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A well written, detailed guide for people looking to buy a new smartphone on the market.
Personally, I can't comment on the HTC One X and the iPhone 5 because I haven't used them. The S3 has been just fantastic in my experience over the last 3 months (apart from the 2 meter drop on the concrete. :( ).
Yeah like Tesco where they have plastic models of each of the phones. Ideal to commit to a 2 year contract is that.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I have to say I think most of the gripes you had sound like the old phone, hence my writing and quoting your post on a new HTC via tapatalk, which I've never had a problem with. Therein lies half the problem with android on multiple hardware though, New apps don't always perform as they should on older or lesser powered machines.Quote:
I am impressed with the apps I have used so far. I've downloaded many of the apps I had on my HTC and they seem to have a different appearance on iOS. IMDB for instance was an app I used an awful lot as I enjoy films and trivia and the Android app is slow and lacking in comparison. It might be partly because of my phone, but more development seems to have gone into it on the iPhone. Tapatalk is an app I paid for on Android and have done so again for iOS for £1.99. Its totally different and much much better now. After 8 months of not being able to quote people in threads when using my old phone, I now can. I know most developers make the majority of their money through iOS because its generally known that iPhone users are more likely to buy apps in any numbers than other providers, but there is a clear difference in quality where apps are concerned. I don't know if Facebook have a better relationship with Apple or not, but I no longer watch that silly loading wheel for 20 seconds and have to put up with crash reports!! lol. Obviously the iPhone I have is going to be a lot faster than a 18 month old HTC so this is to be taken into account too. All round so far I am able to report back in a positive light Malbec and would highly recommend a switch, but have to say the Galaxy S3 is also a stunning phone as an alternative. I'm enjoying it and feel I made the right choice :)
PS: I've got endomondo installed again too Mark and hope the weather is kind this weekend for a cheeky ride :)
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
I'm happy enough to trust a decent reviewer who does a good video :) The Lumia 800 got praise for its good build quality and already knowing the OS, it was a no-brainer for me :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
That's why, unlike with other things, I allow my decisions on phones to be based on price. With an Android, Windows or iOS phone you're going to get a decent phone. Sure you might get more apps with one or another and others might have a few more features, they're all pretty much the same and even if I wanted an iPhone I could never really justify the extra cost.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review: Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review | Phone Reviews | TechRadar
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Looks like a Galaxy S3 on steroids. It's got solid reviews, but I never really got the point of the note. It's too big to be a phone and too small to be a tablet. I'm surprised Samsung sold as many units as they did of the first Note.
OMFG!!!!! Big screen! Must have! Girl at work who I bought my HD7 off was wanting one but made the sensible decision and get a Lumia 800 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
Help needed from all Samsung users : How do I transfer photos from a Samsung S Advance to a PC ? I've tried to help my brother in law but can only transfer 2 out of more than 500 pics he has on his mobile :s Thanks in advance and greetings from Sanremo :D
It should be pretty straightforward plug and play with the micro-USB to USB cable on Windows 7 or even Win XP.. You don't need any special software either. Win 7 recognizes it and installs it within seconds. You might have to install additional drivers for older MS OS' or on a Mac most probably.Quote:
Originally Posted by pino
When you connect the phone to the PC, make sure the phone screen is not locked, and if it still doesn't show the phone in "My Computer", then something's either wrong with the phone or the PC. I'd suggest a restart on both devices and try again.
If nothing else works, you can try the Kies software from here: Samsung Galaxy S Advance - SUPPORT | SAMSUNG
Although I have never found Samsung phones to be dependent on Kies, usually after installing Kies, when you connect your Samsung phone to the PC, an option pops up on the phone asking you to connect via "Kies or UMS mode". Select UMS mode and then just browse into the phone to where the pics are. Hopefully that helps.
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Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
Thanks I will try that although your link doesn't work ;)
Can you realistically look through 20 smartphones in a showroom though? Yeah sure, if you wanna get a feel of the interface, it's all good, but what if you wanna know more about the features? Half of the "experts" in those phone showrooms can only tell you the most basic of things, which most of the times are affected by personal bias.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
IMO articles like those, with detailed info, video reviews, comparisons etc. are a great help for people wanting to know a bit more about their next purchase.
In the end none of these reviews will sway anybody's opinion to a great extent, it's just extra information. If somebody's heart is set on buying a turd, they will ultimately buy that turd.
Eh? Works here. Try this one then: http://www.samsung.com/my/support/us...tware/KIES/JSPQuote:
Originally Posted by pino
Imo articles like the one you linked to on techradar as well as price/product comparison sites like the Swedish site Prisjakt.nuQuote:
Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
is a very good first step to narrow down the selection to maybe 3-5 phones that you can try out at the local store.
Btw found an article at the Guardian.co.uk about a French woman who received a quite large phone bill when she terminated her phone account.
The French phone operator had sent her a bill for the small amount of €11,721,000,000,000,000 which is 1 billion millions. or 11,72 Quadrillions (Billiard/Biljard)
for some parts of Europe). the actual correct size of her debt was 117 Euros. French phone company rings up a bill of
Looks like it doesn't need you to understand its use in order to be a hit. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
Stop thinking like an iPhone user it will make everything simple! :p ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by pino
You don't need iTunes, just a USB cable.
I bet her bank account manager had a heart attack when she/he tried to read the sum the first time! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BleAivano
Can I watch subtitled films on tablets ie. support .srt files?
yes. For android there are several srt compatible media players. Most likely the same goes for ios tablets.Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
Top 5 Video Player apps for Android Mobile Phone and Tablet in 2011 - Android Circle
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Choosing the Best Video Player for Your Device | Android.AppStorm
Apologies for diverting from the current riveting line of conversation, but I have a somewhat daft question for which I assume a response is readily available in this thread...
Can an Apple device (e.g. iPhone) be used as a wifi hotspot router for a non-Apple device (e.g. Samsung tablet)? In other words, can I tether a Samsung tablet to an Apple device :?:
Couldn't agree more. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by BleAivano
Yep. BS Player works great for this. Make sure the .AVI and .SRT files are in the same folder and have the exact same name. It automatically pulls it as the subtitle just like VLC player does on the PC.Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
Once a device is tethered as a wi-fi hotspot, it behaves exactly like your usual wi-fi router. I don't think it matters what company's device you use as long as you enter the correct network key.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
For example, I have tethered my Galaxy S3 as a wi-fi hotspot and connected my Dell laptop, wife's Galaxy S2 and my friend's iPhone 4S. I believe even more than 6 devices is not a problem.
Yes it's just standard wifi. It also works over the wire as I've used my iPhone as an Internet connection for my PC!
On Tuesday our customer came to give us some information about a pdm system they want us to use. Of course I had forgot our network doesn't have outside access for visitors, fortunately my colleague had his own Samsung something and created wifi-connection using Joiku Spot for the visitor so he could give us the presentation. :)
My BB9900 had some strange issues today, it kept restarting every 10 minutes so I had to bring it in for servicing, so they gave me a BB9860 and man I hate this device with no keyboard and it's mid size touchscreen. Typing an email takes about 10 times longer then on a BB with keypad. Maybe my finger tips are too big but I can't see myself surviving next week with this thing.
With BB seems to be a question of luck nowadays.
I had the old bold BB 9000 for 2 years with one keypad problem, no other issues.
The 9900 worked fine for 11 months then it just went crazy. It's a company phone so it will be repaired or exchanged.
I've had 2 days with the 9860, only touch input, and it's driving me mad. Typing on it is a nightmare without use of a stylus, I am beginning to think that my colleagues who like this model don't really use it for typing emails on it, just for calls.
The company is thinking about moving away from BB and that will be hard time for those like me who use the BB intensively to answer emails when traveling.
And then, if you're like me, go home and order online and save £50 on the handset, £5 a month on the contract, get more inclusive data, and receive £70 cashback. Save *that* High Street, Portas!Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I went from a phone with a physical keyboard to an iPhone and I was wary it would mean it being harder to type out the likes of this post. But I needn't have been worried because a least in landscape mode it's at least as fast as my N97 and probably faster. Also the OS corrects most of the mistypes I make so there's much less deleting than even with a desktop keyboard!
The problem is that I mostly type technical emails and the phone's auto correct wants to write words that have nothing to do with what I need to type, in this case a keypad is so much better with turned off spellchecker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
turn off the auto-correct then?Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
You can add technical words to the dictionary. When I upgraded I exported my user dictionary and it made amusing reading what with all the proper nouns and unrepeatable slang I'd added!Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
We managed to partially kill an iPhone 4S last week when it got wet. The screen shows no picture whatsoever but if you call the phone and press on the screen where you would normally answer it will pick up the call. Endomono which was tracking us continued to work and it's beeping for text messages and emails. The alarm even goes off as it should. Hopefully a new screen at about £25 should fix it. More annoyingly is that 99% of the time when we go out walking, hiking or cycling the phone was put in a waterproof case. The one time you forget to do that it gets wet and you break it. :(
I have a BB as a work phone. It's pants!
That explains the 65 mile walk then!
Yeah, it was only a 3 mile walk. Doh! With a new screen it should be as good as new. :)
It's kind of a tread off.Quote:
Originally Posted by BleAivano
When I use the 9900 with he keypad I do turn it off and everything is OK.
With this replacement crap with only the touchscreen I can't type 2 words without typing the adjacent letter instead of the right one as the approx 4 inch screen is too small, so I use the auto-correct but then it makes my life a hell when it comes to technical words or when I use another language and forget the change the dictionary settings. Hopefully it will be repaired before my next trip to the middle east, I'll need the 9900's keypad there.
can anybody (captain?) tell me the difference beween the SIII and the SIII LTE ?
Apart from the colour :)
Is it worth getting an LTE even though I won't be using the LTE bit for the time being? :cornfused:
Well I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab which I use without such issues, but then again it has a much bigger touch surface, even in portrait mode.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
IMO they profiled keys on the BB are great and give you that feel that you need in order to type very fast, just like on a PC keyboard, where you can use the Shift, control and alt key in the same time you are typing, and all these on a tiny keypad.
If you won't use LTE technology for the next couple of years then there is little use to get the S3 LTE.Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
But the LTE would come in grey, which is nicer than white ! :andrea: :p
Many keyboards have a "Swipe" mode which can vastly speed up your input as you don't have to lift your finger between letters. Maybe, ioan, you could trial these.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88