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Hey guys, I am looking for a Dashboard fitment accessory for my Galaxy SL i9003. I have a Swift VXi. I have a Pioneer Single DIN panel, and theres an empty slot below that. I want the phone to be mounted in that slot or somewhere near the A/C vents so that i have convenient position to operate the phone as a GPS Navigator and general phone usage as well. I dont want a Windscreen mount as i dont find the windscreen position easy to operate(either by me of the co-driver).

I can look for this in UK (one relative is flying down) or here in Mumbai itself.
I have found one on the UK shopping site.
Car Vent Mount for Samsung Galaxy SL i9003 | eBay UK

Unfortunately i cant order this because of time constraints.
Can anybody give suggestions?

Worthy contender to Samsung Galaxy S II is here in India - HTC Sensation, around the same time with US retail market launch on 12th June.

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Runs close to Galaxy S II for most specs. Beyond the hardware, final choice may boil down to,
-HTC sense v/s Samsung Touchwiz interface.
-More developer support for HTC, faster updates.

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Originally Posted by djkher (Post 2385721)

i want something similar. let me know what u buy

otherwise cellmate has a mount which affixes on the dashboard next to the meters above the AC and can cradle the phone.

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Originally Posted by YaeJay (Post 2385565)

Bought a dell xcd 35 today. Haven't updated to 2.2 yet. will do that in about a weeks time. Once done, I guess I would be asking for all kinds of advice about it! Thank you guys, this happens to be the first thing I have bought (for myself these days, i tend to be a stingy goose when its spending for myself) after getting inputs here.

Congrats man. Let us know how the "chinese" phone performs.

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Originally Posted by EssYouWe (Post 2385561)

Okay guys,

Finally got my Defy this morning. All credit goes to Phamilyman for pushing my budget up by at least 4k. :P

Finding it notoriously difficult to use. I activated a 600MB GPRS plan for Rs. 28 on Idea in Delhi. But now I have run out of balance. While this isn't really the phone's fault, how do I turn off the GPRS?

Also, how do I exit applications (without downloading a task-killer)?

Is it possible to access internet through a USB connection to an online computer?

Other than all this, the phone looks bloody awesome! The camera quality isn't too great, but I don't really care. The screen is awesome and the high resolution lends a very vibrant look to the screen. No lag experienced in anything so far!

Cheers.

congrats. the normal tethering is where the phone's internet connection is made available as a wifi access point to other devices. u want the ulta!:uncontrol

USB tethering is there in CM7 - it can then act as a modem. But google arond - you should get an app that connects over bluetooth and uses the laptop's internet.

You can't exit the applications that dont have an exit button - just minimize them and forget them. Let android's garbage collection take care of the rest :)

PS: Why not a simple 98rs,3GB plan?
PPS: How much time taken in shipping?

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Originally Posted by phamilyman (Post 2386014)

i want something similar. let me know what u buy

otherwise cellmate has a mount which affixes on the dashboard next to the meters above the AC and can cradle the phone.

Congrats man. Let us know how the "chinese" phone performs.

congrats. the normal tethering is where the phone's internet connection is made available as a wifi access point to other devices. u want the ulta!:uncontrol

USB tethering is there in CM7 - it can then act as a modem. But google arond - you should get an app that connects over bluetooth and uses the laptop's internet.

You can't exit the applications that dont have an exit button - just minimize them and forget them. Let android's garbage collection take care of the rest :)

PS: Why not a simple 98rs,3GB plan?
PPS: How much time taken in shipping?

Thats is reverse tethering through USB. I have been searching for this for a long time but no success. If anyone has an idea please let me know.

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Originally Posted by srishiva

I dont know if thats true. There are some applications that provide a exit option. Majority of them dont.

Yes, it is. I know because I write android, iPhone apps for a living amongst other things :)
As raccoon replied above, it is not recommended to have an exit button. Even those that provide an exit button may not be actually closing the application, they may be just removing the screens. You will find them in running processes even after the screens are removed.

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Originally Posted by EssYouWe

Is it possible to access internet through a USB connection to an online computer?

In my HTC incredible it is possible, I think it's an android feature.

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Originally Posted by SilentEngine (Post 2386179)

I am not sure if this is completely correct. I have Dolphin HD browser and AG Indian Newspaper apps installed on my Wildfire which have EXIT buttons. And the apps doesn't run even in the background after I close them by clicking the exit button.
Latitude has "sign out" option to completely exit and it comes from Google itself. You can also "Sign out" from Gtalk and it would completely stop. This will not show under Running Services. But yes, if you exit the screen of apps by clicking the back button, then for sure the apps run in background.
Infact, even ICICI Bank's IMobile app has an Exit button. I wonder why app developer miss to add such simple feature to their app.

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Originally Posted by SilentEngine (Post 2386179)

In my HTC incredible it is possible, I think it's an android feature.

Umm.. how do I use it?

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Originally Posted by phamilyman (Post 2386014)

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congrats. the normal tethering is where the phone's internet connection is made available as a wifi access point to other devices. u want the ulta!:uncontrol

USB tethering is there in CM7 - it can then act as a modem. But google arond - you should get an app that connects over bluetooth and uses the laptop's internet.

You can't exit the applications that dont have an exit button - just minimize them and forget them. Let android's garbage collection take care of the rest :)

PS: Why not a simple 98rs,3GB plan?
PPS: How much time taken in shipping?

Thanks! I did not have enough balance for the 98 one, and I won't be around long enough to use the 3 gigs.
I ordered Tuesday afternoon and got it yesterday morning.

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Originally Posted by phamilyman (Post 2379525)

Guys,

A simple question - has anyone used any of those Gameloft or other suchlike games?

There is a severe keeda inside of me to get some games (yes, i'm talking of paying!) - but I cant figure out which ones. Without even a demo, its a random risk since phone games can sometimes be really pakau for one and engaging for the other (unlike total awesomeness such Quake III)!

Hi phamilyman, any luck with the games?
I tried some of them (Assasin's creed, Dungeon Hunter, Uno, etc) on my Desire and they work absolutely fine.
There's a free version of Asphalt in the market which you can try too.

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Originally Posted by rajanmehta (Post 2385894)

Is gonna be my next phone! I think this is still just the intro price and it will settle down to about 2k less (around 28k) in a week or so. It is yet to appear on Flipkart site and that is why I think so. S2 was introduced at 32.8k and when Flipkart made it available at 31k, letsbuy also followed suit. I am still waiting for it to appear on flipkart.

Here is a good article from android dev blog, straight from Google. There is a good explanation why there is no exit button in apps.
http://android-developers.blogspot.c...droid-way.html

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Originally Posted by EssYouWe (Post 2386244)

Umm.. how do I use it?

Ok, i think this could very well be a phone specific feature. In HTC phones, when you connect the phone to pc via usb, it brings up a screen on phone where you can select different types of connections. One of them is 'internet pass-through', which shares the pc's internet with phone.
I am not sure if this feature is present in Motorola Defy. Defy users here can confirm if this is possible.