I knew just mentioning the Omnia's mouse would conjure up the perfect image for anyone who had the pleasure of using that phone.
The Omnia wasd such a strange phone, it had a seemingly unbelievable amount of features that nobody else was even offering but none of them worked (at least properly).
It looks like Honeycomb has full-fledged mouse support though... I remember pairing the same keyboard to my Nook color and I wasn't nearly as impressed. I think even typing was a little laggy which isn't an issue with Honeycomb.
Lack of apps is killer though, I haven't found many good ones. Honeycomb devices are actually in customers' hands in some numbers now, I don't know why tablet apps on the Market are basically limited half a dozen.
Haha indeed, I was shocked by how much my Omnia could do, but disappointed that it coudn't do them well. Back to Android, I think that Smib's right. Also, iPad didn't have a lot of apps either that were tablet specific either when it was launched, people just glossed over that because "well i can hit "2X" and blow up my iphone apps!"
Devs were very invested in their phone based apps, and while many make tablet adjustments/modes, the fact that pay apps on the Android market are not as welcome as on iOS, and that Android tablets are not hugely popular, it's likely that they are wary of investing the time. Then again, if they come up with a properly good tablet specific app that people want, they'll be in a very good place until real alternatives come about.
Yeah I notice that, while I've paid for many an app, there are definitely people who prefer free apps over the pay alternatives, even if the pay ones are better. I could see why devs who do it for free might want to hold off.
Avoid the droid charge! Reviews say that it's pathetic and really really slow!!!
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ge-or-how-slow-buggy-software-ruined-a-phone/
I already had my suspicions when samsung released this phone and they were indeed confirmed. If you can pick any phone, then the HTC sensation or the galaxy S 2 would be your best bet. Otherwise, the incredible S or the Desire S are better alternatives to this samsung crap.
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even the droid X2 came lacking:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...sepower-cant-save-this-phone-from-mediocrity/
If you could get a phone that comes with 2.3 out of the box, then that would be great.
He's on Verizon, a CDMA carrier. Out of the alternatives you suggest, only the Incredible S (sold here as the Droid Incredible 2) would be available to him as of right now. Galaxy S II for
the states is still not announced yet, although there are several "device names" that have been leaked.
I'm shocked that Android Police had given both the Droid X2 and Charge such low scores. Looking into it, other's appear to have had data problems with Charge.
As far as LTE options go, the only choices Nabster's got is the Charge, Revolution and the Thunderbolt. LTE's been iffy on both Charge and Thunderbolt handsets, its a new network technology, and I'd personally expect stumbles out of the gate as Verizon tweaks things. The Charge does appear to have a bit of a problem with data connections....so maybe the Thunderbolt's a slightly better choice as far as that goes...
The Charge I played with felt pretty snappy, so did the Thunderbolt. Out of the three handsets he has the option of getting, the Charge seems to be the "best balanced." The battery woes of the Thunderbolt are inexcusable, you pretty much have to walk out the door with the extended battery and battery door, making it even thicker, and the screen, while nice, cannot compare to Super AMOLED+. I will say that the Thunderbolt is a attractive looking phone though, I like it's design and color choices, and the kickstand is awesome.
While the Charge might look a bit less "classy" than the Thunderbolt, it does go for a bit longer on battery. All of these LTE phones are going to suck down battery like no tomorrow until power management can be refined.
Revolution is very interesting. The design is attractive and if the battery life is decent, and the phone has a solid data connection unlike the other two, it could be the dark horse of this race. It's also nice to get a relatively high end LG here, that pretty much never happens
Yeah, as you guessed, I'm not a fan of any of the LTE phones atm. :lol: I'm happy with my EV-DO phone, mainly because it's typical Verizon = rock solid. Also I can make it through a day with moderate usage, something I probably couldn't do on LTE.
As far as the whole "zomg Samsung fails at updates" meme. I don't get why Samsung's only getting flack for this. Look at freakin Motorola, there's a ton of phones that aren't' getting updated. Remember that, at least here, carriers are the end all and be all when it comes to updates. Even Windows Phone had to bend over (sort of - Carriers are only allowed to block an update for one update cycle) to the carriers and only Apple can get away with truly doing carrier independent updating.
Here, carriers (esp Verizon) are notorious for testing the crap out of updates, not only that but they sometimes need to change support documents, train staff, etc.
Not excusing their behavior, they need to get faster, but to completely blame the phone maker is a bit much. I should mention that all three of these LTE phones are running 2.2, not just the Samsung.
Nabster, if all the LTE unreliability is turning you off, I'd get the Incredible II like Unbreakable said and call it a day. It's not a bad phone and a nice update to the original Droid Incredible.
with Honeycomb for me.
