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Android Hardware Thread - 2010 Edition
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ThatObviousUser
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Paznos said:
That's pretty lame, it's not even 4G... Why bother with "+" when 4G (LTE/WiMax) is around the corner?
Edit- Ah this article clears up some confusion.
Manmademan
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Andrex said:
article seems a bit biased, I think. "Fuck AT&T?" really? :lol
My only issue here is (and admittedly, I love sprint and am not impartial) there is NO WAY 4g is going to cover a majority of the country anytime soon. Wi max, LTE, or otherwise. So the need for "hybrid" devices that still handle data over 3g (for non 4g coverage zones and wimax voice) should be obvious.
even a device that ONLY did 3g in the states would be pretty worthless- the coverage for a good chunk of the country can be pretty spotty outside of the major metro areas. Sprint and Verizon have the greatest amount of coverage by far, and I can't tell you how often i end up dropping into 1x zones when I take a roadtrip.
point being- expect to see devices on sprint and verizon that continue to use CDMA and 4g concurrrently for a good long while. as for speed, covering an area the size of sweden in 24Mbps internet is one thing, attempting to do it over the entire US is another thing entirely. Megacenters like LA or NY would likely get too overloaded too quickly (see: AT&T's 3g problems there) and smaller markets in flyover country. would never generate enough revenue to justify the cost. Hell, there are still areas of the country restricted to dialup for this reason alone.
Tmobile as I understand is big in europe, but distant 4th place here. their 3g implementation made even AT&T's maps look good. I don't hold out great hopes of an expansive rollout on their part. Note that Sprint AND verizon have committed to covering about a third of the country (about 150 million to 200 million, depending on which press releases you read) by the end of this year. sprint is actually well underway on their rollout, and Verizon has a lot more money and marketing muscle to pull it off. Personally, I'd bank on one of those two having an expansive 4g network before Tmobile does.
ThatObviousUser
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Cross-posting in all my threads. My Photobucket has run out of bandwidth for the month so the pics in the OP have been replaced with placeholders. Bandwidth count is reset on the 1st of every month so I hope you'll all be patient until then. Sorry again, and thanks.
Dudes, check this out, I just discovered this:
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This works for G1 and Magic US, Euro, possible other phones and countries. The OP says it works for Cyanogen (I think Cyanogen included these settings in his newest rom), I can confirm it also works for Enomther's roms, most likely others. There some variance depending on your location and phone, I suggest reading through the thread, specifically the info Amon_Ra posted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=595108
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This works for G1 and Magic US, Euro, possible other phones and countries. The OP says it works for Cyanogen (I think Cyanogen included these settings in his newest rom), I can confirm it also works for Enomther's roms, most likely others. There some variance depending on your location and phone, I suggest reading through the thread, specifically the info Amon_Ra posted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=595108
killertofu
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This might seem out of place, but has there been effort made into porting Android onto the HD2? I just came back from a Tmobile store *in the US*, and thought that phone is amazing, besides the Windows 6.5 part :/
ThatObviousUser
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killertofu said:
Wait for the Evo 4G?
If you really can't wait there's a program out there to dual-boot Android and WinMo on some devices. If all else fails you can always hope XDA cooks up some Android ROMs for the HD2.
Opus Angelorum
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I'd appreciate it if those that receive the HTC Desire post back here with some impressions, based on reviews it will be my next handset however I like to hear personal thoughts.
So HTC has all the love in these thread, but what if the processor in Samsung Galaxy S has three times the polygonal power of a Snapdragon phone?
http://androidandme.com/2010/03/new...bird-chip-to-have-3x-gpu-power-of-snapdragon/
Not the best in everything anymore huh HTC EVO? ;p
AndroidAndMe said:
http://androidandme.com/2010/03/new...bird-chip-to-have-3x-gpu-power-of-snapdragon/
Not the best in everything anymore huh HTC EVO? ;p
ThatObviousUser
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Snapdragon is a SoC which is designed for power efficiency. I have a feeling that GPU is gonna suck up a ton of power.
Also, TouchWiz is still lame and no amount of horsepower can change that. If you're gonna brag about the Galaxy S, at least brag about something that's worth it: the Super AMOLED screen. ;P
Also, TouchWiz is still lame and no amount of horsepower can change that. If you're gonna brag about the Galaxy S, at least brag about something that's worth it: the Super AMOLED screen. ;P
Totakeke said:
For me, the biggest thing is that XDA-devs only support phones built by HTC. Pretty much every HTC phone gets a good amount of post-release development support. It's true that large development communities have arisen around other popular phones like the Droid, but there is no guarantee that the Galaxy S will get a similar response.
Totakeke said:So HTC has all the love in these thread, but what if the processor in Samsung Galaxy S has three times the polygonal power of a Snapdragon phone?
http://androidandme.com/2010/03/new...bird-chip-to-have-3x-gpu-power-of-snapdragon/
Not the best in everything anymore huh HTC EVO? ;p
Agreed but I want Sense UI.
Hawkian mentioned that I could probably pop it on the phone.
So that's something I'm heavily considering.
The Hero is the only Sprint phone with Android, correct? I'm thinking of trying to get my Blackberry Pearl replaced later today, and if the cost isn't too prohibitive I'm considering switching to a different phone. I don't want to extend my contract yet (currently set to end in September), I'm just going to try to use the free replacement I get for my Pearl to my advantage.
I know the new one comes out in just a few months, but if I CAN get a good deal on the current one I'm thinking that will be a good way to test out the "no physical keyboard" deal before I drop real money on the better version. Then when September rolls around and I'm a free agent again I'll put the knowledge gained to good use. My Pearl has been really glitchy lately and it would be really annoying to wait until the new Hero comes out.
I know the new one comes out in just a few months, but if I CAN get a good deal on the current one I'm thinking that will be a good way to test out the "no physical keyboard" deal before I drop real money on the better version. Then when September rolls around and I'm a free agent again I'll put the knowledge gained to good use. My Pearl has been really glitchy lately and it would be really annoying to wait until the new Hero comes out.
Subliminal
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Monroeski said:
Hero is fantastic, Best Android phone of last year tbh. and its getting 2.1 soon!
ThatObviousUser
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Paznos said:
On Sprint, too.
Schlookum said:
HTC Desire is coming soon, and the Nexus One has a version that's AT&T compatible.
So it does; it wasn't shown with the Android graphic on the phone list page, but when you click into the detail it does show up.Paznos said:
If I can work it out I think I'll still try for a Hero, since as I mentioned I want to at least try out the non-physical keyboard type phone, but it's good to know there's at least an option available for a hard keyboard.
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Subliminal said:
£300 on Amazon, worth it?
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NinjaFridge
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Bboy AJ said:
Why? Keep in mind that is for a SIM-free phone, no contract.
Subliminal
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Not now.NinjaFridge said:
Wait for Legend/Desire or get a Nexus One
ThatObviousUser
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Paznos said:
Completely forgot about that one for some reason.
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PROOP said:
Hey! I love PB.
They'll be back up on the 1st, don't worry. Maybe before then if I take El Papa's suggestion.
The Kyocera Zio M6000 is not a bad looking phone, I could see this on the cheaper prepaid services like metropcs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGtWLLbPR1Q&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGtWLLbPR1Q&feature=player_embedded
ThatObviousUser
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According to some rumors that Kyocera phone might hit Sprint.
DefectiveReject
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So my HTC Desire just arrived. Will drop some impressions after I've had a play around.
Don't AMOLED displays have drawbacks of their own? Is it really that cut and dried? Or, is "Super" AMOLED another animal entirely? I can't keep track of all these new display types...Andrex said:
SSGMUN10000
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Please post impressions and pics.
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Impressions:-SSGMUN10000 said:
Great phone.......LOL!
no seriously, it's an awesome awesome phone. So snappy and responsive.
Video playback is jaw dropping, most flash games i've tried on facebook(lol) seem to work (Some better than others).
Sense UI is cool i love the text message, friend stream,exchange activesync
the optical sensor works well. but to be honest i forget it's there.
pics. i have taken some on my iPhone of the phone, but they are crappy. and i know the 3GS is only 3.2MP but the camera on this phone is >>>>>>>>>>>>much better than the one and the iPhone.
Anyone know a way to get pics off the iphone and uploaded without connecting to my mac?
neogaf webapp needs a new icon! and the instant install and removal e.t.c. of apps is fabulous.
Syncing is a bitch i can sync anything with double twist and activesync exchange but not my contacts. it's my first android phone...anyone know a way to get my iphone contacts over, other than redoing the lot?
anyhow. words do fail to describe the speed of this thing and the screen itself colourwise and lighting and the contrast e.t.c. compared to the iphone are just leagues ahead.
so far so good
Super AMOLED is supposed to have better colours than AMOLED. Basically, you can enjoy the beauty of AMOLED displays indoors, in addition to sunlight legibility as good as TFT displays. As far as I remember, Samsung claims that Super AMOLED displays are 30% better than the current AMOLED displays when it comes to colours and sunlight legibility.Ding said:
I was impressed by the current AMOLED displays of Samsung phones such as Jet. They are significantly better than Nokia and HTC displays which aren't even significantly better than TFTs. Super AMOLED displays look great even in videos. Samsung Beam is probably going to be my next phone and I am excited. I am still waiting for it.
Edit: Michael Oryl from MobileBurn uploaded some YouTube videos of the Galaxy S at CITA 2010. The phone looks great. The Super AMOLED display looks delicious even in photos and videos.
jonnybryce
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DefectiveReject said:
1.iSyncr (Mac, PC) is the best way to get music from iTunes on an Android phone if you don't mind throwing out the couple bucks for it. It syncs much faster than double twist, it doesn't require any setup, it doesn't require DoubleTwist's annoying method of scanning your libary for changes, you simply plug in your phone, check the playlists and music you want and let it sync. It also avoids issues like syncing songs over multiple times just because they appear in multiple areas (such as two different playlists). It's basically effing awesome.
2. You can get your iPhone contacts onto it by syncing through Gmail, which can be done a million ways. I'm pretty sure you can use wifi to sync your iPhone contacts to Gmail (via google sync), and then from there sync your gmail contacts with your Desire. I think HTC bundles software (HTC Sync?) which would allow outlook sync, if you want to go that way.
Either way, welcome to Android. There are tons of cool things you can do with this OS and these devices, so go crazy.
Sharp IS01 Android MID for KDDI
Not the hottest piece of Japanese hardware, not even close. But it is the first Sharp mobile device with Android. And the best Android MID is terms of hardware.
I hope this thing isn't their supposed smartphone for Europe/global market. I really hope it is not their supposed phone. Being a MID and all I don't expect it to be released outside Japan. There are many reasons based on some previous observations since I already know how the guys at Mobile division of Sharp think.
Not the hottest piece of Japanese hardware, not even close. But it is the first Sharp mobile device with Android. And the best Android MID is terms of hardware.
I hope this thing isn't their supposed smartphone for Europe/global market. I really hope it is not their supposed phone. Being a MID and all I don't expect it to be released outside Japan. There are many reasons based on some previous observations since I already know how the guys at Mobile division of Sharp think.
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jonnybryce said:
Yeah iSyncr doesn't show up in the marketplace for Desire.....
I worked out with the contacts to sync my iPhone with my Work Exchange server then sync my contacts on y Desire with exchange and it all worked flawlessly
CrayzeeCarl
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Check Verizon's website to see if you get a discount there too. I do and I was never even told about it by my employer. They offer discounts to TONS of companies. From what I understand, some employers don't even know their employees get discounts. They're just given out to any company that has a business contract with Verizon.mosaic said:
Fake edit: here's a link:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/employee/emaildomainauthentication.jsp
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