Zam_Olyas said:if u use htc it means u dislike libertine and his stage design skills
Or I support the women's team they had
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Zam_Olyas said:if u use htc it means u dislike libertine and his stage design skills
The Hitch said:Is HTC Desire HD the best phone in its price range. I mean as in Samsung Galaxy s2 is about £80 ($100?) more expensive and the other major ones are even more expensive.
Im talking £280/ $490 price range or so.
The Hitch said:Is HTC Desire HD the best phone in its price range. I mean as in Samsung Galaxy s2 is about £80 ($100?) more expensive and the other major ones are even more expensive.
Im talking £280/ $490 price range or so.
python said:i see that blackberry not only is missing from the poll, it's not even mentioned by any poster
is it really that bad
Ferminal said:I've always preferred the Samsung offerings but they are so big. 1280x720 is impressive though!
Maxiton said:Also, look at the Galaxy Nexus (I've been calling it "Galaxy S" but apparently that is incorrect), which has a dual core processor and is the only one running Ice Cream Sandwich (the most advanced Android) right now. Here is a graphical tool you might find useful. I've set it up to compare The HTC Desire HD with both the Galaxy Nexus and the Galaxy S2. Really, all three phones look great, but the Galaxy Nexus might be in your price range and offers more bang for the buck:
http://www.theverge.com/products/compare/826/3697/2946
EDIT: I just added the Nexus S to the comparison:
http://www.theverge.com/products/compare/826/3697/2946/1624
If it were me, I'd probably go with the Nexus S 'cause it's cheaper and smaller, but still great.
The Hitch said:Would you say the Nexus S is worse than the Galaxy s II?
krebs303 said:OK I picked up my LG Optima. Right now I hate it. I just got a call and I didn't know how to answer it. I the touchscreen requires a very light touch. of course for about an hour I tried pushing the buttons harder and harder. took 45 min to log into yahoo
but I'm sure once I get the hang of it things will be fine. The touch screen buttons seem very small for my sausage like fingers.
The Hitch said:Not mobiles, but im thinking of buying my dad a tab. Is between Google.nexus 7 and amazon kindle fire hd.
Anyone got either or got an opinion?
RedheadDane said:I haven't got a clue! I'm the proud owner of a Nokia 1661 myself.
All that smartphone stuff just ain't my style. I wouldn't be able to figure out half the functions anyway...
Merckx index said:I'm very sympathetic to this. I have no mobile phone in the U.S., there are very few times when I would need it. Like most if not all modern technology, mobile phones are designed not so much to satisfy needs, but to create new needs that you didn't have before. In the U.S. I see so many people on their phones all the time, and I think, how did you poor things survive in the days when there were no phones? Do you really have to update your life to all your friends every few minutes? Is the world such a dull place that you need to listen to hours of music every day just to get through it? I just feel I miss too much of what's really worthwhile in life if my attention is on a phone.
Merckx index said:I'm very sympathetic to this. I have no mobile phone in the U.S., there are very few times when I would need it. Like most if not all modern technology, mobile phones are designed not so much to satisfy needs, but to create new needs that you didn't have before. In the U.S. I see so many people on their phones all the time, and I think, how did you poor things survive in the days when there were no phones? Do you really have to update your life to all your friends every few minutes? Is the world such a dull place that you need to listen to hours of music every day just to get through it? I just feel I miss too much of what's really worthwhile in life if my attention is on a phone.
And make no mistake, this is only the beginning. There is new technology that in effect puts an enlarged screen right in front of your face, so you can use the phone all the time, no matter what you're doing. It becomes in effect part of the sensory environment, so you can shift instantly from the world of people, cars, trees, etc., to the world on the phone screen.
However, I have a very simple Nokia when abroad, mostly for texting. It costs less than $20 new, and there are very serviceable second-hand ones for even less. Doesn't even have a camera, if I want to take pictures (not very often) I use a digital camera that costs about $100. You can buy mobile phones with cameras for less than that, but I think the digital camera provides more for the money. If I want to email, I use a laptop. If that is the new old-fashioned, so be it, I really don't understand how people can browse the internet on a device with a screen about the size of your palm, anyway.
Where I am, SE Asia, contracts are not so common. You just buy a load for a few dollars, and when it runs out, you buy another. So you never end up eating a lot of money when you leave.
End of Old Fogey's rant.