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X1 or touch hd

hello, im new to xda and i need a new phone asap. i cant decide between these 2 phones. i dont need a keyboard but would really like one and i dont need a big screen but it needs to be big enough to watch movies on, do word docs and powerpoints. anyone who has the x1, is the screen small for you? if you had to choose one of these phones and u had the money, which one would you get?

Touch HD: Big screen, accelerometer
Xperia: Hardware keyboard
I have both, and my vote goes to Touch HD. Mostly because of the screen size (big, but not too big. And it's finger friendly!).
The hardware keyboard on X1 is really nice however. So if you type often, go for the X1.
Everyones taste is different, so I recommend going to the closest retail store and check em both out

i might as well wait for the touch pro 2, only .2 of an inch smaller than the hd but also has a keyboard. also has a tilting screen and it looks like its made of metal.

catsrule30 said:
i might as well wait for the touch pro 2, only .2 of an inch smaller than the hd but also has a keyboard. also has a tilting screen and it looks like its made of metal.
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Sound like a good plan

do you know if its made of metal or plastic?

This has been discussed before, but more than a million words, better take a look at the POLL (link on my signature)

dogans said:
Touch HD: Big screen, accelerometer
Xperia: Hardware keyboard
I have both, and my vote goes to Touch HD. Mostly because of the screen size (big, but not too big. And it's finger friendly!).
The hardware keyboard on X1 is really nice however. So if you type often, go for the X1.
Everyones taste is different, so I recommend going to the closest retail store and check em both out
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The keyboard is good until it gets unresponsive.
catsrule30 said:
i might as well wait for the touch pro 2, only .2 of an inch smaller than the hd but also has a keyboard. also has a tilting screen and it looks like its made of metal.
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dogans said:
Sound like a good plan
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Wait for the Touch Pro2.
gtrab said:
This has been discussed before, but more than a million words, better take a look at the POLL (link on my signature)
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Do other users have a big banner in their signature asking for people to vote for their device?

my vote goes for the X1, better battery, better support (here in Sweden) hardware keyboard (very needed) and flashlight (better camera) I don't watch movies on my phones, but yes it looks good when watching with the Xperia screen, otherwise I use my PSP or my HP TX1020 (12") if I really need to watch movies when on a trip or something
imo the touch hd only have one advantage and it's the screen, I don't see the accelerometer like a "big" thing...

easier way to shoot pic

Is there an easier way to shoot pics using the camera than the touch screen or trackpad? Like power button or tapping the screen.
It's hard when taking pictures of my self and friends when screen is not facing us.

ultra99 said:
Is there an easier way to shoot pics using the camera than the touch screen or trackpad? Like power button or tapping the screen.
It's hard when taking pictures of my self and friends when screen is not facing us.
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The trackball isn't easy enough to hit while facing away from you??

khaytsus said:
The trackball isn't easy enough to hit while facing away from you??
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nope, holding and clicking with one hand? no it's not easy.

I'm gonna go ahead and ignore the fact that you take self-pics....
but euh yeah, some apps give you the ability to take the pics by tapping anywhere on the screen. just look them up (camera360?)

hmm I wonder why there is no timer option , even in CM6

Camera zoom FX has voice control...

britoso said:
hmm I wonder why there is no timer option , even in CM6
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*cough*
Let's notify some bakers, coders and cookers.
Someone needs to get IN on this one.
OORR, a simple timer function?

ultra99 said:
Is there an easier way to shoot pics using the camera than the touch screen? Like tapping the screen.
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elio said:
Camera zoom FX has voice control...
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It does???? How?

haha t0ph0id, well noticed!!
I too hate having to touch the touch screen, tapping it though is alright :-/ lol

mtw4991 said:
It does???? How?
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You can set it to respond to a clap or a voice command. It also has a timer if I'm not mistaken.

elio said:
You can set it to respond to a clap or a voice command. It also has a timer if I'm not mistaken.
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How do you set it up?

settings ---> settings 3 ---> timer

elio said:
settings ---> settings 3 ---> timer
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You guys talking about the Nexus One 720p camera? if so, it ain't there, lol

ultra99 said:
nope, holding and clicking with one hand? no it's not easy.
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You press down the trackball to take a picture. You are aware of this, right?

mtw4991 said:
You guys talking about the Nexus One 720p camera? if so, it ain't there, lol
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Talking about "camera zoom FX", a third party application.

Sigh.. common sense
I'm pretty sure he means it would be easier to just touch anywhere on the screen in camera mode to snap a picture as opposed to trying to touch the small circle at the bottom left.

ericc191 said:
Sigh.. common sense
I'm pretty sure he means it would be easier to just touch anywhere on the screen in camera mode to snap a picture as opposed to trying to touch the small circle at the bottom left.
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That's not very common sensical. I can't recall if the stock camera does touch to focus, but it should. The CM camera does, and it's great.

bigmout said:
That's not very common sensical. I can't recall if the stock camera does touch to focus, but it should.
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Nope, only double touch to zoom.

Will the wallpaper resizing issue be fixed in ics?

Do we know if the resizing issue with wallpapers is going to be fixed in ics?
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That is the one thing that really ticks me off about Android devices. Unless it is the stock wallpaper you have to jump threw hoops to get it to size correctly on your screen. On Apple devices its as simple as 1 click. Why can't Android do that??

Unicorn tears. Steve soaked up all of them on the market.

its already solved. just use multipicture wallpaper from the market its free

taha_e said:
its already solved. just use multipicture wallpaper from the market its free
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That isn't solved. That's a workaround.
"Hey my headlight is out!" "Just tape a flashlight in there."

What's the "resizing issue" in the first place?

gokpog said:
What's the "resizing issue" in the first place?
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On HC devices, try setting an image as your wallpaper. Even if the image is really high-res, it only allows you to select a very small portion of the picture to use as a wallpaper. The end result is, your selection gets all blown-up and pixelated. It's nigh-impossible to get a good-looking, full-res wallpaper without using one of the stock wallpapers or a workaround.

What he said

Is this really a honeycomb issue or is it the form factor of the screen needing to have a wallpaper that fits portrait and landscape? I wonder how wallpaper selection is on the smaller galaxy tabs?
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Stardate Tab 10.1 said:
Is this really a honeycomb issue or is it the form factor of the screen needing to have a wallpaper that fits portrait and landscape? I wonder how wallpaper selection is on the smaller galaxy tabs?
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If an image fits the screen, it fits. It shouldn't matter what way I'm holding it.

Until you rotate it. Then the image won't fit the screen.
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Stardate Tab 10.1 said:
Until you rotate it. Then the image won't fit the screen.
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...Why does the image have to move when I rotate it?

Cammiesoul said:
...Why does the image have to move when I rotate it?
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think about what you have said.
if you have a landscape picture then rotate ur screen to portrait youll get black bars top and bottom.
Landscape height = 800pixels
Portrait height = 1280 pixels
then youll start complaing why do i have black bars when my screen is in portrait mode -_-

mrvtec69 said:
think about what you have said.
if you have a landscape picture then rotate ur screen to portrait youll get black bars top and bottom.
Landscape height = 800pixels
Portrait height = 1280 pixels
then youll start complaing why do i have black bars when my screen is in portrait mode -_-
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Actually his question is legit. Why the picture has to rotate? Let's say he wants to use a picture of a metal grid as the background, that picture doesn't really have to move or rotate (just like it happens on computers). There should be an option in the settings to allow this, I completely agree with him even if I doubt I'll use it very often.

...and if you want to have a nice landscape as a background picture?
You rotate your tab 180 and trees are growing upside down.

You guys do realize that this is not a bug or error.. It's a feature, the small portion you are referring to is the actual homescreen.. When you select a wallpaper it's a sort of cross. Why is it a cross? Well when you open the app drawer the wallpaper scrolls down to give another perspective.. So basicly, the horizontal bar of the cross is the actual wallpaper on the homescreen. The vertical bar is for scrolling up in the app drawer. If you don't want that move to another launcher, or set wallpaper scrolling to off.

lol @ feature.
Lets make sure the picture you want as a desktop....the thing most easily identifiable as customizing....the thing youve been doing with your desktop since windows 98....lets make sure we make it the biggest pain in the ass for you to change it to what you want.
Its ugly ,its stupid ,and useless.
All 3rd party apps door poor jobs of keeping the original res.
So AGAIN...does ICS fix this ? Anyone with half a brain or 15 seconds of Android use knows that a pain this is.

Simple Answer.
Sorry, but no.
It is not fixed yet,i hope it will be fixed in future.

I agree. It's very annoying, and needs to be fixed'
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if you resize your wallpaper to 1900x1408 (or is it 1900x1425?), and the wallpaper won't be stretched. You have to use larger images than the screen resolution because of the way the wallpaper scrolls.
Though I do have to say, my HP touchpad (running ICS) renders wallpapers much better than the galaxy tab does. It does have a different aspect ratio though

Galaxy Note Wiyh SoftKeys

Hi
Which one is better in CM9 in your opinion?
With SoftKeys?
Without SoftKeys?

I don't get why youd even want softkeys, why would you want to waste a portion of your screen with keys that you have already have anyway

i didn't buy a device with a 5.3" screen because i like wasting screen real estate...

i did buy a device with a 5.3" screen because i like wasting screen real estate!
Tablet mode with touch keys is how i use it now.
I even disabled the original menu/back button, cause i touch them while typing.

Soft keys for the multitasking button. With such a large screen we can easily afford to waste screen real estate.

Also softkeys are not good for our SUPER AMOLED screens, they will be permanently burned to your screen after a few months!
No kidding!
Read about the AMOLED burn-in problem on Google.
Cheers!
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Rayan said:
Also softkeys are not good for our SUPER AMOLED screens, they will be permanently burned to your screen after a few months!
No kidding!
Read about the AMOLED burn-in problem on Google.
Cheers!
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So will your status bar.

I personally love the onscreen buttons. I disable the other ones and disable the backlight as well. I do this for the fact that my kids and I would constantly back out of things when grabbing the phone landscape. I like the fact that with the onscreen you have somewhere to grab the phone without backing out. And although not a big deal, its less stress not having to press the big button, and this I would think would help the longevity of the hardware button itself . But in the end, it's purely preference, oh and I don't worry about the burn in as I have mine set very low so its just noticeable and It moves when I open apps and when I go landscape.

Spartoi said:
So will your status bar.
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I think that was so freaking obvious so I didn't mentioned it.
Point is, why have yet another static object on screen?
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skillz9669 said:
And although not a big deal, its less stress not having to press the big button
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That is the main reason why I enable software keys on every ICS ROM I try! When you try on-screen keys you will feel how LONG it takes to launch the recent apps panel using the long-pres on Home button! Add to that I got very used to multitask using the recent apps softkey then physical button will only hinder my speed and will wear out in a matter of couple months

I've flashed the soft keys and disabled the back lights of the hardware keys, but how do I completely disable the hardware keys so I won't press them by accident?
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Rayan said:
I think that was so freaking obvious so I didn't mentioned it.
Point is, why have yet another static object on screen?
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I think its so freaking obvious that you're gonna have a burn in (allegedly) regardless.
Point is, why even bother trying avoid a screen burn in if its inevitable.

Rayan said:
I think that was so freaking obvious so I didn't mentioned it.
Point is, why have yet another static object on screen?
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Point is if u enable softkey , ur status bar blend in with the keys to to bottom of the screen. Where is the another static object comes from? It is still one black bar just different position.
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Rayan said:
Also softkeys are not good for our SUPER AMOLED screens, they will be permanently burned to your screen after a few months!
No kidding!
Read about the AMOLED burn-in problem on Google.
Cheers!
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Have to quote this again so people are aware. Amoleds are notorious for ghosting due to pixel wear out burnout whatever you want to call it. Using the ICS on screen virtual buttons will surely destroy your screen.
That's why I also autohide my notification bar on the home screens.
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Spartoi said:
I think its so freaking obvious that you're gonna have a burn in (allegedly) regardless.
Point is, why even bother trying avoid a screen burn in if its inevitable.
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Burn out is avoidable provided you don't leave static images on the screen for long periods of time. With the notification bar it is always there unless you use a launcher that hides it on the home screens and apps that have the option to hide the notification bar as well.
I use opera mobile so I can browse in full screen and not worry about static notification bars. Also use launcher pro so I can hide the notification bar.

Azeazezar said:
i did buy a device with a 5.3" screen because i like wasting screen real estate!
Tablet mode with touch keys is how i use it now.
I even disabled the original menu/back button, cause i touch them while typing.
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How did you disabled them??? Is there an easy way?

I like to use the softkeys simply becuase it allows me to completely disable the capacitive buttons and use my s pen to go back, home and bring up the multitasking window pane :good:

Rayan said:
Also softkeys are not good for our SUPER AMOLED screens, they will be permanently burned to your screen after a few months!
No kidding!
Read about the AMOLED burn-in problem on Google.
Cheers!
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That's one of those old wives tales.
The burn-in isn't so much related to the technology as it is related to build quality.
Most of those issues are stemming from Gnex owners, and the ones with problems usually have other build quality problems too... they just were unlucky to have a bad batch that skipped QC.
I've got a friend who had the Gnex from day one, and to this day... no burn-ins!
I would normally prefer physical buttons (ftw) but I'm going to have to agree that the Note needs "soft buttons" aka on-screen Navigations.
Why?
Because it gets annoying shifting finger to stylus and back again during the daily use.
Bonus reasons:
- without it, the device looks much better (like the Gnex or N9)
- these can be customized for colour, glow, function and gestures

Swiftkey Keyboard leaves margins on sides of the screen

Swiftkey keyboard not reaching the edges of the screen, anyone else with this problem?

I know about what you talking. I wrote to Swiftkey support, but they don't listen. Two ways to fix this:
1. Install old Swiftkey, if I remember good, they did this in 2016 Autumn
2. Install Gboard, it hasn't this problem

it's made so it's more comfortable for edge users

No issue here with latest SwiftKey

Ley said:
it's made so it's more comfortable for edge users
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Where you see comfort? We have a phone with wide screen, but keyboard is smaller

paulyz said:
Where you see comfort? We have a phone with wide screen, but keyboard is smaller
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it is for me, having a wide keyboard on an edge screen would be so uncomfortable

Ley said:
it is for me, having a wide keyboard on an edge screen would be so uncomfortable
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i have a case on my phone so accidentally touch doesn't happen, so i wanted Swiftkey to be full size, to edge to edge.

option in swiftkey keyboard re-size
umbrokhan said:
i have a case on my phone so accidentally touch doesn't happen, so i wanted Swiftkey to be full size, to edge to edge.
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There is an option in Swiftkey Keyboard re-size. Maybe you should try re-sizing it for your convenience.
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