brotkasten
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Zune recognizes my phone again. Yay.
One reason less to buy the Xperia.
One reason less to buy the Xperia.
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Zune recognizes my phone again. Yay.
One reason less to buy the Xperia.
That and the fact it's a pretty average phone really, the One S is a better buy for that price range.
brotkasten
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Average in what way?
Zune recognizes my phone again. Yay.
One reason less to buy the Xperia.
Dammit brot, hammer those expectations down. It will all come crashing down come Wednesday.
e: one more thing I noticed yesterday concerning Monday, Geoff Keighley mentioned on twitter he going to the press event, invited by Microsoft. So, some sort of gaming spice is thrown in the pot as well.
Never liked Sony's Android UI, the SoC in it is a generation old, the capacitive buttons on it are erratic, battery life is pretty poor from what I've read, camera isn't as good as you'd expect from a Sony but in saying that I thought the screen was pretty nice as is the design.
I'd take the One S over it any day though, I'd sacrifice the 720p screen for the better all round phone.
brotkasten
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I haven't heard any battery complains and the camera seems to be pretty good. Same with their ICS skin, which seems to be pretty light and close to stock, compared to TouchWiz and Sense. And I couldn't care less about the SoC, as long as it provides a smooth UX. Also, I prefer the Xperia S design. The One series still doesn't do much for me.
Verge on battery:
Camera:
Kamakazie!
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So I've taken the plunge with the Lumia 800 to replace my aging HTC Desire.
Any recommendations for a few time waster games & more importantly, are there any good 3rd party web browsers that handle tabs properly (like xscope / dolphin browser on android)?
Here's hoping I don't regret not going for the HTC One S.
Any recommendations for a few time waster games & more importantly, are there any good 3rd party web browsers that handle tabs properly (like xscope / dolphin browser on android)?
Here's hoping I don't regret not going for the HTC One S.
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
but theres so many to choose from. were you gonna get the black one? or the black one with the glass stripe?Zune recognizes my phone again. Yay.
One reason less to buy the Xperia.
brotkasten
Member
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
.....fuck that looks nice.
brotkasten
Member
Until you turn it on and you see Android running. :lol
But seriously, a Windows Phone version of that phone would be my geek dream.
port begging isn't a bannable offense in the OT, right?
Until you turn it on and you see Android running. :lol
But seriously, a Windows Phone version of that phone would be my geek dream.port begging isn't a bannable offense in the OT, right?
I never really liked the phone ever since I played with one, it felt bad in my hand and I didn't like the pizza crust. It is one of the phones that I could never understand why people really liked it, but that's what's great about opinions, huh?
I bet it's just about Xbox Music and XBox Video. It's related to both Xbox and Windows 8 (tablets), they haven't said much about it yet, and it's not that big of an event (the announcement of the event was a bit short notice...).
yeah that is the most likely announcement
Kamakazie!
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Nokia has huge brand recognition in Europe. That + Android would definitely have secured it large market share. Whether that be at the high end where the money is though, I am not as certain (though it is very likely).
HTS were making huge money up until last year on Android. It was their failure to focus on a single flagship device that confused consumers and pushed them towards something more recognisable as being the top performer (Galaxy SII). There new One range is imo head and shoulders above the rest of the Android crowd so I would hope for some turn around of fortunes at least.
WP7 may still prove a good long term strategy for Nokia, but they need more help from MS & a proper hardware / software refresh soon. One thing the really screwed up was burying Symbian before establishing decent WP7 sales though. They could have transitioned a large number of Nokia owners from Symbian to WP7 if they had managed that effectively.
Browsers on Windows Phone have to use the Internet Explorer rendering engine, so there isn't as much diversity among browsers.
However there are some browsers such as Surfcube (I think) that offer an alternative UI to the standard IE. I've only tried Surfcube and liked how it handles tabs, so you should check that out (free with ads, between 2 and 4 dollars for full version).
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
i gotta admit. i don't like the phone as much as the nexus (i actually hate all droids with custom skins which i ll go into more depth about later) just because of its curved back and thickness.
brotkasten
Member
This is how you thank me? I let you in, I trained you. I basically adopted you. All that, just so you could stab me in the back? I'll remember that.
Kamakazie!
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Thanks I found that one but probably not really what I want.
Not so much a different engine needed but I really want something wioth proper page tabs.
I can see WP7 is gonna really change how I use my phone for browsing (and maybe make that portion somewhat more time consuming and frustrating).
Oh well, I hope the other benefits make up for it!
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Built by Nokia and pre-loaded with Nook and SmartGlass. $199 for the 7 inch version.
THERE'S NO 7 INCH VERSION!
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
VanMardigan
needs to calm down a bit.
(Today, 08:44 PM)
best thing to do is, expect nothing, even then you maybe expecting too much.
brotkasten
Member
I think my work here is done.
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
where are you gonna go? the android OT. good luck with that, i heard their OP was shit, just like their OS. iOS? hope you don't fall asleep on the way there.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
7" 1080p Oled Nokia Tablet with Nook, Smartglass, WinRT, Office, and LTE isn't expecting too much, that's a low hanging fruit.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
I have a 7" Galaxy tab that I use a lot. I'd sell it in a second if that was available.
dream
Member
Open webOS arrives in 3 months!
Zoloft can be expensive, maybe it will be better for him. Think about how much we could all be saving?
brotkasten
Member
Yeah, I think the people in the Android thread should be my next target. There's still so much potential there, so many people to break. iOS can come after that. Apple fans are a bit harder to crack.
Or maybe I should do a feature phone OT. People still buy BlackBerry phones!
you forgot Pureview camera back and front. Yes, 41 megapixels up your nostrils. all this for $199. XboxNookTab 4evah!
whats this nook deal?how is Microsoft going to play Amazon like that after selling all those xboxes?
Do you mean Barnes & Noble?
I haven't heard any battery complains and the camera seems to be pretty good. Same with their ICS skin, which seems to be pretty light and close to stock, compared to TouchWiz and Sense. And I couldn't care less about the SoC, as long as it provides a smooth UX. Also, I prefer the Xperia S design. The One series still doesn't do much for me.
Verge on battery:
Camera:
From Trusted Reviews about the camera
Sadly that most crucial of multimedia features, the camera, isn't as good as we'd expected. In good lighting you can just about notice extra detail over an 8MP model but pictures are incredibly grainy with loads of compression noise when blown up. We also found low light performance particularly poor with the phone both struggling to judge the correct exposure and having a weaker-than-usual flash.
Engadget called the camera "only superficially good" whilst PC Advisor said "Aside from the standard Android complaint of abysmal battery life, the phone is let down by its main control buttons a triumph of art over function and cluttered and out-of-date software."
Last thing on the battery was PC Pro describing it as 'abysmal', going to to continue with "We cant say the same for battery life, though: in our 24 hour test the Xperia S was left with only 10% of its power pack left. Its abysmal battery life that likely wont see you through a working day, and its far lower than most rivals, with the HTC One X scoring 60% after the same test. We hope Sony will release a firmware update to improve the situation but, at the moment, its dire."
It's not that I'm saying it's a bad phone but it's not as good as it should've been for Sony's top of the range phone, and it just annoys me that they stuck the S3 SoC in when the S4 was available, but they did the same the year before with the Arc putting the S2 in when the likes of HTC were using the S3 in the Sensation.
The only clear area that the Xperia S wins is with the screen and memory, I like the look of both (I'd err towards the Sony) but the rest the One S is the better phone, plus as I'd mentioned before the capacitive buttons on the Xperia S are rubbish.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
The CNN app is available for everyone. What's interesting is that the Nokia published app is still listed separately for Nokia phones and seems to be missing at least one feature of the app we can all get: a scrolling header with the breaking news. That's a big deal because on the Nokia version you get a toast but when you open the app you won't find the story. The general availability app uses the header to expand on the toast notification for breaking news. I uninstalled the Nokia version for my wife and installed the regular one.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
So I had an "OH SHIT" moment this morning.
I had come in from doing some work around my GF's place, and we decided to check our phones during our break. All of a sudden my GF notices I'm freaking out, and I'm like well my phone just died on me.
Black screened on me and I couldn't get it back up. I ended up taking the battery out, and putting it back in. Then the Samsung Logo would pop up then the phone would just die again. Couldn't get it to work, and then I just said funk it I'll work on it when I get back to my place. Got back here and messed with it for a good 10 mins before I got it to turn back on.
Now I'm just scared to turn it off or reboot it at all again. :/
PS: I hate that Sony phone for the same reason Brot loves it. That stripe at the bottom is frick'n U to the gly and kills the look of an other wise decent looking phone. I also like the One X look the best out of any of the current crop of Android phones.
I had come in from doing some work around my GF's place, and we decided to check our phones during our break. All of a sudden my GF notices I'm freaking out, and I'm like well my phone just died on me.
Black screened on me and I couldn't get it back up. I ended up taking the battery out, and putting it back in. Then the Samsung Logo would pop up then the phone would just die again. Couldn't get it to work, and then I just said funk it I'll work on it when I get back to my place. Got back here and messed with it for a good 10 mins before I got it to turn back on.
Now I'm just scared to turn it off or reboot it at all again. :/
PS: I hate that Sony phone for the same reason Brot loves it. That stripe at the bottom is frick'n U to the gly and kills the look of an other wise decent looking phone. I also like the One X look the best out of any of the current crop of Android phones.
brotkasten
Member
You're the Samsung phone owner. Don't blame me for your terrible taste.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Didn't you have a Samsung Omnia at one point?
Plus not like I had a choice. Wasn't like I was going to get the bulky, ugly, useless surround with it's dumb pop up speaker. Only choice was a Samsung phone. Heck even counting Android/iOS my only choices were a the android remix of my Samsung or an iPhone. Didn't have much choice.
I'll fully admit my phone is hardly going to win any industrial design competitions though.
frontieruk
Member
I'm awaiting samsungs 'Solar' line with a unibody design of their inimitable plastic.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
The two things I will say that I give ++ to Samsung for on my Focus is the weight (it's like the lightest phone I've ever used) and it's pretty good for working considering I've dropped this shit out of my phone over the past like 18 months.
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
Hey man you think the one x looks bad. The only phone that doesn't look like a chocolate bar.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I'm just going to assume that most people in this thread are hopeless virgins, but for those of you who have not only made it with a woman, but have somehow managed to reproduce: Happy Fathers Day!! May your offspring come to know the value of a well designed user interface.
Also, leave brot alone before he rage-quits this thread and buys an xperia phone to spite us. We need him to build us a kick ass Apollo OT.
Also, leave brot alone before he rage-quits this thread and buys an xperia phone to spite us. We need him to build us a kick ass Apollo OT.
Damon Bennet
Member
I can smell the alcohol
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Come on, we all know the cool kids own android phones and the successful hipsters own iPhones.
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