Cell phone thread. (Questions, reviews, issues with carriers, etc)

Se7in · November 19, 2009, 2:23am

I know that you can use downloaded songs that you didn’t get from the iTunes store as ringtones extremely easily.

So I’m pretty sure you’d be able to do that, though I’m not sure if iTunes puts a lock on editing the file. How did you plan to edit the song if iTunes is blocked?

Se7in · November 19, 2009, 2:33am

Appreciate the response.

You have the Sprint Version?

Se7in · November 19, 2009, 3:09am

I’ve read that it’s really easy to slow the phone down by having 6 or 7 apps running simultaneously. Supposedly there’s an app that helps close these. Is it hard to close apps otherwise? I don’t have Twitter, I’ll most likely only use FB if anything. I’m just wondering.

2pacnbiggie · November 20, 2009, 7:42pm

hey sep if u still are using palringo they fixed the facebook issues so u can now log into facebook an chat with the palringo app

Dwin · November 20, 2009, 7:46pm

im looking for a smart phone that good with music and do you think get a plan when trying to buy a house is good with the credit score.

Septimus_Prime · November 20, 2009, 11:25pm

Oh, sweet. Thanks.

Yeah, I’m using Palringo. I had one major issue, where it crashed, and I had to hard reboot the phone to close it. I ended up turning off auto-start at boot, since I think that’s what caused it.

ckrazy · December 6, 2009, 4:26pm

If you any of you were using the Opera Mini 5 beta they just release a new one called “Opera Mini 5 Beta 2.” How original…

So far for me it has been a lot faster, and took out some of the stupid bugs. However for whatever reason when I scroll to the top of the SRK page it goes all white. Good thing is that it only happens at the very top of the page. So you should still be able to access your control panel.

Wil · December 9, 2009, 12:49am

Anyone picked up the Droid Eris? If so how do you like the virtual keyboard on that thing?

I’m thinking of going that route (signing up with Verizon and getting the Eris) or go back to Symbian and pick up a Nokia E71-2 or E72-2.

Septimus_Prime · December 9, 2009, 1:22am

I don’t have the Droid Eris, but I do have an HTC phone with a very similar form factor. The software keyboard is good. Plus, if you have trouble, you can always use the included stylus with it. I like it more than most tiny flip-out keyboards.

mastermind · December 9, 2009, 3:24am

A friend of mine is about to launch an AO app store for Android. The Dev site is up now, don’t think any apps are up yet, though.

magnus · December 9, 2009, 3:50am

Havn’t been on the forums much lately and just saw your post. Ditto what RockBogart said. The SMS problem was fixed with the OTA update last month along with some other issues, such as memory leak when using bluetooth.

There is an app called Task Killer. There’s mixed reviews on the app with regards to it’s effectiveness. I don’t use it as I don’t have problems with the phone and have no need to keep an extensive number of apps running in the background for information. I primarily use Facebook and Twitter so I keep those running. Everything else I open and refresh to get updated information. The facebook app is ok, not much to say about it other than it gets the job done. If you decide to do Twitter, Twitdroid is a good app to use. You probably want to get also get a file manager to better access your files. I use Astro, pretty straight foward.

The phone is identical to the Sprint Hero. I don’t have problems with teh keyboard personally. I’d suggest stopping by your local Verizon store and messing with it as much as possible before purchasing.

HTC has said that the Hero will get a 2.0 (or 2.1) software update. All signs point to an early 2010 release. The Hero also has a few little tricks/shortcuts that are useful. Holding down the home key will bring up the 6 most recent apps, turning the phone upside down (on the screen) when you receive a call will silence it, you can unlock the phone by pressing the menu button twice (instead of power then sliding the screen to unlock).

There may be more but I don’t quite remember.

magnus · December 13, 2009, 7:06am

Had a chance to play with the Droid today. Albeit it was for about five minutes or so and in a Verizon store, I was quite impressed with it’s snappiness.

The Hero has been good to me, no problems whatsoever. My only gripe about the phone is the lack of available cases/holsters to choose from. Sprint doesn’t have many options other than the silicone case and universal holsters.

Septimus_Prime · December 13, 2009, 4:46pm

I’m still not convinced that the Droid hardware will be reliable after a while, given that, at the end of the day, it’s still a Motorola.

Have you guys seen the stuff Sony Ericsson and HTC have planned for next year using the Snapdragon? That shit looks INSANE!

FallingEdge · December 15, 2009, 10:30pm

Fuck a Hero, Droid, or any other phone out there.

Nexus One ftw.

That will be my next phone.

regulate · December 16, 2009, 4:51am

Yep im waiting for the X10 to come out. The custom interface looks slick although im not too fond of being stuck at android 1.6. Hopefully SE doesnt fuck up and have software issues like the Satio and not bring it to the US, like the Satio.

natural_ice · December 16, 2009, 5:05am

whos gettin down wit dat metro pcs?

Septimus_Prime · December 16, 2009, 6:44am

iPhone users are delusional, consultants say

Many people I know are frightfully attached to their iPhones. They treat them as if they were a peculiar and exotic lover, one they can hardly believe they have managed to seduce.

The finely calibrated minds at Strand Consult have taken this analysis to a particularly simple conclusion: iPhone users are, the consultants say, really quite nuts.

The Strand thinkers released an opinion entitled “How will psychologists describe the iPhone syndrome in the future?.” It focuses on the sorts of people who buy into Apple’s great success.

Here’s a flavor of the somewhat-skeptical nature of Strand’s feelings: “Apple has launched a beautiful phone with a fantastic user interface that has had a number of technological shortcomings that many iPhone users have accepted and defended, despite those shortcomings resulting in limitations in iPhone users’ daily lives.”

The consultants’ likening of iPhone buyers to kidnapped hostages may raise more than the eyebrows of many an Apple fanboy (fanperson?). Indeed, it already has the Mac world aflutter.

“When we examine the iPhone users’ arguments defending the iPhone, it reminds us of the famous Stockholm Syndrome–a term invented by psychologists after a hostage drama in Stockholm. Here, hostages reacted to the psychological pressure they were experiencing by defending the people that had held them hostage for six days,” Strand declared.

The implication is surely that Apple has mugged millions of people with its beauty, dragged them off to a very dark cellar in some barren land, turned them into slightly bonkers Barbarellas, and then recruited them as soldiers for the cause.

This is the sort of thing of which the Church of Scientology is normally accused. But for some strange reason, it’s a rather chilling but pleasant shower to read something that isn’t mere worship.

Strand claims that it closely analyzes the financials of mobile operators. And if you also happen to order its wonderfully free report “The Moment of Truth, a portrait of the iPhone,” you will discover the 10 great myths about the iPhone. Here are just two: it doesn’t attract new business for operators, and it is not a technologically advanced mobile phone.

I know you’ll be rushing to read these fine tracts, and I feel sure that a couple of you might wish to drop Strand Consult a note. To encourage you a little, I’ll warn you that Strand also seems to believe that some of you Apple customers are, well, liars.

The consultants put it quite sweetly: “In reality, the iPhone is surrounded by a multitude of people, media, and companies that are happy to bend the truth to defend the product they have purchased from Apple.”

Apple customers are liars? The media too? Surely not.

I find this is true of all Apple products in general, though.

Rock_Bottom · December 22, 2009, 9:40am

Hmm… might become one of those people…

Buying the Iphone 3GS 16 GB or Metro PCS Finesse tommorow…

Going to do my last amount of research and thinking tonight.

Basically it comes down to me saving about 600 a year if I go with Metro…

Currently with ATT and pay about 80$ a month so since its spaced out 95$ wouldnt be so bad with company discount from my job… (ahhh its like 6-7 dollars less a month… w/e helps)

Hmm…

2pacnbiggie · December 24, 2009, 6:58am

the auto start shouldnt be the issue i run it all the time on my touch pro 2 and on my first touch pro when i had it with no issues

The_Epidemic · December 24, 2009, 7:00am

I dumped my Samsung Memoir for a Samsung Highlight. Much better phone.