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  • vonbeck
    S2Forum Fiend
    • Feb 2004
    • 2455
    • Country: England

    #1

    mobile phone help

    my mobile contract is due for renewal in a couple of weeks and i`ve been looking at the htc desire, iphone 3gs, and sony ericsson w995 not at all familiar with either of the first two and was wondering if any body out there can give me any pro`s and cons i`m sure plenty of you have iphones so whats your verdict?i cant see myself faffing with all those "apps" but you never know,cheers me dears
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  • Phil Payne
    S2Forum Addict
    • Jul 2009
    • 328
    • Country: United Kingdom

    #2
    The HTC Desire is essentially a Nexus One with HTC's interface. I've had one since January (thank you, Google, and on my birthday too!) and it keeps getting better. What you see is no longer what you get - these phones (especially Android phones) are "soft" - Google has already shipped two OTA upgrades - "FroYo" (Frozen Yoghurt - I didn't make that up) is coming in a week or two and Gingerbread sometime in late summer.

    So you can't believe the specifications. Some mornings when you pick it up it's a different phone. When I first got the Nexus One, it wouldn't do that little pinch/expand trick that the iPhone does. Three weeks later, there's an OTA, and it does. It also wouldn't do landscape mode if you turned it clockwise - now it does. There are about 6,000 requests going through Google at the moment, including adding face recognitiion to Google Goggles.

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    • denniselbows
      S2Forum Maniac
      • Mar 2007
      • 740
      • Country: United Kingdom

      #3
      Can't fault my iPhone works great there is a roumer is there is a new iPhone coming out in a month or so think it is the 4g but don't quote me on that iPhones arn't cheep though as all the tarifs no mater what newwork you go for it is an apple tarif .I have a htc phone/PDA for work not sure what moble it is but has windows mobile softwear on it not over impressed with it but more the windows bit and not the phone the camera on it is very pore as well but not much help though as I can't tell you the model of it
      never set your expectations to high that way you are never disapointed

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      • vonbeck
        S2Forum Fiend
        • Feb 2004
        • 2455
        • Country: England

        #4
        cheers, tarif isn`t a problem i can get both for no extra cost to myself i like the sound of yoyo and fozen yoghurt but i`ve no idea what they are
        ABY Cricket Green Pearl Coupe, blk leather
        THE ONLY TROUBLE WITH DOING NOTHING IS KNOWING WHEN YOUR FINISHED!!!

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        • Phil Payne
          S2Forum Addict
          • Jul 2009
          • 328
          • Country: United Kingdom

          #5
          "FroYo" ("frozen yoghurt) is Android 2.2 - due out "soon":

          http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...id-update.html

          "Gingerbread" will be Android 3.0 - no idea what's in that.

          (The existing Android 2.1 was called "Eclair". You get the picture.)

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          • Bram
            S2Forum Fiend
            • Aug 2006
            • 2582
            • Country: Netherlands

            #6
            I prefer my iPhone 3GS. Apple seems to make things right from the start. They say they do a lot of consumer insight research, but I am pretty sure they have the best usability experts on board to make it so snappy as it is. I don't like the closed eco-system, but still what they make just works. Especially their airport express in combination with the AppleTV and iPhone/iPad is just fantastic! Luckily jailbreaking is made more easy everyday, so you can install any app on the iPhone.

            As long as their Apple TV project remains an external box I do not see them take a big stake in the TV business (With my Philips hat on). The same counts for Google TV btw. Sorry for going off topic.

            Regarding Android.......it's quite OK, but seems to get more scattered and different from each device maker. And the fact that most is open source can make the experience somewhat more painful or sluggish. Also I have been testing Froyo beta release, Google has not really impressed me with their latest stuff. I have had the Hero and Nexus One, but they come nowhere near the experience the iPhone offers me.

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            • vonbeck
              S2Forum Fiend
              • Feb 2004
              • 2455
              • Country: England

              #7
              Originally posted by Phil Payne
              "FroYo" ("frozen yoghurt) is Android 2.2 - due out "soon":

              http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...id-update.html

              "Gingerbread" will be Android 3.0 - no idea what's in that.

              (The existing Android 2.1 was called "Eclair". You get the picture.)
              ohh yehhh eerrrr just gone gettin my coat
              ABY Cricket Green Pearl Coupe, blk leather
              THE ONLY TROUBLE WITH DOING NOTHING IS KNOWING WHEN YOUR FINISHED!!!

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              • QuattroFever
                S2Forum Extremist
                • May 2006
                • 1360
                • Country: United Kingdom

                #8
                im waiting for the nokia n8...camera is really important to me. Was a rumoured june release date.
                Not the best OS for apps being symbian 3 but i like nokia's ease of use.
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                Ant

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                • Phil Payne
                  S2Forum Addict
                  • Jul 2009
                  • 328
                  • Country: United Kingdom

                  #9
                  Originally posted by QuattroFever
                  im waiting for the nokia n8...camera is really important to me. Was a rumoured june release date.
                  I have always carried a camera since 1965. These days it's a Sony Cybershot T77 - no mobile phone comes close to what a specialist camera can do. The T77's software is awesome - it even recognised a plate of chinese food and put itself into "Gourmet" mode - a special mode for taking pictures of food. I also use a separate music player - I don't likethe idea of any other functionality flattening my phone battery and leaving me incommunicado.

                  Here's a fun phone - http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/3344...-phone-android

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