What cell phone should I get?

Question:
I want to buy a cell phone but I have no idea what cell phone to buy.
-I do not want it to cost more than $350 (i'm talking JUST the phone, not the plan or other fees)
-Perferably to be a bar or slider phone (not a flippy one)
-I really want the phone to have a camera (good/great camera)
-Not an IPhone nor blackberry

Some phones I found were:
(although I didnt check the price, and are probably expensive)
-HTC Touch Diamond
-LG incite
-Motorola Droid
-Samsung Delve
-Samsung Memoir
-Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905a
Answer:
I Have The Samsung Tocco Lite And Its Soooooooo Great :)
I'm A Addictive Texter And Its Everything You Could Want.
Really Good Camera And Good Widgets .
It Has A Virtual Qwerty And Everything . Its Less Than $100 Too . Source(s): I Have The Phone

HTC HD2 Review

PART -I

PART – II

HTC Corporation, formerly High Tech Computer Corporation, is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of smartphones. The company initially made smartphones based primarily on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile software, but in 2009 it began to shift its focus away from Windows Mobile devices, to devices based on the Android operating system.

HTC HD2 delivers an experience your senses have been waiting for. The unprecedented 4.3-inch pixel-packed display is stunning. The world’s first capacitive touch technology on a Windows® phone along with 1 GHz processing power ensure a smooth and lightning-fast response to the lightest touch of your finger.

Most importantly, it is our first Windows phone to embody HTC Sense™ – a holistic experience that focuses on making phones work in the most intuitive way. HTC Sense is based on three core principles – make it mine, stay close, and discover the unexpected.

for all products of HTC kindly visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTC_phones

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Googlephone. Plus a Contract. No Big Whoop?

Latest Googlephone rumor: Reuters is now reporting that Google’s Nexus One will be sold at a subsidized price on T-Mobile, possibly starting as soon as January 5th. Even if it’s also available unlocked and without a discount, a Googlephone that’s sold primarily through a carrier using the current contract-price business model sounds like it’s a lot less likely to be a game-changer. It might not amount to that much more than an HTC phone sold through T-Mobile, with a heavier quotient of Google in its its DNA (is that a mixed metaphor?) than usual…

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The Google Phone surfaces....the dogfooding starts

It seems the rumors of an impending Google Phone are true and Google employees have begun dogfooding the new Android smartphone; dogfooding is the process of employees testing and providing feedback (eating your own dogfood).

Google employees were Tweeting about the device Friday night and the story has been confirmed by Google and TechCrunch and Engadget dug up a few photo’s which can be found HERE.

The device, as rumored previously, is being  made by HTC with a lot of input from Google and is running a Snapdragon chip and is ‘very fast’ according to those who have seen it in action.  This will be a pure Google phone and will offer a ‘pure’ Google experience as they envision it.  It has a large, super-high resolution OLED touchscreen, is thinner than the iPhone, and supposedly will over a voice-to-text feature for dictating emails, etc. by speaking directly into the phone.

The kicker is that it is also rumored to be ‘unlocked’ which would allow it on any GSM carrier so T-Mobile will be offering it and possibly AT&T since their iPhone exclusivity is running out.  The scheduled launch is January 2010 which is just around the corner and will be running Android 2.1.  The new Nexus One as it’s called, will be offered directly from Google as well as through the wireless carrier(s).

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Android

Android: Why it’s awesome.

Well, it’s made by Google.

Yesh that’s about it. (Yes, Google IS trying to take over the world. They already got our computers. They’re slowly weaving their way into our phones too. Maybe our toasters will come with Google imprinted on it too. Like “Google Toaster OS”. Or a toaster running Android with a 3.5 in screen showing you levels of how toasted whatever your toasting is. Or just something awesome.)

Android is a linux based mobile operating system, so it rocks too.

But if you’re looking at it like that, Palm’s webOS is Linux-based, and Linux is based on UNIX, and iPhone OS is based on OSX, which is based on UNIX so iPhone OS is highly related to Linux to. (WAAAY too many X’es)

However, who do I think is making and will make the best Android devices from now?

HTC.

Not Motorola, or any other. HTC.

Why?

Look, if HTC can make Windows Mobile look good, they can do anything.

And that aweinspiring HTC Sense? Yeah. That too. FTW.

Motorola’s DROID? FTL. Aka, For the lose.

I mean, there was this hole bunch (misspelling intentional), run of Motorola DROID ads, and it looked awesome… on screen.

But that keyboard (start of endless gripe begins here), is just unbearable. Absolutely unbearable. Even BLACKBERRY keyboards are better than that. And that’s saying something. It’s got no spacing and… blahblahblahblahblah…. (end of endless gripe. or I stop listing it here. It could go on forever)

HTC Droid Eris? FTW. Really.

It’s crafted in this awesome way that goes in your hand, it’s casing is this awesome material that just feels wonderful on my hand.

And then, look out.

HTC doesn’t stop at the Eris. Apparently, they’re bringing a boatload of new Android devices NEXT YEAR, including a awesome Snapdragon running (aka, 1Ghz CPU), bigscreenied, device, the HTC Passion… hold it… running ANDROID.

And they’ve got all these other sweet looking devices coming up. The Legacy, the Salsa, oh the list could go on!

And HTC also quietly buttoned up it’s small section of Windows Mobile devices realizing that Android was the next big thing, and that Windows Mobile wasn’t bringing them success.

Hate being anti-Windows Mobile and ANTI-DROID, but really, the HTC design is captivating me.

Any thoughts? Please leave comments below.

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The good, the bad, and the ugly

I’ve had my Hero for a while now so I have a better idea of how I like it. I must say, I never knew what I was missing! Some people refer to it as an “iPhone killer” because the iPhone is basically a iPod that makes phone calls….I can’t speak to how true that is but I can tell you about the Hero.

1. Anything internet related, anywhere, anytime, unless its a video. Then, all bets are off. It may work, it may not! Even though it was designed with youtube videos in mind, actually playing them can be painful!

2. 5 megapixle camera! It has replaced all but my Canon 5D. I have a Kodak camera somewhere, I can’t remember where since I bought this. The down side is that you can’t transmit a 5 megapixle photo anywhere. too big for Flickr, too big for Facebook, too big for WordPress. Thus I’ve had to set the resolution down to 1 or 2 megapixels to be able to do anything with the pictures. I’m not sure whos fault that is.

3. While Facebook “works” on the phone, the mobile site often mixes old, and I mean weeks or months old, posts with new ones. Again, I’m not sure who is at fault here. I also began to use an app called Bloo that is for Facebook. It is much better, but limmited in what you can do on Facebook.

4. I’ve found that I have no need for the “scenes” in the Hero.  I’ve began to just stick with one. Maybe I am just to boring for seven scenes?? One seems to be all I use anymore. Other people may may find them more useful though. I’ve heard of people “rooting” their phones, basically, un locking them to access core functions, that have figured out how to have 32 “scenes”, but for the life of me I can’t figure out why you would need that many.

5. Weather. Its nice. Cool graphics and all. When it rains there is even a windshield wiper that swipes accross your screen.  It would be nice if it would update itself consistantly though, instead of me having to try to force it to update.

6. Yahoo Email….works great, unless you have WiFi turned on, then it just refuses to work unless you actually go to the Yahoo web site and check your mail that way. The native email program also refuses to acknowledge any Yahoo folders other than the default ones.

7. As a mechanic, I find the white track ball a issue! I would like one grease colored! Though I must admit the grease has worn off of it nicely!

8. The security feature of the phone is that you, upon turning the feature on, must draw a secret pattern on the display known only to you to allow access to the phone. As a mechanic though, anyone could trace my greasy, dirty finger track in a heart beat!

Those are most of the downside I have found thus far. As we say in the trade though, “You have to be 10% smarter than the piece of equiptment you are trying to opereate!” so this could mostly be from operator error….it is a “smart” phone afterall!

I am still amazed by all of the things I can do with it. I downloaded a UPC scanner the other day. I can scan UPC codes and look for cheaper prices on the net.  For those emergency service calls, I downloaded an app that flashes my sceer blue and red to the tone of a police siren, I have a flash light app that turns my phone into a light source.

Many of the original coml=plaints about this phone have been addressed in an update recently released by Sprint. Sprint and HTC have also commited to upgrading them to Android 2.0 when it comes out in a few months.

Previous complaints about the phone were battery life. Since the update this has improved a great deal. While I don;t have the phone glued to my head all day, it will last “me” a solid 8-10 hours.

Camera quality was also an issue. There were many comlplaints about the quality of the pictures. I found this kind of  ironic because I often complained about the quality of phone calls I could make on my Cannon 5D. Come on people, its a phone that takes pictures, not a camera that makes phone calls!!!

Music…another issue, truth be told. This one may really just be me though. I’ve had a difficult time with the music player repeating the same song overe and over even though “repeat” was turned off. Also it seems to like to display random album covers, though I really think this is more my fault than the phones.

Overall though, its the best phone I’ve EVER owned!!!

This post was made for 2 people in particular, they know who they are:)

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Belle analyse sur les perspectives d'Android en Europe (Source:pointgphone.com)

’est une info qui circule depuis le début de semaine : Android aurait du mal à décoller en Europe. Qu’en penser? C’est ce que nous allons tenter de déterminer dans cet article mais surtout expliquer pourquoi l’avenir d’Android sur notre continent s’annonce au contraire radieux.

Des chiffres

C’est le genre de chiffres dont il faut se méfier si ils sont mal interprétés mais voici ce que nous apprend l’institut statistique DCI :

“La part de marché de smartphones équipés du système d’exploitation Android de Google sont passées de 4.2 à 5.4% sur la période de juillet à septembre 2009 en Europe de l’ouest, une zone clé pour le marché des smartphones. Les consommateurs évitent l’OS de Google ventes sont largement en dessous des attentes. Les gens reconnaissent la marque Google, mais ne comprennent toujours pas ce qu’est Android.”

Disclaimer : Cette réflexion repose principalement sur le marché que je connais, la France, mais je sais qu’il y a beaucoup de lecteurs francophones d’autres pays alors n’hésitez pas à donner votre opinion dans les commentaires.

Des chiffres… à remettre dans leur contexte

Premier élément qui pousse à réflexion : la période de l’étude. En effet, entre juillet et septembre 2009, seuls quelques modèles de terminaux Android étaient disponible sur le marché et ils ne faisaient pas forcément la meilleure publicité qui soit pour Android.

On se rappelle du lancement catastrophique du HTC Dream par Orange. Le premier contact du public français avec Android aurait difficilement pu plus mal se passer.

Le Samsung Galaxy aurait pu tirer son épingle du jeu mais de trop nombreux problèmes ont attisé la grogne des utilisateurs…

Seul le HTC Magic et le HTC Hero se démarquaient du lot mais ils ont toujours bénéficié d’une promotion assez discrète dans l’ombre de l’iPhone qui nous fait subir un véritable matraquage marketing que ce soit à la TV ou en magasins.

Les opérateurs justement parlons-en : Quand ils ne s’amusent pas à saboter les distributions d’Android embarquées dans leurs terminaux (mais c’est un autre sujet) ils cataloguent en général les smartphones Android comme de vulgaires téléphones comme les autres.

Le terme Android est trop rarement utilisé ou alors mal expliqué et c’est bien dommage car l’OS de Google est un potentiel multiplicateur de ventes grâce à ses multiples possibilités et ses milliers d’applications disponibles sur l’Android Market parmi lesquelles des applications révolutionnaires qui le démarquent de la concurrence comme Google Goggles ou Google Maps Navigation qui permet de remplacer un GPS, gratuitement !

On regrettera aussi de voir systématiquement trôner des modèles de démonstration de l’iPhone dans quasiment toutes les boutiques alors que pour Android on doit souvent se contenter des modèles factices en plastiques…

Une communication insuffisante?

Android est un produit Google, mais pourtant le géant de Mountain View n’utilise que très peu son aura pour faire la promotion d’Android. Mais est-ce réellement son rôle? Justement non, Android est un système d’exploitation libre et chacun est libre de se l’approprier et d’en faire ce qu’il veut.

Certains l’ont bien compris : l’opérateur américain Verizon a par exemple créé une gamme de terminaux Android dont il fait la promotion grâce à une campagne marketing de grande envergure. Publicités TV avec effets spéciaux, affichage sur Time Square… Verizon ne lésine pas sur les moyens et les résultats sont à la hauteur : on parle de plus d’un million de ventes pour le Motorola Droid en seulement quelques semaines !

Certains devraient en prendre de la graine même si des pubs pour les terminaux Android de Motorola ou encore LG commencent à s’incruster dans notre paysage publicitaire, et tant mieux !

On remarque aussi qu’Android a été bien mieux accueilli dans les médias américains que dans nos contrées où il est parfois ignoré ou traité avec maladresse alors que c’est un grand sujet d’actualité outre-Atlantique des magazines renommés comme le TIME n’hésitent pas lui décerner des récompenses.

Le petit robot vert va devenir grand, très grand…

Depuis septembre de nombreux terminaux Android ont fait leur apparition comme le HTC Tattoo qui s’est donné pour mission de démocratiser Android et plus récemment le Acer Liquid et le Motorola Milestone, et il y a fort à parier que les chiffres seraient très différents si on refaisait l’étude aujourd’hui.

D’ici quelques mois l’offre Android sera grandement étendue et il y aura des terminaux qui répondront aux besoins et envies de tous les consommateurs… Et ceux qui l’auront vu venir vont se frotter les mains.

En attendant je peux déjà vous dire qu’autour de moi (et on le ressent aussi dans les statistiques du site) l’intérêt pour Android ne cesse de grandir et je pense qu’il y aura de nombreux robots verts sous les sapins à Noël…

De plus, Google va continuer d’améliorer Android et je pense qu’on n’est pas au bout de nos surprises comme on a pu le voir ces derniers jours et au final on va se retrouver avec des téléphones aux possibilités phénoménales.

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Sony Ericsson X10 Headed To T-Mobile After All?.... HTC’s 2010 Android lineup revealed

Previously, Sony’s newest flagship mobile device, the Xperia X10 was shown to have T-Mobile USA 3G bands. Quickly enough, most sites slated a AT&T launch in the States. But according to the folks over at AndroidGuys, the Xperia X10 seems to have two variants. According to the document they have received, the X10 is supposedly headed to Bell/AT&T AND our very own Magenta. The document shows that variant 1 has the 1700MHz band, which is exclusive to T-Mobile in the United States. Let’s just hope this turns out to be true. I sure would love to have that beautiful device, although it definitely won’t be anywhere near cheap. Hit the jump for the document, courtesy of AndroidGuys! And let’s hear your thoughts in the comments!

AndroidGuys

HTC’s 2010 Android lineup revealed

It is not every day you get new details on five Android phones. Someone close to HTC has obtained their roadmap for the first half of 2010 and leaked all the details. I’m so overwhelmed right now that I am still trying to process all this information. I wanted to get the pics and specs up first and I will add my commentary in a few minutes. Enjoy.

These pictures come from a leaked brochure that was handed out in Vienna, Austria on October 2009. The exact specs and design details are subject to change.

Design / Lifestyle

Social

Performance

Leave your comments below…

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Does changing your gmail pw lock your HTC G1 phone?

Question:
Unfortunately I lost my phone recently and am worried about my personal info on there. I didn't download apps that would allow me to recover my phone. My service provider was no help (T-Mobile) in remotely locking it. I changed my gmail password that was used to activate the phone. Anyone know if this helped?
Answer:
No. I've changed my gmail password and all that happens is that gmail on your G1 will prompt you for your new password if you try to access it. So, in other words, they won't be able to read your e-mail but they will be able to make calls.