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Iphone or Android
02-10-2011, 04:05 PM
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Yeah, battery life on the MyTouch3G Slide(HTC Espresso) isn't great if you're doing nothing but surfing the web all day long. For my uses (talking on the phone, checking email, occasionally logging into MT while I'm sitting on the toilet) it's been just fine.
Of course, I'm not a 14 year old girl who is incapable of not being on facebook for more than 10 minutes, so YMMV.
On the plus side, plugging it to my laptop has the side-effect of also charging it, so when I'm tethered, battery life is essentially infinite.
On the plusser side, unlike most things that Apple makes, the battery is easily removable, so you can always carry a spare (I've never needed this.) You can even buy a little docking station to charge a spare battery outside of the phone.
Of course, I'm not a 14 year old girl who is incapable of not being on facebook for more than 10 minutes, so YMMV.
On the plus side, plugging it to my laptop has the side-effect of also charging it, so when I'm tethered, battery life is essentially infinite.
On the plusser side, unlike most things that Apple makes, the battery is easily removable, so you can always carry a spare (I've never needed this.) You can even buy a little docking station to charge a spare battery outside of the phone.
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02-10-2011, 04:10 PM
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02-10-2011, 04:18 PM
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Yeah, battery life on the MyTouch3G Slide(HTC Espresso) isn't great if you're doing nothing but surfing the web all day long. For my uses (talking on the phone, checking email, occasionally logging into MT while I'm sitting on the toilet) it's been just fine.
Of course, I'm not a 14 year old girl who is incapable of not being on facebook for more than 10 minutes, so YMMV.
On the plus side, plugging it to my laptop has the side-effect of also charging it, so when I'm tethered, battery life is essentially infinite.
On the plusser side, unlike most things that Apple makes, the battery is easily removable, so you can always carry a spare (I've never needed this.) You can even buy a little docking station to charge a spare battery outside of the phone.
Of course, I'm not a 14 year old girl who is incapable of not being on facebook for more than 10 minutes, so YMMV.
On the plus side, plugging it to my laptop has the side-effect of also charging it, so when I'm tethered, battery life is essentially infinite.
On the plusser side, unlike most things that Apple makes, the battery is easily removable, so you can always carry a spare (I've never needed this.) You can even buy a little docking station to charge a spare battery outside of the phone.
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02-10-2011, 05:28 PM
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sprint epic 4g. Amazing phone. Biggest problem is battery life. I'm considering getting a Seidio extended life battery for it, or hoping that the 2.2 update extends the battery life. Sliding keyboard is great, SWIPE OSK entry is amazing, and quicker than the keyboard most times for me. Paid for the full version of PDANet, because wireless carriers think that I should have to pay broadband dedicated prices for 1 days worth of computer connected internet surfing/month - **** wireless carriers, hail android. Mark Zuckerburg thinks Google fucked his mom in the eye, so your facebook app will suffer over the iPhone or windows phone versions.
Pros - SWIPE OSK, open source, competition in the marketplace
Cons - Get a car charger
Pros - SWIPE OSK, open source, competition in the marketplace
Cons - Get a car charger
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02-10-2011, 05:59 PM
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Right now I'm just trying to learn more about both platforms. I have the iPhone 3gs myself and love it. However I'm not an xbox hackor either. I went from a piece of **** Motorola Razor to this so it was a huge jump for me.
Keep the votes coming! I gotta say I thought it was going to be the opposite of the way its currently turning out.
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02-10-2011, 06:12 PM
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Droid 2? My wife has one and it freezes up on her more than a lighthouse on the great lakes.
Also, she has managed to drop it in a sewer grate, have it stolen and left in a garbage can, and skip it across K Street in traffic. Seems like Android still has some bugs.
Also, she has managed to drop it in a sewer grate, have it stolen and left in a garbage can, and skip it across K Street in traffic. Seems like Android still has some bugs.
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02-11-2011, 08:46 AM
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I HATE HATE HATE my Blackberry Bold with a passion for interface issues. It will not auto-correct in email or messaging, the keyboard is TINY, why are we producing phones in 2011 without a touch-screen
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02-11-2011, 09:10 AM
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Anybody here with a slightly older Android phone running v1.5? I'm about to finally upgrade to a smart phone from my old piece of **** Sony Ericsson Walkman phone, and I'm not sure if a phone running v1.5 is still decent enough. Reviews I have read have made it sound like a huge downer to only have v1.5 vs 2.0+
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02-11-2011, 09:54 AM
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I too had a Bold and half the time I used it, I had that stupid ******* clock spinning in the middle of the screen. I now have a Tour and it's a bit better but it may as well be from a time machine straight out of 2005 because it is still slow as ****, has crap apps, and a cludgy OS. RIM sucks.
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02-11-2011, 10:00 AM
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Anybody here with a slightly older Android phone running v1.5? I'm about to finally upgrade to a smart phone from my old piece of **** Sony Ericsson Walkman phone, and I'm not sure if a phone running v1.5 is still decent enough. Reviews I have read have made it sound like a huge downer to only have v1.5 vs 2.0+
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02-11-2011, 10:11 AM
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Samsung Captivate = AT&T samsung galaxy S = android 2.1 (with free update to 2.2 expected once wireless carriers pull their thumbs out of their asses. T-Mobile has released 2.2, the other carriers are under a little pressure to get it out)
That being said, most of my previous comments are still true. 2.2 is supposed to improve battery life, but don't expect to get more than a full day of battery life out of the phone in 2.1. 16GB of internal memory is huge compared to some phones, and more than any casual user will ever fill. (I had a friend with a "mytouch3g" who was having issues with storage space. I soon found that it only had 512kb of internal memory)
That being said, it still roxorz over the iPhone. My best friend has iPhone, his wife has Android. Initially, she couldn't get any of the "cool stuff" that he could get. It didn't take long before she could get all the "cool apps" too. With 2.2, android is getting a few more features that i'm not sure the iPhone has.
Oh, and you get swype text entry instead of iPhone autocorrect
That being said, most of my previous comments are still true. 2.2 is supposed to improve battery life, but don't expect to get more than a full day of battery life out of the phone in 2.1. 16GB of internal memory is huge compared to some phones, and more than any casual user will ever fill. (I had a friend with a "mytouch3g" who was having issues with storage space. I soon found that it only had 512kb of internal memory)
That being said, it still roxorz over the iPhone. My best friend has iPhone, his wife has Android. Initially, she couldn't get any of the "cool stuff" that he could get. It didn't take long before she could get all the "cool apps" too. With 2.2, android is getting a few more features that i'm not sure the iPhone has.
Oh, and you get swype text entry instead of iPhone autocorrect
Last edited by fooger03; 02-11-2011 at 10:35 AM.
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02-11-2011, 10:12 AM
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Yes, get Froyo at least or skip it. If it's still running 1.5, it's probably an older phone with now-crappy hardware specs anyway.
EDIT: My one complaint with my HTC Incredible is battery life. I don't like humb-backed extended batteries. But it's manageable with a car charger.
EDIT: My one complaint with my HTC Incredible is battery life. I don't like humb-backed extended batteries. But it's manageable with a car charger.
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