[Nottingham] What mobile to get?

Mon May 23 10:48:15 UTC 2011

I'm currently bidding on a HTC Desire on ebay so fingers crossed I'll be
able play around with one soon.

Ben

On 23 May 2011 10:24, Dan Caseley <dan at caseley.me.uk> wrote:

> The other half has the Desire and rates it well above any phone she's ever
> had. I recently upgraded from the Hero to the Desire HD, and that too is an
> immense phone.
>
> I tried the Desire Z in the shop, but found that my thumb kept clipping the
> bezel when heading for the top row of keys. That said, I've got pretty
> enormous hands, so YMMV.
>
> On the geek factor, I'm running a custom ROM built from public sources (by
> someone more knowledgeable, I hasten to add), and a separate custom kernel
> with recent Linux upstream changes and various Android- and handset-specific
> tweaks and fixes applied.
>
> HTH,
>
> Dan
>
>
> On 21 May 2011 17:00, Richard Hodgson <rich at dearinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> I got a T-Mobile G1 a few years back thinking I wanted a physical
>> keyboard, and found the onscreen keyboard so good after a few days that I
>> barely used it, meaning that my phone had a lot of wasted bulk.
>>
>> I've got an HTC Desire now, with CyanogenMod installed, so I get Android
>> 2.3.4, and it's awesome. Flash is currently up to 10.3 for all those who are
>> interested.
>> On May 21, 2011 8:25 AM, "Benjamin Crowe" <sneblot at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > ts such a shame about the Palm Pre it looked like such a lovely phone
>> when
>> > it was first shown to the world. What a shame that it would fail so
>> > miserably. To be honest its looking more and more like I'm gong to be
>> going
>> > for the Desire possibly the Desire Z with the physical keyboard, just so
>> I
>> > have the option of both.
>> >
>> >
>> > Ben
>> >
>> > On 20 May 2011 23:02, Christopher Joice <christopher at c25.eu> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'm a fan of my wildfire, which I've rooted and run Android 2.3 on in
>> the
>> >> form of Cyanogen Mod (http://www.cyanogenmod.com/)
>> >> I'd look out for the upgraded versions though, the screen res is a
>> little
>> >> too low for my liking and the processor could use a bit more poke.
>> >>
>> >> Apps, built in Gmail client is pretty good, there are many IM clients
>> for
>> >> Jabber, IRC, MSN, Yahoo etc. Personally I run a Jabber server with
>> gateways
>> >> and just use xabber on my phone.
>> >>
>> >> I also agree with the physical keyboard, I hate the on screen keyboard
>> but
>> >> love the power of the phone and apps. I tried a (3rd hand) palm pre for
>> over
>> >> a week despite hopeless battery and weak software just because the
>> keyboard
>> >> was so good.
>> >>
>> >> On 20 May 2011 19:04, Eben <ctrl.alt.nerd at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Nuh, as long as it has android 2.2 it has flash. I think. Definitely
>> >>> don't hold me to that, but I know for sure they have flash 10.1
>> >>>
>> >>> IRC, emails and twitter are very minimal requirements ;) I wouldn't
>> worry
>> >>> too much about this on any platform
>> >>>
>> >>> ~Eben
>> >>>
>> >>> On Fri, 20 May 2011, 17:36:17 BST, Benjamin Crowe <sneblot at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> > I don't really mind about a physical keyboard as I have a full
>> qwerty
>> >>> > keyboard on my current phone (which isn't touch screen) so I'm used
>> to
>> >>> > the small buttons, also friends of mine have iPods and iPhones so
>> I'm
>> >>> > quite used to on screen keyboards as well. What I really want from a
>> >>> > phone is for the OS to be open source, provide a really good web
>> >>> > experience and have apps which allow me to get on and do things like
>> >>> > IRC, email, twitter and the like. Is it true that the android phones
>> >>> > still don't support flash?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Ben
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On 20 May 2011 15:30, Camilo Mesias <camilo at mesias.co.uk> wrote:
>> >>> >
>> >>> > > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Mat Booth <
>> mbooth at fedoraproject.org>
>> >>>
>> >>> > > wrote:
>> >>> > > > You can't even easily tell which key your
>> >>> > > > finger is over when the keyboard is that small, whereas the
>> >>> on-screen
>> >>> > > > keyboard will show you a larger picture of the key you pressed
>> so if
>> >>>
>> >>> > > > you miss you can move your finger before releasing it
>> >>> > >
>> >>> > > While you can't quite touch type on a phone keyboard you can
>> usually
>> >>> > > use two fingers (or thumbs) to good effect. Yes the layout isn't
>> quite
>> >>>
>> >>> > > the same as a desktop keyboard but once you get used to it, I find
>> >>> > > it's still faster than any on screen keyboard. Having to peck out
>> one
>> >>> > > character at a time is enough to put me off using on screen
>> keyboards
>> >>> > > altogether. Although I realise it's a bit subjective, iPad users
>> seem
>> >>> > > to manage with their flat touchscreen 'keyboards' just fine...
>> >>> > >
>> >>> > > -Cam
>> >>> > >
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