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[Desire General] Vlad_M:
Don't think so. The iPhone 4 just made the next generation of Android devices obsolete, not the mention the current one. Every objective person will concur with this.
[Desire General] Cynabal:
Do you work for apple? lol
[Desire General] hellrisingiwan:
sorry but can u point out HOW? because as far as i know new iphone is a old iphone + front camera ( seriously have u ever used it once on your previouse phones ?!?! ) and screen..
[Desire General] Vlad_M:
Nope, why?
[Desire General] cpainchaud:
Only if you care about Face to Face video calls (which is fun but will be boring after a few tries), there is no software feature I would like to be added.

On the hardware part, it's a nice machine and I hope manufacturer will catch soon.
[Desire General] Vlad_M:
Yeah, just the camera and screen. Like the first iPhone was just a touchscreen.
[Desire General] Cynabal:
sigh...

Troll detector is tingling,

Id like you to point out what features the iphone4 has that makes phones that aren't known about obsolete?

But im really not in the mood to argue with a troll.
[Desire General] Vlad_M:
Please dude, get something better than "troll" accusations just because I am stating my opinion. I made this thread long ago, got my Desire in the meantime, and am just commenting on the just released iPhone.

Tingle me that. :rolleyes:
[Desire General] Cynabal:
Well like the old saying goes opinions are like arseholes everyones got one, but I still dont know how you can say the iPhone 4 is better that the next generation of Android handsets? do you work for HTC or Motorola and had a sneaky peek at some of there next gen hardware? if so give us some insight into why the iPhone 4 is so much better?
[Desire General] hyaenidae:
i beg to differ and as you refuse to support your claim with any facts, I see no reason trying to fight your (very subjective) opinion
[Desire General] boge:
nope, I won't get bored of that.. my gf lives so far away from me, and each time we would like to see each other, we have to sit in front our laptop, and using skype or yahoo messenger.. it's kindda annoying...

and now, if we can do that only using a phone... it will be a lot advantage for us... and no, I won't get bored seeing my gf on cam... hehe...

other than that, a retinal screen is also tempting... and the resolution is better than desire...

don't get it wrong.. I like my desire, it's a very good one... but free video call... I just can't resist it...
[Desire General] Vlad_M:
For starters, just compare the screens. On paper, the screen in the Desiree (and the Evo) is just as good as the one in the iPhone (marginally worse). However, factor in the fact that Desire is using the AMOLED pentile screen, which is so obvious thanks to the saturated, off colours and jagged lines, and you start to get the picture. Ditto with the battery (see my other thread).

Thing is, you're set to argue, so will throw paper specs and the like at me.
[Desire General] jabok:
I got bored of seeing your girlfriend on cam after 10 minutes... good luck with your iPhone making it any better! :p
[Desire General] friedgoldmole:
The new iphone is definitely better speced than the desire, and anyone that denies this is disillusional, the processor is probably on par being a 1GHZ Cortex A8 Core, but the GPU definitely is better.

The screen is higher resolution, slightly, though due to the AMOLED pentile matrix used in the Desire its probably significant (considering the difference between droid and desires screen is fairly obvious when placed side by side, my Dad has a Droid/Milestone), maybe not as high contrast but probably more accurate colour rendering. Considering its smaller the PPI is even higher (not sure I would want a smaller screen after having my desire though)

It has some great technology like the antenna built into the outside of the case, and the glass front and back, and if the battery life quoted is correct (10 hours of wifi browsing, 6 hours 3g) then that's awesome too, obviously the locked down nature of iOS makes this easier to achieve than with Android.

It has a Gyroscope, meaning it can detect pitch roll and yaw, much like the wii motion plus, not sure how well this will work in practical use but I am sure developers will do a few great things with this.

But at the end of all this I am still a massive Android fanboy, and I love my Desire. The main reason I think all of the above is awesome is because it will surely push the next generations of Android phones to be even better than they already are.

And the Android OS is definitely my kind of OS far more geek friendly than iOS, and can only get better the UI genius behind WebOS on board.

If I had the money spare (i.e. I won the lottery) I would probably get an IPhone 4, and probably an IPad and plenty of other awesome new gadgets (MeeGo based phone as well) because at the end of the day I love gadgets, shame so many Android fans are so hostile to the idea that someone could like and enjoy an iPhone, or that one could offer anything of value.

Then again I remember when I was 15 and a massive Amiga fanboy and refused to accept that the PC was getting so far ahead in terms of Technology. Long live Android and Apple and competition that gives us more and more awesome gadgets.
[Desire General] kimlindo:
I'm trading my iPhone 3GS for a Desire tomorrow, wohoo!

My gf still has my first 3G. So I will play with OS4.0 on that and Android on mine. :)
[Desire General] jabok:
I actually really like the look of the new iPhone, and the spec does outstrip (in most areas) what the current Androids offer. Stick on a few more hardware buttons, microSD slot, and a xenon flash and it's be damn near perfect. I doubt it will take long for the Android makers to catch up and overtake on the hardware side though.

Software though - I could never live in Apple's little walled garden and only play with the toys they will sell me, so as long as they're so anti-open they will never see any of my money in their overflowing coffers!
[Desire General] zkyevolved:
I'll take the iphones new battery life + the new display! Otherwise, i'll stick with what i've got!
[Desire General] pina_:
I like the iphone, but some essential missing features makes me choosing android:

- customisable homescreens, I don't like the fact that each iphone has got the same look behind the lockscreen. It's like buying an apple macbook where you can't customize the desktop background, icons settings etc... Also, by refusing the use of a homescreen (aka desktop), widgets aren't much of a use, since widgets are stripped-off apps for quick accessibility. It's like a windows computer where you always have to go throught the start-menu to launch programs, instead of using shortcuts on the desktop or the taskbar.

- wireless syncing: unless you are willing to pay for mobile me, you can't wirelessly sync your data. I don't like the idea that I have to put the phone into a cradle or connecting to a computer before it can sync, meaning you have to think about it: "aaah, now i need to sync my data". No, I want that my phone automatically syncs my data for me whenever I have an internet connection. It's so easy that my adress book and calendar both are synced automatically under 1 account.

- social networking: I like the idea that facebook, flickr and twitter are integrated into the OS. Making it easy to share media on the phone.

But what I do like about the new iphone is:

- battery life, although I'm confident HTC will work on that aspect in future models

- 720p 30fps recording and editing, although I rarely make a video with my phone

- very smooth GUI, which is still in development at Android. The Animations of Android aren't consistent, e.g. sometimes a window bounces back at the edges, sometimes not.

It looks gorgeous, the OS is gorgeous, but it lacks important functionalities what makes Android a better choice for people like to have customized stuff more.
[Desire General] foxmeister:
No they won't because the statement is patently absurd. You and I have no idea what the *next* generation of Android devices will be like because they are yet to be announced.

The new iPhone is slightly better spec'd than the current top of the range Android devices (the EVO being a 4G device not withstanding), but the *next* generation of Android phones will leap frog it, in both hardware and software terms, and they will do so within 6 months.

In a years time, another new iPhone will come out, and the cycle will start again.

That being said, I'm certain the iPhone 4 is an exceedingly good device, and will sell extremely well.

Regards,

Dave
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] reformedctrlz:
Hello out there everyone,

I have a verizon touch pro 2 stock 6.5 rom, and I was wondering if there is a way to rearrange the home tab in HTC sense. I like sense, but I really hate it being on the right side, does anybody know how this might could be changed?

Best case outcome would be the home tab in the middle, with it centered on the screen. Hopefully doing this would not effect using the end key to return to the home tab. If anyone could help or knew a way I could get it to work I would be really grateful.

Thank you very much.

Reformed CtrlZ
[Touch CDMA Android Development] corypaul:
can we do this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=675226
[Shadow General] drkarl:
Greetings from Ecuador (South America) ...

I need to translate a rom 6.1 for htc shadow to Spanish .......

programs or applications that need for this and if there is a tutorial would be fantastic.....:confused:
[Shadow General] agoetz5201:
You have to add the lanuage files to the rom when building it.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Sporkman:
http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/bd2-hlcsr3hev4-bk.html

or just

http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/hlhev4as.html

both are nice but im asking myself do i REALLY need the case i treat my phone like gold as is
[EVO 4G Accessories] booyakasha:
it really comes down to budget, if you can afford the 49.99 one, why not go for it? it offers much better protection and allows you to have both a case AND a holster. just my .02
[EVO 4G Accessories] Sporkman:
im worried about the case .. not sure it will collect dust :/ only thing stopping me from pulling the trigger
[EVO 4G Accessories] MrDSL:
personally i am getting the first link..the only difference between the two is one has the belt clip correct?

i just dont get why they are waiting till june 3 to ship them out...grrrrr
[EVO 4G Accessories] Sporkman:
1 is just a belt clip and the other is a case and belt clip
[EVO 4G Accessories] gqstatus0685:
The first link is nicer.
[EVO 4G Accessories] brnail:
I am thinking about getting the first link. I baby my phones and am thinking I will trash it simply clipping it into the second link.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Sporkman:
i pulled the trigger on link 1 with a screen cover
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saint327:
Since the N1's resolution is pretty much full DVD res, are there any tricks out there besides watching a non-full screen movie to minimize the filesizes? I'm using handbrake and even with 50% quality movies come out at about 1GB a piece...

Using H.264. Any tricks?

Thanks.

-Mike
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjp888:
You need to reduce the bits per second. I've used handbrake, but I usually use SlySoft's DVDmobile. I get excellent results with file sizes between 500-700MB.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uansari1:
Just get Format Factory and use the default settings for HTC. I've been using that and my file sizes come out smaller than the original and quality is excellent. This was discussed in a thread just a month or two ago.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dalamario:
You can try Mp4forHD that was developed by Jandre here on XDA-Devs:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=478050

You can use the HD settings to produce an mp4 file that gallery3D can read without problem.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saint327:
Thanks guys. I thought the quality setting in handbrake was VBR and would shrink the size more than it did, but I'll look into setting a hard limit.

Thanks for the heads up on those other programs to.

-Mike
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightnz:
The percentage encode option in Handbrake, despite being their preferred method, doesn't make any sense to me as it's too subjective based on the quality of the input file.

Alternatively, break out the calculator and work out what bitrate you need to use to get x size.

Just use the "target size" option instead. It's not "correct" but it's easy and you know what you're going to get.

You can also try WinFF if you want something really no-frills that gets the job done. It supports multithreaded encoding (pretty sure HandBrake does too). I belive the 64bit version of handbrake is noticably quicker if your hardware support it (which it will).
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Buck Shot:
use DVD shrink and then convert in handbrake. Normal movie sizes are 500-600k after DVD shrink
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXJay_RXx:
any free software for mac that can do this? :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] everclock:
Handbreak works on Macs too.

http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walie:
i use handbrake at ~700-800b/s, good enough for me
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghost77:
I use handbreak and select "target size" for 700MB , quality is good. For music videos i do constant quality RF 23 most of the time it works well , occasional video needs extra tweaking.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bahman2000:
If I'm not ripping a DVD but want to convert a movie to MP4 with h.264 I use iSquint on the Mac and go for Optimize for TV setting.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXJay_RXx:
yea but the past few times i tried on mac, i really couldn't figure out how to use it. still dunno how to use it. cant find out how to rip a dvd using it :confused:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] attn1:
Don't use H.264. I use anydvd to rip any dvd on the fly with dvdshrink to .iso files, then I use handbrake to make .mp4 copies for my phones. My Nexus gets files about 330mb and my Magic get movies that work perfectly at about 170mb. Adjust video output for each target device, maintaining aspect ration of the original movie.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GldRush98:
Handbrake

/thread
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GldRush98:
Good job sherlock. When you're using Handbrake, you ARE encoding to H.264. Derp.

H.264 is best since the phone has a hardware decoder for it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidPerson:
I'm confused. I dl a movie online and its usually about 700mb or like 1500mb which I guess is higher quality? I think the nexus can playback 720p but I don't know how to know if I'm playing a 720p video, so what are you guys watching that you can cut them in half to 700? My ignorant assumption is that 700 is DVD quality and 1400+ is HD? I've also seen torrents that were like 6,000mb so I'm not sure what if anything about the file's quality can be determined from its size.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jm1999:
great info. can someone suggest a movie player?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mi|enko:
The higher the filesize, the greater the resolution, video bitrate, audio channels, or audio bitrate.

Just because you have a higher filesize movie doesn't mean you necessarily have better quality. If you're watching movies using the screen on the nexus, why would you ever need to make sure it's 720p? Granted, it'd look better on an HD screen, but on the nexus 800x480 screen it's just not needed.
[G1 Apps and Games] smurf:
I know there a lots of them on market. But I dont have the nerve to test them all. Can somebody recommend an app that sends me the phone number of the inserted sim card per SMS.

Would be cool if it also could send me the GPS location in a pre configured interval per SMS.

Thx...

i found one that is working perfectly for me...

App name ist "lost phone"

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.gadgetprojects.lostphone
[G1 Apps and Games] el_smurfo:
Not exactly what you're looking for, but Mobile Defense is a great, free anti-theft app with GPS tracking and remote lock.
[G1 Apps and Games] goldenarmZ:
I use WaveSecure. It has GPS tracking, online backup, remote wipe, remote lock, sms alerts and (importantly) uninstall protection. :cool:

I got a free subscription a couple of months back but I think you have to pay now.
[G1 Apps and Games] monkey804:
Wouldn't a wipe via recovery console erase everything though?
[G1 Apps and Games] goldenarmZ:
Yea, you can always wipe from recovery but that isn't well known outside forums like this. It's unlikely a thief would figure that out before you've tracked him down and sent the rozzers round.
[G1 Apps and Games] smurf:
I found Mobile Security but I guess the app dev is no native english speaker (like me). His description for the "Security Code" feature is hard to read and understand. Any chance someone uses this app and can explain it to me?

I would like to receive the phone number. My GPS is turned off most of the time. A lock feature is nice indeed but i guess the phone lands in the next dumpster when its unusable.

I regulary buy paid apps but 20$ per year is too much i think.

jepp, but i hope the thief just inserts his sim first :)
[G1 Apps and Games] goldenarmZ:
Ouch. :eek: I didn't realise they were charging that much.

I'm pretty pleased I got the free subscription offer now..
[G1 Apps and Games] el_smurfo:
Did you even check out the www.mobiledefense.com? I will report the current SIM information, including phone number. If you are rooted and install the app in system/app, it can also turn on the GPS itself, telling you the location of the phone.

https://www.mobiledefense.com/tour
[G1 Apps and Games] smurf:
jepp, I did. The thing is I forgot to mention: its only available to Users in the United States :(
[G1 Apps and Games] DKYang:
Besides Mobile Defense, there is Lookout. Although I don't think it has as much features though. I haven't kept up with it so I'm not sure. I don't think they give you the option to wipe your phone, but I'm positive they can do it if you ask them to.
[G1 Apps and Games] r3s-rt:
Have you asked them about when they're planning to launch outside the United States? They might not be too far away.
[G1 Apps and Games] HyeProfile:
What about viable alternatives for users looking for free protection outside the US?

Has anyone tried Anti DT (http://www.antidroidtheft.com/)? I've installed it but never used it (Thank God).

Features that are advertised on the website?

Email alerts when someone changes SIM cards

Online location tracking of your android device using GPS or Cell Towers (Any Web Browser)

Spy Camera: View images taken from your phone's camera.
[G1 Apps and Games] smurf:
i found one that is working perfectly for me...

App name ist "lost phone"

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.gadgetprojects.lostphone
[G1 Apps and Games] onimorza:
I also found "Lost Phone" one of the easyest. AND working, coz I have tried some other, inserted other SIM and nothing happening.. TRY before you buy and get your phone stolen ;)

Too bad there isn't a wipe included. So to complete my anti-theft I added "Remote Wipe". Didn't test this one yet, need to backup my 16gb card first, don't wanna loose all that :p

If you have sensitive material from work on your phone you need something like this. Those two together put my heart at rest and bring me a "safer" phone.
[G1 Apps and Games] Blackman778g:
I will give you a list as my G1 was stolen, I know these apps worked becuase it wokred for me but, the f*#^in" dumb... asssss I was saying... the cops never helped me go retrieve the phone. GPS number, cell number, and G1 box with IMEI number provided.

Enough with bad memories.... The List is :

Sim Checker will let you know of a new sim inserted in the phone as well as, the number and gps coordinates/number/location(address)

Wavesecure lets you add friends so they'll also know when your phone is stolen with features such as, Remote Sd card format, Remote lock, Phones will lock with an unknown sim, gps tracking, and backup of contacts, sms, call log, and now has uninstall protection.

GPS Tracker by Instamapper is a great way to track your phone in real time.

There are so many choices... I'd get them all!
[G1 Apps and Games] ID#:
Check out this one :D

This one identifies itself by IMEI, for each device a own APK is created.

You can control your mobile with sms commands, the itself is invisible, no app icon, nothing, and it can be changed to a system app.

Great :D

(I am NOT the dev, and I don't know him ;) )
[Hero, G2 Touch General] frottage:
Hi - Im using Villan 6.0 and I was wondering how to make facebook images override or update those stored in exchange.

I have a contact who has an image stored against their contact in exchange and a different image in facebook - how can i choose which is the primary image to be used ?
[G1 General] supermooshman:
Hi all,

I just tried upgrading to cyanogenmod 2.1 - SUCCESS (thanks to this forum ;))

but now the next problem has presented itself... is it possible to restore my backup (more specific: text messages)?

I made a nandroid backup, and after I got to 2.1 I restored... and it did a good job, I got back to the original 1.6.

So put all this information in one question: is it possible to backup + restore my personal settings (text messages) without restoring the firmware?

Or is the backupfunction just a "I just f***ed up my phone"-lifeline?

Thanks
[G1 General] jaamgans:
I see that you said you restored back to 1.6 fine using nandroid - have you checked to see if you still have your messages OK? If not then they are probably gone for good. Cant remember if you get messages back with Nandroid, as I have used BART the last couple of times which definitely included messages.

If that worked and you still have your messages, you need to use a backup app and backup those items prior to flashing 2.1, then you can just restore the messages.

I use MyBackUp Pro (there is a full test version that lasts 30 days so would probably be good for a one off demo - but is worth paying for full version as per my explanation) - it allows you to back up all apps incl their data, plus a lot of the paid apps and their data too under the app backup option; and then they also have a data backup option which allows you to backup things like contacts, sms, your home pages etc. Of course you can choose to back up all or pick individual items and its the same for restore.

This is very useful when wiping the phone, as you restore your apps backup first, then restore your data backup - thus it will also install all the widgets as the apps are already loaded - if you do it the other way around your widgets wont work and you will have to remove them from the home screen and then put them back again.
[EVO 4G General] SilverStone641:
hey guys, i saw this article a while back and thought it would interest some of you. enjoy!

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/22/radio-shack-stores-getting-wimax-upgrades-ahead-of-evo-launch/
[EVO 4G General] jumaaneface:
yeah i had seen this a while ago. i was hoping it might happen to my shack but alas no dice. looks like ill be taking an unexpected trip to see my girlfriend in baltimore just to use 4g :D
[EVO 4G General] SilverStone641:
there's a 'shack about 200 yards from my house. fingers crossed they install one of these puppies and that the signal reaches me! :D
[HD2 General] nathanlivesey1990:
How do I put android on to a windows mobile HTC HD2 I know it can be done I just don't know how any help please
[HD2 General] hoss_n2:
please junior members use search function ,it cannot work on hd2 till now :mad::mad:
[HD2 General] nathai:
How do you "know" it can be done???
[HD2 General] nathanlivesey1990:
someone who i work with has done it but wont tell me how
[HD2 General] tids2k:
well in that case you have to show the evidence, and i will happily tell you how to do it !
[HD2 General] conantroutman:
+1 for this, with microwave and jet powered blu ray drive, you lot have had months to get this working! Sort it out please, thanks in advance ;)
[HD2 General] lonelykatana:
Next person to not use the search button better be ready for a whole lotta torllin'