HTC Hero, Iphone 3g or Iphone3gs?
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Kid_Eternity
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There are plenty of VNC apps for iphone, but it sounds like kropotkin has his tx set up real nice, so I wouldn't even try to convince him out of it
Ah I'm not really trying to convince him to be honest, just give him some honest feedback based on my experience. I'm sure he can draw his own conclusions from the various posts on here.
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hiraethified
Android phones can do just abut everything the iPhone can do - without so many restrictions - and if you're going to be hammering 3G, battery life might become a serious consideration. You can get spare batteries for the G1 for £4. I'm pretty sure Android phones play AVIs too.
If you use your diary a lot you're going to hate the G1 and iPhone's calendars.
Kid_Eternity
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Right, so you're moving the goal posts then. You said you shouldn't have to modify a phone for it to work which is plainly the case of pretty much all phones. Like I said, I think it's a red herring, the real issue is the end user experience with the available apps. I'm really not interested in getting into yet another tedious spat about Apple's corporate behaviour because that's not what this thread is about.
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hiraethified
You're missing the point. All of Palm's built in organiser apps and third party ones use the same database.
I don't want my to-dos, notes and calendar data living in separate words that aren't globally searchable. If you rely on such things for your work, you want things to be simple. Having to fuck about with two or three different apps just to get an overall picture is a pain in the arse.
It's clearly not an issue for you, but it is for me (and, it would seem, the OP) and it's extremely frustrating. I've 'upgraded' to a new smartphone and it's struggling with the rock bottom basics of PDA functionality.
I notice that cydia has vlc for iphone, so that is non-converted videos sorted...Nope, apple have media playing locked into itunes
It is easy to convert files, but it's not convenient.
Given that there's a SpotLight API for OS X that allows third-party applications to share informationt to be searched, I can see this coming to the iPhone pretty soon...
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hiraethified
I want it NOW godamit!
Each time I open the G1's calendar, my heart sinks a little. There's no view available that lists the weeks appointments, along with all the to-dos. If you like your weekly calendar view to be a collection of colured blobs, the G1's a winner, but the nearest thing is the Agenda view - and that's terribly designed.
It shows the month's events in a nice enough manner, but if it's the 29th July and you want to see what's happening next week, you have to go MENU -> monthly view -> swipe to next month -> Agenda view.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
But there's no API for accessing the main iphone calendar. So it's great that you can search all your calendar apps from one place, but they still can't share data between them. The iphone really is a 'one app at a time, in its own safe enclosure' model. Unless you're apple, in which case you can do behind-the-scenes stuff that other people can't.
bmd
Island in the stream.
It's a really great interface and the apps are spot on. There are 6 or 7 different homescreens to choose from and they're all pretty good. I really want one.
Interesting that they've changed the layout of the buttons from the G1 and put search on one. Sounds like the battery life is still the same though.
The only thing about the widgets, like they say, is that they update when you go to the page but it takes a second or so, which makes them seem a bit shit. I think there's an option to have them update in the background although they hog the resources a bit if you do that.
The best bit is the extra menu options at the bottom of the screen, they link to all sorts that makes access miles better than the G1.
Interesting that they've changed the layout of the buttons from the G1 and put search on one. Sounds like the battery life is still the same though.
The only thing about the widgets, like they say, is that they update when you go to the page but it takes a second or so, which makes them seem a bit shit. I think there's an option to have them update in the background although they hog the resources a bit if you do that.
The best bit is the extra menu options at the bottom of the screen, they link to all sorts that makes access miles better than the G1.
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hiraethified
It's available from Orange tomorrow: http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/price-plans/pay-monthly
slash gear review of HTC Hero is here
http://www.slashgear.com/htc-hero-review-2149880/
http://www.slashgear.com/htc-hero-review-2149880/
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
It does indeed, very nice looking phone...
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
3GS, or the 3G. Windows Mobile and Android, despite nice handsets, are light years behind.
edit: oops - poor timing
edit: oops - poor timing
Kid_Eternity
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I thought that was the point of Android? That it's open source and can be configured to each phone makers liking?
Exactly.
e.g. HTC added their own widgets along side with Android ones. They also updated their graphics etc...
Both use Android OS, but Hero's performance is better than Magic's.
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