You are pretty much listing the issues associated with developing an OS for specific hardware, vs developing for people to run on their own hardware.
Out of the box, iOS is better. Agreed, and this is from a person that hates Apple :)
To get true enjoyment out of your Android phone you are best trawling the xda related forum. An experiencing custom roms. The rom cooking community for Android is AMAZING, and they produce unspeakable results. The advantage of Android comes over time, the more you learn about the phone, the software, and having a look into the communities for tweaks/hacks/updates is where Android destroys its competition.
[url]http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1204[/url]
([url]http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1204[/url])Check it out, have a play, come back with more results :P
Out of the box, iOS is better. Agreed, and this is from a person that hates Apple :)
To get true enjoyment out of your Android phone you are best trawling the xda related forum. An experiencing custom roms. The rom cooking community for Android is AMAZING, and they produce unspeakable results. The advantage of Android comes over time, the more you learn about the phone, the software, and having a look into the communities for tweaks/hacks/updates is where Android destroys its competition.
[url]http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1204[/url]
([url]http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1204[/url])Check it out, have a play, come back with more results :P
Won't ever go back to iOS unless Android really drops the ball and gets filled with shit.Agree. There's no way to tell if it will, but it may, so may iOS. So its always good to have options.
Looks good. I'm liking how they say it makes the phone faster. It just seems sluggish at the moment.Yea the standard Samsung TouchWiz UX is terrible. There's a lot better options out there. If you can get MIUI for the SGS2 I'd recommend trying that. Its a compromise to the iOS look and feel, and it has a lot of standard kernel optimizations. After that, if you use iTunes for your music look into doubleTwist. Supposedly it can sync with iTunes including all your playlists etc..
so is there someone on here that has
A) gone from iPhone with iOS4 (or even 3.2) to andriod and truly enjoyed it....
B) gone from Andriod to iPhone and hated it (for genuine reasons not just cause everyone loves to hate apple)
Asking people is the best way to get the best app's
Good for simpletons, old people, or hipsters.
When you are in the keyboard, say typing in a username for a website login, how do you 'tab' to the next input box? (ie password). On iOS, there was always a 'next' box on the keyboard.
What keyboard are you using? There is a next on the "android" one , but not on the swype one i am using now.
Did anyone read what i said.No.
That's what I have heard time and time again.
Feels horrible. Specs are pretty up there but it's put together rather cheaply.
I hate to say it, but the iPhone 4 is the best looking cellphone. Not sure about how it works as I've never used a 4th gen one before.
I've spent many hours fiddling with my android and you do need far too much time to get it to exactly how you want it... However... after you have had one android phone and then move to your next one you'll be able to do everything much quicker. Nice to see the review/thoughts and cheers for putting it on front page Arsey.
Uhm for sms I use handcent.
My favourite keyboard is the gingerbread. It has tab and double space = full stop..
I've spent many hours fiddling with my android and you do need far too much time to get it to exactly how you want it... However... after you have had one android phone and then move to your next one you'll be able to do everything much quicker.
Nice to see the review/thoughts and cheers for putting it on front page Arsey.
Look at [url]http://www.villainrom.co.uk[/url] as out of all the roms I tried for my hero it was firstly the most stable/fastest/least buggy roms.
1/2 second is a major issue?
1/2 second is a major issue?.
$#@! YES.
We have thefastestmost powerful phone in the world, why do we have to wait a second if we want to check the time?
Jesus Christ it drives me insane.
Just installed MIUI Rom. Very much liking this!Kekekeke, yea its the ultimate middle ground between iOS and Android. Has serious iOS look and feel but you don't lose anything android. In the absurdly large amount of ROM's I've tried it is definitely the stand out one.
Just installed MIUI Rom. Very much liking this!
Link?
But probably the most common use is to install a thing called installous which is a pirate version of the appstore where you get all your crap for free.
This thread only compares Android to jailbroken iOS. Stock iOS, in my opinion, is shit.Android "Stock" (can include TouchWiz or other variants) or iOS stock? What be your say?
What you've said here is exactly the thing about Android that both frustrates me and excites me. I dislike that I have to work like a developer to my hardware working to the point I want it at, but yet it also excites me that I can do that work, and be rewarded hugely for not only the current handset, but likely many in the future. It is also a thought I have about Tablets, and my iPad vs. Android Tab argument with myself continues to rage lol.
Also what launcher do you use?
Its a worry that in the past few months Apple have hired Comex, one of the great iOS Dev Team who are responsible for our jailbreaks. They have also hired another prominent jailbreak developer and it looks like they are about to take Musclenerd ([url]http://modmyi.com/content/5315-jailbreakers-befuddled-musclenerd-s-mysterious-visit-apple.html[/url]).
If you're too dumb to learn to customize and work an Android phone, you are too dumb to successfully jailbreak an iPhone.
Custom rommed and modified...you'll have to change your rom and try new ones out then comment again :)
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This thread only compares Android to jailbroken iOS. Stock iOS, in my opinion, is $#@!.
I would like to hear you thoughts on an HTC. My mate bought a Smamsmung and hated it, went to HTC and like it a heap better. Smoother, more stable etc.
I would like to hear you thoughts on an HTC. My mate bought a Smamsmung and hated it, went to HTC and like it a heap better. Smoother, more stable etc.
Wow, very interdasting thread Berg.
...to satisfy my ... fiddler self...All I read from that. :F
if you're not using miui or cyanogen you're doing it wrong
also:
[url]http://www.calque.ch/signa/[/url]
[url]http://www.myriadgroup.com/Device-Manufacturers/%7E/link.aspx?_id=19B4E921058D4E159AE1812484F11C1A&_z=z[/url]
Where is your God now?
Still not happy with the clunky texting and desperately miss the range of accessories and car docks.The Apple keyboard is horrendous compared to the keyboards you can get for android. SwiftkeyX is incredible, and the only reason not to get is being too much of a fatty to go without a coke one day.
Soon we'll be installing Android in out brains.
We'll be running out of power mid-way through the day.
And now that I'm back on my laptop, some more things I find frustrating with Android keyboards- text selection.
On all Roms I've tried, selecting text for cutting or copying is far more difficult than on iOS. Putting the damn curser precisely where I want it is a mission- despite the S2's very large screen.
So if I type out a paragraph, read through it and find a mistake- going back to fix it usually takes 3 or 4 attempts and becomes more frustrating than its worth. I guess the iOS magnifying glass method is probably patented, but it makes cursor positioning and text selection as incredibly fast, easy and intuitive as it should be.
Keyboards and text editing are one of the main reasons I want to go back to iOS.
There's not a single thing I miss about Android.
I have iTunes back
I love iPhone.
Anyone find it a bit annoying that htc one doesn't have a physical home button, like the galaxy. I always find those soft touch buttons annoying as shit.
My prediction: Next iPhone will be almost identical to the iPhone 5.
Yet despite great reviews all round they have been a commercial failure, and it doesn't surprise me.
I walked into the Telecom store and told the guy I want an HTC One.
He gave me a 'are you serious?' look, and asked if I was sure and if I had looked at the galaxy 4. I said yes but I wanted an HTC One. He proceeded to tell me the HTC One has a 'really bad' camera and the galaxy 4 is far more popular. He said people prefer the galaxy 4 because it has a way better camera and way more 'features' (wtf?).
If I wasn't a savvy consumer I'd have walked out with a galaxy 4 for sure.
Do distributors make more money off them or something?
Yet despite great reviews all round they have been a commercial failure, and it doesn't surprise me.
I walked into the Telecom store and told the guy I want an HTC One.
He gave me a 'are you serious?' look, and asked if I was sure and if I had looked at the galaxy 4. I said yes but I wanted an HTC One. He proceeded to tell me the HTC One has a 'really bad' camera and the galaxy 4 is far more popular. He said people prefer the galaxy 4 because it has a way better camera and way more 'features' (wtf?).
If I wasn't a savvy consumer I'd have walked out with a galaxy 4 for sure.
Do distributors make more money off them or something?
Loving the HTC One...
Get a room you two.
And setup a camera with a live feed to the forums so the rest of us can watch.
Get a room you two.
And setup a camera with a live feed to the forums so the rest of us can watch.
That'd be a sin. I didn't die for this shit to continue
Stop fucking up my thread, fuckholes.
The HTC One really is fantastic, but the build quality is inferior to iPhone.
I've had mine what, 2 months? And its already got bits breaking off it. I was in a hurry one day and tried to put the charger in the wrong way around (as you always do with USB, wrong way first). I didn't press especially hard, and its broken off a big chunk of plastic around the USB port.
5 years of iPhones, and thousands of times trying to put an iPhone charger in the wrong way, and nothing ever broke.