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editor said:
The G1 is way better than 'half-decent' and it's already besting the iPhone with some of its apps and features - have you seen the street view feature with compass?

And, best of all, there's none of Apple's control freakery going on, so I'd say that the future looks very bright for Android - and there's still a lot more phones to come, so expect a ton of applications and innovation soon.

It's great news that an open source, highly capable alternative has risen up to challenge Apple's proprietary and restrictive practices.
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Simply because Google updated all the Google Map applications except for the iPhone.
 
Sunray said:
Simply because Google updated all the Google Map applications except for the iPhone.
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Actually, no other phone has the same street map/compass features yet, and with Google's immense clout in the search/mapping market there could be some more real innovation on the way - and you can expect the Android OS to get first dibs on the goodies as they come through. Street view currently only works on Blackberry and some Java phones.

Have you seen the compass feature in action? It's excellent and adds to what is easily one of the best mobile apps ever written for all platforms.
 
nick h. said:
Here we go again. :rolleyes: Mac users have been blindly defending Apple's restrictive practices for 20 years while PC users have been enjoying more apps and more power for less money. Now we've got iPhone fanbois already dismissing Smartphone users as 'geeks' who are making a fuss about nothing when they complain about Apple trying to bully small companies out of business. Apple is as greedy and wicked as IBM was in the '70s and they'll get their come-uppance in the phone market. They won't be able to defeat the combined might of Microsoft, Google, Nokia, HTC and all the other hardware companies. Not a chance.

The naivety of the iPhone fans is hilarious - they actually think the iPhone is new. Ignorance is bliss. I've had a Windows smartphone (an HTC Blue Angel www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/18/review_htc_blue_angel/) with touchscreen, wi-fi, bluetooth, mp3, Office, video, blah blah blah since 2005! It runs tons of freeware without Mr Gates trying to interfere. I'm still using it - it does a great job. I would never buy an iPhone until Jobs gets his head out of his arse. And I doubt there will ever be any need, with such great products from HTC, Nokia and now Google.

The iPod story is equally hilarious. People buy them just because they look pretty and the glossy magazines say they're cool. So you get stuck with a proprietary platform which rips you off, gives you crummy sound quality and tries to take over your PC.

The mass market gets the products it deserves I suppose.
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Whereas MS zealots don't exist, hmmm? ^^ :D

I have both an iPhone and a WM device (guess which one's utter shite?), in fact, I'm on my 4th WM device, so it's not like I haven't made an informed choice here.
 
All this talk of the G1.

I can say this about the iPhone. Its got many flaws that niggle but the experience is so far away from anything I've ever owned phone wise that what ever does take its crown is going to be an immensely impressive phone.
 
Global_Stoner said:
Your not supposed to be able to do that though, they would rather you went to the £10 pm deal on one of their modems. Still allways worked for me. Gutted where I live now I can only get orange.



I used to get about 324kbs, although never used it enough to find out if they monitored usage, just for the web and email.
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It used to be completely unlimited, they only changed it in the last 2months. :mad: Now you get 3gb for your £5, but you can just stick another £5 on it for another 3gb if that runs out.

TBF I was taking the piss with it when it was unlimited, I had a £30 skypephone and using it 24/7 as a permanent internet connection for £5 month. :D

Got my eyes on a Skypephone S2 It's got a 3.6mb HSDPA connection plus wifi, and can be used as a wireless dongle. A mere snip at £50 if you buy a pair of em on PAYG. More features than most smartphones and for the fraction of the price. :cool:
 
RD: For anyone who isn't a heavy internet user, full phone, mobile and internet for £30 in the palm of your hand is a fantastic deal. I'm amazed that thing isn't advertised to hell and back.
 
RaverDrew said:
Got my eyes on a Skypephone S2 It's got a 3.6mb HSDPA connection plus wifi, and can be used as a wireless dongle. A mere snip at £50 if you buy a pair of em on PAYG. More features than most smartphones and for the fraction of the price. :cool:
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That's a bit of a turnaround for them advertising it as modem as it puts it in competition with their more expensive usb modem. Wish orange would sort their act out with mobile broadband pricing as they are the only network I can get.
 
oops I meant to make that last post in the android thread :hmm:

I even quoted global stoner from that thread as well :confused: :D
 
Bought a v-moda Vibe Duo "headset" (headphones and in-lead mic) while over in the States as a replacement for the standard iPhone headset and they rock :)

Much better sound than most other in-ear phones I've tried, nice comfortable fit and the mic switch can skip/answer/pause on the iPhone. Not sure whether they're available over here yet but worth a try if you get a chance.
 
They look nice. I hate the fact Apple ear phones are one size fits all. They don't fit me.

Use ordinary headphones and i lose the control mic options.

Plus why no bloody remote vollume control on the headphones still. How long have Apple been in the MP3 business and they still don't realise that different songs get recorded at different sound levels and so the user has to take the iPhone / iPod all the way out of their pocket to turn it down if the next track is too loud for the user.

Other devices have had full remote control of of their MP3 players for aaages and all Apple gives is pause and fast forward and skip?
 
Marius said:
They look nice. I hate the fact Apple ear phones are one size fits all. They don't fit me.

Use ordinary headphones and i lose the control mic options.

Plus why no bloody remote vollume control on the headphones still. How long have Apple been in the MP3 business and they still don't realise that different songs get recorded at different sound levels and so the user has to take the iPhone / iPod all the way out of their pocket to turn it down if the next track is too loud for the user.

Other devices have had full remote control of of their MP3 players for aaages and all Apple gives is pause and fast forward and skip?
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I like that design decision. You can barely tell its a mic/button. Its a fairly minimal phone, having just 2 buttons so putting a huge controller clip would be someone against the grain.
 
editor said:
Blimey. They look fantastic. How much did they cost you?
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$99 in the Apple Store, so probably available cheaper in some places.

Having said that, the Jawbone II noise-cancelling Bluetooth headset was cheaper in the Apple Store than the other outlets I tried. That's a funky piece of kit too. I'm sure that I'm mostly attracted by the fact that they have "NoiseAssassin" technology :D
 
nick h. said:
So the sound quality must also be fantastic.

Are they for drooling over or putting in your ears?

The best earphones look like hearing aids. So they're best avoided.
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Blimey. Tetchy. Seeing as I've repeatedly banged on about the audio quality of the Grado S60 headphones - which have all the aesthetics of a WW2 Lancaster Bomber navigator's headset - you're having a go at the wrong person chum.

look. Here's my review. http://www.urban75.org/tech/grado-sr60-headphones.html
 
Not being tetchy, just tongue in cheek. Sorry, should have put some smileys in. ;):D:p

TBF, those Grados look ultra-cool in a retro sort of way. If you want butt-ugly for big money, try the ACS T2s. Spend £500 and everyone will think you're deaf. Which is very pleasant at the supermarket because you don't get asked 'have you got a clubcard' for the millionth time.

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nick h. said:
TBF, those Grados look ultra-cool in a retro sort of way. If you want butt-ugly for big money, try the ACS T2s. Spend £500 and everyone will think you're deaf. Which is very pleasant at the supermarket because you don't get asked 'have you got a clubcard' for the millionth time.
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The Grados really are fantastic headphones, although I imagine they must lose a few fashionista sales because of their ultra old-school, non silvery looks.

I always warm to products that aren't 'upgraded' every other month. The S60s have been going for *years*!
 
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