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[Windows Phone 7 General] Xenithflare:
I'm actually using an LG Quantum and an iPhone 4 (or at least, I was until the iPhone got stolen...); I love both devices, as each compliments the other for what I need to do. Email, text, and Office (plus future Flash support)? WP7. Music, weather, Twitter, Craigslist/eBay, pictures? iPhone.

I can't tell you how much I miss the Camera+ app ALONE. It's like, the only real reason I bought the damn thing in the first place XD None of the current apps in the WP7 marketplace are as good, so it's kind of a bummer.

For syncing notes between my devices, I use DropBox. I dunno what I'd do without it, to be honest.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Dropbox is not comparable to OneNote/EverNote/Catch, Lol. It's not a notetaking app and syncing files is not the same as managing notes in a Notetaking app. Completely different experience.
[Windows Phone 7 General] fosormic:
Yeah, I think simply my hardware is broken as it used to be flawless as well. I'm 100% stock (except root, hopefully no malware). Don't want to mess around with TMO customer service. They are nice guys and already replaced it like 3 times (plus the HD7 once). I'll just wait for the GS-II. Btw, just put the SIM in my Nexus and aaargh, its data connection is useless grrr.

I live in Houston. Signal is fast, very fast, when you get one. I think I'm gonna switch back to my AT&T Kaiser even if w/o 3G for a few days until my "superphones" come to their senses :D

LOL
[Windows Phone 7 General] fosormic:
|OP|: Can you add a poll?
[Windows Phone 7 General] thesecondsfade:
I came from Android on HD2 when I bought my HD7. I thought I was going to miss some of the features that WP7 was lacking compared to Android but after using HD7 for about a week, I was sold and I haven't had any need or desire to pick up the HD2 again. It's a lot better than Android.

Some of N8ter's complaints are true, but if you just want a pleasant experience without hassling with your phone all day to get it how you want it or from lagging so bad that you can't even answer a phone call, WP7 is definately a great primary device. There's no need to bring around an Android. I have never had any problems with reception and/or sound quality. Call quality is just as good as any other device I have ever used.

Features don't matter when you can't get the device to perform fluidly. There are so many problems with Android, similar to the problems of WinMo that it's a breath of fresh air to have a device that has very few problems and doesn't lag like crazy. I would probably rather carry around a Galaxy Tab or an iPad than to carry around two phone-sized devices. If anything I would carry an iPhone, not an Android. iPhone is better than Android IMO because it generally works better.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
You come from an HD2, which is just as bad IRT speakers and call quality as the HD7. The speakers are just mildly better and of course they are on the front of the phone so it makes it a bit easier to hear them. That's more of a placebo effect, though.

But the cell radio seems to be the same as the HD2 and it's consistently 2 bars behind the Vibrant with factorably worse call quality and data speeds. I used to use the HD2 as my secondary device, so I'm pretty familiar with it's weak radio and speakers.

I linked like 6 sources where people were complaining about the ****ty radio and speakers in the HD7 in aonther thread here, and I can probably find 100 more. There are numerous threads on the T-Mobile and HTC forums complaining about it as well.

Lots of people are sticking with manufacturers like Samsung and LG chiefly because of the bad battery life, weak radios, and ****ty sound in the HTC phones - particularly their large touch screen devices which all seem to use the same base design and in many cases the same base components as well (Screen, Speakers, Sound, etc.).

Additionally, the Andorid FUD is getting a bit unbearable. So laggy you can't answer a call? Seriously? The HD2 has reported to outperform native Android devices when running from an SD Card. I find that hard to believe (not because it's never happened to me, but because it sounds odd and unbelievable).

We don't carry two phones because we want to. We carry two phones because we HAVE to. WP7 may work fine for you, but for many of us it's inadequate and simply cannot perform functions we need it to perform. These aren't niche functions, either, so I dunno why you people are trying to make us look like "special case users." We are not.

And even if I did get an iPad or other tablet, I would have a WiFi pad and the WP7 would still become a hamper because you cannot tether on most of them without hacking into your phone (which is imposible if your phone has the NoDo update on it, or it shipped with NoDo like the HTC Arrive). Many of us who use both phones with SIM do it as an Add-On line with a 200 MB data plan on the extra SIM card, which costs about as much as tethering. A data plan for a tablet is 150-200% more expensive than that...

Finally, a Tablet can't make calls, and I'd rather not own the phone than be stuck having to make and recieve calls on the HD7, which barely gets reception here while my Vibrant can make/recieve calls/SMS just fine even without WiFi Calling active.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Having used both OS'es I say the WP7 fluidity opposed to Android "problems" and "lags" is just a myth.
[Windows Phone 7 General] fosormic:
Still, it is a valid answer. The purpose of the thread (I believe) is to find the proportion of just WP7's versus dual and indeed is giving us a lot of info... Some will be quite happy with WP7 alone -HD7 issues aside, let's not concentrate on those as there are more WP7 sets around-.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
fud

ios fud: omg i'm locked in an 'ecosystem' (that was the funniest description of an effing PHONE i've ever seen) and can't escape !

android fud: omg it lags so bad i can't make/ recieve a call (awesome fud, encompasing both the lag fud and the omg-i'm-going-to-die-if-i-don't-see-fluid-colors-motions-this-nano-second!)

wp7 fud: omg they'll NEVER UPDATE THIS PHONE - because M$ will, eventually update it, and add the same features everyone else has. might not be on time, or work for samsung users at all, but they will, someday.

fud is a very nice self-imposed filtering method. when a user claims one of the above omg fud's.... we can assume they really either dont know, or just dont care to try to know. either is great, cause we don't have to read the whole post to know there is some ignorance happening.

sweet. bring the fud !
[Windows Phone 7 General] fishbowlhead:
Im currently using my new optimus7 which i got on an upgrade recently, plus im still using my defy.

Optimus7 does everything i need it for except one thing, turn by turn navigation, for that android cant be beat for free. Though there's no option to even buy by turn by turn navigation software on wp7, why is that?

But i love how god dam buttery smooth everything is on wp7, definitely a breath of fresh air coming from the hero and defy which are both pretty laggy devices.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
TBH, 1 year is long ass time in mobile timeframes for a feature update when the feature disparity is so high between the platforms - comparatively speaking.

And yea, the iOS one is hillarious, especially when iOS is generally jailbroken within a week (if not a day) after an update ships :P It usually comes from Android fans that wildly advocate rooting, too :P

Android isn't the most performant OS, but the description the poster I replied to provided was just too much. I had to say something.

For the record I have an HD2 with stock WM 6.5 w/ Sense and it has never given me any issues from a software standpoint. Apps and Hardware support is the primary reason why I would not even consider a Windows Mobile device rigiht now. I'm not good enough to fill the marketplace with all the stuff it's missing right now...
[Windows Phone 7 General] MO3iusONE:
I've said this before but, WP7 is, at this point still pretty young. Dont get me wrong, its nicer looking and smoother than Android but, I just feel that I could be more efficient with Android. Whether its having different style unlock screens, or widgets, it just works well. I sometimes feel that WP7 is more show and no go, or at least at this point thats how it seems. When I had my Dell Venue Pro, I always had my Droid Pro in my pocket, not so much because I like Android better overall, but mainly because I'd get such horrible service with Tmobile, so when trying to send a text message via Google Voice, it would justhang on the screen, or it would be a hassle having to start up a program over and over again (lack of multitasking)

In the end, my biggest concern is google voice, notes, and gmail calendar. I'm sure in time WP7 will be the OS that I want it to be. its Micorsoft, they got money.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
You're wrong here. JDB Pocketware offers an Evernote app for WP7: Here you go.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jz9833:
The problem with android is that after you have had a nexus one nothing else really compares. It was so nice to get supported directly through google and have the greatest dev community possible. Not even the NS dev community can really compare to what the nexus one used to have.

Unfortantely my n1 broke and I was forced to get a vibrant. I went from 2.2 back to 2.1 and had no hope to see an upgrade. This ruined the android experience for me (on top of everything else sammy) so i got an HD7. WP7 is the smoothest OS I've ever seen and its music integration is top notch, however, it was annoying loosing out on so many features.

Recently I bought a Thunderbolt and while I love 4G LTE it still has all the old pitfalls of android. Lets be honest guys the iOS app store and WP7 marketplace are far more of a premium environment than that joke google calls the market. Netflix still isnt on android and thats a very sad joke and who knows when we will see hulu plus.

Unfortantely there still isnt a perfect phone OS.

iOS: Can't side load apps, no file explorers, etc.

WP7: Lack of features (i know its still new but there is still no 4G WP7 phone)

Android: The crap market and slight lagginess inspite of the best hardware.

It all depends on picking the worst of evil for yourself.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
3. Editing notes only supported for text notes.

And then:

1.Cannot attach photo from camera

2.Cannot attach image from gallery

3.Has Ads

Not really useful for serious note takers. And the 1st party EverNote app won't hav Ads in it (I just can't stand them, especially when there isn't a paid version available with full functionality and no ads available for purchase).

But yea, an app does exist. My bad...
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
I was unaware that any of us were looking for a "perfect phone OS" - which will never exist because different users are different and different users' requirements are different.

We're just looking for what works best for us as individuals.

The showstopper with iOS for me is the screen size. If the iPhone had a 4" screen, I'd have one. But 3.5" is too small. Way too small, for me.

If the next iPhone has a 3.7-4" screen I will jump all over it, though.

P.S. Search for apps on Amazon's App market and then just get them by name from the Android market if you don't wanna sift through the cruft :P
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
Really? What's the point in all your "WP7 has nothing Android doesn't have" posts then?
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
What's the point in your wp7 > Android posts then? Its for discussion, and I'm laying out reasoning why it doesn't meet my requirements. Ou act like I'm some isolated incident. Explore opinions outside of this forum someday :)

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[Windows Phone 7 General] inmnbob:
I have both Evo shift And Arrive . Like them both. More functionally in Android currently but I prefer the interface of Win phone
[Windows Phone 7 General] thesecondsfade:
It's not FUD to say that I could not answer some calls with Android on HD2 because it happened to me several times. If you want to use many of Android's multitasking apps (ie:Lookout), it bogs down the system a lot... often to the point where one cannot answer a call. Not FUD at all.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
My roomate uses Lookout on his phone. It works well and doesn't bog it down (he has a Vibrant as well). I don't, because I'm smart enough that I can use a Windows 98 PC with IE5 and not get infected with malware.

Android automatically shuts down unneeded tasks when RAM is low. There is a small performance penalty when it shuts stuff down (just like when a computer is swapping stuff to disc), but it's not enough to where anyone would be unable to answer a call due to lag. The HD2 had more RAM than most pre 2011 (Dual Core) phones, as well (the TMOUS version, I'm referring to since I see you're from the US). 576 vs. the 512 that most had (with 448 accessible to apps, vs. 304 available to apps on the Vibrant, for example)...

Not that it matters, most people who want an Android phone will buy one, and WinMo's reputation was so terrible that the vast majority of users who want Android aren't in the position where they have to put it on an HD2 to use as a daily driver.

Also, like any sane developer, I give 0.5 ****s if your hack up uber modded HD2 running an unsupported OS works fine or not...

That being said, the general consensus among HD2 Android users contradict your experiences wildly. Either you did something wrong, or you're just spewing FUD. The HD2 is wildly reported to perform as good if not better than many native Android devices, even running the OS from an SD card. Go read their forums...

If I can make calls with 5+ apps in the background on a Vibrant with significantly less App-Accessible RAM - probably one of the laggiest devices ever released to the general public (Thanks Samsung/RFS) - I have trouble believing the HD2 was lagging so badly that you couldn't even answer a call.

Yes, Android phones lag - like the Galaxy S lag machines did - but that is often not really the case of the base OS, but rather an odd modification made by the manufacturer. Galaxy S lag has much to do with Samsung's use of their proprietary RFS filesystem (which stalled the system on write operations especially), not the OS choice used...
[Windows Phone 7 General] theclueless:
i definitely love the cleanliness of wp7, but the lack of asian languages input, no good IM app, and quality of games are pretty big deal breaker for me; hope the mango update will address these issues... especially games :D

android is a good os, but not optimized as it should for release quality product; the openness of the market is great, but lack of quality control means more junk apps than it should
[Windows Phone 7 General] thesecondsfade:
You really like hearing your self talk don't you? or I guess seeing yourself type... I have no energy to argue with you about this. You can sit there and tell people they're spewing garbage all day but it doesn't change that different people have different experiences than your own dude. Chill out. I don't have anti-virus software on my computer either. You're not a genius. My wife uses my computer too and she's not tech-savvy at all... and we still don't get viruses. Get off your high horse.
[Windows Phone 7 General] woodbane:
Plus, I thought I read that Evernote was coming to WP7 anyway?

I moved from Android to WP7 - HTC Aria to a Samsung Focus.

I had lots of fun with all the rooting and ROM flashing on the Aria....for a while. After I'd had the Aria a couple of months I realized I was actually tweaking and modding the damned thing more than I was using it!

I went the WP7 route and have never been happier. I love the platform as it is and am excited to see what Mango brings. I think we're going to see a real surge in quality devices with the Nokia merge as well. I've used many high end Nokia phones and the hardware is generally kick-ass. Symbian isn't so bad, just different and a bit dated in todays smartphone world but it is rock solid and I've never owned another Smartphone that would go 5 days on a single charge!

To reinforce my decision to go WP7, a work colleague came in after this last weekend gushing over her new HTC Inspire she had upgraded to and wanted me to set up her work email and a few other bits.

After playing with it for an hour or so and setting it up for her, my immediate thoughts were:

Android is just too fragmented compared to WP7

It seems to take many more steps to achieve the same things I do on WP7 in half the time, it just seemed harder to set it all up.

Shockingly, even though I know the interface can be tweaked to the nth degree on Android, I found the user interface a bit "dated" already!

I'm happier than ever I made the switch, WP7 just feels way more natural as a phone OS to me

Don't get me wrong, Android is a great OS with many, many cool features and is a tweakers dream but for a solid smartphone experience that's slick, user friendly, and is (hopefully) just going to keep getting better as the OS matures - I think Microsoft is really on to something with WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Tone_:
Sounds like it

http://forum.evernote.com/phpbb/vie...sid=39d42534053a8c0711ec19d93de1b062&start=75
[Windows Phone 7 General] thesecondsfade:
Glad to hear that Android is a good choice for meth-heads :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] mikkybukky82:
I carry both two phones too but use Omnis 7 as my main phone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
What high horse?

Getting viruses is for re-re's. If you're not getting them, that doesn't make you smart, it just means you have an IQ above 60'ish.
[Windows Phone 7 General] thesecondsfade:
Don't use it as an example of how you're smart if you don't think it makes you smart.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Yes, it means you have an IQ about 60'ish.

That's the threshold for Mental Retardation.

I said "I'm smart enough" to imply that getting infected with a virus involved some level of stupidity. That's why I used the overexaggeration of using Windows 98 with IE5...

WTS Reading Comprehension and Critical Thinking Skills...
[Windows Phone 7 General] lynxinteractive:
Currently using an LG Optimus V as my "Everyday" phone. I develop and play on an LG Quantum and an HTC HD7. I love WP7 and would use it as my everyday phone in an instant, except for the fact that I am currently paying $25 a month for my Opitmus V on Virgin Mobile for 300 minutes - unlimited text / data. If I went to a carrier with WP7 I would end up paying 3x more for a lesser plan. Will be getting a company phone as soon as the Trophy hits Verizon. So this Android / WP7 thing should come to an end for me in a day or two.
[Windows Phone 7 General] juggking:
i do carry one

yes, I still hav a premium one that I carryt around I try all the time to make it work
[Android General] ludroid:
This is a Wish List for any ideas for future development.

Posting a wish here means, the wish author/dreamer does agree, that it is a gift to the dev. community with no future rights of any kind for that dreamer.
[Android General] ludroid:
My initial wish:

camera app for night vision - giving clear pics/movies in black darknes

- me as a noob - dreamer think, that the app could be written based on standard cam app with light filters altered

- now IR is filtered away to give a clear picture within standard light conditions

- what if somebody will filter away a visible range of light with IR filtering removed (filters will remove visible light instead of IR)

- next feature for the app could be automat swich between standard and Infra Red light spectra being active based on light intensity (e.g. below 10 lux it will go to night vision mode)

In result, there will be a camera app alloving the movie taking on suny beach and continue into dark cave without movie interruption having always bright picture
[Android General] killersnowman:
The IR filtering is almost certainly done in hardware. Its called a low pass filter and would have to be physically removed to allow ir night vision.

However the last point of high dynamic range video could be done in software, but not with infrared

From something awesome
[Android General] ludroid:
Hi , isn't it possible to write a code which can switch OFF/and ON that part of hardware?
[Android General] shubhamjain001:
but for that your hardware must support it...
[Captivate General] RonH54:
I am wanting to go from my present 4 gig Ext. SD Card to a 16 gig one. I am looking at this one:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003WIRFD2/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_4

Has anyone tired this one, it should be fine...Correct?

Thanks
[Captivate General] Jemack:
I have a 32 gig kingston technologies sd card in my phone and it works as advertised. But beware.... I bought one from someone at my work that I did not know, same brand, looked identical to the kingston technologies technologies, markings and all. Worked for two days then never again. Called kingston, read them serial number and was advised that it was fake. You are buying from amazon so I would assume you wouldn't run into that.
[Android Apps and Games] CharlieBravo117:
Hey guys,

I'm looking for a police siren app. However, the ones currently out there don't meet my expectations. I just want a button that, when pressed, plays a police siren. BUT... I only want the siren to play for as long as I hold the button. All the ones that I can find simply play the sound clip in its entirety once the button is tapped.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh5abiking:
Hello, I'm sorry to be posting on a matter like this, but can someone please help me?

Before you read, let me clarify a few things: I am not a noob when it comes to the rooting scene. I'm an avid Linux user, and I know most of the key commands, I've rooted both my HTC Magic and HTC Dream without using a one-click app like SuperOneClick or Z4Root, I did it all from scratch. I'm well aware of the dangers that come with rooting, and I always take special precautions when it comes to flashing certain stuff. The only custom ROMs I've used are Virtuous and Cyanogenmod.

I've had my G2 for a little less than a full month. I perma-rooted it, I got S-OFF on it, and all that stuff. Today, I was attempting to unroot my G2 using theunlockr's tutorial, however after i finished entering the last mmcblk0p17 command, and I turned the device off, I accidentally tripped on the charging cord, and it came off. The charging LED still was orange even though the cable wasn't connected.

When I tried turning the phone on into HBoot mode, it wouldn't boot up.

When I tried turning on the device regularly, it's not turning on either.

I tried a few battery pulls, and I left the device untouched for a few hours, and still nothing. Is there a chance I bricked my device? Or is it one of the G2's many dysfunctions that I've read about on the community forums when I was searching for a solution to my problems.

All help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time.

-

teh5abiking
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratchetrizzo:
Sounds like you bricked it if something happened while it was writing to a partition.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh5abiking:
Really? so there's nothing I can do?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lainvalenajr:
I wonder why it won't turn on though. I kind of did the same thing but I had my battery fully charged. I guess since it won't turn on am guessing that something happened during the flashing of stock Rom process but still you should still be able to power up your phone. Did it drop when you triped?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh5abiking:
Uh, care to help me out?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericc191:
In this situation, I would try all that stuff again. If still no luck.. call T-Mobile and play dumb. If the phone is bricked, that's your only recourse and it does work most of the time. GL.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonione:
Try pluging the charger for a while and then try to turn it on
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbradberry:
Ther