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Title: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on August 10, 2011, 12:43:54 am
Which type of cell phone do you use? I.e., Windows Phone, Droid, iPhone, Blackberry, other, etc.

I mainly want to know to see how many Windows Phone users there are on here. This can help for anyone who develops for it, so we can help each other debug and whatnot (same for Droid, iPhone, etc.). I'm looking into learning XNA so I can make a game for Windows Phone (7), because I'm hopefully getting one soon ;D
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: thepenguin77 on August 10, 2011, 12:46:27 am
I just got a droid x2 like 3 days ago, and I must say it's pretty nice. I'm trying to get a few cool apps out to pay for my data plan ;D (Stupid verizon)
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Juju on August 10, 2011, 12:49:41 am
Got a Android phone this summer, it's kinda fun :D
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: imo_inx on August 10, 2011, 12:49:48 am
I want the Droid 2 by Motorola. I can't say I would like a Windows phone necessarily.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on August 10, 2011, 12:54:20 am
My best friend's brother has a Droid. A lot of my friends and others in my school have an iPhone (though only one actually somewhat develops for it). There's only one other person that I know of at my school who has a Windows Phone 7, who isn't into programming at all.

I'm mainly getting the Windows Phone (HTC HD7) because we're signing up with Tmobile soon. Plus, I must admit: I'm somewhat of a "Micro$oft Fan-boy".

EDIT: Droids are cool, but I want a phone I can develop for NOW. I missed out on the programming courses for my school as a freshman, so I don't know any Java right now. I learned VB.NET by myself and learned VB6 from the intro course last year. I'm also currently self-learning C# and other major points of programming (floating and fixed point math, memory management, etc.), but I understand about 95% of how XNA gaming works, so I think I'll be okay. I just need an artist... >.>
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: SolusIpse on August 10, 2011, 08:14:40 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Mobile_devices (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Mobile_devices)

This will probably change as more phones with WP7 are released.  Nokia is dropping SymbianOS for WP7. (http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/11/rip-symbian/)  The problem for Android now will probably come from the patent lawsuits that MS and Apple will try to use to shut down or cripple the  operation.

Java and C# are similar enough.  The jump would not be as apparent as say, assembly to Lua.  The annoying part would be jumping from the XNA framework to the Android API.

edit:  The chart on wikipedia is almost a year old.  Couldn't find a better source quickly. (http://www.tomsguide.com/us/WP7-windows-Phone-iOS-Froyo-comScore,news-12104.html)  Basically, in the past 3 quarters, Android overtook iOS and Symbian basically began to disappear.  This is part of the reason why Nokia is ditching Symbian for WP7 in their smartphones.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Spyro543 on August 10, 2011, 08:20:19 am
I has a Samsung Intensity.
Spoiler For how much I love my phone:
NEVER GET ONE OF THESE PHONES EVER
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: SolusIpse on August 10, 2011, 08:32:10 am
There should have been an option for "Not owning a smartphone."
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Hayleia on August 10, 2011, 08:35:51 am
agreed: I own a sillyphone.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on August 10, 2011, 12:26:42 pm
Quote from: SolusIpse on August 10, 2011, 08:14:40 am
Java and C# are similar enough. ... The annoying part would be jumping from the XNA framework to the Android API.
Yeah, I know. C++ > Java > C#, right? And yeah (again), I've fooled around with the Android API a bit before (with very limited knowledge of Java).

Quote from: SolusIpse on August 10, 2011, 08:32:10 am
There should have been an option for "Not owning a smartphone."
There is; it's called "Other (feel free to specify)" :P

I have what Hayleia calls a "sillyphone" right now, and it's not bad. When texting, it's helped me memorize which letters are on which keys :D
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: fb39ca4 on August 10, 2011, 12:28:15 pm
ROTARY PHONES FTW!!!
I don't have a cellphone (:() but if I get one, my first choice will be a 'droid. My dad got a Windows phone, and I have to say, the interface looks decent on that one as well.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: zeldaking on August 10, 2011, 01:50:32 pm
I don't have a phone either, but my dad got a droid, and he hated it, so he got a different one.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: imo_inx on August 10, 2011, 03:59:10 pm
Quote from: Spyro543 on August 10, 2011, 08:20:19 am
I has a Samsung Intensity.
Spoiler For how much I love my phone:
NEVER GET ONE OF THESE PHONES EVER
I agree. Your phone is a piece of
Spoiler For Spoiler:
IE6. WHAT DID YOU THINK I WAS GOING TO SAY?!?
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: FinaleTI on August 10, 2011, 04:11:31 pm
I used to have a Juke, and I'll be damned if it wasn't the hardiest phone I ever saw. It was submerged in about 5 feet of water for at least a few minutes, and all I had to do was dry it out and pop in a new battery. It was going strong for at least a year after that happened. It should still work, actually, but I don't use it now, cuz I got a Droid Incredible.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: pianoman on August 10, 2011, 04:13:30 pm
I have a sillyphone by LG, but it serves its purpose :)
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: z80man on August 10, 2011, 04:17:46 pm
I have a samsung Impression which is a feature phone which means that it has a large touchscreen, slide out keyboard, camera, browser, and the rest of that cell phone stuff but lacks main smartphone features such as a powerful OS and apps. I also don't have a data plan either so some features I can't use. The OS is quite buggy mainly when it comes to texting so several times a day I have to restart it but this is also caused by the excessive amount of texting I do each day. Luckily my contract expires in October and I'll be going with the iPhone 5 ;D
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on August 10, 2011, 04:30:33 pm
Quote from: z80man on August 10, 2011, 04:17:46 pm
... and I'll be going with the iPhone 5 ;D
Nnnnooooooooo!!! D:

Almost everyone I've talked to that has an iPhone says that it's great at the beginning, but eventually it gets crappy. My best friend has had his less than a year and right now the vibrate button and function are kaputt, the screen is slightly unresponsive (enough to be annoying), and the calling quality has gone down since he got it.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: XVicarious on August 10, 2011, 04:36:15 pm
I have an old Palm Treo... 2006 or something... I need a new phone hopefully a droid when I get a job.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Binder News on August 10, 2011, 07:10:26 pm
I actually don't have a phone (even though I'm about 15.5 years old). However, I do development for Android. If anyone has questions, just PM me.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Hayleia on August 11, 2011, 03:35:41 am
??? "sillyphone" doesn't mean "not smartphone" but "sillyphone": mine has the screen that flashes and 3 buttons that do nothing if you press them too high.
But if my parents agreed, I would have some of those Samsung Galaxy (S, Ace or SII, not Naos)
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on August 11, 2011, 08:51:38 am
Oh lol. Well I have a "dumbphone" now, I guess.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: TIfanx1999 on August 12, 2011, 09:52:15 am
I have a LG Envy touch smartphone, no special OS. It's pretty nice actually. It has a touch screen and a slideout keyboard. I do like having a physical keyboard. I'm looking at getting a LG Optimus with android. The Optimus is touch screen only though.

*edit* I don't think windows phones are that popular. Most people I know that have smart phones have Android on them.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Munchor on August 12, 2011, 09:57:02 am
Appropriated video:



Well, Android is so much better than iOS in everything, but mainly the market because it has many more free apps. What I mean is, on the iOS Store, most apps are paid, but not on the Android Market.

Free apps are the best :)

I think the iOS has an advantage too because [type something here]. Seriously, I can't think of anything that makes it better than Android. Well, I'm sure it has a few advantages :)

I have a Vodafone phone with Android 2.2.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: yunhua98 on August 12, 2011, 11:24:47 am
"That phone is troll" lol.  :P
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: fb39ca4 on August 12, 2011, 12:07:53 pm
Quote from: Art_of_camelot on August 12, 2011, 09:52:15 am
I have a LG Envy touch smartphone, no special OS. It's pretty nice actually. It has a touch screen and a slideout keyboard. I do like having a physical keyboard. I'm looking at getting a LG Optimus with android. The Optimus is touch screen only though.

*edit* I don't think windows phones are that popular. Most people I know that have smart phones have Android on them.
Yeah, they aren't very popular right now. The only windows phone I've seen is my dad's and he works at Microsoft :P
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: ben_g on August 12, 2011, 02:07:39 pm
I have an old nokia phone which is much, much slower than my calc (84+) and has a B&W display which has got an even worse resolution (yes, that's possible).
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Michael_Lee on August 12, 2011, 03:32:28 pm
I have an Android -- a Samsung Captivate.

I'm pretty happy with it -- I've been stuffing all sorts of apps into it.  Somebody actually made a metal-detecting app (and it actually (sort of) works).
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on August 12, 2011, 04:17:53 pm
Quote from: Art_of_camelot on August 12, 2011, 09:52:15 am
*edit* I don't think windows phones are that popular. Most people I know that have smart phones have Android on them.

Yeah, I know their not that popular. Idk, maybe I'll get a Droid (I'll be learning Java this school year, and I teach myself outside of it. Plus, it's not that too different from C#). Here's a list (http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/default.aspx) of the phones I can choose from. They need to be under USD$150, though.

I guess I'll do some research on the Droids, seeing as 11 (at the time of this posting) people on here have one.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Munchor on August 12, 2011, 04:27:18 pm
I'd go for any of the Android Samsungs available :)
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on August 12, 2011, 04:30:23 pm
Quote from: ephan on August 12, 2011, 04:27:18 pm
I'd go for any of the Android Samsungs available :)

But I like the kind-of blocky, squareness of phones, not curvy ones :\

EDIT: Hmm, maybe the Vibrant or Galaxy S...
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Juju on August 12, 2011, 04:30:47 pm
I own a HTC Incredible S, amazing phone. Plus I'll learn Java this year at school as well.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on August 12, 2011, 05:02:33 pm
Ok, well, I've changed my mind and I'm getting a Droid :)

So far it's looking like:
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Munchor on August 12, 2011, 05:04:50 pm
Quote from: BlakPilar on August 12, 2011, 05:02:33 pm
Ok, well, I've changed my mind and I'm getting a Droid :)

So far it's looking like:
  • Samsung Galaxy S, (my friend has one and I liked how light it was)
  • HTC Wildfire S,
  • T-Mobile G2x,
  • Motorola DEFY, or
  • Samsung Vibrant

The Galaxy is awesome, but it's very expensive, right?
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on August 12, 2011, 06:52:06 pm
Quote from: ephan on August 12, 2011, 05:04:50 pm
Quote from: BlakPilar on August 12, 2011, 05:02:33 pm
Ok, well, I've changed my mind and I'm getting a Droid :)

So far it's looking like:
  • Samsung Galaxy S, (my friend has one and I liked how light it was)
  • HTC Wildfire S,
  • T-Mobile G2x,
  • Motorola DEFY, or
  • Samsung Vibrant

The Galaxy is awesome, but it's very expensive, right?

I have a terrible memory, but I think it was $100 with a new 2-year contract. It's not that bad, especially considering how much smartphones are.

EDIT: Yeah, $99.99 with a new 2-year contract. See here (http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones/cell-phone-detail.aspx?cell-phone=Samsung-Galaxy-S-4G).
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: fb39ca4 on August 13, 2011, 12:23:40 am
Quote from: BlakPilar on August 10, 2011, 04:30:33 pm
Quote from: z80man on August 10, 2011, 04:17:46 pm
... and I'll be going with the iPhone 5 ;D
Nnnnooooooooo!!! D:

Almost everyone I've talked to that has an iPhone says that it's great at the beginning, but eventually it gets crappy. My best friend has had his less than a year and right now the vibrate button and function are kaputt, the screen is slightly unresponsive (enough to be annoying), and the calling quality has gone down since he got it.
It is the same with my ipod touch. The home button is unresponsive, sometimes I press it once and it registers as a double press, bringing up the app-switcher, other times I have to press it a few times to get it to register anything. When browsing the web, the whole thing often freezes up for a few seconds, and 50% of the time, the keyboard is laggy, I can type in a whole sentence and then a few seconds later, it will only then register the keypresses all at once. Not to mention it often gets very hot when playing 3D games (130F on the outside, over the cpu area.) I have to hold my hands away from that spot so I don't trap more heat in there.
Quote from: Michael_Lee on August 12, 2011, 03:32:28 pm
I have an Android -- a Samsung Captivate.

I'm pretty happy with it -- I've been stuffing all sorts of apps into it.  Somebody actually made a metal-detecting app (and it actually (sort of) works).
How???
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on September 05, 2011, 10:13:11 am
I know this hasn't been replied to in a while, but it's better, IMO, to post it here.

After many changes in our cell phone choosing by my parents, we went with Verizon and I got the HTC Droid Incredible 2! :D The only thing is, I'm having problems installing the Android SDK :(
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Silver Shadow on September 05, 2011, 10:44:32 am
Xperia Play (http://www.sonyericsson.com/play) FTW! ;D
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on September 05, 2011, 10:48:27 am
I was going to get the Xperia Play, but the DI2 is just... Incredible.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: sammyMaX on September 05, 2011, 02:46:29 pm
I would love the HTC Sensation. It has great build quality and a DUAL CORE PROCESSOR!!! But I see that your budget is limited to $150, so that might not be possible.

BTW, I have a Samsung Sensation, just like z80man. I got tetris on it using this special file transfer software. It doesn't support apps natively, though.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on September 05, 2011, 02:52:58 pm
No budget lol. I had Tracfone, but as of two days ago I have Verizon. The HTC Droid Incredible 2 (which I'm using to type this) was USD$200 but my mom works at a hospital so I got 25% off.

EDIT: Er, no budget anymore lol. Now I just need to get the Android SDK to realize I have the JDK installed... Grr...
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: fb39ca4 on September 05, 2011, 02:58:53 pm
My dad works for microsoft, so if I get a smartphone (a possibility now that I'm starting high school) it'll probably be a WP7 one as there is an employee discount. I could probably install android on it though.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on September 05, 2011, 03:01:55 pm
A WP7 was my first choice because I have a Zune, which I love, but after looking at the apps, I decided to get an Android.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Munchor on September 05, 2011, 03:07:13 pm
Quote from: BlakPilar on September 05, 2011, 02:52:58 pm
No budget lol. I had Tracfone, but as of two days ago I have Verizon. The HTC Droid Incredible 2 (which I'm using to type this) was USD$200 but my mom works at a hospital so I got 25% off.

EDIT: Er, no budget anymore lol. Now I just need to get the Android SDK to realize I have the JDK installed... Grr...

You also need it to be in the path, but I remember that on Windows, there was a secret thing to make it work on the setup, you had to go previous and then next or something.

On Linux it worked perfectly for me :) Installing programs on Windows is too hard.

Either way, congrats on your new acquisition!
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on September 05, 2011, 03:11:19 pm
Oh wow... I pressed back then next again and it let me install it... Thanks ephan! And thanks again for the congrats lol
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Kjelddy on September 05, 2011, 03:17:01 pm
old skool nokia FTW (with broken screen :P)
you can't break those phones :P
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: sammyMaX on September 05, 2011, 03:51:51 pm
My contract ends March, and I'm hoping to get an Android phone. My parents don't have any problem paying for the phone, but since they all require data plans, they don't want to pay like $70 a month for that. So my choices are to buy an unlocked (really expensive up front) or to switch to a cheaper network (I'm currently on AT&T)
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on September 05, 2011, 04:00:33 pm
Verizon offered us 22% off of our bill a month (because of the hospital thing) which was awesome. My data plan is 2GB which is a necessary for smartphones on Verizon, but it's way more than enough, seeing as I'm only going to use it on the bus because I have WiFi at home. From going downtown and checking my email there, I've only used 0.0146GB so far lol. AT&T is $25 a month extra for a 4G smartphone with 2GB of data, which isn't bad at all. If we went with AT&T, I would'be gotten some other HTC phone because they're pretty solid builds.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Munchor on September 05, 2011, 04:07:16 pm
Quote from: BlakPilar on September 05, 2011, 03:11:19 pm
Oh wow... I pressed back then next again and it let me install it... Thanks ephan! And thanks again for the congrats lol

Yeah I knew there was something like that :D And be warned, the time I used the Android SDK on Windows, the emulator was so slow, I hope it's not like that for you.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on September 05, 2011, 04:09:39 pm
I do not have a cellphone, but if I was to get one, it might be android. After all, I already have an iPod Touch. Not sure if I want a cellphone yet, though, because I do not call/receive calls often and the plans are still quite expensive, although being able to go online from elsewhere is definively cool, especially if I got a 1 hour bus ride. :P
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Munchor on September 05, 2011, 04:11:11 pm
Quote from: DJ_O on September 05, 2011, 04:09:39 pm
I do not have a cellphone, but if I was to get one, it might be android. After all, I already have an iPod Touch. Not sure if I want a cellphone yet, though, because I do not call/receive calls often and the plans are still quite expensive, although being able to go online from elsewhere is definively cool, especially if I got a 1 hour bus ride. :P

It's quite surprising that in the modern society someone like you doesn't have a cell phone, but I guess that if you don't need it, it's ok. But can't you go to the Internet on the iPod Touch?
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on September 05, 2011, 04:14:39 pm
Quote from: ephan on September 05, 2011, 04:07:16 pm
Quote from: BlakPilar on September 05, 2011, 03:11:19 pm
Oh wow... I pressed back then next again and it let me install it... Thanks ephan! And thanks again for the congrats lol

Yeah I knew there was something like that :D And be warned, the time I used the Android SDK on Windows, the emulator was so slow, I hope it's not like that for you.

Darn... Oh well, I'll just have to make sure it works before I waste my time and try to debug lol.

@DJ, I plan to only have a cell phone when I go to college/get my own house. I see no need for a cell and home phone. Plus, nowadays you can use you phone as a WiFi hotspot.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on September 05, 2011, 04:20:21 pm
Yeah I already have an home phone line, which I split the cost of with my bro. If I get a cellphone, I'll still need my home line, since my bro uses it.

It's just so friggin expensive, like $40 a month for cheapest plans here. Add this to the rent, the internet bill, power bill, etc, that's quite a big chunk of money.

Also iPod Touch won't go online unless you're near a wi-fi connection. For example, if I'm in the bus, I only get internet access during about 1 minute near the Laval Univesity.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Kjelddy on September 05, 2011, 04:23:07 pm
I have seen several busses with WIFI :P (and ridden one once :P)
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on September 05, 2011, 04:24:26 pm
Yeah over here they had wifi in the first two 2010 vehicles they had, but it was only a trial of a possible future service, which lasted 2 months but then got extended for another month. I hope they bring it back. I think in Quebec city they don't even have Wi-Fi in buses either.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on September 05, 2011, 04:32:10 pm
Um... Isn't public, unsecured WiFi a bad thing to use?
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on September 05, 2011, 04:55:58 pm
If you login on sites, yes, but if you be careful and logout I guess it can be fine. After all, I personally would only use it on my iPod or something anyway.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Spyro543 on September 05, 2011, 04:58:39 pm
Or you could do what I did - I took my 3G hotspot with me on a trip and used the secured wi-fi from it :D
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: fb39ca4 on September 06, 2011, 06:29:59 pm
Quote from: Kjelddy on September 05, 2011, 03:17:01 pm
old skool nokia FTW (with broken screen :P)
you can't break those phones :P
My parents have one of those, circa like 2003 or something. The only problem is it now takes an unreasonable amount of force on the zero button for it to register so she's getting a new one. We also have another nokia that has a monochrome screen but we dont use it.

Also, my preferred carrier would be T-Mobile (which my parents use, so there is probably a family bundle or something) or Sprint, because of the fact they are smaller and have to be more competitive.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on September 06, 2011, 06:43:17 pm
T-Mobile was actually my first though, but their service map didn't look too promising where I live. We've had Sprint before, and we had terrible service with them. We didn't want to go with a prepaid because we had Tracfone and it got annoying with the minutes. So that left AT&T and Verizon. My best friend has had both (he's currently with AT&T) and he said Verizon was best, so that's what we went with.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: JoeyBelgier on September 06, 2011, 06:51:25 pm
Got a Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY since previous month (:
Running on latest Android (2.3.3 or smth) My first Android phone :D

My previous phone was an HTC Snap, running on Windows Mobile 6.1 I think, nothing special about that one.
The one before that was a Sony Ericsson W810i with whatever the standard SE OS was back then, it was a nifty littly phone back then, good to play Java games (how many hours I used to spend on playing games with that 5 button 'joystick' and a screen of 178*220 xD ) even the 'heavier' ones in 3D (:
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Yeong on September 06, 2011, 06:55:16 pm
I have samsung acclaim. Don't get this(Do they even sell it anymore?)
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: JoeyBelgier on September 06, 2011, 07:00:42 pm
Quote from: yeongJIN_COOL on September 06, 2011, 06:55:16 pm
I have samsung acclaim. Don't get this(Do they even sell it anymore?)

Yup, still sold at Samsungs' website. What's bad about the phone, though?
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Yeong on September 06, 2011, 07:54:30 pm
slow, f***s up and crashes a lot, no flash support, cant upgrade beyond 2.1, hard to root it...name it all. Oh, and it's droid 2.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: fb39ca4 on September 06, 2011, 08:08:34 pm
Samsung's website says it runs 2.2.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Yeong on September 06, 2011, 08:09:22 pm
well, mine doesn't because it's older version of it.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on September 06, 2011, 09:27:33 pm
My one friend actually has an acclaim. I'll have to ask him about it. But that's why I didn't get a Samsung, I know people have had problems with them. HTC, though, I've heard was generally really good and I haven't had any problems in the 4 days I've had mine lol
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: Yeong on September 07, 2011, 07:49:26 pm
Quote from: t0xic_kitt3n on September 06, 2011, 08:08:34 pm
Samsung's website says it runs 2.2.
Oops. My mistake there... I meant 2.3 :x
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BalancedFury on September 07, 2011, 08:57:17 pm
I have LG Banter.. it's pretty decent except that its not touch screen, not a smart phone, and it can't record videos. The good thing, though, is that it's slide phone, so its easy to txt.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: willrandship on September 07, 2011, 09:14:00 pm
In october, I should be getting a phone. A Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, no less! Free with a new contract :D and it's got better innards than a Pandora.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: JoeyBelgier on September 11, 2011, 06:43:21 pm
Quote from: willrandship on September 07, 2011, 09:14:00 pm
In october, I should be getting a phone. A Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, no less! Free with a new contract :D and it's got better innards than a Pandora.

Yaay :D
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: willrandship on September 11, 2011, 10:35:20 pm
Yeah, I can't wait to root it and have some fun.

Well, I'll probably wait until the warranty's gone, but then I definitely will :P
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BalancedFury on September 12, 2011, 06:08:58 pm
I am getting a new touch screen phone! Yes!
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on September 12, 2011, 07:14:43 pm
Oooo, which one DualBLDR?
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: XVicarious on September 12, 2011, 07:26:09 pm
I wish I could change my vote on the poll now because I just got an Xperia Play. Minecraft.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on September 12, 2011, 07:30:08 pm
Is that the only reason you got it? (It would've been mine if I got that phone xD)
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BalancedFury on September 12, 2011, 08:45:45 pm
Quote from: BlakPilar on September 12, 2011, 07:14:43 pm
Oooo, which one DualBLDR?
I'm getting an I Phone! :w00t:
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on September 12, 2011, 08:48:38 pm
NNOOOOOOOOOO! (I already had my rant about that at the top of some page lol)
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BalancedFury on September 12, 2011, 10:03:12 pm
Lol I still love iphones
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: willrandship on September 14, 2011, 12:14:48 am
As long as you aren't like the mac sales clerk I talked to who said jailbreaking was like putting BBQ sauce on a steak before tasting it :P I can understand not jailbreaking for warranties, risk etc., but for the pride of not having jailbroken it? Really?

it's more like seeing a steak, breaking the window between it and you, and actually eating it instead of just smelling it.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: flyingfisch on September 14, 2011, 12:19:37 am
Actually, its like smelling a steak through a vent in the window, breaking the window, and eating the steak.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: willrandship on September 14, 2011, 12:22:51 am
Only it was your window, so it's totally legal :P The butcher next door is just complaining because of noise ordinances.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: flyingfisch on September 14, 2011, 12:25:09 am
Another analogy: like not hacking an FX-9750GII

Also, what about the pride of being smart enough not to listen to the dumb sales clerk!
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: willrandship on September 14, 2011, 12:26:43 am
Well, considering I've never owned an apple device, I've never gotten the chance to test my intelligence in that way :P
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: flyingfisch on September 14, 2011, 12:27:44 am
same here :P

BTW: have you noticed that apple computers have horible hardware?
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: willrandship on September 14, 2011, 12:33:53 am
Of course I have :P And obscene prices. And really valuable-looking (likely to get stolen because of that) cases, even if they're 10 years old.

I'll take my beige $15 case any day.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: flyingfisch on September 14, 2011, 11:06:25 am
Oh, prices! Give me a second to find a place to puke.

I got my PC for $25. It boots up, shuts down, runs opera and dreamweaver. what more could you want?
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BalancedFury on September 14, 2011, 09:09:15 pm
I can't jail break it... I don't know how. ???
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: willrandship on September 15, 2011, 11:12:37 pm
Google is your best friend in that regard.

@fisch why dreamweaver when you could run something that actually teaches you HTML? :P And be more free.
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: BlakPilar on September 17, 2011, 07:31:43 pm
@will, Dreamweaver because pretty much everything Adobe makes is amazing lol. If you already know HTML, it's very good IMO (I've tried NVU, and own DW CS5.5 and MS Expression 4 Ultimate, all paid for :P)
Title: Re: Types of Cell Phones
Post by: flyingfisch on September 17, 2011, 07:40:16 pm
I agree with BlackPilar. DW is VERY useful if you already know HTML. I've tried Komodo edit, BlueGriffon (they try to get you by making you pay for addons D: ), and Notepad (LOL). also, my dad let me have his (then) Macromedia studio 8 (he didn't use it much), so it is kinda free. For JS and PHP, though, I use aptana studio 3 (free). But all in all, if someone doesn't give me the program, I don't pay for it.