So I have a BlackBerry KeyOne that I love so much purely for the awesome physical keyboard and battery life. Long story short, last week, I stopped receiving any SMS, I did 3 factory resets but no luck so I blamed it on the phone and went ahead and bought an HTC U11 only to discover I'm still not receiving SMS as it was a carrier issue and now they fixed it.
Currently I am using the U11 and I love the speed where there is no lag compared to the KeyOne, the battery life is no where near as good as the KeyOne and then again the keyboard, I am not a good typer on virtual keyboards.
Part of me wants to go back to the KeyOne and sell the U11 but then I think I would miss the lag free experience of the U11, the awesome screen, and the stock Android feeling that the U11 offers.
Also this BlackBerry contacts app is really buggy and keeps creating duplicates so every other day I have to run its duplicate names checker and merge them.
What's also very important to me is the camera, while I have both phones in my hand, I've reset the KeyOne to factory settings and haven't set it up again so I can't really take side by side photos to compare. How would you guys compare the cameras of the U11 vs the KeyOne? The KeyOne has 60FPS Video recording which I know may come to the U11 soon in a software update but I don't know. I'm really confused at this point.
I may be biased, but aside from that keyboard, the U11 has it beat hands down. Been taking amazing photos on the U11's camera too. My number one thing in a smartphone is performance. And it's hard to beat the U11 right now, unless you have a OP5.
You could try flesky keyboard, that thing is so confortable in my opinion, or a keyboard that can be resized for better key amplitude, like gboard
Regarding Keyboards, you could also try the BlackBerry Virtual Keyboard through Cobalt's BlackBerry Manager.
https://cobalt232.github.io/blackberrymanager/
I really missed the on-screen BB Keyboard from my BB10 phones and I've been using the Android BB Keyboard on my Nexus 6P and now U11.
Might not help you, but maybe it'll be just enough to bridge the gap.
I wish I could say more about the camera, aside from it seems good, and the OIS seems to work good so far, but I haven't played with it enough yet to really say anything definitive.
both are great but I'm a photograph intensive so I choose to keep U11
Get a swipe keyboard like Swype or SwiftKey. It takes some getting used to, but I went from needing a physical keyboard to being able too type faster on the virtual board.
I haven't had a BlackBerry since the BB Pearl 8100 series, so I can't tell you for sure which you should go with. I'll just say that, should you keep the U11, you'll get used to the virtual keyboard.
Thanks guys, ended up selling the BlackBerry KeyOne. The camera on this U11 is just amazing I can't let go off it for that alone. Here's a pic I took of my cat:
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Thanks guys, ended up selling the BlackBerry KeyOne. The camera on this U11 is just amazing I can't let go off it for that alone. Here's a pic I took of my cat:
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Cat looks like it's gonna take over the world, be careful ?
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http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/eyes-on-with-t-mobiles-mda-compact-iv/
That is one sexy phone, although...unless it is based on something entirely new there is a lot suspiscious about it.
1. The Home and Back buttons, those are WM Smartphone keys, not WM Professional keys
2. Its a lot thinner than the Touch Cruise, which makes me wonder if its based on a new platform
3. The seem in this pic, seems reminicent of a slider design...I almost think this might be more a revised T-Mobile Shadow for Europe...What do you guys think?
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That is one sexy phone, although...unless it is based on something entirely new there is a lot suspiscious about it.
1. The Home and Back buttons, those are WM Smartphone keys, not WM Professional keys
2. Its a lot thinner than the Touch Cruise, which makes me wonder if its based on a new platform
3. The seem in this pic, seems reminicent of a slider design...I almost think this might be more a revised T-Mobile Shadow for Europe...What do you guys think?
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Looks absolutely stunning, the mirror finish on the original TC looks terrible.
Can not wait!! I am returning my kaiser back to t-mobile tomorrow
Looks absolutely stunning, the mirror finish on the original TC looks terrible.
Can not wait!! I am returning my kaiser back to t-mobile tomorrow
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I'd have to disagree, here are some pics of my Touch Cruise, most pictures online don't capture it very well. Being a smoked mirrorlike finish, its look really depends on how you photograph it...
Looks really great with this black shiny finish!
The Question really is what kind of cpu is in it. So far I havent seen any information about that. Just empty words but no facts.
If this phone would really be another Polaris Clone, then the question is, where have all the keys on the outer frame gone? The only two keys, that are left are those for min/max Volume. No camerabutton, at least I wasn't able to see it on any photo. Also a statement points out that it uses a VGA-Resolution and has already WM6.1 as OS on it.
Another thing is that there is no Card-slot to be seen on the frame as it is clearly visible on the TC. Everybody is talking about a "huge internal memory" something about 4GB. So there are only two conclusions, either there is an internal chipslot for a microsd, so you need to detach the casing and perhaps the battery to change a card or T-Mobile is completely relying on an internal memory like 4GB. I think that the latter possibility is not the prefered one.
Anyways, that were my 2 cents and mainly only speculation, I'm looking forward to getting more information about that stylish Design Device.
Greetz.
Just visited a TMO shop in London and they said the MDAC4 won't be out "for a long time". In fact, the guy was so impressed with my TC I thought he was going to make me an offer for it!
Silver finish looks sleek, the black versions look really cheap, IMHO.
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Any news
Time to leave t-mobile. hmm o2 is absolutely sh*t
7.2Mbps HSDPA, GPS, VGA resolution screen, WiFi and 4GB of on-board storage. Windows Mobile 6.1 at this point.
Release date may-08 but still l no news ???
K
Any other way of touch with t-mobile apart from calling customer services?
I have an option to trade my HTC S710 for a friends P990i... I'm playing with the P990i right now and the large touch screen and browsing with the built in Opera browser is amazing.
I still don't really know if it's a stupid trade. I love my HTC S710 aswell but I've always wanted a touch screen.
The P990i has 3G and a 2mpx camera with autofocus aswell... It takes way better images than my S710 does.
Since this is mainly a windows mobile forum this might be the wrong forum to ask for an advice like this.
What would you do? Which device do you think is better??? I only have until tomorrow to decide...
Help me please!!!
I have no experience with touchscreen-less WM phones but I have both an HTC TyTN and an SE P990i and must say that I prefer the P990i because of it's better camera, better usability as a phone and that A2DP works perfectly without skipping and without draining the phone battery - at least when paired with a DS970 headset. And contact names are displayed in the headset display without the need for third party software!
The only issue I have with it is that the Media Player has a bug with the handling of very long MP3 files. I like audiobooks and the player is not able to resume properly after pausing and closing it in the middle of a book. Instead most of the time it skips to the next MP3 file in the book.
And of course the infamous memory leak issue that SE never wanted to admit existed before ending firmware development. You need to reboot the phone at least once every second day to avoid the phone doing so on its own while you're in the middle of something.
I've almost decided to keep the P990 and give him my HTC S710 now after I've been playing with the P990 for hours.
The P990 display is gorgeous and I've installed the Gdesk application and a WM6 design so it looks absolutely amazing and with swiss manager pro it's also very easy to close apps running in the background.
It's just that I'm afraid I will miss the whole WM community a lot!!!
I forgot to mention I kept the S710 aswell so now I have both
The next day I asked him if I could buy his P990 instead because I wanted to keep my S710 and he sold it to me for only ~$150, I guess it was a bargain after all?!...
I've made my P990 look almost like WM6 using the gdesk shell app...
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nice!
i like the p990i, but i use alot of winmo only apps for work and school and stuff
even here at the year 2014 id wish to keep my P990i ...because it was my joy of development , joy of creativity , and joy of life ,indead i loved it! this really making me :crying:
I purchased the Verizon Touch Pro 2 the day it came out, but I have never been happy with the phone. I have had some issues with two of them actually. I’m receiving my third new phone this Thursday. I’m going to sell it off on either Ebay or XDA or something, but I was curious to see if anyone else is jumping ship to the new Motorola Droid. Anyone? I think the droid is a great mixture between the customization of WM6.5 and the stability of Blackberry. What do you think? Anyone taking the leap? I think that will be my next phone. I was excited for the WM6.5 update and what not, but it my eyes WM will never be great until possibly WM7.
PS: If you’re interested in a new HTC Touch Pro 2, we can discuss that too! Just thought I would toss that in there…..
We have almost 20 TP2s. Everyone knows the Droid is coming, no one has asked. I have 10 more eligible for upgrades in the next 2 months, and most of them have asked for a TP2.
you say you have had problems? what kind of problems to go through 3 phones :\
I have seen videos of it and it is buggy. For instance if you go to scroll through contacts or a list you drag your finger and about a half of second later it decides to scroll. Plus I can't stand not having decent gps software.
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I have seen videos of it and it is buggy. For instance if you go to scroll through contacts or a list you drag your finger and about a half of second later it decides to scroll. Plus I can't stand not having decent gps software.
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are you talking about the droid not having decent gps software? The google maps on droid looks pretty damn good to me.
Be wary of "The Droid", last guy that thought it was a good idea to switch... well, it didn't turn out so well ...
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if you don't want the freedom of doing anything with a mobile device via mods, hacks, and forums (and I mean anything literally) but rather a very handy device that will perform well out the box...then I recommend the droid...but if you want anything you can think of on a phone...stay with the TP2. Pretty much, the TP2, you have to "fix" and "trick" out to see the "actual" potential of what you have where as the the Android OS, you get most of what you would want right out of the box but has limitations. I stay with windows personally cause if I need something, it's there either on xda or ppcgeeks, period. It's just a matter of finding it.
I say do it. The more people we have working on it, the faster we can root it and start modifying.
It looks like a great phone. I can't wait to pick it up friday.
I've had this phone since it came out. It's mostly been a miss for me. It's not the worst phone I've ever had (HTC Evo), but it is far from the best. The two things that are annoying me the most about it are the camera and its lack of macro abilities and the keyboard. I just can't type accurately on it at all. No matter how careful I am, half of the words I type are just completely wrong. This was not an issue on the Note 8 that I came from. So far, that's been my favorite phone.
Does anyone know of any way to increase the accuracy of the keyboard? I feel like if I could just calibrate it somehow, it would be better than the absolute pile of suck that it is right now.
Thanks
no idea but i find my self always hittinf the period instead of space bar
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no idea but i find my self always hittinf the period instead of space bar
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I do that. And I also hit the left shift button when trying for one of the letters close to it. This keyboard is the worst experience that I've had with a phone keyboard. It makes me want to toss the damned phone.
For a camera system smaller than a match box how much do you expect?
For macros, pan back into the focus range of the lense and even further back to get more depth of field. Brace the phone on something solid to avoid cam shake.
All lens have limitations.
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For a camera system smaller than a match box how much do you expect?
For macros, pan back into the focus range of the lense and even further back to get more depth of field. Brace the phone on something solid to avoid cam shake.
All lens have limitations.
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I expected it to work as well as my Note 8 that had absolutely no problems with macro shots. Note8 is a much older phone that does a better job.
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I expected it to work as well as my Note 8 that had absolutely no problems with macro shots. Note8 is a much older phone that does a better job.
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Not the same lens system. You need to work within it's capabilities assuming that it's working as designed... and that Samsung didn't drop the ball. A lot of dropped Samsung balls lately.
Not sure why the keyboard in so much trouble unless they changed the spacing... which I really hate.
That phone and the N10+ were the last good Samsung phones, so far. Think I'll stick with my 10+ though; I especially loathe Android 10 and 11.
Google excels at ball dropping... guess they're too busy rigging results
Samsung is also notorious for dropping essential features for a design cycle then adding them back, like the SD card slot.
It's infuriating... like dealing with a box full of rabid gerbils.
Update: I've started using the gboard keyboard and it is a lot better. I'm a bit nervous about using it because of google being able to collect all of my keystrokes, but it is so much better and more accurate than Samsung's keyboard could ever hope to be.
update your phone to the last firmware and open camera you see 2x on the screen like that
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And second problem you have you can use keys cafe app you cab adjust your keyboard and replacement key buttons and use effects its very helpful
This p155 poor camera surely can't be hardware can it? i have not known a worse camera for a long time. Any shots in anything other than really good light are pretty terible. Tried in all modes, and wish I could go back to my Mate 20 Pro which wasn't the best but superior to this in low light!!
Even macro on my S6 was more useful despite being lower resolution!
Sorry for the rant, but this is the last time I'll buy samsung I think. If anyone can tell me a cheap andoid phone with better low light than this I would be greatful (I know they exist as I have seen images but can never remember what they are!).
Thanks [/rant over]
Welcome to XDA.
Post some examples of the fails.
Anything from the N9 up should be able to capture good shots especially in good condition light. Macros are a weakness because of the lense and shallow depth of field ie fast lens that can't be stopped down.
With some practice even the S4+ could grab usable macros... to a point. With a shallow dof the focus point needs to be spot on. Subject distance is also critical.
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Thanks for responding Blackhawk. Thing is, I am adept at photography (long time owner of Nikon D90 which I never use in auto! but I do use my camera underground in mines that I explore, and I am comparing with other camera's (including my old mate20pro). When we take photos side by side with other friends this rarely fails to disapoint.
What I will do is take some more pics next week with a friend who has a pixel under the same light conditions for comparison
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Thanks for responding Blackhawk. Thing is, I am adept at photography (long time owner of Nikon D90 which I never use in auto! but I do use my camera underground in mines that I explore, and I am comparing with other camera's (including my old mate20pro). When we take photos side by side with other friends this rarely fails to disapoint.
What I will do is take some more pics next week with a friend who has a pixel under the same light conditions for comparison
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Auto aperture was my primary mode many times with my Canons. Smartphones are crude cams by comparison...
Mines? You out west? Ghost towns and cold war relics too?
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Auto aperture was my primary mode many times with my Canons. Smartphones are crude cams by comparison...
Mines? You out west? Ghost towns and cold war relics too?
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Ah sorry by auto I mean auto lol... Ap and shutter priority are excellent and very much have their place!
Regards mines I like in the UK. I am part of a club who looks after copper mines going back to the bronze age. We also explore mines and go spelunking a lot too!
Would love to get over to the many gold mines in the US. A friend bought one a while back for a £1 lol... Never been to the US sadly!
I will say I have been blown away by the standard set by Google and Apple in dark areas though. We had a film crew to a location recently and they had all their pro gear. When they came underground with us they used a combination of an iphone in 1080 and a gopro. They said nothing beats these cameras for video and compactness underground! I was stunned!
Just a pity I don't like Apple because combined with the lidar function you can create incredible scans/surveys of spaces!
Another thing I should add is I am very dissapointed with the extras when you swipe right. It seems you used to be able to add extra camera functions but I have not worked out how... Is it possible?