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Android or Windows Mobile ?

Hi,
im searchin for a new mobile... i wanted to buy it in the next 2 or 3 weeks, but there is a big problem:
i dunno what mobile would be the best for me :S
I am thinking about Windows mobile and Android ... The windows mobile phones i have used till now are quite nice, but no one really made me fully happy ... i always tried to port other interfaces and so on my lg ks20 and htc diamond.
i´ve seen that android has a quite nice interface with very good touch friendly options...
my windows mobile candidate would be of course the HTC Leo , what the android canditate would be is just open till now ...
I often browse in Wifi networks , like facebook, gmail, icq, etc. and therefor i am searching for an mobile with good browsing quality ... what camera there is ... i dont care about that crap ... just being comfortable in networks , chatting , sharing files and so on...
Hope you can help me ..
else any questions ? just post, i will directly answer.
See ya
Sallal
//EDIT: I saw now some androids and i think nexus one and desire are very good but , what is the difference between them ?

Hi,
In term of memory management Windows mobile is far way better and for the interface also you have a lot of ui for windows mobile that are now very close to the Android style that you are searching for(if not even better).
I first bought an HTC Hero and was very happy the first two months but then it became so boring because of that lack of programs for it.
Now I am on a Leo and I can assure you that the moment you will put this device in your hand,you will be impressed by his speed.
Hurry up before the HD3

what about the htc desire ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T4gEQKThsg
this video impressed me

Sense La Révolution for Windows Mobiles SPB Mobile Shell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKzIT5DhUZA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QydHxYziKwY

Here it is in a nutshell,
Android is the new kid on the block, rough around the edges, not fully functional yet, short on apps, in dire need of updates, but with the genuine potential to be an actual iPhone killer ( hence Apple vs HTC suit solely filed to slow down Android ). Android is on it's way, but not going to be great until, after whatever Android phone you buy now, is old and tired.
Windows Mobile is tried and true, tons of free apps, full bluetooth functionality, full Exchange and Office functionality, easy to sync, fully customizable to your needs, but it is what it is and will not get any better. Whatever you buy now, will not be upgradeable to Windows Phone 7 Series, and WP7S would appear to be that " make it or break it " for
Windows Mobile.
In short ? Android = up and coming, but not quite there yet. Windows Mobile = Already mature, but could be on the down slide soon.
If you are living for today, Windows Mobile hands down. Come this fall ? Phones with Android 3.0 ? Windows Phone 7 Series ? Who knows.
The Nexus One is Googles Android device made by HTC, The Desire " was " the Droid Eris, but has since been reassigned to the HTC branded Nexus One.

@die_Leuchte: Danke für die videos, ich hab mich entschieden / Thanks for the Videos , now ive decided what to take
@denco7: i know it is a nutshell, but if i see what android showed on mwc for example, it seems that it has millions of apps and is just now the iphone killer ^^
just crap what they are sayin ?

sallal said:
@die_Leuchte: Danke für die videos, ich hab mich entschieden / Thanks for the Videos , now ive decided what to take
@denco7: i know it is a nutshell, but if i see what android showed on mwc for example, it seems that it has millions of apps and is just now the iphone killer ^^
just crap what they are sayin ?
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http://phandroid.com/2009/11/23/android-vs-windows-mobile/
Add to that limited Bluetooth capabilities and ( important to me ) limited M$ Exchange and Office capabilities it just isn't mature enough yet to be a serious multitasking phone for business.
Don't get me wrong, I think Android is the future of Mobile OS' . WP7s is going to have to do a lot to convince me otherwise. And I am leaning towards an Android phone after Android 3.0 and WP7s come out, just from what I have seen of Android 1.5, 1.6, 2.0 and 2.1 on the Nexus, I just still don't think that it is capable yet.

so you think that if you would buy a smartphone now, you would choose winmo...
if you could buy it in 2 years , you would choose maybe android ... right?

Do not be fooled by a shiny interface just like I was.Besides what you are seeing on an Android phone is the Sense UI made by HTC.
If I am not wrong the Nexus one doesn't have the Sense UI.
I am not telling that Android(in reality Linux) is not a good phone.On the contrary you will find it with very useful applications but in some cases just like what happened to me you will not have a wide range of choice for the same application.
For Ex:If you want a Virtual Keyboard,because Android is still new you will have only 2 or 3 keyboards(maybe there is more now) to choose from but on Windows Mobile you have more than 15 competitors to choose from with years of experience in that field .
So,
Android is for you if you can be satisfied with what you have.
Windows is for you if you are thirsty of applications
Hope this helped

thirsty guy
well, i always need to get more apps to have another quit unuseful thing on my mobile, like wifi router or so
then i take the leo ^^
EDIT: @forcefield: i recieved an email , that swype for android is out your problem is solved now

Here is a quote from another german forum
there is no "better" one, some like winmo and some android more ...
before i buyed my new phone i thinked about the hd2 and the milestone... i choosed the milestone and i dont regret nothing !
looking at the amount of apps i would choose android because its just much easier and uncomplicated .. with more apps than windows mobile.
i dont know whats the difference between the desire and the nexus one , but you can wait until they get on the german market to see more information..
pointing on the battery strength maybe its disapointing but i have to be honest, its normally just between 1 and 3 days depending on how you use your phone.
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i still think that windows mobile has more apps.. but the problem is , they are just widespread in the www.
battery: an issue what wont be solved in 500 years.
Original Post from http://www.handy-faq.de/forum/handyberatung/128679-suche_gutes_browsing_handy.html
Sry for the bad translation, it is freely made by me ^^

another question ... i you would have the choice between touch pro 2 aka rhodium and hd 2 aka leo , which one would you take ?
with reasons please =) ...
sallal

I'm suprised that no one has brought this up, but, if you got a Windows phone, don't you always have the option of running Android on it? I don't think it works the other way around. Please, PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong.

jadesdan said:
I'm suprised that no one has brought this up, but, if you got a Windows phone, don't you always have the option of running Android on it? I don't think it works the other way around. Please, PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong.
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Android proted to WM is still a port. It runs within WM and some of the features of Android don't work and some of the features of the phone won't work with the Android port. It will never be as fast or as smooth as Android running natively.
sallal said:
another question ... i you would have the choice between touch pro 2 aka rhodium and hd 2 aka leo , which one would you take ?
with reasons please =) ...
sallal
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I would take the Leo, faster processor, bigger more beautiful display, more ram. The only plus for the Rhodium is the slide out keyboard.
But just remember that neither phone is going to be upgradable to Windows Phone 7 Series.

of course take the LEO!!!
I own Touch Diamond 2 (which is basically like TP2 without the slide out keyboard) and it's really great and everything. But then I also have access to Samsung Omnia II with 800 Mhz CPU and it's running so much faster and more smoothy. And the big display is insane!! Then go figure because HD2 even comes with 1 GHz!!!! IMO it would be stupid to buy the OLD TP2 with only 528 Mhz.....

jadesdan said:
I'm suprised that no one has brought this up, but, if you got a Windows phone, don't you always have the option of running Android on it? I don't think it works the other way around. Please, PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong.
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No, there's no fully working Android version for any WM phone. They all have bugs and stuff not working.

[10JUN] HTC Mondrian Windows Phone 7 concept [Diamond3/Touch Pro3] [iPhone 4 added]

I have created a concept for the first Windows Phone 7 devices codenamed Mondrian by HTC. It is largely inspired by the design of the HTC Touch Diamond, which is generally regarded as the most beautiful phone HTC ever made.
Following the current HTC lineup, there will be three versions, of which I have completed the Diamond3 and Touch Pro3. The Touch HD3 concept will come later.
Larger view - click the download link on the right to get the full-size render
PSD is available on deviantArt
Just for the fun of it, I also did an iPhone 4 PSD
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Feedback, suggestions etc. are welcome! Hope you like this .

This is realy great looking!!!
I use your dialpad and this would realy finish it.

Well, this is neither a theme nor can you use it to transform your device, but just a design concept .

No ok but you or someone should use this for a theme...

Drool. HTC need to give you a call. I'd buy this in a heart beat if it were real (and had a good qwerty)

Yeah, I guess I'll make a version with hardware keyboard next. That would be a bit more challenging, though .

Ja mein Freund das waehre doch super!!Deine Tastatur benuetze Ich schon.
Aber ein theme das so aussehen wuerde.....
Hans

Diamond series will be nice. Prefer a larger screen HD3.

Great............ When is it supposed to come out on the market??

Nice concept ! I like it!

Added a Touch Pro3 concept with keyboard .
[email protected] said:
Ja mein Freund das waehre doch super!!Deine Tastatur benuetze Ich schon.
Aber ein theme das so aussehen wuerde.....
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Gibt doch schon ein paar für SPB Mobile Shell, ThrottleLauncher, WAD usw. .
JayceOoi said:
Diamond series will be nice. Prefer a larger screen HD3.
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Will do it later.
dudu7559 said:
Great............ When is it supposed to come out on the market??
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This is just a concept, but Microsoft said the first WP7 devices will come out with the holiday season, which isn't really specific, though. I think I read somewhere that HTC will bring their first devices at the end of the year.

Now that with the keyboard would be a bad-ass phone.

Great work Livven!!!
Wish TP3 will go on that line

Thanks for your feedback .
BTW does anybody have some ideas for an HD3 concept? How should it look like - maybe a metal border, a brushed aluminium look, maybe even white body? I need some creativity...

i had td2 it WAS a beautifull phone, i miss it now lol

looks nice, I'd go with a TP2 style key arrangement and spacing, but with all of the buttons shown here

I think the HD3 concept should have the front of an HTC HD Mini, the back of a more square-angeled HTC Legend, and stereo speakers, all in addition to your other concept specs. It would be awesome!

**** turpin said:
i had td2 it WAS a beautifull phone, i miss it now lol
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I agree, I think it's looks much better than the HD2 or TP2. Only the original Diamond looks better, in my opinion.
ckacey said:
looks nice, I'd go with a TP2 style key arrangement and spacing, but with all of the buttons shown here
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Maybe I'll do it later, I just took the keyboard from the Touch Pro for my current concept as creating a new one is quite difficult.
Fdo35 said:
I think the HD3 concept should have the front of an HTC HD Mini, the back of a more square-angeled HTC Legend, and stereo speakers, all in addition to your other concept specs. It would be awesome!
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Stereo speakers on the front or back? And vertically (top and bottom) or horizontally (left and right)?
Thanks for your suggestions !

Very nice looking!!! Let's hope it's going to look like this. Looking forward to the HD3 concept
[email protected] said:
Ja mein Freund das waehre doch super!!Deine Tastatur benuetze Ich schon.
Aber ein theme das so aussehen wuerde.....
Hans
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How come it says your from the Netherlands but you speak German?
Please talk English so everybody understands. Thanks.

I would be all over that touch pro 3, until I see an hd3 concept of course. . lol

news about sense 3.0

Nino Matienzo
Will HTC Desire S receive HTC Sense UI 3.0?
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Dino Džafović probably not, because for htc, older phones get nothing, if u want new goodies -> buy new phone, so stupid of them.
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Xavier Irizarry yeap but that how it is... i really wanted Sense 3.0 in my Inspire but oh well...
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Dino Bravo Another option is root ur phone B-)
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Nino Matienzo not good! HTC should consider this update to Desire S and other capable
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Will GodZson Well developers have ported it into the DS and is working:
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HTC There are aspects of the latest HTC Sense that won’t work on some of our previous devices. We are working to incorporate other aspects that will.
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Xavier Irizarry and will that be thru an update???
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Nino Matienzo ‎@HTC, looking forward to that update. Especially the lock screen.
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found on facebook!

please do some reading before you post this is very old news
& clearly HTC is lying, it is a marketing strategy to sell their new products like sensation as it has been proven that sense 3.0 can run on the DS

kartkk said:
please do some reading before you post this is very old news
& clearly HTC is lying, it is a marketing strategy to sell their new products like sensation as it has been proven that sense 3.0 can run on the DS
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+1...oh make that
+1000000000

[Q] Which tab?[MULTI THREAD]

Hello I want t buy a tab,but which tablets are the best for 200€?

And it must have gingerbread or honeycomb!

I do not think it exists

Try to make it yourself or wait for 2 years

Maybe an Archos tablet for a little more than 200.
You get it with Froyo and maybe they'll update to Gingerbread soon.
That's the best you can have for that budget I think.

What do you think about Hannspree Hannspad?

For 200e you can buy a very good china tablet, you can find it in ebay. Try to search about motorola XOOM but for 200e not new device.
Fur 200e du kanst kaufen ein sehr gut china tablet, du kanst das in ebay finden. Du kanst auch finden eine Motorola XOOM for 200e abber nicht neu.
PS. Ich habe ein haus in german in Braunschweig. Auf alla free Zeit ich fahre dort nach hause.

The Hanspree looks good and I looked for a Zoom.
The Zoom is really expensive but i love it and i have no problem with a china tab,but it must be fast.

http://www.efox-shop.com/android3-0...-t-bildschirm-bluetooth-p-198296#view_reviews
I bought me that!It s perfect!

Lololololololololol said:
http://www.efox-shop.com/android3-0...-t-bildschirm-bluetooth-p-198296#view_reviews
I bought me that!It s perfect!
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Can you flash a custom rom on this tablet.

Lololololololololol said:
And it must have gingerbread or honeycomb!
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i wouldnt even think about gingerbread. tablets are meant for honeycomb

naira1 said:
Can you flash a custom rom on this tablet.
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Did you buy it ?
Is it fast?
- And No because there are many of these china tablets out there and they are all different and there arent many of them that are as popular as the brand tablets.

hi folks, i'm hoping someone can help.
i'm very interested in getting the Hannspree Hannspad but i wanted a few honest views off users.
i'm not worried about Froyo, tbh there isn't a real difference to ginger, but the twin core build intrerests me more thatn the single core tables that are comming out.
have hannspree removed the phone apk's (etc) to improve power and memory management?
i don't play many games so i'm not worries about split second responsiveness but i've heard it can sometimes lag a bit, honestly how does the stock rom perform?
i wondered if anyone had tried go launcher or launcher plus and how the responsiveness compared to stock? screen responsiveness, typing etc?
also i'd be using this for video on the go, i don't watch HD but normal avi/divx, do they play ok?
i'd be very grateful if anyone would be willing to record a short video if the tablet in use so i could get an idea, the marketing vids are always a bit false
i'm been out of cooking for others about a year due to family matters (but still been home building for my HD2) while there are some mods over on slatedroid,theres nothing on XDA. if i get the tab i'll probably start playing with the rom and post a few slimmed down recovery versions. to see what we can start
regards and thanks in advance
Chris

Ok,but where is your limit for money?
And how big it must be?

If you don't mind going a bit experimental you could get a HP touchpad for sub 200 euros on ebay or xda market place and wait for android to be ported.

But that is with an Archos G9 101 for 285€?

It looks like it came from China so I guess that installing custom rom is impossible. However, nice specs and nice price for that!

For the Archos?
!!No it s coming from France!!

[Q] How futureproof is Motorola Defy Plus??

Hi,
I want to buy a new android phone and after much research I narrowed it dowm to Motorola defy plus.
The only thing keeping me from buying this phone is that it will not get official ICH update.
I know I can manually update it to ICH but will it be fast and stable enough to use?
I want to ask is it safe to buy it right now or should I spend a little more and get some other phone with dual core cpu.
I really like the robustness of Motorola Defy plus which I won't get with any other phone.
Any comments and suggestions are welcome.
Thanks

Get the xperia ray instead .
But this I only suggest if you are not willing to hack your phone and must have ICS and a webcam
Imetumwa kutoka Ideos kutumia XDA