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[HTC Desire S] :
Congratulations Ben! Awesome news! You are in for one awesome ride! My son has his first birthday in two days. It's been mental but fantastic. Best advice for getting through the first two weeks:

Start staying up later before the birth to get used to less sleep. I was used to 4 hours when mine dropped. It helped.

Don't take turns with night feeds. They are every other hour. You'll both be knackered. My wife went to bed at 9pm, and i stayed up until 5am handling all calls and feeds. Then handed over to get to get some sleep. That way someone is always well rested. Worked for us anyway.

Clear some dropbox space cos you're going to be taking photos like nobodies business. You'll have hundreds in days!

It's awesome dude. Very, very pleased for you! :)
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
They might do but like all stores they want experience. They can't just take our word that we know about phones. For paper round, I'm just too lazy :p. I have been applying for months now and haven't had a single interview. :(
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
bugger, is all I'll say.

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Indeed. Genuinely thought we had it towards the end of 90 minutes...
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Saw iPod Touch 5 arrived in Russia today. Dayum, the price here is 200$ bigger than in the US :( Even compared to European price (329€ for 32gig) - it's still about 150$ bigger...

What a shame...

There it is, the device that I wanted for over a year now, and (as usual) I find it to be more expensive, and I haven't got any contacts in the US who could buy me one and send it to me.. so now I have to wait until January, and live in hopes of getting at least some new games for my PS3 or a Nexus 7 32GB + 3G for my b-day or for Christmas (New Year)

They are pretty close in terms of dates, btw. B-day is on December, 16th and New Year is on December, 31st :)
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
as always I blame Nani (even though he scored the best finish of the game) as in the last minutes of the game he had an opportunity to corner flag it to Chicko but instead he tried a pointless trick and we lost position.........and you know the rest

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Thoughts about padfone 2?

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Sounds like a women's sanitary product to me...:p

Tapatalked from my SIII
[HTC Desire S] premsrj:
haha.. that really made me laugh..

I really think its a great piece of hardware. The idea behind it is good.. Now only if it was affordable to me..
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Of course typical Nani, wanting to be the selfish glory man. Over estimates his ability. Funny one of his interviews, he said one day he will be better than C.Ronaldo and Messi.

I suppose we must have done well, we didn't have RVP, Rooney or Kagawa, our main guys. Although Chelsea didn't have Torres, Lampard or Terry...

But anyway, we won the bigger game that counts. (personally)

Looking forward to our Arsenal encounter...
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Agree on all counts. It's certainly been a big week.

I'm off to see my best friend for a couple of days in Cork, Ireland, so will have to find a sky pub or sort out sky go for Saturdays game (as sky application annoyingly doesn't written on rooted phones).

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
So CM File manager in the next build http://t.co/mcahYorH

As someone said and I quote "Bye ES File explorer you have served well"....

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] rayulove69:
been using solid explorer for some months ..really like it...would be great to see how this measures up .. ui looked great holofied..
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
That's what I was thinking. It looks pretty much the same to be honest though with a few small differences.
[HTC Desire S] Sensivity:
I have an issue with installing new CM File Manager. Can't copy apk file to system\app, it says copy failed. Tried with ES Explorer.
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
You need to mount /system as writable ;)
[HTC Desire S] rayulove69:
you guys ever used this app?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bartat.android.elixir
[HTC Desire S] Sensivity:
Wow, CM File Maanger looks great, I think I will use it now, instead of ES. Hope, in future builds it will have thumbnails for pictures and apk.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
I know it may be considered as evil speak ( talk of the devil) by some but as I mentioned above I have a pioneer amplifier vsx2021 that has wonderful air play features, normally I use my laptop (win 7) and iTunes to send music to it, the 150Gb+ music library is stored on a NAS. the household has used itunes for about a decade very happily. as all have owned ipods at some point.

Does anyone use Android to achieve the same?

I believe there is an app called double twist, which has a paid add on that should suffice, but it's £5 add on that's needed doesn't quite guarantee that it supports all airplay units as only a listed few, would be good to hear from experience.

We'll be buying a tablet near Christmas and it's either iPad or nexus 10

Please make your arguments either way..will be used for internet and music (airplay although amp does support.dnla but comes alive from an apple device) as the pioneer apple applications still piss over the quality of the Android equivalent (although they are.slowly getting better)

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Will it support XBMC?

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
not at home now and don't know...on fact ignorantly had never heard of XMBC time for some googling

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Have you guys seen SwiftKey Flow? It's like keyboard perfection! I've always liked swype but to have that feature in SwiftKey would, in my opinion, render all other keyboards useless.

http://www.swiftkey.net/introducing-swiftkey-flow

Definitely signed up for that!
[HTC Desire S] :
I've seen it already yeah :P looks a lot like swype to me but signed up already :)

Hard core SwiftKey user here!
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Same here, love SwiftKey, and flow would be amazing option.

Although the stock 4.2 keyboard looks interesting :)
[HTC Desire S] rain987:
I've use this function before, didnt quite like it maybe because i wasn't used to, but the video u posted make it looked sooo easy and awesome/cool/super awesome/cool².

Guess it's time for me to learn and change.
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
This is ridiculous!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/01/o2_touts_extortionate_tariffs_for_nexus_4_exclusive/

I was really hoping for some lower price contracts. While there is always the Play Store route, I prefer not to spend all my money at once. Crazy :(
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
I'm still glad that I bought my LG 4X HD. £23.50 a month through Phone4U - 200 mins, 3000 texts and 750MB data. And with Nova Launcher on it it's fantastic. Runs NFS: Most Wanted without twitching and it's got all the storage space I could need.
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Wow, just wow. That's horrendous. I do hope the other carriers don't follow suite with this otherwise I guess I can kiss it goodbye in my upgrade

I'm your huckleberry
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
At this price, you would be better off getting an HTC DLX. It's an upcoming device based on the Japanese J- Butterfly. Quad core S4 processor and a mind blowing 1080p SLCD3 display. Of course, it could never compete with the play store price of the N4, the slight improvement in features couldn't justify the massive hike in price.

One more thing - considering the Qualcomm chip set, do you thing the N4 would ever get a usable sense port?
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
In the process of exchanging my Galaxy Tab for a Nexus 7.

The only cons I see with the N7 is that I will lose expandable memory, but I guess 16GB is enough. I will lose my rear camera, but I hardly use it. And I lose the 3G phone/data and GPS connectivity, but I rarely use it.

But apart from that the N7 is superior in almost every way.
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Isn't there a 32GB model already?
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
You're not going to wait and get the 32GB version with 3G capability then?
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Yeah, I love my N7 :D The only bad thing is, there is an entire line of dead pixels about half-way through :( The worst part is that it's not sold here so I can't get it replaced. It was REALLY frustrating initially but now I got used to it.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
I thought of that, but figure that would be seriously pricey, plus the N4 would be a large device for me, so the DLX would probably be pushing it. I don't really need the super screen as don't watch movies on my phone, so would be a waste of processing power (although additional storage and possibly lte would be nice).there isn't a certain release date for the DLX here as yet.

A break from sense may not be a such a bad thing, although only time will tell. ;)

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Well right now I can do a straight exchange for a 16GB. The 32GB will be a bit more expensive...

Haven't really had a good look, but at CEX store, the Tab is only worth £120 if you sell it to them, but £150 for an exchange :(
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Which Tab is it that you've got?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Cex are really bad for selling stuff to, they knock loads of money off if it's not perfect and I do mean perfect, they appear to have a banding system for damage and its really really bad. My old n8 they offered forty quid for and I'm careful with my gadgets. It had a small scratch top right. Ended up selling it back to Vodafone got 110 for it

I'm your huckleberry
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 (the very first original Samsung Tablet). Poor hardware (as of today), but the only thing keeping its value is the 3G and GPS functionality.

I know :(

Don't know where else to take it. They big devices off you for cheap, but then sell it a hell lot more! How does that work?!

I emailed them and asked them to adjust the price of the N7 now the 16GB has replaced the 8GB price point. If so, I hope I can do an almost straight swap, or add less than a tenner on my part.
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
eBay Historical Listing

I'd be tempted to put it on eBay with a starting price of £120 and a reserve of, say, £170 - see where you get with it.
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Hey all,

We have been blessed with a baby boy today morning.

He was born pre-term by 3 weeks.

Both mom and son are doing great.

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Congratulations to you both, I hope mother and son are doing well. :beer::beer::beer:

I'm your huckleberry
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Congratulations to you all on the start of the next chapter of your lives.
[HTC Desire S] rayulove69:
Congratzzz!!!

next in line ben
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Many congratulations and all the best to you all..:D:D:D:thumbup:
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Congratulations Suku :D:D
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Congrats mate!
[HTC Desire S] lowveld:
Congratulations mate!

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

Sent from an undisclosed dimension
[HTC Desire S] :
Congratz sku! All the best!
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Thanks all for the wishes.

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] TatoValverde:
For anyone doubting about buying a N4 (me, for example, because of last "build quality" reviews and storage limits), I think you should know:

This weekend I sold my Desire S (one year old) and bought a Sensation (5 months old), and the difference of price between them in the second hand market was... 15€!!! :laugh:

So I think that instead of spending a hole lot of money in a big upgrade, you could go step by step, spending one year (or just months) with each device, learning about them (I find it quite amusing learning to S-Off, changing Roms, Kernels, etc) by buying them second-hand. I don't know about your respective countries, but right now in Spain we have very good "contracts" without any permanence requirements, and the financing of phones isn't any good anymore, unless you spend more than 50€/month (I pay 15-20€ for all my calls, 1GB HDSPA+, so I will keep buying phones sim-free)

Anyway, this is also a "goodbye" from the forums, and I must say in this 3 days I've learnt to miss this forums, it really IS a friendly place.

Thank you all, specially Lowveld and Amidabuhdda, and hope to see you in the future in any other forums!

Oh yeah, and big congratulations to the recent fathers! :beer:
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
Sry that I'm that late, congratulations and all the best for you and your family :)

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[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Check out the ex HTC desire s lounge thread I created in the N4 forum, you'll find some friendly faces there

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
I finally decided to upgrade to n4 as soon as possible. Who's gonna come with me?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Erm.... most of us by the looks of it

I'm your huckleberry
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
Much fun with the beast, for the price I have been thinking about switching for short, but internal storage without possibility to extend it is a deal breaker for me. Only my picasa sync has already 1 GB ^^

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[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Not that anyone needs any convincing, but here's a review of the N4 - http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...premium-flagship-phone-that-android-deserves/ Never in my life have I seen someone praise something so extensively.
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Well it's a great phone, you just need to be more careful.

DO NOT DROP IT.

Would suggest get a bumper (ala antenna-gate), not a case and show off the sexy back.

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
I'm going to wait for the initial flaws (which I'm sure there will be) to be fixed before I decide to purchase. I've realised my DS still does everything I need it to and can probably hold off until the beginning of next year.
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
You should. The Nexus 7 had quiet a few flaws at launch, all of which seem to be solved in newer batches coming now.
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Lol, I believe you guys do remember that outside Google Play Store you're gonna have to pay twice as much for N4? That's just my case, if I decided to switch over to Nexus 4.

Oh Google, why did you give the chance to LG?
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Well I suppose the solution is buying from the Play Store ;)

Plus LG have done a decent job. Much better than Samsung.
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Tempted by the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" for £119 at CPW. I can sell mine for £126, so I'm actually profiting and gaining next gen hardware!

However, the Tab 2 does not have 3G, which I suppose in my current Tab is keeping the price to be sold secondhand higher. (E.g - secondhand, my old tab resells more than the new tab 2).

Or maybe I should just wait get the N7...?
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
That is actually the problem. Not going into full translation but it says:

"Unfortunately Google Play devices are not available for your country. We are working on bla bla blah"

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Ah misread @Fatality. Sorry about that!

That sucks! So what's the cheapest option for you guys?

I don't understand how different places are so competitive on the nexus 7 but then triple the price of the nexus 4
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Well it is not even announced here yet (Bulgaria is really small market) but there are 600€ rumors :)

I can always use some friend from the UK to order it for me but for now I am not in a rush

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Cheapest solution would probably be going abroad all by myself and ordering the N4 through Play Store, or ask a friend/relative who is currently abroad/lives in other country and ask him/her to buy N4 for me and ship it to Russia.

But yeah, is it strange that (if rumours are true) LG is going to sell N4 much pricier than Google, and yet N7's price is same everywhere
[HTC Desire S] Eclipse_Droid:
I've recently been having a look at the nexus 7. U can get the 32gb version for £195 at cpwh at the moment. Only a 5er more than the 16 gig!

The idea is to use that for some decent games like gta3 and he new nfs. And also for video whilst travelling :D
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Thanks mate :) yeah was looking around and saw that deal!

Do all the 32GB variants have 3G capability? Or are there 2 types of 32GB models?

Yeah after doing some research, going for the N7 now, its much more superior.

Any thoughts on your S2? What have you decided to do? :p
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
There are 2 32Gigs - both with and without 3G. I think the cost difference is £40, which to me makes it a good upgrade option.
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Sales of 32GB+3G start on 13th of November?
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
I believe so. That model is also on the Play Store along with the non-3G model.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
And Looks like the N4 Ex DS thread.has been shut down again, it's been.merged into the general OT thread, nothing like a bit of communication.

Trying not to take it personally, But finding it quite difficult after the poor communication, trying to see both sides of the argument, but feeling censored, by those that obviously know best :(

Thank God for this thread, other wise I'd be seething in a dark corner.

On a positive note, work in half an hour :(, although it is FRIDAY :D :D

The wife and I are off to see Frankie Boyle tomorrow night, which was my Christmas present, I've been waiting a while

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Already in work, so beat you there :p It is really quite disheartening seeing the state of many of the other devices' forums. The ones for the LG 4X are a shambles. People post questions wherever they want, and the Dev forum is full of cr4p that just shouldn't be there, but the Mods seem disinclined to do anything about it. The one time I posted a comment in a thread about misplacing of threads and lack of action by the Mods, my post was deleted but the thread was left in the wrong place - thank goodness I don't actually plan on doing anything to this new phone that would rely on trying to find any information :eek:

I think we have been really spoilt with our Mods here - thanks to them for doing such a great, almost invisible, job. :good:
[HTC Desire S] Eclipse_Droid:
I'm deffo getting the n4. Just not right away. I'm going to give it a week or 2 until we get some real world info through from the early adopters. But I'm keeping the s2 Atleast for a while so I can always fall back to it if I need to.

What's are your plans as of now?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Ive just had a really interesting chat with my local vodafone shop. I was curious about my up coming upgrade so i popped in and asked about the n4. The first reaction was one of complete uncomprehension. After explaining what it was and who it was made by they scuttled about and looked on their terminals and couldnt find any reference to it being released on the network before christmas. After a phone conversation they informed me that it wasnt on the network release yet and my only upgrade option would be the one s. I told then if that was the case then i would probably be cancelling both my contracts as i didnt consider the one s to be any sort of upgrade at all. Im just waiting for them to call me back now as my wifes sensation is also on my contract. Lets see what they have to say...
[HTC Desire S] :
Congratulations! Good times. :)
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Changed my mind personally :p

No intentions of getting one now. My S2 does all I want it to do for a phone and more. I'm just waiting for the JB update to roll out on the 18th and my phone will be even better.

On the other hand, I'm looking to sell my Tab, and buy the N7, and that should satisfy my Android craving, as the N7 has a hell of a lot more horse power that the tab, so I will be using that more (eliminating my need for a Nexus 4 anyway)
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Just used a Galaxy Camera... What a pointless device, however my dad is interested in getting one! :eek:
[HTC Desire S] Eclipse_Droid:
Had a look at a few n7's today whilst going around the shops....

Very nice! I I'm still wondering if I should get 1/if I actually need 1! I just wonder about the size as they seem a little bit small. If only it was 8" screen rather than 7:rolleyes:
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Yeah, what's next, a Galaxy Toaster? So you can play angry birds while making a sandwich :p

BTW, finally comvinced my dad and updated his GS2 to ICS. He really likes it. Is it getting official JB? If yes, when?

No one NEEDS a tablet. Its not for productivity, but entertainment. You can play games, watch movies, TV shows, read books etc. but you can't really get actual work done on one :p
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
My thought exactly. The screen is even smaller than 7" aswell because of the software buttons... Personally, I think Apple got the size right with the iPad Mini, 7.9" feels perfect to be a tablet, not too bug, but also not too small.

Really? Haha, what was holding him back? :) My dad just got the JB update for his S3 last week, and he has no idea what's new with it :p

What does he like about ICS over GB?

Yeah, JB 4.1.2 OTA is expected to roll out 18th November. Really can't wait. It will come with the new TouchWiz 5 from the S3, so it will feel like a complete brand new phone :D
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
No idea, he just didn't want him messing with his phone :p The major thing was that the update was not OTA but through Kies and he was worried about it wiping his data

He loves the new recent apps, swipe to clear notifications, new lockscreen, and I guess it was there before, but there's also an option to show battery percentage. Thanks for the info :)

Edit: Wait a second, TW5 ?!?!? That's awesome. Never seen HTC give a major Sense update to a device. Even the high end (at that time) Sensation didn't get Sense 4.....
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Hehe, yeah from the GB to ICS, there weren't much changes, but when he gets JB, trays gonna be huge!

So how's your general experience with the N7 btw? I've seem you're running custom ROMs om yours, any reason why? I mean from most users I've heard from, the Google experience is so good, they don't feel the need to root.

What benefits do you gain?
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Well, you know how I love AOKP :p Just way more customization. Of course the benifits are less on a Google device as the updates are instant on stock, but it's so painfully easy (and 100% revertable) that you can't help but wonder, why not? Also, running franco kernel which gives sloghtly better performance, and much better battery life.

Seriously, if you just look at the method, (Wug's root toolkit), you'll decide instantly. The entire process took 15 minutes, and that was because my PC wasn't playing well with the drivers. Would've taken even less time :p
[HTC Desire S] Eclipse_Droid:
It sure is a shame that iPad mini isn't a Nexus 8! Are u still planning to take the plunge and get 1 anyway? I'm seriously stuck now:confused: even with the n4, I might hold out until the s2 JB update and see how it is. Assuming it is actually the 18th. Fingers crossed!

I just can't help feeling the nexus 4 + the nexus 7 would be the perfect combo:D
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Kinda redundant IMO. I can see how having a consistant UI on both devices would be nice, but with N4 and iPad, you get the best of both worlds ;) If you do get an iPad, get the full sized iPad 4, the mini sucks. It's a bit cheaper, but strips out the major features.