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but Samsung Galaxy S2 is like havin tablet pc so good
but Samsung Galaxy S2 is like havin tablet pc so good
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I have an iPhone now as the apps are useful, not games etc but the practical ones like banking etc.
But as a phone and a useful device for e-mail and quick texting the Blackberry is fantastic. I had one for ages and only changed as I wanted workable mobile broadband and apps.
But as a phone and a useful device for e-mail and quick texting the Blackberry is fantastic. I had one for ages and only changed as I wanted workable mobile broadband and apps.
You installed Belle?FSR-Si":31j16brh said:
Not going with it for a while, yet. Don't like the updated maps / sat nav app, prefer 3.06.
Agreed on all the other things, I use it for video, iPlayer and the like. Although I've got an android tab that I also use - so comes down to convenience.
The one other thing I'd like for the N8, is the Kindle app - which is never going to happen. It's not that I'd do any protracted ebook reading on it - it's just that you might get the odd few minutes to fill, and all you've got is your phone, and it may be handy - and I like the way the Kindle app syncs across several devices.
Not sure I like where / how Nokia seems to be developing it's software (more the slash and burn approach they seem to have in terms of functions and configuration options) - but up to now, I have to say I've got loads of use out of my N8.
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I would have to agree with what Neil said. Decide on your requirements and find the phone to fit. Too many people decide on an OS or manufacturer and then have to settle on a crap phone that doesn't do everything they need.
GSMArena has a good search tool here and can be used to sort the wheat from the chaff...
Personally I use a Samsung Galaxy S, not sure what I'm going to get next. The S2 is just too big.
GSMArena has a good search tool here and can be used to sort the wheat from the chaff...
Personally I use a Samsung Galaxy S, not sure what I'm going to get next. The S2 is just too big.
Got my wife a Nokia C7 almost a year ago as an upgrade from her 5800 xpressmusic as she protested that she didn't use half the functions, had no use for apps or desire to learn a new OS.
Just had to buy an Xperia Neo for her as she started complaining that all the ads she saw for useful apps were for iphone or android and not for Symbian. She went on to complain that I should have just got her Android and told her to get one with it then.
Just becuase you don't want apps now doesn't mean that you won't see something useful in a couple of months and want it. On that case alone it's enough to rule out Winphone7 and Symbian based devices. Symbian is dead and Winphone7 seems to be going nowhere and is crippled anyway.
An android handset of some description is my choice now, HTC, SE or Samsung being leaders.
This dual and quad core stuff is nonsense really as a decent single core phone is enough if you don't run all manner of shite all the time, most of it not needed.
Remember cores take power, power means bigger battery, bigger battery more bulky and heavier.
Forgot to add don't discount Motorola, who up until now haven't been the best or greatest with keeping the phones up to date but Google are buying them (pending approvals) and they will become the vendors with the best OS support as they have always been good hardware manufacturers.
Carl.
Just had to buy an Xperia Neo for her as she started complaining that all the ads she saw for useful apps were for iphone or android and not for Symbian. She went on to complain that I should have just got her Android and told her to get one with it then.
Just becuase you don't want apps now doesn't mean that you won't see something useful in a couple of months and want it. On that case alone it's enough to rule out Winphone7 and Symbian based devices. Symbian is dead and Winphone7 seems to be going nowhere and is crippled anyway.
An android handset of some description is my choice now, HTC, SE or Samsung being leaders.
This dual and quad core stuff is nonsense really as a decent single core phone is enough if you don't run all manner of shite all the time, most of it not needed.
Remember cores take power, power means bigger battery, bigger battery more bulky and heavier.
Forgot to add don't discount Motorola, who up until now haven't been the best or greatest with keeping the phones up to date but Google are buying them (pending approvals) and they will become the vendors with the best OS support as they have always been good hardware manufacturers.
Carl.
Just to be clear - I'm not advocating people buy Nokia, at all - it was merely an example.drcarlos":z3ztql7u said:
What I'm really suggesting is that many people aren't so easily swayed by apps - even now I'm not, either with my N8, or my Android tab.
I have some key features / functions I want to use - and true enough, with my N8, there's been some apps that have extended that a bit - but for both that and my tablet, I'm not interested in clogging them up with countless apps that look appealing. My main interests are the key functions I want, working well.
Scope for future development clearly matters for some - but for other people, not so. You can say, in 6 months, app X will be available, which will rock your world - well I, and some others will likely say "So what...".
That's not to say that people won't find that after having a smartphone, or other gadget, other add-ons may be useful - but all the same, not everybody is interested in that whole smorgasbord that is iTunes, or Android market, or OVI store, once the key things you want out of it are sorted.
Put it this way, had Nokia's mapping product not taken something of a slide with the most recent retail offering, I'd happily stick with that platform, when I need to replace my N8. What will happen in reality, will probably depend on what happens with that - but that's the killer smartphone app for me personally. Pragmatically, I suspect my next smartphone will probably be something running android - but that will likely be in context of having an android tablet, too.
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