They especially don't want to make it too big as they want you to buy both the iPhone and iPad / iPad Mini.
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They especially don't want to make it too big as they want you to buy both the iPhone and iPad / iPad Mini.
I found my S3 disconcertingly big for about the first day, but it's amazing how quickly you get used to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
Agree with Dave that you quickly get used to it, however, as I may have mentioned previously, I downsized from the 5" Streak and couldn't be happier with my iPhone. I have no need to upgrade apart from the memory :p :
You should be able to get a good deal on a 64gb iPhone 4S once the iPhone 5 is out.
200£ for a used phone when you can get a new one almost for free when you subscribe or re-sign for a 2 years contract?! People are really crazy!
Agreed, I was especially stunned when Henners mentioned "desperate" to buy used phone for 200 pounds. I'm out of words ....Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
So, those with Android phones running ICS, how is it going? My sensation needed a factory reset followed by regular (every three/four days) physical removal of the battery to keep it going at anything resembling bearable speed.
Very well, thank you. In fact, I've just upgraded to 60 Meg broadband at home because my 10 meg connection was slowing the browser down! I've been using my S3 for about a fortnight now and had only one lockup, and that was on an app which also used to crash my HTC so I guess it's poorly coded.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malbec
The only time I thought it was running a little bit slowly it turned out I'd accidentally activated the power-saving mode which cuts the processor speed and manages the screen brightness a bit stingily.
No noticed loss of speed with my Droid Razr. I did have to do a soft reset the other day, which is the first time the phone has locked up since I got it. Only time will tell... I hope I don't regret the update to the new OS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malbec
Not a phone, but I've owned my Samsung Tablet for several months now with no problems at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malbec
So you upgraded too? My problem was obvious from the very first time I used the phone post-update so I suspect if you haven't encountered serious problems yet you've been spared...Quote:
Originally Posted by airshifter
Just installed this Sandisk 64 GB microSD card in my Galaxy S3.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-64GB...5486508&sr=8-1
What's amazing and weird at the same time is that it appears to be faster than the phone memory.
This gets the total memory (phone + card) to somewhere around 85 GB and now holds my entire music collection, around 30 GB, (already uploaded the playlists), a couple of HD MKV movies, a huge collection of books and comic books and exercise videos. I'll be doing a lot of traveling on my vacation, flights, trains, buses, so there's some good material to pass time. So far I've managed to fill about 60 GB. :D
This leaves a lot of room on the phone memory to install tons of apps, I already have about a 100+, and the Galaxy S3's hardware makes sure it does not get bogged down if I install more. Already installed a couple of awesome console quality games to play on the journey.
What's awesome is that the Galaxy S3 + the microSD card with a total memory of 85 GB is STILL cheaper than the 32 GB iPhone 4S. Forget the 64 GB version, they are cheaper then the 32 GB iphone!
Later gators. :D
BBC News - Everything Everywhere gets 4G go-ahead from Ofcom
Radio spectrum is actually auctioned?
That shows how much I know . . . .
They managed to sell the 3G rights for £20 billion, doubt they'll be able to raise that much again but should be a good haul for the treasury.Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado
Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado
Oh yes! I expect the situation is the same in the USA.
At the time of the 3G auction carriers were still under the delusion that customers would pay through the nose for things like a 30 second clip of 'goals'. (yes I think many really did think football clips would earn them a fortune but this was before ITV digital proved the football money is not inexhaustible)
However customers we're not that daft and the carriers made nowhere near the revenues they'd hoped for, and paid the government for!
So this time the payments will likely be less.
But the spectrum is big business. We've recently (well to be completed next month) switched off analogue TV partly because it's old and useless but mostly to free up a massive part of the spectrum which can then be sold.
Plus they were quite clever in making the BBC shoulder much of the cost of switchover. Yet the treasury reaps the rewards.
Yep, that's how it works as far as I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado
Looks like you'll get your wish. It's basically going to be a thinner and longer iPhone 4 with a 4" 16:9 screen.
Can't wait :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark
iPad Mini will almost certainly be announced mid-October.
You would pay 350£ for a phone + 25-30£ / month for a contract??Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Apple confirms 'surprise' September 12 event ? The Register
It looks like it will indeed be called 'iPhone 5' and not 'The New iPhone'
Yeah it's the 6th iPhone release, but it would look a bit silly saying 6 after 4!Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Nokia is introducing new models in less than an hour, live webcast Webcast - Nokia
BBC News - Nokia unveils two Windows Phone 8 handsets
Looks pretty good; and everyone here I've shown likes the look of it, would anyone buy one? No.
That's because they value the brand over substance :) I've got a Lumia 800 and it's a fantastic phone. Well built, interesting value added features on Nokia's part and a buttery smooth OS. When Windows 8 hits and people realise that the design language translates across both then I wonder what's going to happen? *strokes chin* Whatever happens, the iPhone 5 launch will be the last time Apple is allowed to launch yet another behind the curve phone with a view to superceding it with year old technology in another year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
I've got City Lens on my Lumia 800 and although it's not something I would probably use myself, it is very cool. The iPhone is not going to come with all the things that the Lumia 920 is going to come with.
and there you have it, a class leading phone which shares practically nothing in terms of design language with an iPhone......
If you think a lumia is anything like the disappointing Symbian smartphones of the past then you're wrong :)
bing is a good search engine, however explorer sucks.
With Windows Phone 8 and 7.8, you can change the tile sizes so that they're smaller. the monochromatic tile interface is there so that that whatever colour the tile is, the font which shows the live update can be seen easily. Live tiles are great, most people who actually try out a windows phone for more than 2 seconds find it very useful. If for instance I had yourself pinned as a live tile to my home screen, your latest facebook update will show up on your tile. Anyway not all the tiles are monochromatic anyway......Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
http://oi49.tinypic.com/1in2c2.jpg
As to explorer somehow being a negative? Windows Phone doesn't run IE6 you know..... there's so little of an interface there that there's nothing to dislike about it. It renders pages and that's about it.
http://oi50.tinypic.com/2nreemh.jpg
What can you dislike about this interface? :confused:
http://oi48.tinypic.com/anklmo.jpg
This is about as complex as IE9 gets on Windows phone 7.5. These days the only reason I ever use firefox is when something (like this forum) won't render properly in IE10 in Windows 8. Internet Explorer is actually rather good these days but if you use Opera or Firefox or Chrome or whatever you're hardly missing out to be fair, it's just a browser that displays stuff! I remember back on my N95 you could get mobile firefox and it was much better than the standard Symbian browser, but times have changed and all OS's have competent enough browsers. I think it was a mistake for microsoft to call their mobile browser IE because that holds negative connotations for some people. Rest assured the browser is great and ultra fast.
I'm in the habit of using Google on my PC but I use bing on my phone and other than when I'm trying to shop for something in which case I use froogle, then Bing comes up with the goods. But you can still pin google to your home screen if you like.
These devices are aimed at different ends of the market?!?!?!?!? The Lumia 920 is a flagship phone, just like a GS3 or an iPhone. It's got NFC, LTE, inductive charging and many other things that the current iPhone doesn't have.
No offence, but actually try a Windows phone for more than 2 seconds and you'll get it. In fact just watch some of the early comparison videos on a decent website like PocketNow and you'll begin to understand the design language and the reason why Windows Phone 7/8 is how it is. I've tried iOS for a good length of time with iPads and I just found it incredibly unintuitive compared to Windows Phone and Android.
Microsoft has always called their Internet browsers on phones IE but they have *nothing* in common with the desktop version except the name.
Time will tell how Windows 8 turns out. The big thing is the apps. If they can boast the same apps as iOS and Android (or better!) they will be on solid ground, if not...
Innovative, no. They've been around for donkeys. Being integrated into the phone is new but this falls under 'obvious'.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
MS needs to match the commoner apps that iOS and Android have, but in order to gain market share they need to remember to focus on customer experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
I met up with a few friends last night roughly split equally between Android and iPhone users. None of the iPhone users had noticed any drop in performance despite iOS updates. All of the Android users who had bought their phones before ICS came out had noticed a slowdown with the new OS update, and most of them had high end handsets. Given that ICS was actually finished over a year ago the phones we'd bought would have been the ones Google had worked on when writing the new OS, yet it beggars belief that those handsets can't run it smoothly.
I know Google is an engineering lead company and Android is a great OS, however they need to remember that not everyone has the latest top end phone. Most people have phones that are at least one, maybe two years old and if their new updated OS ruins their phone word is going to spread quickly. Will they learn for their next OS update? Do I want to be a guinea pig to find out?
That leaves me in a conundrum. I'm disappointed by Android but if Apple is going to charge a hefty premium for the iPhone 5 then I'm not really too interested. I might therefore take a look at the Windows phones on offer and the Nokia will be one of them especially if the camera is as good as they claim. Time for a test drive...
I think the win 8 phones will do well. Especially since i think from a user friendly point of view, it seems
like a good idea to have the same OS on "all" (phone tablet & pc) units. But i also think that a shared OS
will lead to easier integration in (home) networks.
I refuse to buy Samsungs out of principle so the S3 is out. Will give the new HTCs and Nokias a good look though.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
why not?Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I was sort of looking into WP phones but a couple of deal breakers surfaced, apparently I wouldn't be able to use my bluetooth heart rate belt, because the idiot box doens't allow connections outside phone-operations from non-MS software.
Another gem is the lack of real multitasking for non MS software, no point getting one if I can't use Putty in the backround.
It's back to dreaming of a Nokia N950 then. :)
Are you sure? Leaked Windows Phone 8 SDK confirms Peer to Peer Bluetooth functionality | WMPoweruserQuote:
Originally Posted by janneppi
What's putty?
Depends what you mean by real multitasking. At launch Windows Phone 7 didn't really support multitasking at all, with the Mango update (7.5) apps like LastFM now run whilst other apps are being used and under the lock screen, prior to this you had to keep it open and couldn't use anything else which was quite annoying. With Windows Phone 8, you will have real multitasking comparable to that which Android has (and iOS doesn't currently fnar fnar!).
Microsoft brings true, background multitasking to Windows Phone 8 -- Engadget
I like my WP7 handsets, but truth be told I have to admit there are some dealbreakers for people who have specific needs such as BT heart monitors, but for the average user they're fine. Windows Phone 8 however is a different story and will offer a proper set of features so suit most people out there.
That would be a good thing, especially when this has been a standard in devices I've used for five years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
PuTTY - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaQuote:
What's putty?
Depends what you mean by real multitasking. At launch Windows Phone 7 didn't really support multitasking at all, with the Mango update (7.5) apps like LastFM now run whilst other apps are being used and under the lock screen, prior to this you had to keep it open and couldn't use anything else which was quite annoying. With Windows Phone 8, you will have real multitasking comparable to that which Android has (and iOS doesn't currently fnar fnar!).
Microsoft brings true, background multitasking to Windows Phone 8 -- Engadget
My connection to a dedicated machine where I run a IRC server process.(Or something like that)
If W8 has proper multitasking that's not dependent of what program I want run, then good.
For some reason the wmpoweruser site is going up and down today so I've linked to a cached page. Is this what you're looking for?Quote:
Originally Posted by janneppi
Its here! The SSH client for Windows Phone 7.5! | WMPoweruser This runs under the lock screen in WP7, but in WP8 if it was written properly then it would run in the background properly :)
Yeah, iphones seemed to have really taken over Nokia's for the Mondeo man's phone.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Didn't you just complain on the fitness thread you need to save money to have a kid, what are you doing switching to new expensive phone? ;)
And who is forcing people with 2 years old phones to install the latest Android version?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Malbec
It's like complaining that a 2GB laptop can not run Windows 7 smoothly.
It should be common sense dammit.
You show a level of condescension in your post that displays a lack of knowledge of how things happen in reality.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
An upgrade to the latest version of Windows requires either a trip to the shops or a download and install, both voluntary acts correct?
With an android phone you are merely informed that there is an OS update available and that you are strongly recommended to download it. No more information is given.
In the past this has included small security or bug fixes and minor OS upgrades, things you wouldn't want to miss. Therefore when I received the latest upgrade recommendation earlier this year I had little reason to suspect it would be anything different especially since my phone provider had already expressed strong reservations about ICS and I didn't believe they would pass it on to the customer.
You may also want to query why some phone makers such as Sony have flat out refused to allow ICS updates onto their old models as they believe it to be substandard as an overall customer experience. Has that happened with Windows?