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I am trying to decide on a new phone. The carrier is not an issue, I've had a rooted mytouch, a rooted nexus one, stock evo4g, and currently now have an epic 4g. Multimedia and apps are very important to me, the iphone4 looks good, but my current phone my be better. Am thinking about a windows phone but don't know anything about them. Any suggestions?
If you are looking to mod/play with your phone do not choose a winmo7 phone.. Not quite yet. It simply is what it is and they are so new the apps are not there yet. As far as apps the iPhone in sheer quantity has the most but Android is where the devs are turning to more and more. There are also a lot of apps on android that are not on an iPhone. The new Nexus S is an amazing fast device as I have been playing around with mine and the SAMOLED with its curves and anti smear screen IMO out plays the iPhone4s smaller not quite as bright seeming screen. I work at att and see the thing every day and still feel Samsung has really got the best screen (apps). Windows has done well with this new operating system but is still very new, Apple will be Apple, blackberry is great for non-Gmail email and Android will let people play with what they wanna play with. Depends totally what you plan on doing beyond media and apps
I say go for the HTC Leo. Great perfomance, great screen, and it runs WM 6.5, WM 6.5.x, Android, and soon hopefully WP7
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I say go for the HTC Leo. Great perfomance, great screen, and it runs WM 6.5, WM 6.5.x, Android, and soon hopefully WP7
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Buying a device with the intent of running two officially unsupported OSs probably isn't the best idea...
Have a look on my signature link you can see what is member prefferences on the best device of 2010
Leo here
Nexus S.
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AdrianK said:
Buying a device with the intent of running two officially unsupported OSs probably isn't the best idea...
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If they work why not? He already rooted his old phone so I dont think he ios adverse to playing around and bringing out a phones true potential.
I would say the MyTouch 4G.
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The branded galaxy S phones have the best multimedia support but you already got one so...
Best apps however, go for an iPhone 4. Unfortunately, you can't have the best of both worlds.
samsung galaxy S
Blackberry 9700
Blackberry 9700 Bold.
If you like to experiment with different OS buy Leo and if you don't like it, soon you'll like
HTC of Iphone, anything else is a dissapointment
Well if you don't mind waiting this summer there are going to be a ton of dual core phones our for us to choose from.
Right now I'm rocking a Nexus 1 with 233; I'm going to wait a bit and see what comes out later and see what comes.
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Atrix 4G or Motorola Droid Bionic. Better than the iPhone 4 I am using
evo 3d looks great
You can post for opinions and help in the which should be my next phone thread.
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first off, i love my mt4g, but i miss all the customization and extra stuff i could do to my winmo6.5, i actually miss my touch pro2 so much im considering buying a hd2 and givin.my girl the mytouch. am i crazy?
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Don't give up the phone for one that isn't as good. You can customize the phone in a whole lot of ways.
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yea ur right, but i do miss the whole winmo visuals and being.able to run winmo or android. "/
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Ive never had a phone with windows. I can't stand it on computers so I honestly don't think I would like it on a phone. I love how much you can do to this phone and how well it works.
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i personally dnt care for windows on a computer either, but the things u can do to a winmo phone was amazing and unlimited, i do like android and what it has to offer but i get tired of the same thing i switch phones pretty frequently but i loved my tp2 not to mention that my data speed was wayyyyy faster
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Its suppose to be a smart phone, not a toy . I have same issue, started from the nexus one to the vibrant, playing with roms and customization. Always wanting something new or different its fun but where do you decide to keep a
rom and not flash again
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Don't give up the phone for one that isn't as good. You can customize the phone in a whole lot of ways.
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How is the HTC HD2 "not as good" lol... Have you seen the dev community on it? I'd wager it's one of the most supported phones here on XDA. Certainly a hell of a beast too even if it does come with winmo. They've fixed that slight oversight on htc's part by replacing it with android
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How is the HTC HD2 "not as good" lol... Have you seen the dev community on it? I'd wager it's one of the most supported phones here on XDA. Certainly a hell of a beast too even if it does come with winmo. They've fixed that slight oversight on htc's part by replacing it with android
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AGREED but as i stated before i actually LIKE winmo lol i must be crazy ahaha, and yea ots not toy i just never feel satisfied with one thing, and as for the hd2 it is just as good of not better then a majority of phones, altho i am curious about thes dual cores and possibly even a dell phone maybe. But eh i still love my mytouch 4g really wish i had the good screen tho and in the end i still think i will go buy a hd2 for the screen size and how much i still like winmo
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have both and the hd2 is great . i'm running win7 at the moment and had android nand before . I do love android though and so after playing around with wp7 ive put the sim back in mt4g . This is a beautiful device . My advice buy a hd2 for about 200 on ebay as well but dont trade .
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have both and the hd2 is great . i'm running win7 at the moment and had android nand before . I do love android though and so after playing around with wp7 ive put the sim back in mt4g . This is a beautiful device . My advice buy a hd2 for about 200 on ebay as well but dont trade .
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i agree its most def wat i want to do, so i can switch day to day whichever suits my mood lol
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crpntr said:
have both and the hd2 is great . i'm running win7 at the moment and had android nand before . I do love android though and so after playing around with wp7 ive put the sim back in mt4g . This is a beautiful device . My advice buy a hd2 for about 200 on ebay as well but dont trade .
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Same here,had both,passed the hd2 to my wife already.still missed that big screen on the hd2,had to revert back to wm 6.5 coz the wife was no techie lol,told her im gonna flash it with wm7 rom and she answered "as long as im not gonna charged the phone every day" lol.
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I had my sony ericsson x1 replaced with an x2. It has 6.5 and I still love the OS. It's truly a powerful platform if you have the need for it.
Meanwhile, I have an android device as my daily phone. The hardware that came out last year blows much of the 528MHz processor based winmo devices, like the x2 and the touch pro 2, out of the water. Advanced hardware coupled with an OS that was optimized for mobile chipsets, I find android fairly customizable and strikes a nice balance of a serious business tool and a digital media consumption device. Amazingly, it can do this while still performing its duties as a phone about 90% of the time.
Long story short: I like winmo 6.1-6.5.3 just as much as I like android 1.6-2.2.1. (I also like Symbian.)
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I had my sony ericsson x1 replaced with an x2. It has 6.5 and I still love the OS. It's truly a powerful platform if you have the need for it.
Meanwhile, I have an android device as my daily phone. The hardware that came out last year blows much of the 528MHz processor based winmo devices, like the x2 and the touch pro 2, out of the water. Advanced hardware coupled with an OS that was optimized for mobile chipsets, I find android fairly customizable and strikes a nice balance of a serious business tool and a digital media consumption device. Amazingly, it can do this while still performing its duties as a phone about 90% of the time.
Long story short: I like winmo 6.1-6.5.3 just as much as I like android 1.6-2.2.1. (I also like Symbian.)
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i loved my touch pro 2 with a passion! winmo def. did all and more then.i needed kept happy, i like android because of the apps and gameplay but i guess im just a winmo guy dating all the back to the wizard phone, althougj ive never had a symbian.. i just really like havin a variety, i like change frequently.
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Bump?
CM7 wtf else....
I would suggest purchasing an HD2 if you want the best of both world. If you want to show off to your buddies with the big screen and dual booting capabilities then go for it.
People would always ask what phone I was using because it was so big and sexy looking. It made all the guys feel insecure and girls say, "wow, that's big!" And I would tell them, "I'm used to carrying around big things in my pants."
Funny thing is nobody says much about my myTouch now. I lost my mojo...
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Hey everyone, I had an HD2, loved that it was hacked to the max with a million roms available, and that it was always updated to the newest android almost immedietly, unfortunately the wifi chip died 2 months later and i had to sell it.
Now im looking for a used phone on ebay basically, budget is max 250-300, the samsung vibrant looked good, but im affraid if i buy it ill be stuck on froyo or gingerbread, and not be able to update to android ice cream end of the year (while im sure the HD2 would be hacked to ice cream immedietly lol)
Seeing as the HD2 left a bad taste in my mouth so to speak, which phone would you recomend that has good dev support and most likely to be able to upgrade down the line? thanks
I have the HTC HD7 and I think you'll like it, the OS is AMAZING!!! And I saw it for 280* around Amazon.com
If you want android, but stick to the hTC family, they you should think about the hTC Desire HD. But if it's too expensive, the X10 from Sony will be also a good choice, and I saw it around 270* on Amazon. But the downside of Android is, that it is not sure when you get updates while WP7 (HTC HD7...) is.
Maybe, you should think about the iPhone, that thing has updates. And WP7 is also easy to update.
Since I don't know where you live and if you are a professional hacker or a noob, I just gave you recommendations that should fir almost anybody.
* New, unused price in EUR. Price may change depending on when you buy.
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EDIT As the guy abov333 said, The x10 is great too! But its best if you flash the miui rom that just came out for it
it adds multitouch and such stuff.
AND Miui On the desire has OTA updates!! :3
The HD2 is an amazing device,
so many hacks available for it c:
i had one But traded it since the size was a little to big for what i like,
I would for sure check if you can get an new HD2 (i mean used x3)
Or maybe the desire HD
Just as the Desire! I have one its an good size and there are tons of roms
just as CM7 and miui
even a sense 3.0 rom is out!
I would look for those since they will help you to continue with hacking in the future
Moon c:
THanks
thanks guys will check them out
I've had a HD2 for over a year and a half now, and have been using Android on it for nearly half that time. I've also played with WP7 on it, and was utterly disappointed. I loved WM6.5 so I expected a LOT from WP7, but it simply didn't deliver.
The Desire HD is the closest thing to a HD2 out there, but is obviously a native Android device. Android does get updated regularly (especially if you're a regular on this site), as I'm sure you know. Seriously, no disrespect to Tuskuno's opinion - I just disagree with it.
I'm just about to get a Samsung Galaxy S II on contract, but if I were going for an off-the-shelf stock phone, it would probably be the Desire HD.
You can't go wrong with getting a Nexus. A Nexus One is like $260 on ebay and has a great development community along with frequent updates because it's a google experience.
Nexus
That was my first choice, then I read about how its not truely multitouch and is problamatic in multitouch games, so i decided against it.
the desire Z (tmobile g2) looks like a viable option, priced around 200 on ebay
If you want to have the latest version of android in your phone, i suggest you pick one supported by Cyanogen. I dont have enought posts yet to include links, but there's a relevant list over at "cyanogenmod dot com slash devices".
its simple just go for the EU version of the Samsung Galaxy S.
sounds good
would love to but its too out of my budget, cant spend a dime over 300
Dude believe me and just stick with the hd2 a lot of development space towork with plus u get the best of three words wp7, wm, Android. The hd7 is virtually the same thing as the hd2 with there old school screens but the hd7 lacks development at the moment.
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DroidFreek said:
Dude believe me and just stick with the hd2 a lot of development space towork with plus u get the best of three words wp7, wm, Android. The hd7 is virtually the same thing as the hd2 with there old school screens but the hd7 lacks development at the moment.
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Have to second that.
Until something as good as the HD2 comes along, I can't think what I'll go for next.
The title says everything.
For me i got my desire a year ago because I saw it as top on techradar, besides I wanted to try android while my brother got an iPhone 4.
Edit: from some of the posts here I find it really depressing because most of you would have chosen iPhone if it was cheap. Which means android was like a substitute, but i really think android is much more useful as a phone.
IPhone can be jailbroken and customized but its really unstable IMO.
Android can be customized but its not polished enough in certain areas
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Well I got my android tablet because I already own an iPhone and I wanted to experience android to see if I like it. And oh baby I do
yes to android
abellimz said:
The title says everything.
For me i got my desire a year ago because I saw it as top on techradar, besides I wanted to try android while my brother got an iPhone 4.
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you can be God
you are free
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Dark lord me said:
Well I got my android tablet because I already own an iPhone and I wanted to experience android to see if I like it. And oh baby I do
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Seems like I did the same thing, got an iPad, iPhone 4S, and the LG thrill
phones are phones... I like both phones for different reasons
Simple answer. i am not tied up with itunes!!!!! simple as that
Because with android you can do whatever you want to do.
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because you are free. i was tempted to buy an iphone 4 when it apperead, but instead i own now an year old SGS1 that is absolutely great thanks to android
Galaxy S II v iPhone 4
I had to get one or the other and quickly decided on the Galaxy S II even though i was all new to the Android scene, Galaxy S II was cheaper on contract as well as being packed in terms of hardware, iPhone 4 is no slouch though!
Here i am 6months later, couldn't be happier with my purchase!
I got android cause what is the point of having 2 iPhones? I got my first android for work, rom'd it and loved the versatility. Wifi tether is a God send in my industry. I love Android, I have had a Droid Milestone, Droid 2 Global, HTC Inspire 4g and I just got my Galaxy Nexus =].
I am PRO Android
A few reasons:
1.) Got a G1 at launch, loved the software but hated the hardware, and thus returned it. Then I got tied into an iPhone contract.
2.) Three years(-ish) later, I switched to Virgin Mobile for a few months to get some bills paid down. Got an Optimus V for next to nothing, and loved it, but I just needed more headspace.
3.) Got everything bill-wise taken care of and looked into different phones. I had a great experience with T-Mobile, so I decided I wanted to go back to them. Looked at their different phones and decided that the Galaxy SII was gonna be my next, and thus far, I love it.
Hopefully we get a vanilla port of ICS, whatever channel that may be through. But I'm not too beat up over it if we don't. Just have to wait and see what Cyanogenmod has to offer in a few months.
I got an Android phone after using Android on my HD2 for a long time. I decided to try out a real Android phone so I got an Inspire (Desire HD). Excellent phone but all of my experience with Android...on many, many versions on HD2 and many real Android phones I've returned during the return period...the battery life is severely poor.
i was casually developing an interest in linux so it seemed like the right thing to do when my iPhone 3G broke down.
Why Oh Why
Because all of the cool kids were doing it...
actually my WinMo phones were getting a bit long in the tooth and support was lagging so i gave it a try on an HD2 and the rest is history. For me ASOP, CM and Sense are the only builds worth using. I've since moved on to some android tablets but have started using a WP7 device as my daily driver phone.
I still have my desire Z and use it mostly to test new roms or OS builds, testing some light development work or when i get bored with things working elegantly and consistently.
I purchased an Android phone because I truly believe that OSS is the future.
I was religiously using Windows Mobile and it was time for something new
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Same for me.
I have used 4 WinMo Phones before switching to android. All because winmo was a crap , laggy and bad. Now android phones are more fast , also the devolpers are all devolping for android and not more winmo.
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Because with android you can do whatever you want to do.
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But i suppose with a jailbroken iPhone you change a lot of things as well? ( idk becos I don't know what's there in cydia)
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Because It looks Cool!
I hated Apple but kinda wanted an iphone, it's shortcomings at the time kept me away from it. In February of 2009 I signed a 2 year contract with a Samsung Eternity thinking I was getting an iphone experience without the shortcomings. Within a month I realized my phone was nothing special, just a dumb phone with a screen and i decided I was getting a smartphone the next time. The market to me seamed bleak seemed nothing could hold a candle to the iphone and you just had to deal with no mms amongst other things. And then my brother showed off his brand new T-mobile G1 and i was blown away. I had heard about the "google " phone but it seemed like it's release was a non event. I saw apps and customization options and multiple home screens. I wanted one, but sadly I wasn't even half way to my upgrade date. Over the next year the obsession grew and while I planned to leave at&t in February of 2011, I couldn't wait any longer and come November 2010 I opted for an early upgrade with a Samsung Captivate
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Bought it along with my gf's X10 (mine is X10 Mini Pro), just wanna try out the fun using touch screen phone, which, not so bad after all.
So here is my question..
What made you jump to the Android platform?
What phone did you come from?
What was wrong?
Why?
For me: I had used 3 iPhones, (3GS, 4, 4S). After close to a year with the iPhone I saw how boring it was to see the icons. Over and over again.
Then I deceided to get the latest of android at the time. The Galaxy Nexus with 4.0 :thumbup: But comming from an iPhone, I missed the quantity and the quality of the apps. But soon I got used to it.
My future of android phones, HTC One X, Galaxy Note and the S4.
So far my impressions are very good on Android but when I used to jailbreak my iPhone the quality of Cydia tweaks over the 'mods' and ROMs for Android devices.
I hope people find this useful.
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I'm come from Bada with a Samsung Wave, there were a lot of good things, but the store was too poor with apps... I was searching an Android phone (don't like the narrow-minded of Apple), so I search a phone without Phone bill, the phones are very expensive, but after reading a lot review, I choose a Galaxy Nexus for $420
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I had all the iPhones ever made I moved to android cause of big screen and I wanted to try something different but as of now I only have one gripe its the fact I can't get my contacts off itunes .
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I come from symbian, android and the quality is exceptional by comparison, are more than satisfied!
Android
I've always been a fan of various Linux distros so I have a better understanding of whats going on inside my HTC One V phone (now with CM 10.1 ) so I've always thought Android was the way to go. Most Linux based OS/apps usually have an awesome community (like xda dev) to help with any problems that may pop up.
I came to Android from Symbian OS, I had Nokia 5230 for 3 years before, and I got bored of it's slow performance, and low RAM, so I decided to upgrade it to Samsung Galaxy S3, which was a great step I think, and I learned many things with my Samsung, so now I am not that stupid beginner on Android which I was before.
because its AWESOME!
i switched form IOS because android makes me feel FREE. Im cant just change "almost" everything... I can change EVERYTHING!
I had a maxx mobile which is a local company
it was such a pathetic phone , with its bad keypad , small screen , no apps nothing
Later I read about android os in news and about so many applications and based on Linux ( using linux on pc for long time )
it was then I wanted to buy an android phone
Hence the jump
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I switched because I felt there weren't as many cool apps with the iPhone as there are with androids. I haven't missed my iPhone yet.
Because symbian is dead.
Because the only alternative at the time was iOS. Windows looked too ugly and didn't function how i wanted it to.
I came from a winmo 6.5 HTC HD2. (tmobile nl branded one, so I couldnt even get the newest firmware to flash android onto it.) Eventually, the marketplace was shut down. Which wasnt that big of a problem if you have no issue with piracy. But then the microphone broke, and I decided it was time for a new phone.
And Android gave me choices, iOS doesn't. So there was never any real 'choice', which is fine I'm perfectly happy with Android.
So it became the s3 (no MicroSD = no buy. So HTC ONE was as little of an option as the iPhone. )
Now eagerly awaiting the Note 3.
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Htc touch pro. Because the windows mobile is dying and less application makes me feel its a boring system .no playful games such some game loft game in android now! But some how I still miss it .cause it can make video call by network ,not video chat in application now.
Android
When the time came to make a choice, I chose the Android platform.
Many of the people I knew at the time that were using the Windows platform had many complaints and problems.
I knew little about the iOS phones, but I'm happy I chose Android.
I've had zero problems!
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Because symbian is dead.
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+1.
Also I liked the whole Linux idea.
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I myself was sick of iOS and pretty much having to have the new phone to run the new versions of the apps, which was total bs, not to mention the whole thing just started freezing up after awhile just cause it was 'old', I would literally have to throw it on the ground (carpeted) then reboot it just to get it running again for a few minutes. Never seen that problem with android, hell my boyfriend was running s2 up until a month or two ago when he got the htc one, not once did I see it lockup.
thewizard253 said:
I had all the iPhones ever made I moved to android cause of big screen and I wanted to try something different but as of now I only have one gripe its the fact I can't get my contacts off itunes .
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If you backup to icloud you can export your contact list as a Vcard and import it on your new phone easy... Thats what I did, I had the 3gs and 4s and was just tired of chasing the next jailbreak.
I love my new HTC One!
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"Jumped" to Android because it's open source, Google owns it, I can do whatever I want with it ( Nexus 4 ), etc...
iOS devices are not choice, thay never was, never will.
Switched from "dumbphone" Sony Ericsson W610i
I came from the ios zone i switched to android because upgeading on ios is a pain :l
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WebOS
I switched from WebOS (Palm). I enjoyed the phone Palm Pre+, but the OS was severely limited and did not catch on as HP had hoped it would. It was small, fast (for it's time) and had good storage 16gb. It is still my MP3 player, why buy an apple product if you have something that works.
From 2003 onwards I was using Symbian from s60v2 to Anna till 2009, I was very used to Symbian as it also supported off market apps of java and sis /sisx(side load), I was well aware of all the tricks in that OS. But Nokia has never changed it's interface.
Then I switch to Android seeing no development is going in Symbian OS and Nokia people are migrating to MS
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