction.
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...or we can just hope that Microsoft can do better with Bing.
Face it, Bing isn't really thatttt bad.
The only problem is that 98% of the civilized world uses Google.
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I enjoy showing iPhone users these things - they show me their fart apps and slowly walk aimlessly away trying to find a better signal.
Although if it weren't for the iPhone, I'm sure WinMo touch screen phones wouldn't be near as good as they are.
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At work, most of the iPhone users look incomprehendingly at the features on my TP2 -- network sharing? Wireless tethering? Native widescreen? Huh? Then they show me GoogleMaps and Facebook, thinking they're somehow iPhone exclusives.
There is this one user who burns with jealousy with every feature I show him -- the latest is voice command. He didn't upgrade to the 3G version yet, and at this rate, he probably won't. Too bad he's stuck with AT&T for now.
I agree with your second point, but I fear the pendulum is swinging too far the other way. Making everything big, chunky, and finger friendly as well as wasting system resources prettying up the interface are overreactions to non-problems -- I don't see why bloggers have such seething hate towards the stylus. As far as I'm concerned, the iPhone stole my DPad.
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New version released, 3.3.1, fixes the crashing when opening layers.
Why does it say im in Detroit if i dont use the GPS?
@Hanson68: I agree with you on the D-pad. When I left my HTC Tytn to go to the TP2, I saw a bunch of posts saying how you quickly get used to not having a D-pad, but I still miss mine. Not only is it quicker to navigate in some scenarios, but it allows navigation without covering up a large part of the screen with a sausage-like finger when you are trying to see what is happening on-screen.
So guys, do you think navigation like on Android will be in this next release? the starred feature was a great addition, something I was longing for badly!
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So guys, do you think navigation like on Android will be in this next release? the starred feature was a great addition, something I was longing for badly!
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Berardi: Give me some kind of evidence that you have a paypal account (preferably a Google Checkout account actually) and I will bet you twenty to your ten dollars that the next build of GMM for Windows Mobile Google releases will not have Google Maps Navigation. Alternatively I'll bet seventeen to your ten it won't be in there by the end of this year. Six months from now, almost even money.
Doug
mine shows me that I'm in the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan... when I'm actually in Pittsburgh. WTF? I'm on T-Mo US with 3G.
yeah you /wish/ you were in Manhattan.
I think that Google may have had to start collecting towers and their IDs and long/latitude information from each carrier one by one, apparently starting with at&t. Not easy to collect this data (it's a lot of data that may not have been properly cataloged from the start) and sort everything out quickly but, unless this is a glitch specific to this 3.3 version of gmm for you -- actually no, regardless of why, since you're not the only t-mo user in your area with the latest gmm release using the locate thing, I'd say expect this to be fixed maybe within days.
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Berardi: Give me some kind of evidence that you have a paypal account (preferably a Google Checkout account actually) and I will bet you twenty to your ten dollars that the next build of GMM for Windows Mobile Google releases will not have Google Maps Navigation. Alternatively I'll bet seventeen to your ten it won't be in there by the end of this year. Six months from now, almost even money.
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LOL I'm not a betting man but I agree with you definitely not by the end of the year... Maybe in the next 6 months if we are lucky
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EDIT: They fixed the bug and released a new version, 3.3.1. No other changes to my knowledge.
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Last night, I noticed that instead of the usual blue dot with a small arrow in the direction of travel, the whole icon changed to a larger blue arrow. Anyone else noticed this, which I'm assuming is new to v3.3?
Found an article at the::unwired which mentions this also was part of the v3.3 release for Android ("turn the blue My Location dot into a compass arrow") as well as a couple of nice features I've been wanting for a long time now ("displaying a scale bar on the map, show a terrain layer").
Doubt there's much chance of getting Navigation on the WM version if we still don't even have these other features... I mean, c'mon, what good is a map without a scale?!
EDIT: Also found the "What's here?" feature you get by doing a long-press on the map and tapping on the bubble to see what businesses are nearby. Don't recall this in v3.2, but maybe just overlooked it...
I am a true iphone user for a year now, but thats only because i always want to have the greatest phone. I had a touch diamond before from htc, and it sucked.
Here is what i dislike about the touch diamond:
-Needed a reboot every day.
-Slow.
-Ram becomes filled with nothing quickly.
-sms messages dont arrive sometimes.
-did i mention it was freaking slow?
This is why i chose a touch diamond:
-Touchflow 3d is superb.
Well the iPhone 3gs is certainly better then a touch diamond, but today i saw the HD2 in the store and now im really confused what phone i want.
I have a iphone 3gs and love the huge collection of apps and games.
Like music reconition, watching the newspapers quickly, all the jailbreak emulators, tv guide, jibbigo speech translator, and some other apps.
Again a list of things i like and dislike.
iPhone 3gs things i like:
-Easy.
-Smooth.
-Simple.(has disadvantage)
-Fast, blazing fast!
-The App Store.
iPhone 3gs things i dislike in comparision to the experience i had with HD2 today, and pro's of the HD2:
-Simple. I have to launch a app to get information on my 3gs. With the HD2 you have about 10 things at desame time.
-The screen of HD2.....the size of the screen, the colors and the resolution.
It really made me in love.
-5MP camera with a flash has the HD2, but i know the camera of the iphone is good even with 3,2MP.
-The HD2 has skyfire, and i can watch youtube videos with the builded in browser or not?
-The HD has such a beautiful weather function.
Con's why i still choose for iPhone 3Gs:
-The HD2 aint got the app store. Windows marketplace is a joke so far.
-I dont got beautiful experience with windows mobile.(reboots, ram getting full, not fast but rather slow performance.
-iPhone 3gs got nice and clean sms chat system.
Thing i dont know yet what will help me decide:
-Does the HD2 got flash player in the browser? so i can watch youtube without the decicated app for youtube videos?
-Is the HD2 fast and will it hold being fast?
-Battery Life any good in comparision to the iPhone 3gs?
-Do i have to reboot alot?
-Is the sms receive issue solved already in some firmware update or cooked rom?
-Are there cool 3d games available?
-Are there augmented reality apps and text scanners? (to get text from a photo)
-Are there apps that can replace the apps i use on my iphone the most?
(music reconition for knowing what song is on, a good nice designed msn messenger, decibel meterwebcam viewer, metal detector(because compass) and a app to make encrypted notes?)
Finally, i want to say that im not an apple fanboy. Im a fanboy of the best phone, and im really having a large decision to make here. i love both devices so far.
Any replys will be welcomed alot
Thanks, Borg Queen X.
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Thing i dont know yet what will help me decide:
-Does the HD2 got flash player in the browser? so i can watch youtube without the decicated app for youtube videos?
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Skyfire lets you watch flash in browser
I think there's a fix for Opera to allow flash as well
-Is the HD2 fast and will it hold being fast?
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Yes, it's very fast, and only going to get faster with the 1.6x/2.x roms (not to mention the cooked roms in development)
Battery Life any good in comparision to the iPhone 3gs?
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Better than the iPhone 3gs even with stock rom, but only slightly. Users of the 1.6x roms report better battery life than stock rom, so yes.
Do i have to reboot alot?
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I don't have to reboot often, as far as I'm concerned it's an always-on device. Only times I have to reboot is when installing some apps
Is the sms receive issue solved already in some firmware update or cooked rom?
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I don't have the sms issue, only because I don't text much! But it can be resolved by disabling HTC messaging and using pocket outlook. I'm sure there will be a fix for the HTC messaging soon.
Are there cool 3d games available?
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There are some very nice games like Texas HoldEm Poker, Asphalt 4, Guitar Hero 5, Sonic, Prison Tycoon, Pool Rebel, Flight Commander, Hawx, The Game of Life, Real Soccer 2010, Electopia, Need For Speed - these all have good graphics and very good gameplay on the HD2
Are there augmented reality apps and text scanners? (to get text from a photo)
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Not sure about this, maybe someone else can say for sure
Are there apps that can replace the apps i use on my iphone the most? (music reconition for knowing what song is on, a good nice designed msn messenger, decibel meterwebcam viewer, metal detector(because compass) and a app to make encrypted notes?)
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There's music recognition by Shazam, nice MSN messengers, not sure about the others but again someone should be able to say.
Finally, i want to say that im not an apple fanboy. Im a fanboy of the best phone, and im really having a large decision to make here. i love both devices so far.
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My friend just bought an iPhone and I've compared the two, we both like the HD2 more than the iPhone, he can't get it on his network so he's not very happy
The future looks bright for the HD2 with WM7 coming out soon and lots of chefs on this forum looking to cook up some sick roms, so my unbiased opinion is go for the HD2 if you don't mind tweaking it to get the best experience. If you want a device that achieves its full potential straight out of the box then go for the iPhone.
Hello,
A long list of questions which I will answer as follows:
If you like the HD2 because you have had time to play with it AND it will satisfy your needs rather than you wanting "the best phone" because you get bragging rights with your mates then go for it provided:
- you are happy spending time tweaking it
- happy to search on here for solutions to problems and issues
- enjoy flashing roms and can live with the occasional lockups.
If you like things nice and easy,
- don't have the time to tweak your device
- consider your investment in iphone too good/too much to throw away
- want a device that does what it says on the tin time after time
then stick with the iphone.
Its as simple as that.
WB
thanks! Tweaking is not a problem. Im a jailbreaker myself.
Is it certain that the HD2 will support windows mobile 7? Or is it just a rumour?
Ofcource the specs support the OS...but that wont say it will be released for this phone.
By the way i have another thing...when i was in store today ive tilted the phone up and down...And i saw alot white dots on the screen....maby the touchscreen? Anyways it was not really beautiful.
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- happy to search on here for solutions to problems and issues
- enjoy flashing roms and can live with the occasional lockups.
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Happy to search, but i do want to find the solution. I dont like sms messages im sending that wont arrive for instance.
Flashing roms? Cool! I always want to make my phone better! But i hate useless bricks...I dont wanna **** up my phone.
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thanks! Tweaking is not a problem. Im a jailbreaker myself.
Is it certain that the HD2 will support windows mobile 7? Or is it just a rumour?
Ofcource the specs support the OS...but that wont say it will be released for this phone.
By the way i have another thing...when i was in store today ive tilted the phone up and down...And i saw alot white dots on the screen....maby the touchscreen? Anyways it was not really beautiful.
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WM7 upgrade was confirmed by official HTC rep on twitter but removed soon after, make of that what you will.
The grid isnt a problem for me, I can barely see it, it doesnt show at all when the screen is on. Build quality of the phone is top notch, can't recommend it highly enough.
Read the hints and tips thread in this forum to give yourself a taste of what you are letting yourself in for. If after reading you are still happy then you don't need us to tell you what to do.
What you must not do after purchase though is to come on here wailing about what a bad buy it was and how you wish you had stayed with the iphone because all you will get is a serious kicking!
Good luck with your decision.
WB
wacky.banana said:
Read the hints and tips thread in this forum to give yourself a taste of what you are letting yourself in for. If after reading you are still happy then you don't need us to tell you what to do.
What you must not do after purchase though is to come on here wailing about what a bad buy it was and how you wish you had stayed with the iphone because all you will get is a serious kicking!
Good luck with your decision.
WB
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whoa so many tweaks....awesome!
I wont whine about a bad buy if it works fine. But i dont want a similar experience to the touch diamond i had some time ago. I can smack it on the concrete instantly.
I own a HD2 and I trully like it. One of the best buys I've made.
Nonetheless, I came from a HTC Hero, so I should warn you about some details.
It's harder to find the app you want, because there isn't a true "market", like on Android or Iphone OS. Apps don't have a stylish look (they remind me of old Windows 3.11). There's less variety of apps.
Of course there are exceptions and Roms are a different matter (the xda community is very active).
If you're ok with this, go grab one
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I own a HD2 and I trully like it. One of the best buys I've made.
Nonetheless, I came from a HTC Hero, so I should warn you about some details.
It's harder to find the app you want, because there isn't a true "market", like on Android or Iphone OS. Apps don't have a stylish look (they remind me of old Windows 3.11). There's less variety of apps.
Of course there are exceptions and Roms are a different matter (the xda community is very active).
If you're ok with this, go grab one
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yeah i know it from the touch diamond. it is something im gonna miss, but not that much.
But the screen, skyfire, tweaking and touchflo are the main things that drag me to the side of windows mobile once again.
What im scared of is that damn HTC and Microsoft wont give our HD2's windows mobile 7. But if that is released end 2010, i will have a other phone anyways. But a date is not really known right?
Ive seen some 3d games running on the HD2, but i dont think there will come more that fast....
Im also wondering what browser will be faster with tweaks applied(from sticky topic here)
NOOB-----Time Thats the real problem...lol
Sounds like to me you are a NOOB at Windows mobile I own over 6 HTC phones my main phone is the Touch pro2 Nrg 6.5.3 Leo landscape rom and when I had my Fuze it was Fast as ever with full flash web browsing unlike iphone safari see thing is most people have no ideal how are what to do to a windows phone so they just end up saying it cant do things my windows phones had been made into mini laptops as you can see below in some of my screen shots you might wanna ask your self are you ready for a windows phone not is a windows phone ready for you....?
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Personally I'm going to try android, probably the xperia x10.
One thing about the HD2 though, is xda devs.
I can only imagine what some of the cooks are going to achieve with such an awesome piece of hardware...............
Still a hard decision to make...advantage is i wont lose money selling my second hand 3gs and buying a new leo.
i think the biggest let down of iphone is the screen resolution.. seriously.. how that happen? I would seriously consider iphone if it weren't for the poor resolution. 320x480.. yeah right..
camera and all is really great with hd2.. with the pink blob fix and the extra fine quality patch, takes superb pictures. couldn't be happier.
FPSece!! PSX emul.. friggin awesome, tho there's a on screen button lag issue which should be sorted quick as the "paid" version has this sorted.
movies... supports most avi and stuff without encoding. tho I had issues playing mp4 I downloaded from youtube.. strange enough that didn't play smooth on TCPMP, and coreplayer didn't even want to try. But most of dvd rips (700mb) movies play great on hd2.
web browsing is much nicer with bigger screen especially on landscape, you don't need to zoom in to read.
HD2 has the BEST GPS. you don't even need a clear line of sight, works in doors and plenty of SAT nav to choose from.
Most of the apps that are popular and common on iphone would be available here on xda. it would do the similar task. so give xda a good search.
I had to reset my phone a lot, take the battery out and all.. but that's because I was on 1.43 stock and I had so much crap installed and removed.. played with too many things and it was like half broken.
recently flashed to Miri's ROM. it's so much smoother and I did have to reset ONCE so far.. it just got stuck on main home screen. But so far so good. might give it another flash to something new soon.
if you've played with HD2, you will notice you don't really deal with winmo 6.5 much.. it's mostly manilla. well at least with the most common tasks. regarding battery, I find it pretty crap to be honest. I wish it was double of what it is now.. it's always on back of my mind, I just use it without thinking too much about it but then the drain on the battery is pretty quick with web browsing and phone calls.. watching movies.. and i haven't even tried playing FF9 yet, wonder how many hours I will get with a full charge. But I think most phones do about similar hours.. well at least you can buy a spare and chuck it on if it runs out.
Alright. Will search for replacement apps.
If i can find them, im on.
Hope i can ask you guys if i cant find some.
I cant find the following apps i use alot on my iphone:
-augmented reality browser > to view near shops, cafe's, bar's, and stuff like that.
-Search name/adress and get phone number, adress and map application. (or does google maps support this?)
-Compass & gps car/location finder.
-Compass & gps star viewer.
-Notes application, with high encryption and password.
-Advanced photo and video editting app.(actually found alot but need the best there is)
-Music creation/beat maker.
Nonsense apps to show off:
seisometer for detecting small vibrations nearby.
beer drinking applications. there is one....but its real crappy.
Gun application.
Voice morphing.
Dice throwing.
Also, all quality games you can think of are welcome.
Especially 3d games.
blower to blow out candles.
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I cant find the following apps i use alot on my iphone:
-augmented reality browser > to view near shops, cafe's, bar's, and stuff like that.
-Search name/adress and get phone number, adress and map application. (or does google maps support this?)
-Compass & gps car/location finder.
-Compass & gps star viewer.
-Notes application, with high encryption and password.
-Advanced photo and video editting app.(actually found alot but need the best there is)
-Music creation/beat maker.
Nonsense apps to show off:
seisometer for detecting small vibrations nearby.
beer drinking applications. there is one....but its real crappy.
Gun application.
Voice morphing.
Dice throwing.
Also, all quality games you can think of are welcome.
Especially 3d games.
blower to blow out candles.
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AFAIK Augmented reality is coming soon according to WMPowerUser. Google maps will search numbers, addresses etc. In fact most GPS software does this now too (Igo, CoPilot). Igo now supports with the help of some amazing guy on here compass direction combined with GPS support. It also works in Google maps. Not sure about password on notes, but you can encrypt the contents of your SD card anyway (basic wm function). Then, you could just password your device anyway. There are advanced photo editing apps, but when you say advanced, you can't mean full Photoshop type functionality with layer masking and blending etc? Use a PC?! There are apps, as with the iphone but I couldn't be bothered to do it on my phone!! Yes there is music creation/beat maker stuff out there.
No seisometer, quite a few beer ones now, yes to gun, yes to voice morphing and yes to dice. A lot of this stuff I've seen on Modaco but a bit of searching always finds what you need.
WM users have an app store that's better than market place. It's called the internet. Okay so you can't download them directly through your phone as easily, but my goodness there are millions of apps and they don't need to be signed off by Apple. It's a free market....woohoo!!
Oh and just to reiterate a point, fpsece 0.10 PSX emulator is amazing! I'm playing FFVII on it and it's just breathtaking!
borgqueenx said:
I cant find the following apps i use alot on my iphone:
-augmented reality browser > to view near shops, cafe's, bar's, and stuff like that.
-Search name/adress and get phone number, adress and map application. (or does google maps support this?)
-Compass & gps car/location finder.
-Compass & gps star viewer.
-Notes application, with high encryption and password.
-Advanced photo and video editting app.(actually found alot but need the best there is)
-Music creation/beat maker.
Nonsense apps to show off:
seisometer for detecting small vibrations nearby.
beer drinking applications. there is one....but its real crappy.
Gun application.
Voice morphing.
Dice throwing.
Also, all quality games you can think of are welcome.
Especially 3d games.
blower to blow out candles.
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- There is a "where is my car" application on XDA
- PocketStars may be old but it's powerful and works with your GPS
- Meteor is a great music creation software
- Voice Twister is a cool voice morphing application
- For games, there's a thread about HD2 games in this forum
This is what I can think of for now, there could be more.
TrYde said:
- There is a "where is my car" application on XDA
- PocketStars may be old but it's powerful and works with your GPS
- Meteor is a great music creation software
- Voice Twister is a cool voice morphing application
- For games, there's a thread about HD2 games in this forum
This is what I can think of for now, there could be more.
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thanks!
I have tried to look for some quality games, that support the 3d chip....
But the only games i found where:
-Electopia. (only a demo???)
-Experiment13.
-Xtrakt.
Are there more quality games like these? any thread to get me going?
I found alot of threads but they also had games like assasins creed...and when googling for screenshots it looks real crappy.
NFS Undercover
Racing Academy
Spiderman
Prince of Persia
...
Or just install FPSECE and play those thousands of PSX games, they are better than anything you find in the Marketplace or AppStore or elsewhere...
Just out of curiosity how many people aren't using Android as well as windows mobile on their hd2's
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nope, its to ugly,
OrionCarl said:
nope, its to ugly,
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Lol..... even using a build with sense?
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whynot66 said:
Just out of curiosity how many people aren't using Android as well as windows mobile on their hd2's
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Hd2 with Android has absolute gawd-awful battery life... No thanks
Not anymore getting 1%ph in standby now
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whynot66 said:
Not anymore getting 1%ph in standby now
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Whaaaaa?!
Which WM Rom/Radio are you using? Which Android build?
Pretty good battery if that is the case... Looks like I'll have to try it again
ap3604 said:
Whaaaaa?!
Which WM Rom/Radio are you using? Which Android build?
Pretty good battery if that is the case... Looks like I'll have to try it again
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Chuckydroid
Bangsters latest
2.12 radio
Have to run a few tweak but it works almost ready for nand
Also ppp is almost stable I get 3.2mb down and 2mb up,
What Do you get in wm
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Lol..... even using a build with sense?
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yeah i love sense, but the android home screen just isnt as nice and clean and useable then the winmo, I like my opera tab wifi tab gps disconnect and torch all on the home page, same colour, so they all match, call me fussy, but im allowed to be till there is a CHT for it, im not gonna jump ship, TBH cant see me ever, my ROM works perfect, 3 days batt, even with heavy usage, cant really see the need to!this is my home: simple and clean
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have never used android, will never use android......
dont see what all the fuss is about...
I started reading this with the intention of flaming you for posting an android related thread outside of the android section...
turns out this is in the right place after all and I get to have a little moan about android......
thanks
OrionCarl said:
yeah i love sense, but the android home screen just isnt as nice and clean and useable then the winmo, I like my opera tab wifi tab gps disconnect and torch all on the home page, same colour, so they all match, call me fussy, but im allowed to be till there is a CHT for it, im not gonna jump ship, TBH cant see me ever, my ROM works perfect, 3 days batt, even with heavy usage, cant really see the need to!this is my home: simple and clean
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Is that a data toggle that can disable and enable data or does it just diable data only?
Android rocks!!1
have not tried android yet, though would like to give it a go. the only thing is that i am a bit concerned with flashing a different radio and messing my 3g connection which i enjoy in the house i have recently moved in and then there are issues with the battery drain and over heating and also if i wanna use android daily i guess it is better to use a more optimised rom than my stock one which i cant be bother to flash
Bought the HD2 for WinMo and the best hardware on the market the month it came out. was very happy with it. Flashed a ton of roms. Decided to give android a try. I haven't used WinMo since July now. I still feel I have some of the best hardware on the market and feel its even better with android. Sorry WinMo, I have been turned to the dark side...
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Tried android, worked well, really liked flash support in the browser, but that was the only positive thing I found.
Sense wasn't as functional on android, the rest of the OS looked like android copied IOS. All the apps looked like iphone apps.
Really looking forward to wp7. Now that twitter has been integrated along with netflix and youtube, not much that it doesn't do right out of the box.
jelliottz said:
Bought the HD2 for WinMo and the best hardware on the market the month it came out. was very happy with it. Flashed a ton of roms. Decided to give android a try. I haven't used WinMo since July now. I still feel I have some of the best hardware on the market and feel its even better with android. Sorry WinMo, I have been turned to the dark side...
+1 couldn't go back
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Been using Android on my HD2 for a couple of weeks. Only thing that I do not like is the battery drain. Other than that, it makes WM look sick. I have had many WM phones over the years. I have an iPhone, too.
The major things I like about Android:
1. Apps are so available and easy to DnI and YES, they do look like iPhone. Main reason why I liked the iPHone and Android apps compare to WM apps. Much cheaper in cost and more availability. Yes, I do know that WM has a lot of apps as I do a lot of searching, reading, forums other than this one. Display is much better in format using non-WM apps.
2. Speed - Android seems much faster than WM even when I compare the same apps using WM and/or Android.
3. Customization - I use HD2 Sense, SPB Mobile Shell and now with Android, I can get the same customization using the apps available on Android store.
Oh, just thought about another thing I don't like about Android. No Restart without Power Off and Power On going through WM or dual booter.
Got the best of both worlds. If you haven't tried it, don't knock it. JMHO!
ap3604 said:
Is that a data toggle that can disable and enable data or does it just diable data only?
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just disconnect, as the GPS connects when ever i go on the net...no data enabler/disabler seems to work when u wanna have the weather update ect.
orioncarl said:
my rom works perfect, 3 days batt, even with heavy usage, cant really see the need to!this is my home: Simple and clean:d
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how do you do that??
dan138zig said:
how do you do that??
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I tried everything and still a lot of battery drain. I use TaskPanel X and Kill All Background Tasks constantly and within minutes I have apps restarted such as:
Voice Search, Startup Auditor, Taskiller, News and Weather, FolderOrganizer, Clock, etc. The list of open apps changes minute by minute. I have even put these apps in the Killer List and Disabled these using both options: Startup Disable and Keep Disabled in Startup Auditor. I really don't understand why they kick off when they are flagged in Startup Auditor.
Any suggestions?
asctony said:
I tried everything and still a lot of battery drain. I use TaskPanel X and Kill All Background Tasks constantly and within minutes I have apps restarted such as:
Voice Search, Startup Auditor, Taskiller, News and Weather, FolderOrganizer, Clock, etc. The list of open apps changes minute by minute. I have even put these apps in the Killer List and Disabled these using both options: Startup Disable and Keep Disabled in Startup Auditor. I really don't understand why they kick off when they are flagged in Startup Auditor.
Any suggestions?
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Not an Computer Engineer or anything but while I had the Nexus One there was always a HUGE debate on whether or not to use a task killer.
One guy whose opinion I respect alot said that the way Android works, it actually takes MORE battery to kill tasks since the tasks will use more juice starting back up again and again (getting killed each time) instead of just letting them running in the background without using any power...
I never used the Task Killers personally unless the app I was in locked up but what do I know?
Android has a long road to catch with iOS4 - im very depressed with the lack of quality control in the Android OS - it sucks - I guess it teaches Google that going from web devolpment to other plataforms is not that easy.
The App Store doesn't have any sort of quality control or centralized payment system.
There isn't a way to remove your Google ID from your phone.
I'm very unhappy with my phone - Iphone is much better. So many cool apps that will never appear on the Android thanks to Google incompetence
What were you expecting?
Everything is different, if you wanted an iPhone, you should buy an iPhone, not expect a different product to be exactly the same.
This has nothing to do with the X10 though. Is there an "Android" forum on here, not for any particular phone, but for the OS itself?
(Edit: Google Checkout seems pretty "centralized" to me... dunno what you mean about that.)
dr.doug said:
Android has a long road to catch with iOS4 - im very depressed with the lack of quality control in the Android OS - it sucks - I guess it teaches Google that going from web devolpment to other plataforms is not that easy.
The App Store doesn't have any sort of quality control or centralized payment system.
There isn't a way to remove your Google ID from your phone.
I'm very unhappy with my phone - Iphone is much better. So many cool apps that will never appear on the Android thanks to Google incompetence
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Try this
go to settings....
go to Applications...
go to Manage applications...
Scroll down till you find “Google Apps” click on it...
Simply hit the "Clear data"....
ALL YOU CONTACTS AND EVERYTHING GOOGLE RELATED WILL BE GONE
Now navigate back to the main settings window and go to Online service accounts...Google should be free for your new account inputs.
dr.doug said:
Android has a long road to catch with iOS4 - im very depressed with the lack of quality control in the Android OS - it sucks - I guess it teaches Google that going from web devolpment to other plataforms is not that easy.
The App Store doesn't have any sort of quality control or centralized payment system.
There isn't a way to remove your Google ID from your phone.
I'm very unhappy with my phone - Iphone is much better. So many cool apps that will never appear on the Android thanks to Google incompetence
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Lol.. get ready to be flamed. You just proved you are a jerk by comparing google platform with iOS4...lol.. omg ppl .. dont even know what they are talking about
This guy has to be a troll. Don't give him any more enjoyment from this thread. Mods please close this thread. Thx in advance.
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not a troll at all - just plain unhappy with the quality of the whole package - and I'm sure we all agree there is a long road ahead - I was expecting much more from my cellphone.
Yeah - I believe in complaining - I want more and better and I expect much more from Google.
Rockjock007 said:
Try this
go to settings....
go to Applications...
go to Manage applications...
Scroll down till you find “Google Apps” click on it...
Simply hit the "Clear data"....
ALL YOU CONTACTS AND EVERYTHING GOOGLE RELATED WILL BE GONE
Now navigate back to the main settings window and go to Online service accounts...Google should be free for your new account inputs.
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Thanks for the tip : )
iead1 said:
What were you expecting?
Everything is different, if you wanted an iPhone, you should buy an iPhone, not expect a different product to be exactly the same.
This has nothing to do with the X10 though. Is there an "Android" forum on here, not for any particular phone, but for the OS itself?
(Edit: Google Checkout seems pretty "centralized" to me... dunno what you mean about that.)
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Yes - I'm married to a X10 - in the good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. Amen
dr.doug said:
not a troll at all - just plain unhappy with the quality of the whole package - and I'm sure we all agree there is a long road ahead - I was expecting much more from my cellphone.
Yeah - I believe in complaining - I want more and better and I expect much more from Google.
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You mean "smartphone" not cellphone? Looks like its outsmarted you sir!
bazzatron said:
You mean "smartphone" not cellphone? Looks like its outsmarted you sir!
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indeed sir
dr.doug said:
not a troll at all - just plain unhappy with the quality of the whole package - and I'm sure we all agree there is a long road ahead - I was expecting much more from my cellphone.
Yeah - I believe in complaining - I want more and better and I expect much more from Google.
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Wow slow down man, a long road for iOS yes, Android is far far far better then iOS. My wife owns an iphone 4 and every time i pick it up to play with it i just feel sorry for it (swipe left, swipe right ) beleive me man Android is for MEN real MEN iphone is for people that have no computer orientation whatsoever it just works and thats it. For me i really cant beleive how much behind iOS is, you cant do anything on it! I dont know wich world you live in but please explain how is android behind? explain man.. Seriously i dont mean to be rude or anything but sometimes when i hear something like that i want to smack myself in the head because i cant beleive there is people stupid enough to claim that kind of thing... iOS is like you bought a house that you cant furnish the way you want, you cant decorate it the way you want, you cant repaint it, you cant do **** with it except open the fridge and eat whatever is in it weather you like it or not, or you want a softer bed but you cant change it, you want a different couch? guess what you cant change it....anything you want to change or have your way you cant! you can only use it however you bought it .... i hope you get the point. Android keeps amazing me everyday more and more of how you can change anything you want! And modify your phone in so many ways, i have a different look every week . its just ridiculous the amount if customization you can do. Seriously and to have all that with an good looking phone with great hardware, fast and reliable is just plain amazing. So whats up with that "quality of the whole package" what do you mean? i think you are really confused , are you?Cause i am. So please explain yourself..
dr.doug said:
Yes - I'm married to a X10 - in the good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. Amen
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Honestly, I do not think Apple is better than Android. They're simply too different ios. Theirs things that Apples os does better and theirs things that Android ios does better. Think about it. You probably say you prefer Apple over Android because you don't have froyo 2.2 on your phone yet. Android is amazing in my opinion. Full web content via adobe flash 10.1 (iphone cannot do every website in flash), you can not change the ui like Android, free turn by turn voice navigation, the ability to do something as simple as make phone calls and not have them drop because you do not have a case on your phone. Not one android phone needs a case to make a phone call. Apple is just now offering multitask, Android has been doing this since day one! One of the reasons why most people think iphone is the best is because of Apples marketing. Apple is smart when it comes to marketing. They only sold 3 different models (correct me if I'm wrong). 3g, 3gs and 4g and they all look similar so almost all accessories can be used through them all, they have millions of accessories. They have "i"everything. idock, ialarm, i etc. They are very smart! iphone isn't a bad phone but I do not think Android sucks compared to Apple like you make it sound. If you like iphone so bad then sell your phone or trade it for an iphone. Thanks for letting me vent.
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Rockjock007 said:
Try this
go to settings....
go to Applications...
go to Manage applications...
Scroll down till you find “Google Apps” click on it...
Simply hit the "Clear data"....
ALL YOU CONTACTS AND EVERYTHING GOOGLE RELATED WILL BE GONE
Now navigate back to the main settings window and go to Online service accounts...Google should be free for your new account inputs.
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I lol'd to this
To the OP. You are honestly the first person ive ever heard say this. Most people are blown away by Android, especially considering how new it is. Most will agree it is more robust and more powerful and has much much more potential than iOS.
lol indeed
This thread wasnt helpful at all
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OP When you buy a phone, smart or otherwise, you should have a look at the operating as the OS and it app support and layout are the selling points to any phone. you should have enquired into how apps are paid for before you paid the money for the phone.
If YOU forgot to check if the things that were important to YOU ar present in OS then its really your fault not googles
tl;dr
Stop winging on the forums that's not what they're for
So I just got CM7 beta installed and the communications lady at my place of business comes to my desk and says "Oh, you have the Atrix? Do you want me to order you a lapdock for it?"
Sucks to be me, right?
I had her order the thing because we are doing a lot of cool stuff with citrix receiver and how awesome would it be if I could have an atrix running Windows via citrix reciever
But now -- I cant bring myself to remove CM7. I've thought about it many times.
I've been in recovery with my finger hovering over the button to flash back to stock GB
But I love CM7 too much. I don't want to go back to blur.
It would be like -- having an Atrix and the someone telling you you had to use this HTC Incredible 2 instead.
I think I have the solution. I am going to go back to the communications lady and request a 2nd Atrix -- for testing purposes only of course.
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So I just got CM7 beta installed and the communications lady at my place of business comes to my desk and says "Oh, you have the Atrix? Do you want me to order you a lapdock for it?"
Sucks to be me, right?
I had her order the thing because we are doing a lot of cool stuff with citrix receiver and how awesome would it be if I could have an atrix running Windows via citrix reciever
But now -- I cant bring myself to remove CM7. I've thought about it many times.
I've been in recovery with my finger hovering over the button to flash back to stock GB
But I love CM7 too much. I don't want to go back to blur.
It's would be like -- having an Atrix and the someone telling you you had to use this HTC Incredible 2 instead.
I think I have the solution. I am going to go back to the communications lady and request a 2nd Atrix -- for testing purposes only of course.
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Yeah, that or sell the laptop dock
Webtop will most likely be working once the dev team release a RC build. But who knows how long that may be.
What company do you work at, where they just hand out laptop docks? that's awsome.
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Yeah, that or sell the laptop dock
What company do you work at, where they just hand out laptop docks? that's awsome.
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Can't sell it since it's technically a company asset.
I won't broadcast the exact company for CYA reasons, but I will say that I work in IT at one of the major American Pizza corporations.
Free pizza + Free tech = winning combo
cool story bro
sanriver12 said:
cool story bro
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How long have you been waiting to say that to someone?
Flash Aura!..............Fantastic ROM!
capnsouth said:
How long have you been waiting to say that to someone?
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Since he saw it in another post.
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Seriously, I have the same problem. I keep going back and forth.
I like CM7, but I actually miss some of the crap that Moto put in the Atrix rom. And the webtop. Most of the time it's fairly useless, but when I need it, it's golden. And the Citrix Receiver is awesome, I have fun explaining to everyone that the phone is the laptop (just like those stupid ads).
stewartsoda said:
Citrix Receiver is awesome, I have fun explaining to everyone that the phone is the laptop (just like those stupid ads).
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+1 for citrix receiver being awesome. People are blown away when I launch photoshop in 3 seconds because its being run by a quad core xeon with 16GB Ram
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Since he saw it in another post.
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capnsouth said:
Free pizza + Free tech = winning combo
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OMFG. Do you have job openings? I can do marketing. Will work for free tech and free pizza.
I don't see what the CM7 rave is all about. I've had too many Android phones to list and I tried CM on all of them. It serves a good purpose for phones which are slow to get updated or don't have any good custom roms, but I don't see the purpose with the Atrix as I felt the same way with the Evo and Evo 3D. The loss of certain functionality isn't worth it in my opinion. I don't have a lapdock, but being able to go somewhere and plug in the HDMI and have an easy no nonsense way of playing music, videos and pictures. Motoblur is not intrusive either like Sense can be at times.
I'm just offering my opinion and not trying to start an arguement, but I truely want to know why so many people "must" use it. Am I missing something? I used it for two days until I went to watch a movie and only had HDMI mirroring with no landscape support. I must say battery life and performance was great, but it's not bad on Alien rom either though.
For informations, I really like that
Searching the web and accompanying the operation with a friend, I see that there are some outstanding issues to resolve, as the case of battery and FM radio. But, in the future, I wish to install on my Xperia X10 Mini Pro.
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I must say battery life and performance was great, but it's not bad on Alien rom either though.
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CM7 just seems snappier, Im guessing because there are fewer processes running. That being said, I ran Alien prior to CM7 and I have been running Alien ever since I originally posted this (i caved because I really wanted to try out the lapdock) and I agree, That rom is very fast compared to the stock GB, thanks to kennethpen's work.
Keep in mind its still beta
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I don't see what the CM7 rave is all about. I've had too many Android phones to list and I tried CM on all of them. It serves a good purpose for phones which are slow to get updated or don't have any good custom roms, but I don't see the purpose with the Atrix as I felt the same way with the Evo and Evo 3D. The loss of certain functionality isn't worth it in my opinion. I don't have a lapdock, but being able to go somewhere and plug in the HDMI and have an easy no nonsense way of playing music, videos and pictures. Motoblur is not intrusive either like Sense can be at times.
I'm just offering my opinion and not trying to start an arguement, but I truely want to know why so many people "must" use it. Am I missing something? I used it for two days until I went to watch a movie and only had HDMI mirroring with no landscape support. I must say battery life and performance was great, but it's not bad on Alien rom either though.
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Completely agreed. I admit I use it for phones like the BACKFLIP and the CLIQ XT. Phones that are slow and buggy stock and need to be cleaned up or have major driver/coding issues. But the atrix? Stock 2.3.4 rooted debloated is an absolute dream: silky smooth, insanely fast, and 20 hour battery life. And lapdock STILL works.
I think it's kind of like Google Chrome or Firefox. Even though IE9 flies and does everything correctly on win 7 ultimate x64 and a quadcore with a good graphics card...people still use Chrome or Firefox. Just that whole rebellious don't let the man put you down type mentality.
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Completely agreed. I admit I use it for phones like the BACKFLIP and the CLIQ XT. Phones that are slow and buggy stock and need to be cleaned up or have major driver/coding issues. But the atrix? Stock 2.3.4 rooted debloated is an absolute dream: silky smooth, insanely fast, and 20 hour battery life. And lapdock STILL works.
I think it's kind of like Google Chrome or Firefox. Even though IE9 flies and does everything correctly on win 7 ultimate x64 and a quadcore with a good graphics card...people still use Chrome or Firefox. Just that whole rebellious don't let the man put you down type mentality.
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That and Chrome is a bizzillion times faster than IE, and a bizzillion times lighter on system resources than IE.... kinda like CM7
A BIZZILLION!!!!
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i like cm7 because chainfire runs perfect,
in all the others gb roms if i install the app every time i revert to portrait from landscape screen becomes crazy full of artifacts...
and of course booting up in less than 40 sec with 120 app installed...incredible!
Swiftks said:
That and Chrome is a bizzillion times faster than IE, and a bizzillion times lighter on system resources than IE.... kinda like CM7
A BIZZILLION!!!!
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except IE9 is so much better when it comes to css3 and gpu aided html5. and other than that, almost the exact same resources footprint. oh, and try twitter on chrome and look at your cpu load, then do it on ie9 and compare..also..ie9 doesn't change my registry, chrome does, in many ways, and they DON'T TELL YOU IT DOES.
if it's really about speed, opera destroys chrome, firefox, and IE.
and if it's about usability, I've never seen a better browser than safari.
can't really say anything about CM7. At this point I simply don't see why I want it on my atrix. the new blur launcher is way lighter than adw.
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except IE9 is so much better when it comes to css3 and gpu aided html5. and other than that, almost the exact same resources footprint. oh, and try twitter on chrome and look at your cpu load, then do it on ie9 and compare..also..ie9 doesn't change my registry, chrome does, in many ways, and they DON'T TELL YOU IT DOES.
if it's really about speed, opera destroys chrome, firefox, and IE.
and if it's about usability, I've never seen a better browser than safari.
can't really say anything about CM7. At this point I simply don't see why I want it on my atrix. the new blur launcher is way lighter than adw.
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The beauty of Android is that you don't have to use the packaged launcher if you don't like it. That goes for any ROM that packages a non stock Android launcher.
The nice thing about CM7, besides being one of the more popular ROMs, is that there are a lot of developers for it and in most cases it runs better than the stock ROM. When the vendor stops supporting the phone, the CM devs keep going.
I've used CM across 3 different phones and in all cases it was superior to stock, even on my Atrix which is still in beta. Now I do miss the fingerprint reader and having audio out work through the car dock but these will eventually get added.