Android Appreciation Thread

He was amazed by the display, the speed, the video quality and the Swype keyboard mainly.

I would have to agree. loving the Swype.

Sky Go in development.
Hurry the F**k up.

I have got an Android Samsung Ace. New to Android. It is good compared to other cr@p out there.

Impressed with Swiftkey X as a keyboard application - very good learning app. It learns the new words and also know how we normally use them in a text. Money will spent.

One question. How can I lock my phone manually? I know it has an inbuilt timer but I would like to do it manually.

Thanks.

I have got an Android Samsung Ace. New to Android. It is good compared to other cr@p out there.

Impressed with Swiftkey X as a keyboard application - very good learning app. It learns the new words and also know how we normally use them in a text. Money will spent.

One question. How can I lock my phone manually? I know it has an inbuilt timer but I would like to do it manually.

Thanks.

Not sure it's the same with all the phones but pressing the power button locks mine.

Not sure it's the same with all the phones but pressing the power button locks mine.

Perfect. Thanls - that did it.

As an avid iPhone enthusiast, I just thought I'd wander in here and state my approval (so far) of the missus' new Galaxy S II.

Fantastic screen, very quick. Not as smooth or slick as my 4S but looking to be a real contender.  Any useful tips for a first time Android user?

Don't forget gang the 4G phones are out this year and will offer a lot more!!

Get viber on both your phones Joey.

Kinda can't wait till my contract is up.  Got the mytouch 4G.  And with the way the new phones are improving, damn ill be getting a beast.  Think mine is up around semptember.  Hoping they have the 82mps phones out then. 

On someone mentioning the HTC edge, only flaw I see with it is the mps on it.  Since tmobile usa plan on having 82mps out by the end of the year.  So it seems it will be outdated in terms of carrier network pretty quick.  I believe the galaxy 2s are already at that carrier network speed.  On the plus though, a quad core will just be beast. 

i'm gonna go android very soon. probably this week. going to finally replace my near death iphone 3gs with an HTC sensation XE, the smaller type, don't need those big silly headphones or a gigantic screen as i'm going to be picking up the asus transformer prime, wicked looking tablet with a nice keyboard, should be a good device between the lappy and phone!

XE is great. One of the few HTC's out at the moment with a dual core processor!

Think of getting the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Ice Cream Sandwich on it. Does anyone else have this yet, phone or OS version?

Looks like a great phone!

Galaxy Nexus review

Anyone had any experience with Android tablets?

Think of getting the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Ice Cream Sandwich on it. Does anyone else have this yet, phone or OS version?

Looks like a great phone!

Galaxy Nexus review

had 1 a week upgrade from a htc desiere the nexus is amazing pal so much fasternd and smoother because of ics its way better than the mrs iphone 4s plus there is no phone carrier crap on it or phone maker like htc sense and motorbler or watever it is ,its just a pure android phone

I have the samsung galaxy ace at the moment and i am desperate to get the google nexus, doubt i will have it till this time next year though.

im gonna get the samsung galaxy note ASAP. looks crazy a lot of the latest samsung phones seem pretty similar but this has a gigantic screen and i was looking at a phone/tablet for portable TV.

not exactly sure how the OS upgrades work but hopefully i'll have ICS on it!

Galaxy S3 Anyone?





Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III at a glance:

General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 850/900/1900/2100 MHz, HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps; 4G (regional))

Form factor: Touchscreen bar phone

Dimensions: 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm, 133 g

Display: 4.8" 16M-color HD (720 x 1280 pixels) Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass

CPU: Quad-core 32nm ARM Cortex A9 1.4 GHz processor, Exynos 4212 Quad chipset

GPU: Mali-400MP

RAM: 1GB

OS: Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Memory: 16/32/64GB storage, microSD card slot

Camera: 8 megapixel auto-focus camera with face detection, touch focus and image
stabilization; Full HD (1080p) video recording at 30fps, LED flash, 1.9MP front facing camera, video-calls

Connectivity: Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0+HS, standard microUSB port,
GPS receiver with A-GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, FM radio, TV-out, USB-on-the-go, NFC

Battery: 2100 mAh

Misc: TouchWiz 4.0 UI, DivX/XviD codec support, built-in accelerometer, multi-touch input, proximity sensor, gyroscope sensor, Swype text input, RGB light

Delaying my new phone may just have paid off.

Delaying my new phone may just have paid off.

Racer mate, who are you with? I can probs sort you out on a deal for Meteor/Emobile when it's out.

I'm with O2.
Thanks for the offer though.

I can probs sort you out on a deal for Meteor/Emobile

Whooo?

The most interesting thing will be the 1.4GHz quad-core processor. Let's see how the battery copes. The S2's battery was rather poor.

Looks an excellent phone, and I'm sure it will be a great phone, Racer.

The S2's battery was rather poor.

Depends how you use the phone. I use Advanced Task Killer which I press before putting the phone down each time to kill background apps. I don't have the screen on full brightness unless it's a really sunny day so it's harder to see and I use the in-built power saving which changes settings when the battery drops to a certain level. Most importantly, I disable background data when I don't need it. For example when I'm at a pc so can check emails / Facebook etc anyway. The battery lasts all day then even if I'm playing Words with Friends or Draw Something half of the day, which is no different to the iPhone.