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The "Not Quite Amiga but still computer related category" => Alternative Operating Systems => Topic started by: Calen on May 11, 2010, 01:32:54 AM
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Awww the days when call quality was #1 on the agenda and can this thing do SMS ? seems long gone. Now it's all about how many Mhz. 3D hardware, huge screens, which OS, and can the camera replace my SLR, and perhaps get my dinner ready for when i get home.
I love it! :)
Anyway, my current Phone is the rather nice Samsung i8910, its quite the beast, the first Phone to do HD video recording, 3d hardware, 600 mhz cpu (Cortex A8) and quite a healthy 8 megapixel cam. It wont replace any cheap digi cam but it's quite useful on the go for the quick snap moment. C64/Amiga emulation ain't to bad either, but i'd prefer some real controllers :)
Sure are some nice Phones coming this year, we have a boat load of Android based phones from Samsung, HTC and Sony. Symbian based Nokia with the Recently announced N8. And of course the new Iphone 4G/HD whatever it's gonna be called.
I'm alittle swayed towards the Nokia N8 at the moment, HDMI connector, 12 megapixel camera with a bigger sensor than other mobiles, Xenon flash, HD video with stabilizer. Not to mention the usual bells and whistles, good performance CPU and dedicated GPU all based around the new Symbian 3. and will also prolly be ALOT cheaper (370 Euro sim free) than the new Iphone. Not sure if they mentioned call quality though :)
http://events.nokia.com/NokiaN8/
I will hold out for an in depth review and possible hands on though.
I still keep an old fone about the house just in case any of the new ones i buy die under the strain :)
What about you guys? ...
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I have never owned one, tah dah! But I think I will get an Andriod phone, HTC Droid Incredible I'm thinking...
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/464680/review/droid_incredible.html
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I have never owned one, tah dah! But I think I will get an Andriod phone, HTC incredible I'm thinking...
I'm not suprised, i don't think you would get good reception at your location ;)
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I can't stand the small screens. I'll either get something cheap with fm radio or the biggest screened Blackberry there is.
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HTC makes awesome phones, I'm on my fourth in 6 years. So far all have been Windows Mobile, but maybe I'll give Android a chance next time.
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Sony Ericsson W995.
Best phone i've ever had. Nice big screen, metal, 8.1megapixel WI-FI, GPS etc. Had a lot of Walkman phones since the original W810i came out and most have been good. Had a LOT of problems with a W910i a few years ago that were so bad that it almost put me off the whole range. Thankfully they made a big comeback with the W995.
Nokias always seemed to be break when I had them for a while.
I can't believe how Apple can get away with selling a phone that doesn't have Bluetooth OBEX support, and until recently, video.
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Nokias always seemed to be break when I had them for a while.
I've been quite lucky with my past Nokia phones, cant think of one that has failed, going right back to the 7110 Matrix fone, i loved that bloody thing, dropped it more times than i care to remember :)
My last Nokia was the 5800, great fone for it's price and had fantastic Audio quality. Better than my Current fone & my dedicated music player, Ipod touch. I've since sold that.
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Probably a droid. My motos have been all good, but this will be my first smartphone
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iPhone is my once and future mobile...
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Nokia, 5 year old, flip top. Fronts screen is broken, plenty of chips and scratches on the aerial, original battery.
It can:
1. make calls,
2. receive calls,
3. has a light that lets me find the keyhole of my front door after a night out,
and the killer feature:
4. An organiser that lets me set an alarm for 7 days to wake me and .....wait for it...I can choose for it not to go off on my day off Sunday morning!!!! How good is THAT, eh?
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I have a older Blackberry which I have 15 days left on my contract. I'll have a Storm2 shortly afterwards.
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My work gave me a blackberry curve that I have unlimited usage of, so even if its not the best phone in the world, Im sticking with it.
Once they decide to take it back, I'll get some form of blackberry again propably, but unsure which at this point.
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What about you guys? ...
No more symbian for me. N900 is the perfect geek phone.. full keyboard, excellent connectivity, root access, runs debian derived linux.
http://piru.mobi/ <- My N900, running lighttpd and python cgi. Google Latitude.. pah! :-)
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Piru, have you had any of the previous non-phone NITs? I have an N800 and I love it. I'm thinking about the N900 (I would prefer it without the GSM part...), but the screen is significantly smaller so I'm interested in how much worse the user experience is in this regard. Of course, HW keyboard is a nice plus that frees screen real estate in many situations where you need text input...
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@stefcep2,
I like your thinking!
I have a 7 year old Nokia 1100, which is as simple as you can get - and small.
It was in the drawer with an expired SIM card for three months. Just got a new SIM, but will probably never use it. :-)
I only have the mobile so that when I'm out fishing (and if I ever need to make an emergency call, or get a call from home) then I have it...
I actually use the alarm-clock function more than anything else...
As for the future, I think I'll keep this one for another 7 years!
Mike.
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I too have a N900. If you are a geek, who enjoys fiddling with things (oooo errr missus) Who basically wants a handheld computer with phone functions then N900 all the way. Its same cpu and GPu and Iphone except you can instsall what you want on it, most of its free. Does flash. Plays all videos you cna chuck at it. As Piru said full qwerty keyboard that slids out as well as as on screen virtual keyboard.
I love it. Best phone and best Nokia ever. I would say though dont get it if you just want a normal Nokia experience phone.
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Samsung Tocco Lite.
Does everything I want and is rediculously easy to get to grips with.
For the future, probably one of the Bada based Samsungs such as the Wave or some other similar TouchWiz2.0 based phone.
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HTC Desire for me. First phone. Very nice.
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I had a feeling we would have a few N900 users, more like mobile Computer indeed.
Some have even overclocked this beast from it's default 600 MHz, up to 1GHz!
At least you won't go cold with this in your pocket ;)
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/nokia-n900-overclocked-to-1ghz-in-bid-to-outrun-obsolescence-vi/
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I too have a N900. If you are a geek, who enjoys fiddling with things (oooo errr missus) Who basically wants a handheld computer with phone functions then N900 all the way. Its same cpu and GPu and Iphone except you can instsall what you want on it, most of its free. Does flash. Plays all videos you cna chuck at it. As Piru said full qwerty keyboard that slids out as well as as on screen virtual keyboard.
I love it. Best phone and best Nokia ever. I would say though dont get it if you just want a normal Nokia experience phone.
If
I really enjoy programming the iPhone, I don't know what Nokia's memo Linux support libraries are like, but Apple have done a great job with iPhoneOS... Though I could just be going weird, as I reallly like Obj-C :)
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iPhone. Does everything I need, and syncs perfectly with all of my info.
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Current and future iPhone owner. Love my 3G.
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I agree Iphones are nicely desgined pieces of kit. But I am not about to bend over for Apple
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N900. The best. :-)
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Current: iPhone 3GS
Next: iPhone 4G
The only phone on the market that does what I need, and more besides.
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I have an iPhone but would like to take a look at the Andriod ones sometime. The PhoneOS war reminds me so much of how the computer wars were in the 80's. Lots of competion, many differen't choices.
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The cell phone stupidity in US is why I didn't get an N900-only works with T-Mobiles 3G style bandwidth. Was with Verizon and had a BB. It was ok, until I recently switched to AT&T and the iphone. I'm no Apple fanboi, but jeez that phone is good. If they would just throw a few dollars towards audio fidelity and unshackled it from the "one computer, call back to the mothership" =\...
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I have an iPhone but would like to take a look at the Andriod ones sometime. The PhoneOS war reminds me so much of how the computer wars were in the 80's. Lots of competion, many differen't choices.
Indeed it does, choice is also good.
The most important question i had when i was thinking about buying an Iphone was not battery life, number of applications, does it have 10x optical zoom, or can it waken me up on time each morning, but something much more important..
Can it Blend?
I'm sold!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI
"Ismoke" :)
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Nice video, one of the best iphone utilities =)
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I have a Nokia N97, quite happy with it but planning on getting a Nokia N900 since the symbian OS is outdated and Maemo on the N900 is just splendid, so ill soon get a N900 and port alot of linux apps. Its just a great emulator phone.
A must for me to have is full qwerty keyboard + touchscreen and then the high end nokia phones works great for me.
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I'm still using a HTC/Qtek 8310 (i-mate SP5/O2 XDA Orion) from 2005 or is it 2006? It's small and do most things I need. I've tested iPhone 3GS, HTC Hero and HTC Desire and while they all have lots of fancy functions and "apps" I don't really get the hype. I can still make calls, send text & MMS, sync my exchange data, use Twitter and Facebook with my current phone. I wouldn't mind a decent camera though but that doesn't really justify a new smartphone.
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Currently a Nokia E51. Quite pleased with it, not quite sure what I'll get after this. I recently toyed with a friend's HTC Legend. Android seems to have come of age. No Apple hardware in my house thankyouverymuch.
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Well i have since jumped from Symbian to the Android OS. I went with the HTC Wildfire, Budget version of the Desire.
Got to say...it's a damm fine OS, even on my fones limited hardware. runs fast, has everything i need, great app integration and looks nice to.
AH well, Bye bye symbian/Nokia. Perhaps i might cu in the future if MeeGo is all your touting it to be.
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I have the Motorolla Cliq. Its been a excellent phone that runs the Android OS. It has a 600mhz cpu, 3 GB memory, 5 MP camera, full qwerty KB and so on. I have had it for nine months and I must say I just love it. Compared it to by brothers Iphone and besides me having better service it was way better. True Iphone has more apps, but come on the android market is at almost 80,000 now and thats just after a year. Besides I have used a lot of phones and I personally feel the Android is the best platform out there. Don't get me wrong the IPhone OS is also nice and works well, but for me anyways Android all the way.
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I have a verizen that works supplies.
If I leave work I'll use a trac phone.
I have no desire to be connected except when I want to be connected.
My daughter has an I phone, a lot of my friends have droids.
I don't need or want one.
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How many people still have old fashioned landlines in their houses? I got rid of mine a year and a half ago and don't miss it at all.
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I had a myTouch 3g, and work gave me an iPhone 3G for development reasons. I have to say that the myTouch was a little underpowered for the OS, but a still liked it a little more than the iPhone. A few months ago, I passed my myTouch down to my son, and got a Nexus One. With it's better hardware, I definitly like the Android OS better than the iPhone.
There seem to be a bunch even better phones right on the horizon. After the new year, I will probably upgrade again, and get my wife and son on better phones than the myTouch.
I keep hoping to see decent android tables come out, but so far, it doesn't look good. The android tablets that have been anounced so far all seem to have the fatal flaw of trying to be a phone. So, they are all too small, and tout the fact that they can make phone calls. The only reason to have cell on a tablet is for data. If someone doesn't come out with a sane android tablet soon, I will probably end up with an iPad.
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@persia,
Yup, still have the Telstra landline - need it, since I don't own a mobile!
I used to have a Nokia 1100 (as basic as you can get), but simply never used it, so the SIM expired and I now just leave it gathering dust in the drawer! :-)
Mike.
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@Persia, Uh-Oh.... For about 15 years I had TWO landlines... (no cell)
I bought a cell only after my house was hit by lightning, ...Fried the phones, and a PC.... After a month without a phone, I figured had to get a cell..... One day after I bought my super-cheap Nokia, I got my land-line back :(
OK, I don't even know what model it is.... Just the cheapest T-Mobile Pay-as-you-go phone, $17.99 USD, to be precise... No camera, web access, no downloadable anything....
I joke at my job that this phone is given away with cereal in Finland......
But hey, it works pretty well as a phone.....
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I like the most basic tracfone - really cheap, and connects better than ANYTHING else in this area (Just outside of Washington D.C. - go figure)
I still use an old Palm for a little, portable computer - the phone needs be nothing more than a phone!
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this thread is gonna be hugely dependent on where in the world you are at :)
My current phone is an iDEN blackberry that work pays for. Its not all that great, but its free for unlimited usage so nyeh.
I'd probably snatch up a Samsung Epic if I had to go buy one currently.
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I can't stand the small screens. I'll either get something cheap with fm radio or the biggest screened Blackberry there is.
I think this is a healthy attitude. I own an iPhone GS but in a few days, I will get myself the Nokia 1661 - Its is small; cheap and has no extras.
My personal reasons to ditch the iPhone (after three years):
1. Data contracts are expensive
2. Due to the small screen, I hold the thing to close to my eyes, which is actually a bad thing.
3. Apple is way too protective about it´s platform and the Jailbreak comunity is not what I expected it to be.
4. My iPhone already has cracks in the back and dust behind the glass, despite the fact that I have bought the GS just about a year ago. Apple Headphones always break on me too.
5. I really shouldn`t twitter, or anwer personal E-Mail, or shop at Ebay at work (and some other occasions).
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Never really used one and don`t own one so no help really. I don't even have the one with the wire on the end connected into the socket so probably tells you a bit about the kinda guy I am. Since 1996 everyone that wants to communicate with me does it via the computer.
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I used a Nokia 3210 till 2009 after that I bought a red Nokia 5310 XpressMusic. It is very flat and I still using it.
In the future I want a N8 when I saved enough money for it.
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My previous phone was an iPhone 3G, my current an iPhone 4. In 2 years time when my current contract runs out I'm 100% confident my next phone will be the then current iPhone. The UI experience in iOS is unmatched for my personal tastes. Looking into getting into iOS development soon.
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How many people still have old fashioned landlines in their houses? I got rid of mine a year and a half ago and don't miss it at all.
Surprise, surprise... ME... :)
I can understand someone finding a mobile/cell phone useful for business purposes, but all the sad git's who are everywhere you go these days, be it walking their dog, texting someone two tables away in the local pub, or the worst of the the lot, the ones who while in the middle of a group conversation suddenly feel the urge to call or text someone to tell or ask them some total piece of absolute drivel. :angry:
Mobile phones are in the wrong hands (which is 99% of them !), a total menace to the very fabric of society and should be banned... :angry:
PS: nearly forgot, never owned one & never will .... :D
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Mine is Nokia 3210c. Best phone since Nokia 2110, IMHO.
For me the phones of this millennium have been bigger disappointments the more they have had features. This one is the most stable so far. I have not crashes etc. with this. Only some call drops and data transfer lockups.
I think 3210c has only 320x240 display (like most below 200€ phones), but still it's pretty usable for web browsing with Opera Mini.
Funny that these are @ A500 resolution, only with more colors.
For data I have a "landline". Mobile data is not yet up to my needs.