Hey guys
anyone know anything or heard about this device which is alledgedly due for release in October? Anyone used Asus devices? Are they good quality? Seems to be exactly what I'm after (Omnia with a proper screen)
http://wmpoweruser.com/?tag=asus-glaxy7
GSM Connectivity : GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSDPA/HAUPA
GSM Frequency : 850/900/1800/1900
WCDMA Frequency: 900/1900/2100 (Sorry US readers )
Screen: 3.5 “WVGA 800X480 / 65K Color TFT
System: Microsoft WM 6.1 Professional
UI: Glide 1.5
Camera: 5MP (2592×1944px) from autofocus
Video: MPEG4, H.264 encoding & decoding - resolution unknown
Communications: Bluetooth 2.0, Wifi, USB
aGPS
Audio: AAC, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, EVRC, QCELP, AAC + + EAAC, MP3, MIDI, PCM, WAV
Working time:
Standby : 200 hours
Talk time: 4 hours
Memory: 4GB flash
Expansion: microSD
Dimensions: 115×59x13.8mm
Tracking ball
Accelerometer
Construction: stainless steel
Interesting eh?
Asus devices are of good quality, little worse then Samsung maybe though (I have both i900 and ASUS p525 now to compare).
As time goes on, better and better devices are announced. This one will be officially announced in October, so expect to be able to buy it around Christmas. At this time no doubt that some other better device will be announced from some other manufacturer, and so on
hehe yeah, as is all things with technology in them
This does finaly look like the device for me though
After some googling it looks like it will be released in October and not just announced .... i hope!
****, now I don`t know which one to get, this, touch hd or xperia.
if this has better video recording and playback I just might get this instead of Touch HD & Xperia.
Great phones coming for Santa`s bag
indeed, we seem to be overflowing with choice however, for me its simple.
Xperia, Touch HD == HTC manufactured so NO.
Omnia = odd and small screen res and apparently very buggy
So that leave me with the Asus.
That makes sense and I can see why
Tho I am leaning towards this piece of power, I`ll wait for the reviews
Monty Burns said:
indeed, we seem to be overflowing with choice however, for me its simple.
Xperia, Touch HD == HTC manufactured so NO.
Omnia = odd and small screen res and apparently very buggy
So that leave me with the Asus.
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I have seen issues with HTC not providing proper drivers for their devices... What else do you have against HTC ? Do you think other manufacturers are really different ? I'm about to change my phone, so i'd like to have your advice about this...
Thanks
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HTC hardware build quality is awefull in my experience. I have not had one HTC device that I have not had to return at least once. I treat my devices like the expensive equipment they are and do not keep them in pockets with objects such as keys or money etc.
Its a real shame as HTC design and specification is awesome, just they seem to use awefull and cheap components to build them.
I have a Toshiba G900 which is an awesome device but sadly lacks RAM and GPS. For these reason i did something I said I would never do and changed back to a HTC device - Touch Diamond (which is a downgrade on the awesome screen of the tosh) and without fail, the Diamond is letting me down. The coating on the top of the tempered glass is so easily scratched, its getting scratched by just putting in on a desk. The buttons have scratches, the back panel paint is wearing off and the bezel around the screen has what looks like a silver/metal patch showing through. All this I could expect from a device thats a year old - like my G900 - but not a one month old phone. Oh and the other BIG issue is that I cannot play music without a skip, pause or song chop! (this is all Touch Diamonds) This is not just my issue, everyone gets it, and if anyone says they don't, lots of us would like to know what your doing and how your doing it!!!!
I can only say that my Toshiba was excellent build quality but I cannot vouch for any other manufacturer, only to say that they can't be any worse than HTC!
p.s. remember, the X1 is being MADE by HTC and branded/customised by Sony, chances are, it will be rubbish build quality as well.
edit: the Driver issue is not just a HTC issue. For some reason lots of manu's put the Nvidia chipset into the devices and never actually "drive" it - including Toshiba. Just bizzare.
Does anybody know something about the cpu and ram?
http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=1480
CPU 32bit Marvell PXA930
RAM 128
ROM is marked up at 4gig but I think they mean memory card. Not sure about the actual "rom" size.
Details are still sketchy and im not sure where PDADB got a lot of this from to be honest.
At this moment I've a HTC TyTN II, maybe this would be my new device too!
Since I've seen this device I'm doubt between the HTC Touch Pro and the Glaxy7. Should I miss the hardware keyboard? I'm still writing on the screen mostly because I forget my keyboard.
The Touch Pro has 288MB Ram vs the Glaxy7 with just 128MB, the Touch Pro has a keyboard, the Touch Pro has a bigger user community.
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Other models I've been doubting but no go because:
- HTC Touch Diamond; no card slot
- HTC Touch HD; 25% more pixels but same cpu, only touchscreen no buttons, too big device?
- Samsung Omnia: too glossy for me, crappy case, no good experience with Samsung phones (no experience with their PPC's)
- Sony Ericsson: I'don't like the buttons of the keyboard, I was always a Ericsson fan (later SE) but with this don't know. Beside if I've to choose between the Touch Pro and the Xperia l'll choose the HTC. More RAM and bigger community.
The camera is for me no point to choose. At least, that would be my last point. It's reasonable the camera is one of the choosing facts. But remind that Windows Mobile isn't good with photo's.
E-ten has new devices too, but that is Acer. My experience with the Acer notebooks are not good. Cheap silly things!
your forgeting that the Glaxy has a 5mp camera as well.... this is important (at least to me)
Black-Rose said:
At this moment I've a HTC TyTN II, maybe this would be my new device too!
Since I've seen this device I'm doubt between the HTC Touch Pro and the Glaxy7. Should I miss the hardware keyboard? I'm still writing on the screen mostly because I forget my keyboard.
The Touch Pro has 288MB Ram vs the Glaxy7 with just 128MB, the Touch Pro has a keyboard, the Touch Pro has a bigger user community.
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Other models I've been doubting but no go because:
- HTC Touch Diamond; no card slot
- HTC Touch HD; 25% more pixels but same cpu, only touchscreen no buttons, too big device?
- Samsung Omnia: too glossy for me, crappy case, no good experience with Samsung phones (no experience with their PPC's)
E-ten has new devices too, but that is Acer. My experience with the Acer notebooks are not good. Cheap silly things!
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You forgot sony xperia.
+there should be some phones based on android, and some new phones with nvidia chips
Actually i don't want a suck CPU in my phone that make it slow enough for dialing, browser internet / photos and watching movie lagging same as an old-style projector in classroom.
Yes, the qualcomm having ATI Imageon, but also no HW support both 2d and 3d, so no VGA now.
If this machine really using intel cpu, this should be cool and the greatest PDA phone ever.
asus quality..
i used to have an asus p535 and it was one of the best pocket pcs that i owned.
it was very powerfull and it does not hang.
the built quality was excellent and the color does not peel because it is melted with the plastic itself.
the GPS was sirf III one of the best reciever in the world.
what i want to say is that asus products are very good but asus lacks the marketing touch to sell its products.
galaxy 7 will be a great device ,i am sure and i am looking forward for its release.
its good to hear from someone who has actually used a previous Asus PDA. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I must admit, i'm already sold on the Glaxy even though I am growing positivley towards my Diamond again - despite its poor hardware build quality.
Is this a new fashion? WVGA and WQVGA?
I like big screens, but I don't like software incompatibility...
My old (Now) G900 had an 800*480 screen and I only found issues with older versions of TomTom. Like it or not, I reckon this will become the new "standard" screen res and as such, people are/will develope code to handle it.
I have been using a Samsung Omnia for a few weeks now, and previously I used an Asus P525 for a little over 1 year. I still have the P525 (keeping it as spare).
Build quality: Asus is top notch as far as I am concerned, on par with my previous SE phones (P800,P900). High quality material all around on the P525.
Omnia is not bad at all, although the plastic case and back will get scratched quite fast, I think. There have been a number of complaints about Omnia units having to be returned for some sort or other hardware problem. Difficult to evaluate how serious it is as you only hear from the people having problems, not those that have not had any.
Software: This is where I think the Omnia is weak at this point in time: there are still a number of bugs in the OS (some major, some minor), whereas the P525 was rock solid (went from WM5 to WM6 no problem). Is it a result of rushing to market ? Nonetheless, Samsung is releasing ROM updates just about every month, so they are certainly trying... Flashing an Omnia is not an easy (or safe) process (no booloader method found to date), and a hardware initiated hard reset is very difficult to achieve (the only time I really had to use it it took me 30 minutes of button pushing to finally initiate the Hard Reset).
If the upcoming Galaxy7 is anything like my P525 and has the right specifications, and Samsung does not clear up a certain number of things that are important to me, I may very well switch.
My 2 cents...
"WCDMA Frequency: 900/1900/2100 (Sorry US readers )"
so it works in 1900umts in USA 3G, right?
i know it should works, but i just want to make sure. haha
Hello,
I had an opportunity to visit this year's CeBIT 2009 and looked, poked, searched for some cool devices.Here is what I saw and my observations :
HTC :
Was under the stall of Brightpoint , as Brightpoint is the HTC's global disribution partner.I saw all the devices except TOuch Pro 2 and was impressed by the New UI in Touch diamond 2.The visitors, however were keen on having a look around HD
ASUS :
Probably the biggest stall in its field.Displaying the next generation motherboard technology, next generation EEEPC and other cool things.They indeed were showing Garmin-Asus Nuvi phones and I was pretty impressed by the Linux version.
LG/Samsung :
Were showing some upcoming smart phones.I could not see the latest LG arena, and also the latest from samsung.However I had a look on Samsung Omnia HD.It did not impress me much
Acer :
Acer had displayed the upcoming 4 models.The design of the one with keyboard looks better and sturdy, but all other models looked little bit dull in looks and appeal.May b when final devices show up their faces, they will b better.
Microsoft :
I was quite impressed by the presentation of their stuff.MS had a seperate display for WM devices.Devices from all the WM partners were displayed.
Others :
Here I wud just mention about a company who had a Touch screen with both capabilites of making any exisitng LCD TV or Monitor of Capacitive and Resistive Multi touch.This is so far not extendable to our phones, but it might soon revolutionise the TOuch screens of future devices.
I hope this will be of some good use to forum members
hdubli said:
Hello,
I had an opportunity to visit this year's CeBIT 2009 and looked, poked, searched for some cool devices.Here is what I saw and my observations :
HTC :
Was under the stall of Brightpoint , as Brightpoint is the HTC's global disribution partner.I saw all the devices except TOuch Pro 2 and was impressed by the New UI in Touch diamond 2.The visitors, however were keen on having a look around HD
ASUS :
Probably the biggest stall in its field.Displaying the next generation motherboard technology, next generation EEEPC and other cool things.They indeed were showing Garmin-Asus Nuvi phones and I was pretty impressed by the Linux version.
LG/Samsung :
Were showing some upcoming smart phones.I could not see the latest LG arena, and also the latest from samsung.However I had a look on Samsung Omnia HD.It did not impress me much
Acer :
Acer had displayed the upcoming 4 models.The design of the one with keyboard looks better and sturdy, but all other models looked little bit dull in looks and appeal.May b when final devices show up their faces, they will b better.
Microsoft :
I was quite impressed by the presentation of their stuff.MS had a seperate display for WM devices.Devices from all the WM partners were displayed.
Others :
Here I wud just mention about a company who had a Touch screen with both capabilites of making any exisitng LCD TV or Monitor of Capacitive and Resistive Multi touch.This is so far not extendable to our phones, but it might soon revolutionise the TOuch screens of future devices.
I hope this will be of some good use to forum members
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Thanks for the report! Was Toshiba also present? At MS' stand (see http://msmobiles.com/news.php/8084.html ), it was still not possible to touch it - while, at MWC, people were actually alpowed to play with it and even take videos of it - see my dedicated post. Hope if there's a Toshi stand at CeBIT and they do show the TG01 too, it'll have other tidbits worth publishing.
Interesting pda news...thanks for the update!
Did you see anything on the Pharos Traveler 137?
Nope could not see Pharos..but Mio was sighted
Hi all,
I didn't see a specific forum to post this in so I'm posting it here. If I missed it, I apologize.
My last phone was a THL W200S that I enjoyed but I wasn't thrilled with the support from THL. The screen has cracked now so I am shopping for a new phone, but I'm not in a rush. I'm finding the search filters on Ali Express and DX.com don't pickup everything so I'm missing possible phones that match what I'm looking for so I'm wondering if you guys (and gals) can help me out.
I'm looking for:
Lollipop supported
720P IPS minimum screen
Octacore
2Gig RAM minimum
16 gig (prefer 32gig) storage
SD supported
NFC
GPS
Notification LED
Metal Frame preferred
Good, removable, Battery
Company with a history of supporting its phones with at least one OTA update.
Bluetooth, Compass, Gravity sensor, GPU, etc. are secondary considerations.
I've had a Doogee DG550 that lost wifi within a month so I'm not thrilled with that. THL has done no OTA updates so I'm not thrilled with them either.
Thanks!
Statik
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