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Android Hardware Thread - 2009 Edition
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Pretty interesting (technical) article on the Android vs iPhone OS platform.
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/...droid-and-apples-iphone-os-as-core-platforms/
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/...droid-and-apples-iphone-os-as-core-platforms/
ThatObviousUser
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Except, the Android SDK was released over seven months before the iPhone's was (November 2007 vs June 2008.)
It's a crime they are calling that photoshop.Andrex said:
ThatObviousUser
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Bad_Boy said:
Well, the app is technically called Photoshop.com.
Fatalah
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Just thinking out loud but, I'm hoping for a newer Android phone from HTC. Hopefully soon. Wasn't there a report that 13 smartphones were coming to Verizon by end of year? Don't know how that would be possible with all the money being spent marketing the Droid but, I'm not totally sold on it. I love the Eris's styling...I want to see more from HTC!
TheMissingLink
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The phone in that Photoshop.com ad is sexy, any idea which phone it is?
ThatObviousUser
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TheMissingLink said:
Probably the free Google Ion from this years Google I/O. Also known as the HTC Magic or myTouch 3G.
If you mean the actual pic I posted, that's just an emulator skin. First released in... December 2007, if I recall. Doesn't represent any real phone.
jonnybryce
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Andrex when is your app thread coming out, argh!
Also, it's weird how I can type better on my Hero in portrait than my iPhone despite it being a smaller screen. I was sure I'd have to always go into landscape to type but I never have to. The predictive text on it is awesome, but I'm not even relying on it that heavily.
Hero ftw.
Also, it's weird how I can type better on my Hero in portrait than my iPhone despite it being a smaller screen. I was sure I'd have to always go into landscape to type but I never have to. The predictive text on it is awesome, but I'm not even relying on it that heavily.
Hero ftw.
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jonnybryce said:
Later tonight. I hope. :/ I'm really frustrated it's taken this long too.
Not me, but I think that's because I calibrated it using two hands, whereas I usually type with one hand in portrait. I am trying go figure out which hand to use to calibrate it properly, since I tend to use either hand depending on the situation. It makes a difference, the calibration does. PEACE.SRG01 said:
LouieGeetoo
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Has anyone here gotten a Droid Eris? I've got a month before I get back in the US and have to decide between the Droid and Droid Eris. The Eris seems like a great phone that's being overshadowed by the Droid. I have no particular need for GPS capability. Any Eris owners here who want to report their impressions, since the rest of the Internet seems to be Droid-crazy?
LouieGeetoo said:
Eris is a variant of the HTC Hero, you can already find impressions on it at a lot of places including in the meet the HTC Hero thread. It's a very solid phone and the most liked Android phone before Droid came out. What you would be lacking by getting Eris over the Droid would be a better processor, much larger and higher resolution screen, and a hardware keyboard. On the flipside, Eris also has the HTC Sense UI which adds very neat widgets and some skinning on the homescreen interface that you may like, while Droid only comes with stock Android.
Most likely you won't be missing out on GPS features since that's something that would be included when the Eris is updated to Android 2.0.
Not sure if this was posted, but I guess Dell's android phone has been approved:
http://phandroid.com/2009/11/07/dells-mini-3ix-hits-the-states/
PEACE.
http://phandroid.com/2009/11/07/dells-mini-3ix-hits-the-states/
PEACE.
LouieGeetoo said:
I posted some brief impressions from about 10 minutes of testing the Eris in the main Droid thread. My opinion was that I liked the Eris better overall. The main thing is that I don't think I would use the hardware keyboard, the Droid is ugly (other than the beautiful screen), the Eris would feel much better in the pocket since it is smaller, lighter, and has rounded edges rather than protruding angles, and the screen felt more responsive when using the OS keyboard or flicking around the home screen (most likely due to Sense).
For me, the ergonomics of a phone, both from a hardware and software standpoint, are just as important as the technical specs.
jonnybryce
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Hero owners I have the HTC mail app for a yahoo account and Gmail app for my Gmail. I want the HTC Mail Widget to show my Gmail like it does in the preview of the widget but it always shows my Yahoo, is there a way to switch it or is, as I fear, that widget linked to the mail widget and unable to talk to the Gmail app?
I'm on Sprint lol
zedge said:Do mind if I ask what type of plan you got with Telus?
I'm on Sprint lol
You have to add your gmail account to the HTC mail app. It's automated, so just enter username and pass. Once you do that, it will show up in the list with the yahoo account, and you can choose it. You'll probably want to disable notifications in the Gmail app after this. I use the HTC mail app for all my Gmail accounts. I did the same with with the email app on my myTouch before this. The Gmail app doesn't offer that much better functionality than the regular one. PEACE.jonnybryce said:
I tried the G1 like two days back. The Keyboard was nice and I dug the OS and all that. Tried the Cliq demo unit (that wasn't a "live" one) and the keyboard just feels hard as fuck. :/ I'm not sure if I really want a Cliq anymore now that I've held it and the keyboard is hard/squished.
I don't really dig the slide-touch-screen thing the G1 has going on. But I like it more than the MyTouch that T-mobile has.
Is there any Android 2.0 phones coming out that have a Keyboard feeling similar to the G1?
I don't really dig the slide-touch-screen thing the G1 has going on. But I like it more than the MyTouch that T-mobile has.
Is there any Android 2.0 phones coming out that have a Keyboard feeling similar to the G1?
LouieGeetoo
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I knew all of this already, but thanks for the post. It'll at least be informative for others reading the thread.Totakeke said:
Our thoughts about what we want in a phone seem to match up. I'll probably be going with the Eris unless something big happens in the next month. Thanks for your impressions!tokkun said:
ThatObviousUser
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TheSeks said:
The only phone confirmed to have 2.0 right now is the Droid. And in fact, the Droid's keyboard has been compared to the G1's a couple times because they're both really flat and flush.
Battersea Power Station
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I've never used the Cliq. However, I tried a dummy unit for the Droid while waiting on line for the real one, and the keyboard was totally fugazi. The keys took like 800N to press down and it didn't feel usable at all. Needless to say, the real unit is nowhere near that bad. Just something to keep in mind: it's very stupid, but the dummy units are often very different from the live ones.TheSeks said:
What "slide-touch-screen thing" are you talking about? The G1 and MyTouch OS ROMs are almost identical.
IM SO EXCITED!!!!
So today at work, a customer came in with what he thought was a busted G1. He said he had tried everything to get it to work, and wated to upgrade to a mytouch. Well I sold him the phone and he was all happy to get it. I started playing with his G1 and lo and behold it turns on and works. I asked him if he wanted to reverse the upgrade and he said no and told me I could keep the phone! :lol
Now as im working around with it Ive found that the call,home, back, end keeys dont work and the charging port is damaged. I think ill get these repaired(anyone know how much that should run me?) My employee plan is $20 unlimited text web and minutes.
ANDROID HERE I COME!!!!!!
So today at work, a customer came in with what he thought was a busted G1. He said he had tried everything to get it to work, and wated to upgrade to a mytouch. Well I sold him the phone and he was all happy to get it. I started playing with his G1 and lo and behold it turns on and works. I asked him if he wanted to reverse the upgrade and he said no and told me I could keep the phone!
:lol Now as im working around with it Ive found that the call,home, back, end keeys dont work and the charging port is damaged. I think ill get these repaired(anyone know how much that should run me?) My employee plan is $20 unlimited text web and minutes.
ANDROID HERE I COME!!!!!!
Battersea Power Station said:
You have to slide the touch-screen of the G1 sideways to get to the keyboard. It's not terrible, but I feel like I'm going to break the damn thing accidentally sliding it out like that. (Well that and the Home/Phone/End Phone/... buttons are on a "lip" to the right of the keyboard, which is slightly annoying to me)
Andrex said:
That looks sexy. But the keyboard looks like the Cliq's which is kinda boxy/square and squished. :/ I do like how it slides out and nothing sticks out from the keyboard/other buttons on it though.
And I'm not quite sold on Verizon.
I'd have to try a Live unit before I could see though.
If the Cliq's keyboard is as hard as the dummy units, I'm not sure I want one. I'm coming from the Danger Hiptop lines, so I'm looking for a keyboard that's similar to it (but I know that ain't going to happen), at least in terms of feel/space. I don't want to accidentally hit a wrong key because the keyboard is super squished and I want a easy-to-hit keyboard on the phone with light resistance.
I'm basically waiting for the Android 2.0 line to see what is going to happen, but if worse comes to worse I'm going to look into the 1.0s
jonnybryce
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Most often dummy keyboards don't function at all and thus are a lot harder than the real deal.
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HTC should have been putting out WVGA Android phones a long time ago.
Vyse The Legend
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So, how "sure" is the Droid coming to T-Mobile in the Spring? I don't expect anything official to be announced 'til January, because of the window of exclusivity. However, the leak that showed the Sholes and Sholes Tablet (keyboard-less Droid) coming to T-Mobile looked solid.
Yeah, I'm interested to see what the specs are on the Passion, but that screenshot tells us nothing. It could be TouchFlo running on Windows Mobile for all we know.
Also, I really hope the Passion is not an Android version of the HD2 as was originally rumored. Who really wants a ridiculous 4.3" screen? The Droid is already pushing the limits on what I would consider an acceptable size for a phone.
Also, I really hope the Passion is not an Android version of the HD2 as was originally rumored. Who really wants a ridiculous 4.3" screen? The Droid is already pushing the limits on what I would consider an acceptable size for a phone.
i wouldn't count much on the droid coming to tmobile in the spring, at least in the US. from what i remember of that picture it still had the droid listed as coming out before the cliq, and so it may have been before any exclusivity deal was made. some of it may even hinge on sales data. it's possible, but i wouldn't count much on it.
It is slightly different though, for one thing, I've never seen colored text on it. But it could be a simple user hack or mod.
Here's another Android phone from Japan.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/ntt-docomo-softbank-announce-grand-total-of-37-phones-android/
Here's another Android phone from Japan.
Engadget said:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/ntt-docomo-softbank-announce-grand-total-of-37-phones-android/
tokkun said:
Could be in the minority but I do. For one if it came with a physical keyboard it would mean the layout could be bigger or include more rows.
Best way to put it: I'd like a pocket sized netbook that can be used as a PDA and cell phone. Maybe thats asking for too much and it starts getting non-practical at that point.
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