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[Bit-Bit]

I'm still playing the waiting game on see android tablets. My eventual goal is to have an android tablet for my on the go computing. And use my wifi iPad for home reading and web browsing.

 

[TouchMyBox]

seriously? I can't see anything special or better than iOS.

Yeah, but it looks to be at least on-par from an interface perspective. That counts for a lot when it comes without any restrictions unlike the competition. I do plenty of cool shit on my nexus that I couldn't ever dream of doing on my ipod touch without voiding my warranty.

 

[spermatic cord]

If you look the snappyness of IOS check out MIUI. This custom rom is pretty great. Smooth transitions and animations. Browser is really good as is the stock music player. It's a blatant rip off of IOS but it works amazingly well.

 

[Donos]

I caved in and bought the HTC Desire HD (Android 2.2 with HTC Sense). Can't wait.

 

[f0rk]

People seem to be a bit disappointed/underwhelmed by the Nexus S. Is this from people who were looking to upgrade? Not sure whether to go with a Nexus S at launch or get a San Francisco and wait for the next big thing, whatever that is.

Basically, is it good as a "jump on" point?

 

[Pctx]

People seem to be a bit disappointed/underwhelmed by the Nexus S. Is this from people who were looking to upgrade? Not sure whether to go with a Nexus S at launch or get a San Francisco and wait for the next big thing, whatever that is.

Basically, is it good as a "jump on" point?

The lack of dual-core and 1Gb of memory, along with no microSD card and non removable battery make for a pretty "Meh" phone. New stuff is coming out really soon so the S is just another phone IMO.

 

[Jamesfrom818]

Phone envy got the better of me. Picking up a G2 from a girl on craigslist for $300. Apparently she or her parents have money to burn because she's ditching it because she got a mytouch 4G.

 

[Ephemeris]

Phone envy got the better of me. Picking up a G2 from a girl on craigslist for $300. Apparently she or her parents have money to burn because she's ditching it because she got a mytouch 4G.

Welcome. Made the jump a week ago. : D

 

[Jamesfrom818]

Welcome. Made the jump a week ago. : D

My N1 is on the prepaid plan. If I just pop in my sim card into the G2, I'll be able to get HSPA+ without having to change my data plan, right?

 

[Ephemeris]

My N1 is on the prepaid plan. If I just pop in my sim card into the G2, I'll be able to get HSPA+ without having to change my data plan, right?

You should be good to go. Personally I had to use a new sim card since mine was "too old".

But even if that problem applies to you (had my sim for 3+ years), you can get the sim for free to take advantage of HSPA+.

Made the jump from the Droid Eris so it was a bigger leap for me. :lol (Miss my Sense widgets though..)

 

[Jamesfrom818]

Awesome. I absolutely love my prepaid plan on T-Mobile. The website doesn't track my data usage so I'm guessing that means T-Mobile won't throttle me when I hit 5 GB. Unlimited internet with HSPA+ speeds

Eat shit Verizon and your metered LTE data plans.

 

[Talon]

Eat shit Verizon and your metered LTE data plans.

You must be from the future if you know that the LTE data plans for phones will be metered!

Tell me, is the US jobs report improved?

 

[DrFunk]

to be fair, t-mo reduced their data cap and apparently throttles users that go over 5GB: http://www.tmonews.com/2010/10/t-mobile-reducing-data-cap-will-throttle-speeds-after-5gb-of-usage/

 

[Jamesfrom818]

to be fair, t-mo reduced their data cap and apparently throttles users that go over 5GB: http://www.tmonews.com/2010/10/t-mobile-reducing-data-cap-will-throttle-speeds-after-5gb-of-usage/

When I log into my account on the T-mobile website and try to view my data usage, it just tells me that the info is unavailable. That leads me to believe that they don't know what the hell I'm doing on their network. This past week, my home internet was down so I used my N1's wifi hotspot feature to download a HD episode of Glee and some games off Steam. Fairly certain I passed 5 GB. No notification of being throttled by T-Mobile and according to my last speedtest, I'm getting 1.98 Mbps down in Los Angeles.

 

[zedge]

First post from my Desire Z. This thing is awesome, I love sense ui, its amazing compared to crap wiz. My Galaxy S goes for sale when its back from repair.

 

[Piano]

You should be good to go. Personally I had to use a new sim card since mine was "too old".

But even if that problem applies to you (had my sim for 3+ years), you can get the sim for free to take advantage of HSPA+.

Made the jump from the Droid Eris so it was a bigger leap for me. :lol (Miss my Sense widgets though..)

Rrrgh dealing with my Droid Eris is becoming a huge struggle. Even rooted, overclocked with a custom ROM it bogs down regularly. Trying to tell myself that it'll be worth it because the phones in a year when my contract is up will be that much better.

Or maybe I'll just switch to Sprint then.

 

[CrayzeeCarl]

Rrrgh dealing with my Droid Eris is becoming a huge struggle. Even rooted, overclocked with a custom ROM it bogs down regularly. Trying to tell myself that it'll be worth it because the phones in a year when my contract is up will be that much better.

Or maybe I'll just switch to Sprint then.

I feel your pain. I think just wiping and flashing a new ROM regularly, like every couple weeks really helps. It seems to slow down over time.

 

[Ephemeris]

Rrrgh dealing with my Droid Eris is becoming a huge struggle. Even rooted, overclocked with a custom ROM it bogs down regularly. Trying to tell myself that it'll be worth it because the phones in a year when my contract is up will be that much better.

Or maybe I'll just switch to Sprint then.

Funny enough, I didn't notice the huge slowdowns until after I got the G2; to be more specific I didn't even notice how bad it was until tonight:lol

And I'm still on the non-rooted Eclair. Though that may not last very long with the 1-click-root app on the market and word of 2.3 being ported..

Hardware under the hood aside, I love the phone's formfactor (I call it the baby N1; go ahead, compare!) Plus I miss the call buttons


Any reason why you wouldn't want to join T-mobile?

 

[gcubed]

The lack of dual-core and 1Gb of memory, along with no microSD card and non removable battery make for a pretty "Meh" phone. New stuff is coming out really soon so the S is just another phone IMO.

has a removable battery, the rest is still the meh part

 

[SimleuqiR]

High Res pictures of the Moto tablet:

 

[Blackhead]

High Res pictures of the Moto tablet:

http://androidandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/motorola-everest-front.jpg

http://androidandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/motorola-everest-back.jpg

That's 7"?

 

[Matt]

That's 7"?

Probably 10".

 

[Blackhead]

Probably 10".

he was holding it comfortably with one hand though... Maybe it's very light?

 

[Pctx]

he was holding it comfortably with one hand though... Maybe it's very light?

I'm guessing that it will be marginally lighter than the iPad in final production. It'll be interesting to see what the iPad 2 weighs in at though.

 

[Miggytronz]

If you look the snappyness of IOS check out MIUI. This custom rom is pretty great. Smooth transitions and animations. Browser is really good as is the stock music player. It's a blatant rip off of IOS but it works amazingly well.

This

Ive tried many ROMs on my EVO and this one is by far the smoothest and slickest ROM out there.

 

[Gwanatu T]

Bleh. Took them like 8 hours to bore me out of the relatively underwhelming update which I had been waiting for since May, when they bored me out of the update which they had just released.

Jesus it's like a never ending circle of excitement and greener grass with this damn Android.

How is this a bad thing? You know there are always going to be awesome updates right around the corner. I love this kind of stuff. They can only give us so much awesomeness at once anyway, our heads might explode otherwise.

 

[Donos]

First post from my Desire Z. This thing is awesome, I love sense ui, its amazing compared to crap wiz. My Galaxy S goes for sale when its back from repair.

Hope you don't get the "hinge" problem. I considered the Desire Z and HD but after holding the Z in my hand i took the DHD.

 

[Ephemeris]

That Moto tablet is probably gonna be pricey. :/ I understand their aim with the no hardware buttons, but they'll still be missed.

 

[Jamesfrom818]

That Moto tablet is probably gonna be pricey. :/ I understand their aim with the no hardware buttons, but they'll still be missed.

I'm beginning to wonder if I should get an Android tabet and just get a Chrome OS laptop instead. Between the 100 mb of data free from Verizon and being able to tether with an Android phone (N1 or G2), I don't think I'd need much else network wise.

 

[zedge]

Hope you don't get the "hinge" problem. I considered the Desire Z and HD but after holding the Z in my hand i took the DHD.

I have read about it. Seems fine so far. Loving the phone, coming from a plastic cheap Galaxy S.

 

[Ephemeris]

I'm beginning to wonder if I should get an Android tabet and just get a Chrome OS laptop instead. Between the 100 mb of data free from Verizon and being able to tether with an Android phone (N1 or G2), I don't think I'd need much else network wise.

That too crossed my mind when I read up about it yesterday. I currently have a 12 inch windows tablet which made me fall in love with the whole tablet formfactor but its current downsides (weight, battery life, stylus) makes me crave something sleeker. I played with Chrome OS a while back and it definitely has potential (plus the 100mb monthly is a NICE perk), but I - *personally* - would prefer a new tablet over a new netbook. (Google called it a notebook numerous times but come on! It's a netbook!:lol )


I'm sure I can speak for Google when I say: You can't go wrong either way. :lol


And on that note:

 

[Jamesfrom818]

I forgot how slim the N1 is. I've had mine in an otterbox for the past few months. Such a nice phone.

 

[Ephemeris]

I forgot how slim the N1 is. I've had mine in an otterbox for the past few months. Such a nice phone.

Plan on keeping it? Selling it?

 

[Jamesfrom818]

Plan on keeping it? Selling it?

Keeping it. My Google account is engraved on the back. I think I might use it as my mini ereader. Google Books works offline and the AMOLED on my N1 is great in direct sunlight.

 

[Ephemeris]

Keeping it. My Google account is engraved on the back. I think I might use it as my mini ereader. Google Books works offline and the AMOLED on my N1 is great in direct sunlight.

*puts wallet away*

gotcha.

 

[Jamesfrom818]

Hmmm...I just read that AMOLED is supposed to suck in direct sunlight. That's odd. Mine is great...when I bring it up to full brightness.

 

[mckmas8808]

That too crossed my mind when I read up about it yesterday. I currently have a 12 inch windows tablet which made me fall in love with the whole tablet formfactor but its current downsides (weight, battery life, stylus) makes me crave something sleeker. I played with Chrome OS a while back and it definitely has potential (plus the 100mb monthly is a NICE perk), but I - *personally* - would prefer a new tablet over a new netbook. (Google called it a notebook numerous times but come on! It's a netbook!:lol )


I'm sure I can speak for Google when I say: You can't go wrong either way. :lol


And on that note:

Cant wait to get an Android tablet.

 

[Zeppu]

How is this a bad thing? You know there are always going to be awesome updates right around the corner. I love this kind of stuff. They can only give us so much awesomeness at once anyway, our heads might explode otherwise.

I'm just bitter cause I'm still with my old Hero

 

[SimleuqiR]

Andy Rubin: over 300,000 Android phones are being hackctivated activated every day

That's a lot of phones.

On a side note, it amazes me how much tech garbage we humans produced. :lol

 

[J Tourettes]

That's a lot of phones.

On a side note, it amazes me how much tech garbage we humans produced. :lol

Holy shit at the comments. :lol

 

[A Human Becoming]

I thought the reason why my first Droid Incredible keep freezing up was because I dropped it, but when I cracked the screen and replaced it, it still happens with the new phone. :\ Must just be faulty software.

 

[NH Apache]

Big updates today on the notion ink adam today. Pricing colors and some sweet ass screens are now available on the website. They keep talking about hummingbird and gingerbread, but from what I understand they will be running an extremely customized android setup.

375 for the lcd wifi.
I think 425 for the pixq screen wifi. Definitely picking up this one. Just a matter of time.

Edit: just saw the bumped adam thread. 499 for the pixq screen? Argh!

 

[mckmas8808]

That's a lot of phones.

On a side note, it amazes me how much tech garbage we humans produced. :lol

So basically Google is selling about 10 Million phones per month. WOW!

 

[btothekw]

hey gaf,

about to switch over to verizon with the family, stuck between the droid x and the htc incredible, leaning more towards the x, but hear bad things about it being huge and brick like. i would love to have the big screen, just dont want to over time start to hate its hugeness.

any thoughts?

 

[NH Apache]

hey gaf,

about to switch over to verizon with the family, stuck between the droid x and the htc incredible, leaning more towards the x, but hear bad things about it being huge and brick like. i would love to have the big screen, just dont want to over time start to hate its hugeness.

any thoughts?

Im 6'0" and the X fits perfectly in my hand. My only other gripe was battery life and that seems to be fixed with a program called juicedefender. Im only rooted btw.

 

[Paznos]

hey gaf,

about to switch over to verizon with the family, stuck between the droid x and the htc incredible, leaning more towards the x, but hear bad things about it being huge and brick like. i would love to have the big screen, just dont want to over time start to hate its hugeness.

any thoughts?

I've had the Droid X since it came out back in July the phone is pretty thin other than the little hump at the top for the camera but even that isn't bothersome, I love the phone and because of the aspect ratio the phone is more narrow than wide compared to the EVO.

You should go to a Verizon store and check both the Incredible and the X out but to me the Incredible felt a tad small and the X was the perfect size for me.

 

[Jim]

I've had the Droid X since it came out back in July the phone is pretty thin other than the little hump at the top for the camera but even that isn't bothersome, I love the phone and because of the aspect ratio the phone is more narrow than wide compared to the EVO.

You should go to a Verizon store and check both the Incredible and the X out but to me the Incredible felt a tad small and the X was the perfect size for me.

The Incredible is actually a little too small (form factor, not the screen) without a case I find. The carbon fiber-style official silicone case is awesome though, and gives it more heft and something to grip.

Still my favorite Android phone. If you're not rooted, HTC's Sense is still the most polished UI.

 

[Pctx]

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/09/exclusive-playstation-phone-zeus-z1-prototype-benchmarked-on/

 

[jonnybryce]

hey gaf,

about to switch over to verizon with the family, stuck between the droid x and the htc incredible, leaning more towards the x, but hear bad things about it being huge and brick like. i would love to have the big screen, just dont want to over time start to hate its hugeness.

any thoughts?

Its not that big. Some people really hate screens over 3.5/3.7. People with Xs love them. If you like it at the Verizon store then you'll be fine. The big screen and camera are so damn awesome and next gen feeling.

 

[jonnybryce]

I'm still playing the waiting game on see android tablets. My eventual goal is to have an android tablet for my on the go computing. And use my wifi iPad for home reading and web browsing.

Why? The browsers are extremely similar and aside from iPad's Apple bookstore, which is nothing special, they both have Kindle and the other usual apps.