I need a new phone, I hope someone can help me decide. Currently using a Nokia E71x, but I need a WM device so I can run Communicator Mobile to IM with my colleagues. I will need a touch screen device (WM Pro), preferably candy bar with qwerty keyboard (non-slider) however I'm willing to try a slider again, if I can easily one-hand type on it (drive-n-type). Also willing to try one without qwerty like iPhone or Blackstone. It absolutely must be responsive, if I cant make a call immediately without waiting for my device to "do it's thing" it the most irratating thing in the world...!
Here are some phones I've recently owned:
E71x - A good phone. It is crippled compared to the E71, but it's stable and does the job, also has fast GPS lock, and overall minimal lag on this device.
E75 - Lot's of lag, build quality not as good as E71 (keys were flimsy) and it seemed buggy, maybe I had a bad one.
Treo Pro - Great form factor, very laggy OS (not enough RAM in this thing?), poor build quality (case crack), poor battery life.
E71 - Awesome phone, was only missing touch screen, otherwise perfect, work made me ditch it.
Touch Pro - Seemed a bit laggy to me, not very durable (plastic feeling).
Tilt - Seemed laggy, wasn't liking the keyboard.
Treo 750 - No comment.
Yeah, I'm pretty picky.. I'm liking the Blackstone T8285 but I think it's out of my price range. What about the Xperia X1, is that a pretty responsive device? I recall seeing a review (phonedog I think) and he was suprised it was quite laggy. Are there any phone with like 600mhz-1000mhz proc and 512MB that are afforable?
Thanks for all/any help!
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You can buy a samsung i780, it isn't an htc but there are cooked roms for it even in this forum
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You can buy a samsung i780, it isn't an htc but there are cooked roms for it even in this forum
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Hmm that a really old phone though, I bet it's as slow or slower than my Treo 750 was.
How is the Xperia? Anyone?
Edit: Oh I see why you suggested it, it has 600mhz proc. Hmmmm... Anyone have this device??
Go for the HTC TP2 now, then trade up to a used Leo later
I'm not sure if someone has done a thread like this before but I wanted to know your personal experiences on these 3 devices:
1. N900
2. HD2
3. Nexus 1
Only comment if you own the phones and list what you like or don't like about it. Thanks
I have the n900. It is pretty bad ass. I love the multitasking and flash web browsing. I can access sites like justin.tv with no problems. One thing that is lacking is the amount of good apps available. Which is normal considering its still early in its stages. But with flash, anything that available in apps, I can get from a website. I still prefer apps though. Having android withdrawls after recently dropping my g1. The n900 made a great companion to the G1. I now plan to get the N1 when I am availble for upgrade and use that in companion with the n900.
n900
I've had the N900 since it was released. It is an amazing device, but it has quite a few limitations. I was a previous HTC TYTN II owner and a soon to be Touch Pro2 owner. I am thinking about switching to the Touch Pro2 and selling my N900 for a couple of reasons. The N900 is an extremely powerful device with a ton of potential. However, with MeeGo coming out, slow firmware updates, etc. I am not sure that it is the best choice over the HD2 or Nexus One.
Limitations From my POV (reasons I may switch back to WM)
-Sync with Google/Ovi is incomplete/not working unless you use a 3rd party solution
-Landscape only!!! This can get really annoying while doing things such as driving
-Limited app selection - Missing MANY important things: Google Maps is a good example (Ovi Maps isn't very good)
-Maybe not a true smartphone? - The built-in PIM functions feel really limited in scope when compared to WM and S60 (not sure about android)
-Keyboard is OK, but it is a bit cramped - it doesn't slide out very far and it only has 3 rows
-Expensive ~$500 - You can find a Touch Pro2 for as low as $275 or less if you shop around
-The hardware inside is amazing and it 'looks' nice, but the casing feels average if not somewhat cheap for such an expensive device
Other things to think about
-Maemo browser is amazing, but Opera 10 for WM is pretty much just as good, w/ the exception of Flash
-Maemo has a great interface and multi-tasking
-automatic application updates and a good amount of free applications that are centrally located (easy to find)
-N900 has 32GB built in - although 16GB cards and soon 32GB cards will be available soon
-N900's Camera and screen are amazing
Basically what it comes down to is that the N900 has AMAZING hardware specs and performs well, but Maemo is really incomplete and its future on the N900 is unknown with MeeGo coming up. Also don't forget to factor in limited application selection and sync abilities (syncML doesn't exist OTA on N900).
EDIT: I forgot to add, that I guess the main deciding factor in me choosing the Touch Pro2 may have been cost as well. Its hard to carry around something so expensive, worrying about messing it up or losing it. Swapping phones w/ TP2 would save me ~$250. If I were you I'd choose the Nexus One as Android really is looking to be the big future platform to compete with iPhone, but this phone is somewhat expensive as well.
you like carrying around two phones? I hate it, and when I don't use one of my other phones I miss it. I have a HTC Touch HD WM 6.5, NOkia E71 (my love) and just ordered n900. I'm hoping n900 pleases me, if not then I'll go for N1.
Does the n900 lag? someone told me that when you have multiple sms's going, the internet, and music it lags and skips and what not. I hope this isn't the case. I like the actual keyboard, which is one of the main reasons I'm getting it, but I also like N1s voice activated sms and etc. I guess I'll just wait and see!
Thanks for your input
It has a tiny tiny amount of lag when switching programs and all that but its nothing bad at all considering the abilities of the phone (n900).
But I only plan on carrying one device at a time. I just got the touch pro2 so once I decide which to keep I'll sell the other.
well if you're ever interested in the HTC touch HD running WM 6.5 let me know I'm trying to sell mine
I'm very happy with the Nexus One...it rocks! See it's forum section for full details & advantages.
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you like carrying around two phones? I hate it, and when I don't use one of my other phones I miss it. I have a HTC Touch HD WM 6.5, NOkia E71 (my love) and just ordered n900. I'm hoping n900 pleases me, if not then I'll go for N1.
Does the n900 lag? someone told me that when you have multiple sms's going, the internet, and music it lags and skips and what not. I hope this isn't the case. I like the actual keyboard, which is one of the main reasons I'm getting it, but I also like N1s voice activated sms and etc. I guess I'll just wait and see!
Thanks for your input
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I don't mind carrying around two phones. One is for regular calls and the other is for "business" calls (got to keep the feds off me! ). As for lag, I have not noticed it. I've ran multiple web pages with flash video, AIM, app manager, internet radio and took photos all at the same time with no lag.
I simply loooove the n900!!!
If you want the Nexus One, I suggest you to wait for HTC Desire, it's the HTC version of Nexus One, expect if you love the nexus one design.
PS: N900!
Salutations!
Sooner im getting rid of my 1 month old iPhone 3G and i want to come back to WindowsMobile.
Previously i had TouchPro and it was reallly good phone.
But now i would like to buy other one.
Which one would YOU choose and why?
QWERTY is a must!
Touch Pro 2 by far. Out of all the phones you listed it has the best specs in every way. And by far the best keyboard.
Some people like the LG eXpo. It has a 1ghz snapdragon processor, a sort-of dpad under the screen, and apparently a projector though I have no idea what you'd use it for.
But the Touch Pro 2 has a good number of great ROMS for you to experiment with, and a very functional and usable Android port.
And it tilts. I never thought I'd care about the tilting until I actually started using it. It's a great feature. You can tilt it and put it on your desk and use it like a mini-laptop. Lots of fun.
As a TP2/HD2/TP/Diamond user, the TP2 has the best keyboard, but you may want to consider the HD2, the screen is just so, well, HUGE
The X1 has been succeeded by the X2, but there is no XDA support for that, i love the tp2 on Deepshining X6 6.5.5, it is the nicest device i have ever used, but you sould choose for yourself
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As a TP2/HD2/TP/Diamond user, the TP2 has the best keyboard, but you may want to consider the HD2, the screen is just so, well, HUGE
The X1 has been succeeded by the X2, but there is no XDA support for that, i love the tp2 on Deepshining X6 6.5.5, it is the nicest device i have ever used, but you sould choose for yourself
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He said QWERTY is a must In this case I'd take the TP2 as well. From what I heard about SE it seems they are not very good in building stable WM devices...
TP2. best qwerty among those 3. forget about the X1.
oh there's also a new Samsung with QWERTY. Samsung have great hardware but their ROMs/Software are full of junk and instable like no other.
X1 is not bad though rather old, therefore compared to new phones the hardware cannot compete anymore
X2 gets good grades on manufacturing and seems faster (though having the same cpu as X1), but looses all because of the currently very bad firmware, additionally there is no h-spl for it yet, so all owners are stuck with stock (for who knows how long)
so you better pick one of the other phones
good decision btw to swap your iphone for wm device
cheers
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He said QWERTY is a must In this case I'd take the TP2 as well. From what I heard about SE it seems they are not very good in building stable WM devices...
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Trust me, the the on screen keyboard is awesome on the HD2, but the TP2 fits the bill for you, if you can, get a RHOD300, full 288MB ram useable
I'm almost tempted to suggest we do a swop. Your iPhone for my Touch Pro.
Never have I been able to connect to anything other than a WEP wifi network with it. Was with friend the other day. Connected to both a WPA network and to The Cloud, without so much as a twitch.
Me? fiddle with this, fiddle with that and nothing (Stupid greyed out PEAP/Cert box, in WPA settings. Searched the net till I'm blue in the face with that one).
Come on, sit outside my house next time I'm doing some internet banking, why don't you.
I've never used the keyboard either. iPhone has all the apps of course, one for everything. With WM it's a case of fiddle, fiddle.
What doesn't the iPhone have that I'd miss..... ermmm an FM radio!
What do you guys think? I've had a Diamond before and now owning a Diamond 2 with most customisations and an own taskbar. I am looking for a device with a snapdragon processor and all that which I will keep for more than a year forward. I like watching movies, listen to music and customize my phone to the fullest - like icons, taskbar, user interface such as spb ms (how is it on hd2?).
Give me your thoughts and experiences with your HD2 and Desire!
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What do you guys think? I've had a Diamond before and now owning a Diamond 2 with most customisations and an own taskbar. I am looking for a device with a snapdragon processor and all that which I will keep for more than a year forward. I like watching movies, listen to music and customize my phone to the fullest - like icons, taskbar, user interface such as spb ms (how is it on hd2?).
Give me your thoughts and experiences with your HD2 and Desire!
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I have both the desire and the hd2 and it makes me sad to use the hd2 anymore. Desire blows away hd2 in raw speed and performance compared to the hd2.
I haven't played with the Desire or even N1 yet, but I can say that I think your choice is going to boil down to the traditional android vs winmo question, rather than which piece of hardware. Both of those phones are close enough in specs that the deciding factor will inevitably come down to which os you're more comfortable with etc. Since you're already creating content for WM, you might want to stick with that, and HD2 is by far the best option in that category. However, I won't argue that android doesn't have some of the issues WM does, but I'm sure you're already familiar with all that.
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I haven't played with the Desire or even N1 yet, but I can say that I think your choice is going to boil down to the traditional android vs winmo question, rather than which piece of hardware. Both of those phones are close enough in specs that the deciding factor will inevitably come down to which os you're more comfortable with etc. Since you're already creating content for WM, you might want to stick with that, and HD2 is by far the best option in that category. However, I won't argue that android doesn't have some of the issues WM does, but I'm sure you're already familiar with all that.
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You're right, and I love WM6.5/WM6.5.X for what it is, you can customize so much and really make it your own. I feel like on the Desire you're stuck with those 7 homescreens with some widgets but that's it. My choice is HD2, the 4,3 inch screen just does it for me.
I had HD2 for some time, sold it after 3 weeks of use. Hardware is awsome, Sense UI is awsome, WM sucks, makes phone slow after some use, but nothing drastical (snap dragon helps) but still somtimes that annoying brakes on scrolling pisses me alot, anyway, camera is awsome even @ night, very good dual led flash. after first days of usiong the HD2 it was very nice, (always is when its new) but after some days and some very common situation i actually found 4.3 screed too big for a phone to use on a go... really becomes very hard to use the phone one handed, in a car for exemple... i find it oversized in some cases. and what i hate more, 1100 battery on device, always dies in 1 and a half of a day of normal use. (sms, some calls and abit gps.)
But i still would prefer HD2 if it was with android, i think that WM is too slow in development and it become too old compared to droid OS. Droid is also (must be) not sure, but it must be mutch more stable then WM kuz its runs on linux kernel...
P.S: HD 2 is more for show off, than phone for everyday use in every situation. because of his 4.3 screen it becomes very eye catchy but not very handy for using. but anyway its pretty good for using in landscape two handed.
About multimedia in all terms HD2 wins on desire i think, never used Desire but heard about lack of video players. for droid, but sure it will be solved very very soon cuz of blazing speed of Droid growing.
Still I would prefer HD2 if it was Droid OS and screen size, (for multimedia, games, videos etc is the best!...) And now after selling HD2 im thinking about buying Desire, not sure yet :\ wait for some new phone or buy again HD2? :S the best would be hd2 desig, A BIT smaller screen, 1400 Battery, Droid OS. Another words INCREDIBLE is the goodie, optimal size and specs. Unfortinatly is only avaliable in US :S
If i could know about porting Droid on hd2 i would buy hd2 again and port droid to it.
Desire or HD2?
HD2 or Desire?
Pros and Cons: in comparison important for me.
HD2 - Desire
SCREEN: 4.3 Screen BUT LCD - 3.5 Screen BUT ALMOLED
BATTERY: 1100 mAh - 1400 mAh
OS: Windows Mobile(slower) - Android OS(fester)
CAMERA: 5mp 2 LED Flash - 5mp 1 Led Flash
Design: HD IMO is more sexy cuz of color and screen looks realy good, desire has common design and color sucks...
All the list is only IMO!
apparently watching video on the desire omled screen isnt great so it may not be a good choice for you if you like certain media.
I also hate that scrolling lag even on Desire and the newest Androids, but I will definitely organize my programs into folders like I have done since WM6.5 came out so that will probably help.
Some opinions I want to share, I had a HD2 and played with a Desire, as I put it on sale for my friend.
Desire is good, fun apps, customize home screens but that's it, for everyday use I still choose my HD2, because of its screen and functionality.
Browser in Desire is faster but not so smooth, lag in scrolling sometimes. Opera 10 is better, Opera 9.7 somehow u can tweak to make it scroll smooth. And the big screen won me over for browsing, and watching photos and movies as well.
As guy above save, Desire have no good video player, and u have to convert before watching, it takes hours. I dont have time for that.
Customize on the Desire is fun, but only for 1st time, it becomes boring quickly. To me, HD2 is still a "personal" phone than Desire.
1 important thing is MS Office pull me back. I still prefer to read, check, edit on a big screen.
Im not a "big" guy but the "big" screen of HD2 is no "big" for me, it's great to hold and use, even with 1 hand.
Desire still has it limitations, I think, but as u know about Winmo, it has no limitations out of the box, just some ugly in-deep interfaces.
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Some opinions I want to share, I had a HD2 and played with a Desire, as I put it on sale for my friend.
Desire is good, fun apps, customize home screens but that's it, for everyday use I still choose my HD2, because of its screen and functionality.
Browser in Desire is faster but not so smooth, lag in scrolling sometimes. Opera 10 is better, Opera 9.7 somehow u can tweak to make it scroll smooth. And the big screen won me over for browsing, and watching photos and movies as well.
As guy above save, Desire have no good video player, and u have to convert before watching, it takes hours. I dont have time for that.
Customize on the Desire is fun, but only for 1st time, it becomes boring quickly. To me, HD2 is still a "personal" phone than Desire.
1 important thing is MS Office pull me back. I still prefer to read, check, edit on a big screen.
Im not a "big" guy but the "big" screen of HD2 is no "big" for me, it's great to hold and use, even with 1 hand.
Desire still has it limitations, I think, but as u know about Winmo, it has no limitations out of the box, just some ugly in-deep interfaces.
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Hmmm, about big screen and 1 handing I ment that for exemple for texting, can u reach every letter with 1 hand easily?! In personal I love big screens... but as i told, in some ways its too way big, anyway phone is still pretty packeble and feels very nice in hand.
i believe it's time to move on from wm because almost all wm development is only coming from xda devs and not from microsoft,unlike that android is being developed by our devs and google side by side,and it has a much steeper curve of development,also android versions are almost popping out every now and then and by the end of the year android 3 will most likely be available
you probably read and saw that 2.2 android is 2-5 times faster thatn the 2.1...now imagine the difference between the super fast 2.2 and upcoming versions of android
our wm (wm 6.1/6.5) will be abandoned since MS is focused on the WM7 which won't be compatible even with the hd2
android is a young OS,but only things that lack to completely wipe out WM are some specific apps,and time will solve that...other than that android as an OS beats wm as an OS
i'd take the desire right away
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Hmmm, about big screen and 1 handing I ment that for exemple for texting, can u reach every letter with 1 hand easily?! In personal I love big screens... but as i told, in some ways its too way big, anyway phone is still pretty packeble and feels very nice in hand.
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For your question, I can say I can type with 1 hand easily. Im used to it now.
Anyway, it depends on personal taste
If I go for android, definitely will be a 4.3' screen, I will not go any lower
Until the day Android can do all that Windows Mobile can currently do, should you only make the switch. Why make the switch to the OS based on things that that have yet to come, even if it is a certainty? You're using the phone now, aren't you? I find that too many people keep arguing for Android from the prospect of it will have this, it will have that soon, etc etc. It's all in the future. Until that point comes, get what is usable, practical and gets the job done.
By the time Android reaches the normality that is available in Windows Mobile, I doubt the OP will keep the same phone and probably would have changed already.
P.S. I text one-handed just fine and can reach all corners of the phone.
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i believe it's time to move on from wm because
almost all wm development is only coming from xda devs and not from microsoft,unlike that android is being developed by our devs and google side by side,and it has a much steeper curve of development,also android versions are almost popping out every now and then and by the end of the year android 3 will most likely be available
you probably read and saw that 2.2 android is 2-5 times faster thatn the 2.1...now imagine the difference between the super fast 2.2 and upcoming versions of android
our wm (wm 6.1/6.5) will be abandoned since MS is focused on the WM7 which won't be compatible even with the hd2
android is a young OS,but only things that lack to completely wipe out WM are some specific apps,and time will solve that...other than that android as an OS beats wm as an OS
i'd take the desire right away
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Until the day Android can do all that Windows Mobile can currently do, should you only make the switch. Why make the switch to the OS based on things that that have yet to come, even if it is a certainty? You're using the phone now, aren't you? I find that too many people keep arguing for Android from the prospect of it will have this, it will have that soon, etc etc. It's all in the future. Until that point comes, get what is usable, practical and gets the job done.
By the time Android reaches the normality that is available in Windows Mobile, I doubt the OP will keep the same phone and probably would have changed already.
P.S. I text one-handed just fine and can reach all corners of the phone.
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Nice said mate
The HD2 does not have a 1100 MAH battery, it's 1230. I love my HD2, I just feel so confuzzled right now with it whether to switch or not. I've been using WM since it was 6.0 [Elf days] and the HD2 is superb. My only complaint towards it is the battery cover. It looks hard to take off, I have yet to get mine off since I bought it Wednesday. I used Android on my Fuze and Tilt 2 and fell in love with it. But, I don't think I could use it on a daily basis for the rest of time with my phone. Very soon, the HD2 will have Android ported over to it and WP7 roms will defenitly come out for it. WM6.5 is just so customizable and I can change it to look like sense by using SPB. I would like a Hero, or a Magic just so I could play around with a native Android device, but could never use it as a main OS. In the future, if WP7 does not turn out to my liking, Android will be my next OS but until then Idk
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The HD2 does not have a 1100 MAH battery, it's 1230. I love my HD2, I just feel so confuzzled right now with it whether to switch or not. I've been using WM since it was 6.0 [Elf days] and the HD2 is superb. My only complaint towards it is the battery cover. It looks hard to take off, I have yet to get mine off since I bought it Wednesday. I used Android on my Fuze and Tilt 2 and fell in love with it. But, I don't think I could use it on a daily basis for the rest of time with my phone. Very soon, the HD2 will have Android ported over to it and WP7 roms will defenitly come out for it. WM6.5 is just so customizable and I can change it to look like sense by using SPB. I would like a Hero, or a Magic just so I could play around with a native Android device, but could never use it as a main OS. In the future, if WP7 does not turn out to my liking, Android will be my next OS but until then Idk
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u are right mate, its 1230 mAh... missed somthing. About porting, if it will happen some day, i would actually prefer to buy another HD2...
I think i need simply to play with Desire in my hand to see what i realy like, huge screen or nice os? :\
I have the HD2 and my girlfriend has the Desire. I really like the Desire and love the speed of android.
If you could give me Android on the HD2 then that would be perfect. Yes it's not quite as customizable as WM6.5 but you can change it to what you need.
If you are desperate for a device you can customise to within an inch of it's life you want WM but remember this is supposed to be a phone and not you whole world.
I'm sure there will be an Android device with a screen the size of the HD2, probably when we start getting better media players for it.
If you can hold on and let Android fill it's potential and have the device you want with Android on it then "make do" with the HD2 for now. It's not exactlly the worst phone in the world now is it.
Just my opinion and it's exactly what I am doing.
Cant wait for Android on an HD2
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I have the HD2 and my girlfriend has the Desire. I really like the Desire and love the speed of android.
If you could give me Android on the HD2 then that would be perfect. Yes it's not quite as customizable as WM6.5 but you can change it to what you need.
If you are desperate for a device you can customise to within an inch of it's life you want WM but remember this is supposed to be a phone and not you whole world.
I'm sure there will be an Android device with a screen the size of the HD2, probably when we start getting better media players for it.
If you can hold on and let Android fill it's potential and have the device you want with Android on it then "make do" with the HD2 for now. It's not exactlly the worst phone in the world now is it.
Just my opinion and it's exactly what I am doing.
Cant wait for Android on an HD2
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in this case, what do u think about screen size? is it very big difference, AMOLED!?
would you prefer desire or hd2 if you had a choise to get any of this 2 from stock.!?
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Until the day Android can do all that Windows Mobile can currently do, should you only make the switch. Why make the switch to the OS based on things that that have yet to come, even if it is a certainty? You're using the phone now, aren't you? I find that too many people keep arguing for Android from the prospect of it will have this, it will have that soon, etc etc. It's all in the future. Until that point comes, get what is usable, practical and gets the job done.
By the time Android reaches the normality that is available in Windows Mobile, I doubt the OP will keep the same phone and probably would have changed already.
P.S. I text one-handed just fine and can reach all corners of the phone.
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i did think of that,but even right now android feels more stable,so much more stable...i had a hero,asked people should i switch to rhodium...they said do it right away,so i did,not just because they said,but because i wanted to try out as much htcs too,...and i can say i did regret that,even with better hardware rhodium with top class cooked ROMs didn't impress me as much as hero did,which was on a stock 1.5...
i'm not saying that you should buy a phone just because it will one day,when it grows up be a good one,i'm saying that you could also take in account something that is soon to happen...
i'd get a desire, no doubt
and the thing you people are saying is already used so many times and it really isn't much true...everybody says android is a young os,still crappy,not many apps and so on,but let's look it this way
android is young and crappy
but WM is quite old and still as crappy as all hell
i'm not promoting android,i'm just telling you based on my experience....i'm a flash and performance junkie,so far i've had about 15 different htcs in my hands,and i flashed every single one of them,except the hero which was good enough even with a stock rom
HD2 - slower, more mature system, more app variety, more mature apps for navigation divx player ect. Stagnacy
Desire - faster, less mature system, less mature app variety (though a LOT of little-apps or good apps that are constantly updated to be great), high momentum
For these day I would say that phones are about equal. Maybe even a little plus for HD2. But it is changing fast for android and desire and it will be soon on the upper side.
I had similar problem until yesterday, when I went with desire, becouse I don't like changing phones too often and with at least 2 years in mind it will probably be a better phone.
Get the Desire, Root it, throw Android 2.2 on there then its game over
Unless you really need that extra inch of screen & horrible winmo
Hi all, I would like to hear your opinion. I am choosing a smart phone as a Christmas gift for my wife. She is not techy at all, but I know she would like to have a small thin profile one. Touch screen is nice. We've looked at the Avia, and she likes it. But I don't know if there are other choices. OS wise I would rather focus on either Android or maybe WM. Thank you for any recommendation!
oh, and it would be nice if it can sync with her computer to import contacts calendar etc from the Lotus Notes in her computer. Thanks!
I have a myTouch 3G Slide and I personally like it. It comes with android and if it's rooted you can flash Cyanogenmod which brings it from 2.1 to 2.2 (gotta love froyo). Overall it's a pretty decent little phone and it's pretty easy to familiarize yourself with. This was my first smartphone and it has some nice features like a full keyboard and touchscreen. Check it out, just my suggestion though.
Go for anything except Samsung....Check out the hTC legend...Also wildfire may be handy for her as a 3.2 inch screen is more than enuf...
I have Desire, and my wife have Samsung Omnia (i900). She's VERY unhappy with Windows Mobile, and since I failed as a gentleman & refuse to switch phones (be honest, would you do something like that ) there's no much choice but get her Android device too. I showed her pics and specs of HTC Wildfire and she liked it (the white one. Color is most important thing, ofcourse. WAY more important than CPU speed or screen res )
So, Wildfire is my recommendation.
I agree with dev223, for somebody who is not a techie, get a phone with nice design. CPU and RAM won't matter to them. Aria or Legend would be my suggestion.