[dkaile]

Originally Posted by ninjatalli

Guys,
A basic query - trying to decide if I should go the Android way or Blackberry.

My requirements are basic - I want a phone with a good qwerty keypad (am ok with touch screen qwerty keypad but should be good), a good browser that supports most websites (my current Samsung Star 3G doesn't!) and good apps for blogging & social apps.

How would you be pleased if your requirements are fulfilled within 8K??

Blackberry is dying operating system. See their sales figures and you will realise it has dropped more than 10% market share. Android is the future.

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This will be on the latest gingerbread and always the first to get Updates direct from Google and in terms of hardware quality is class apart from the competition (though warranty may be a issue on these US handsets)

Otherwise Moto Defy as suggested by F150 is also a good handset

[clevermax]

Just wanted to let everyone know that there is now a FREE remote desktop application available in the market!

It is called 2x client rdp, I have tested it and it works perfect.

[F150]

Originally Posted by clevermax

Just wanted to let everyone know that there is now a FREE remote desktop application available in the market!

It is called 2x client rdp, I have tested it and it works perfect.

What is the use of this application ?

[Live To Jive]

Originally Posted by Live To Jive

Ordered a Nexus S from Letsbuy for 17999. Thanks to vijuvarghese for the coupon. Now just waiting to get my hands on it. Transaction was done by a friend. He's also planning on buying one once he see's mine.

Originally Posted by markmytravel

Have you received it already. How is the phone? My friend is also looking for one in similar range. Can you please share your review.

The product has now been shipped. Expecting it any moment.

[DCEite]

I just cannot hold myself ordering a Motorola Defy for 14.xx from Letsbuy.

The only problem is, where do i sell my 8 month old Samsung i5801 (galaxy 3) ? The mobile shops in shopping malls quote a pathetic 5 k for this phone which is flawless and is running on Froyo!

:(

[dkaile]

^
You wont feel a remarkable upgrade from G3 to Defy. Would be better to hold on a little longer and then wait for the like of Nexus-S et all to drop to 15k and go for that...

[DCEite]

Originally Posted by dkaile

^
You wont feel a remarkable upgrade from G3 to Defy. Would be better to hold on a little longer and then wait for the like of Nexus-S et all to drop to 15k and go for that...

Actually Defy suites a lot of my requirements, like:

1. A screen bigger than an atleast IPhone 2G.
2. Higher resolution than iPhone 2G
3. Froyo out of the box.
3. No GPS locking issues as in G3.
4. No Swype issues as in G3 (with official froyo update)
5. Somewhat resistant to liquid.


Nexus S though good, is a bit bulky (i think it weights around 129 g as against 118 g of Defy). And have been hearing a lot about overheating issues in SGS and SGSII, so a bit reluctant.

[clevermax]

Originally Posted by F150

What is the use of this application ?

You can connect to your home or office pc through phone, that means, logon to the pc interactively. Some screenshots are given several pages back in this thread.

[null]

Any tips/tricks/patches/apps to improve the speaker output on htc desire? It is horribly bad if you want to use the speaker for any call if more than one has to listen to the conversation.

I repent buying this phone now.

[clevermax]

Originally Posted by null

Any tips/tricks/patches/apps to improve the speaker output on htc desire? It is horribly bad if you want to use the speaker for any call if more than one has to listen to the conversation.

I repent buying this phone now.

Speaker sucks in the Desire. That's one hardware which is not doing justice to the price you pay. You have to live with that, can't do anything about it!

EDIT: If you are on a custom ROM like CM7, you can tune the speaker to give better output using DSP Manager. I am using that.

[phamilyman]

Originally Posted by DCEite

I just cannot hold myself ordering a Motorola Defy for 14.xx from Letsbuy.

The only problem is, where do i sell my 8 month old Samsung i5801 (galaxy 3) ? The mobile shops in shopping malls quote a pathetic 5 k for this phone which is flawless and is running on Froyo!

:(

of course man. resale of phones is zero. a friend was once quoted 1.5k for a month old E5 from the very showroom he bought it for, (about 12k).


go for it!

Originally Posted by dkaile

^
You wont feel a remarkable upgrade from G3 to Defy. Would be better to hold on a little longer and then wait for the like of Nexus-S et all to drop to 15k and go for that...

Very much disagree. Its WAY faster, esp with CM7. Miles ahead of even than the stock Galaxy SL in responsiveness.

[sagarpadaki]

I am facing these problems with my 2 month old Galaxy SL I9003

->Signal reception goes down suddenly and does not come back for a long time.EDGE signal goes off intermittently
->When the phone is restarted it takes 2 minutes to catch the signal.Sometimes it does not catch even after 5 mins and i have to restart again
->The phone vibrates like crazy when on call and sometimes even during idle
->The phone switches off suddenly and does not restart until the battery is removed and reinserted .
->When i download an application from market it does not install at all.It just vanishes after downloading 100%.No trace of the application what so ever.i Have to download it again!

My phone is running on the following specs

Firmware:GT I9003 froyo 2.2.1
Baseband: I9003DDKA5
Kernel version-2.6.32.9
root@SE-S605#1
Build number -Foryo.DDKB2

Is there a update available that can solve these or have i got a lemon?

[roy_libran]

Originally Posted by sagarpadaki

I am facing these problems with my 2 month old Galaxy SL I9003

->Signal reception goes down suddenly and does not come back for a long time.EDGE signal goes off intermittently
->When the phone is restarted it takes 2 minutes to catch the signal.Sometimes it does not catch even after 5 mins and i have to restart again
->The phone vibrates like crazy when on call and sometimes even during idle
->The phone switches off suddenly and does not restart until the battery is removed and reinserted .
->When i download an application from market it does not install at all.It just vanishes after downloading 100%.No trace of the application what so ever.i Have to download it again!

My phone is running on the following specs

Firmware:GT I9003 froyo 2.2.1
Baseband: I9003DDKA5
Kernel version-2.6.32.9
root@SE-S605#1
Build number -Foryo.DDKB2

Is there a update available that can solve these or have i got a lemon?

Same problems with my galaxy ace as well, running froyo. Not very regular, but crazes me out when it chooses to strike.
Another problem I've encountered is when I keep the wifi on my phone running for some time. After 1-2 hours the phone apparently switches off, but usually does not start back on, unless I remove the battery and put it back in.
Anyone know hot to fix this???

[dkaile]

^^ These software glitches are very common on Samsung phones. Apparently a Factory Reset does solve it for many people and resets the radio back to normal. Also after a factory reset, do not install any app for a day or two to rule out if any app is causing the issue for you. Many a times many apps have been known to cause such issues. Root and custom recovery are also know to do this on some models. Thirdly, try to remain stock/unrooted with original recovery image for some days to rule all these out. If nothing works, take it to service station to rule out actual hardware issues.

[F150]

Originally Posted by sagarpadaki

My phone is running on the following specs

Firmware:GT I9003 froyo 2.2.1
Baseband: I9003DDKA5
Kernel version-2.6.32.9
root@SE-S605#1
Build number -Foryo.DDKB2


Is there a update available that can solve these or have i got a lemon?

Move to XXKB3 firmware. You can find more info on XDA forums.


http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1004647