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[iapetus]

I told you guys to wait for what SE had in the making . Also, it's pretty awesome and feels like quality all around. I'm not gonna tease you with anything else.

Don't tease - just get them to send me one.

 

[sun-drop]

I told you guys to wait for what SE had in the making . Also, it's pretty awesome and feels like quality all around. I'm not gonna tease you with anything else.

resistance or capacitive?

 

[waxer]

Amoled Is really hard to see outdoors though.
Im still waiting for the right phone for me. Has to be ok mp3 player though. Ill wait a few more months to see whats coming before making a decision. The hero is mighty tempting in the meantime though
Whats the word on tegra. Sony Racheal has a snapdragon chip, so i assume it runs hd video and encoding (possible omnia hd competition??) But what are the power consumption figures like for it.
I remember seeing the tegra slides in a thread saying it has amazingly low power consumption. Zunehd is rumoured to last a long time as well. I have been kinda holding off after reading about it and seeing the sample vids of hd stuff running on the dev mobile set.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Cryket is aweome!

The saddest thig about this thread is that I have a G1 already! but at least (for now) it's likely to be the most hackable.

 

[Midas]

Rachael will be mine if SE doesn't fuck it up in someway, wouldn't be surprised if they did.. Love the "lol" as release date. :lol

 

[Batongen]

resistance or capacitive?

I would like to say capacitive, but actually, I'm not sure. You operate it w/o a stylus though, so that's a point towards capacitive.

 

[Midas]

It's out in Germany. I'm going to get one in a few weeks
It's sleeker & lighter than all the other andoird phones, has an amoled display, 8gb, better battery life and probably the best cam of all the android offering.
Here is a comparison video
However the ram limitation could turn out to be a problem (with some app at least)

Can you get it without contract? I would love to get one before I buy SE Rachael. Need something, cannot wait until late this year or early next year for a new phone.

 

[Phantast2k]

Can you get it without contract? I would love to get one before I buy SE Rachael. Need something, cannot wait until late this year or early next year for a new phone.

It's o2 exclusive (for now).
You can buy it in a o2 shop for 437,5 € without a contract.

 

[wayward archer]

Tentatively waiting for Calgary, it has a lot that I like (Verizon, slide out keyboard). Deal breaker could be the etched metal RAZR style keyboard, not really a fan of those, but we'll see.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Batongen, just one thing... did it "feel" like an '09 phone, or a '10 phone?

 

[Batongen]

Batongen, just one thing... did it "feel" like an '09 phone, or a '10 phone?

:lol :lol You won't be able to squeeze that out of me

 

[ThatObviousUser]

:lol :lol You won't be able to squeeze that out of me

Well usually from holding a handset you're able to instinctively tell... "this is beta software/hardware..."

The UI video that was leaked seemed beta, to me, at least... So I'm still going with that.

 

[El Papa]

Samsung Galaxy unboxing video. Includes das German accent.

This is for O2 Germany.

*from the video, the Galaxy from O2 is unlocked. Start importing guys.

 

[Batongen]

Well usually from holding a handset you're able to instinctively tell... "this is beta software/hardware..."

The UI video that was leaked seemed beta, to me, at least... So I'm still going with that.

To be frank, the hardware I test is usually in a early state

But you go with the info you want to tell, Andrex, and keep up the good work updating this thread ::two thumbs up::

 

[El Papa]

Looks like I jumped the gun on my HTC Hero for Sprint statement. My bad.

 

[Skittleguy]

Whoa:

Supposedly, the Rachel and MyTouch3G both show a native Facebook app, by Facebook.


Source?
http://androidandme.com/2009/07/news/official-facebook-app-finally-coming-to-android/

 

[Ephemeris]

How did I miss this one? :lol


Awesome thread.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

To be frank, the hardware I test is usually in a early state

But you go with the info you want to tell, Andrex, and keep up the good work updating this thread ::two thumbs up::

That's enough for me, then.

Looks like I jumped the gun on my HTC Hero for Sprint statement. My bad.

Huh?

Whoa:

Supposedly, the Rachel and MyTouch3G both show a native Facebook app, by Facebook.


Source?
http://androidandme.com/2009/07/news/official-facebook-app-finally-coming-to-android/

Yeah. There wasn't a native one before?

 

[ThaiGrocer]

Looking at the Samsung i7500/Galaxy, the entire UI seems to lag behind a lot. Hopefully that's something that can be relieved with further optimization.

 

[AranhaHunter]

If that SE phone comes to the US and Sprint carries it, I'll upgrade from my Treo.

 

[Skittleguy]

Yeah. There wasn't a native one before?

Well, Bloo is native but third party. If the T-Mobile page can be believed than this one is by Facebook themselves. Finally, we might just get inbox access afterall!

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Yeah. There wasn't a native one before?

No, but there's a perfectly good on one the market, for free.

 

[gkryhewy]

I think I might get a MyTouch. On balance, seems like a pretty solid offering. I wish I could search the app store before buying -- any way to do that?

 

[ThatObviousUser]

I think I might get a MyTouch. On balance, seems like a pretty solid offering. I wish I could search the app store before buying -- any way to do that?

http://www.cyrket.com/

 

[sun-drop]

if andriod apps can code to the metal etc ...then is there a radio app out there?

not a net based streaming app ..i mean one that uses your headphone cable for reception for eg. like my sony walkman phone does ...

is that even possibble? i've searched .... can't find.

 

[Chojin]

if andriod apps can code to the metal etc ...then is there a radio app out there?

not a net based streaming app ..i mean one that uses your headphone cable for reception for eg. like my sony walkman phone does ...

is that even possibble? i've searched .... can't find.

FM radio's are rare on mobile phones these days. This is mostly due to most phones having MP3 players as a standard these days. Manufacturers aren't going to pay more in manufacturing for what they can have in software. You also have to consider while at a different frequency, having all those radio transmissions coming all to the same handset is bleh.

But yeah there's no radio on the myTouch or G1. There are a few nice podcast streaming apps though

Last phone I had that had radio was my nokia 3300. YE OLDE.

 

[dude]

That HTC Hero is so sexy.

I don't know if I should go for it though, I'm always afraid they're going to announce some ultimate super phone with tits or something the day after I buy it.

 

[gkryhewy]

http://www.cyrket.com/

That's awesome, thanks! Maybe you should add it to the OP?

 

[ZROCOOL]

How did I miss this one? :lol


Awesome thread.

I was thinking the same. :lol

Awesome stuff Andrex!

Hero for Sprint? ;/

 

[hoverX]

I'm really looking to swap my iPhone for an Android phone but i need to know a few things first.

1) Is there a decent eBook reader?
2)how is the mp3 player? how does it handle podcasts?

 

[santouras]

FM radio's are rare on mobile phones these days. This is mostly due to most phones having MP3 players as a standard these days. Manufacturers aren't going to pay more in manufacturing for what they can have in software. You also have to consider while at a different frequency, having all those radio transmissions coming all to the same handset is bleh.

But yeah there's no radio on the myTouch or G1. There are a few nice podcast streaming apps though

Last phone I had that had radio was my nokia 3300. YE OLDE.

every nokia I've had from my 3300 to my n95 has had an fm radio tuner. Nokia are great like that, they rarely remove features from their phones

 

[Hilbert]

That HTC Hero is so sexy.

I don't know if I should go for it though, I'm always afraid they're going to announce some ultimate super phone with tits or something the day after I buy it.

I think that's true for any phone you ever get.

 

[Kapsama]

every nokia I've had from my 3300 to my n95 has had an fm radio tuner. Nokia are great like that, they rarely remove features from their phones

My Motorola phone has a radio, my sister's Nokia has a radio and my other sister's Sony Ericsson has a radio as well, so I don't know what Chojin is talking about.

 

[JaseMath]

The only Android phone I'm interested in atm is the Galaxy/i7500. Give it to me, T-Mobile. The MyTouch feels like a cheap toy - like a SixAxis w/o the rumble.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Hero for Sprint? ;/

Or possibly AT&T. However Sprint seemed the most logical since AT&T's roadmap was leaked, which showed the Lancaster and Heron, but no Hero.

That's awesome, thanks! Maybe you should add it to the OP?

I was considering adding a links section, so I guess I will.

 

[Chojin]

My Motorola phone has a radio, my sister's Nokia has a radio and my other sister's Sony Ericsson has a radio as well, so I don't know what Chojin is talking about.

Oh my god! You're totally right. Two phones you've owned out of all the phones released in the past 8 years have radios.


Fucking HTC, HTC should burn in hell for not having a radio in their phones. All the other phones do.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Play nice now, guys.

 

[Schrade]

Man.. is there any other cool "smart" phones that AT&T carries? My company is having us switch to cell phones and I want an Android phone or a Pre but I'm stuck with AT&T. I'm being discouraged from getting an iPhone though because we need more diversity for development of our software on the various smart phones.

So with AT&T.. what's the best option if it's not an iPhone?

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Man.. is there any other cool "smart" phones that AT&T carries? My company is having us switch to cell phones and I want an Android phone or a Pre but I'm stuck with AT&T. I'm being discouraged from getting an iPhone though because we need more diversity for development of our software on the various smart phones.

So with AT&T.. what's the best option if it's not an iPhone?

Nothing at the moment, unfortunately. The Heron and Lancaster

Spoiler

probably

won't come out until later this year.

You could pick up the Dev Phone 1 (especially since it seems that's how you'll use it); $400, but it's unlocked and has root access.

 

[tokkun]

Interesting episode of the Engadget podcast with week with lots of talk on the MyTouch, Hero, and Android in general. They are very negative towards the MyTouch, relatively negative to Android/Google in general, but positive on the Hero.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/11/engadget-podcast-154-07-11-2009/

Or possibly AT&T. However Sprint seemed the most logical since AT&T's roadmap was leaked, which showed the Lancaster and Heron, but no Hero.

Sprint's leaked roadmap from March also mentioned that there would be an unnamed Android phone in Q4. On the other hand, there was an FCC filing for the Hero using the AT&T/Rogers 3G bands. So who knows. It's possible that it could go to both carriers. All that's really certain is that it's not coming to T-Mobile.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Interesting episode of the Engadget podcast with week with lots of talk on the MyTouch, Hero, and Android in general. They are very negative towards the MyTouch, relatively negative to Android/Google in general, but positive on the Hero.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/11/engadget-podcast-154-07-11-2009/

Lemmings.

Sprint's leaked roadmap from March also mentioned that there would be an unnamed Android phone in Q4. On the other hand, there was an FCC filing for the Hero using the AT&T/Rogers 3G bands. So who knows. It's possible that it could go to both carriers. All that's really certain is that it's not coming to T-Mobile.

Yup, it'll either be AT&T or Sprint. I made an educated guess between them when I made the thread, though.

 

[santouras]

It's out in Germany. I'm going to get one in a few weeks
It's sleeker & lighter than all the other andoird phones, has an amoled display, 8gb, better battery life and probably the best cam of all the android offering.
Here is a comparison video
However the ram limitation could turn out to be a problem (with some app at least)

yeah :-/
wish there was a way to upgrade ram in a phone, lol

 

[ThatObviousUser]

I wish phones in general were more modular and upgradeable.

 

[Ephemeris]

I just grabbed it myself, but anyone had the pleasure of messing around with the Android-OS Live-disc? Click on the quote for more..

Welcome to LiveAndroid, a LiveCD for Android running on x86 platforms.

Want to give Google Android a try, but don't feel like buying a T-Mobile G1? LiveAndroid lets you download a LiveCD disc image of the Google Android operating system. Just burn the image to a disc, stick it in a CD-ROM drive, and reboot your computer and you can check out Android without installing it or affecting any files on your PC.

You can also use the disc image in a virtualization application like VirtualBox or Microsoft Virtual PC if you want to try the operating system without even rebooting your computer.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

...or you could download the SDK and run emulator.exe.

 

[Ephemeris]

...or you could download the SDK and run emulator.exe.

but where's the fun in that?

 

[ThatObviousUser]

but where's the fun in that?

Being able to keep my computer on without having to install a virtual PC program.

 

[Chojin]

Being able to keep my computer on without having to install a virtual PC program.

Andrex get your G1 already. I just watched some House M.D. ;P Now I'm going to listen to some podcasts and then get a massage and then have my G1 make me some coffee.


(sorry for the dickwaving ;o)

 

[ThatObviousUser]

So tell me about T-Mobile's "upgrade" stuff.

So I get a two-year contract, then near the end of it I get a new phone, or something? As I said before, I've been out of the phones market for a while (and in fact, never really got too into it.)

 

[santouras]

man looking at some videos of the i7500 has me really hanging out for it now.... Does anyone recommend some reputable import stores? Am in AU