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Poll: Which smartphone platform do you own and use mainly?

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Re: Poll: Which smartphone platform do you own and use mainly?

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Post by olsonjeffery »

cageface wrote: post #66
mahmud wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Galaxy Tablet + Eclipse and official JDK is what I use. Pretty streamlined. On Unix and Mac you don't even have to install the USB driver. I really have no complaints; there is no live REPL, but you have the second best, code getting statically checked & compiled with every key stroke. Android docs are abundant, but after 2-3 months you get a feel for it. I have written close to 12 apps by now. I believe we will one…

Doesn't sound too bad. I've recently written a couple of trivial apps for my old Droid and so far it's been a lot easier than iOS. Too bad the emulator is so bad. I'm a little hesitant to sink $500 on an actual tablet just to explore.

You might consider the Nook Color. $250 gets you a very capable android device (it's an official CyanogenMod device), although it lacks some of the usual bells and whistles one might expect in the tablet space (front-facing camera, gyro, etc).

But for that price, it's a great buy.

Previous HN discussion of Nook Color + CM : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2798050

Re: Poll: Which smartphone platform do you own and use mainly?

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Post by pagekalisedown »

tortilla wrote: post #49
KeithMajhor wrote: post #6

I have an Android phone and recently bought an iPad. After experiencing both platforms I think I'll be buying an iPhone 5 next. If I we're going to do android again I'd get a phone where I could install stock android (like the Nexus S). Oh also, I really hope WP7 doesn't take off. The new wave of smart phones run webkit almost exclusively right now and I'd like it to stay that way.

One reason I'll stick with iPhone is I get amazing customer service from Apple. I had an issue with the sleep button on my iPhone 4 and they replaced it free of charge and out of warranty. The button became mushy because of the case I was using. My gf broke her screen on a 3GS (her fault), and they replaced it no charge. For my Nexus One, I had to deal with HTC support because the charging connection pins became loos…

Do you need an extended warranty to get this level of support from Apple, or can you just walk into the store and demand that they fix it?

Re: Poll: Which smartphone platform do you own and use mainly?

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Post by masterj »

gsivil wrote: post #36
masterj wrote: post #27

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I would be with you, but Virgin got me on their $25 / month unlimited data, 300 minutes plan. I hardly talk on my phone, but being able to tether from anywhere has been a big win. Now I think they charge $35 / month for the same plan.

May I ask you, how is this possible?

Buy the LG Optimus V from Virgin Mobile. It's not super-powerful smartphone, but it does everything that I need it to and is only $150. Then get the $35 / month plan that goes with it.

To tether you only have to download the "Quick Settings" app from the Android market and turn on the wifi hotspot. I'm on the move a lot and have used this as my main internet connection for the last 3 months.

No contract, unlimited data, stop any time. The deal was too good to pass up.

Re: Poll: Which smartphone platform do you own and use mainly?

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Post by tortilla »

pagekalisedown wrote: post #83
tortilla wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One reason I'll stick with iPhone is I get amazing customer service from Apple. I had an issue with the sleep button on my iPhone 4 and they replaced it free of charge and out of warranty. The button became mushy because of the case I was using. My gf broke her screen on a 3GS (her fault), and they replaced it no charge. For my Nexus One, I had to deal with HTC support because the charging connection pins became loos…

Do you need an extended warranty to get this level of support from Apple, or can you just walk into the store and demand that they fix it?

For my iPhone 4, I was a couple weeks out of warranty. Just make an appointment with the Genius Bar and be pleasant with them, never make demands.

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Post by Athtar »

yread wrote: post #78
Maro wrote: post #26

A relative recently purchased a Samsung WP7 phone. I was highly skeptical until I spent a few minutes playing around with it. The UX experience (design, speed) was about as smooth as my iPhone, smoother than Android devices I've played with. Right now there are not enough apps for WP7 to make it interesting to me, but if MSFT can get devs in large numbers to develop for the platform, then Apple will have to watch out…

I also recently got Samsung Omnia on the cheap and it's pretty good. Hardware is awesome and the OS is super snappy. The only apps I'm missing now are not there because of API limitations (I'd like to see some VOIP) that's going to get hopefully fixed in September with Mango. Oh it would be also cool if Navionics ported their marine navigation app on WP7. EDIT: The only annoying thing about it is how US-centric it is…

I don't think you need to be in the US to develop for WP7. It does support other countries. Look at Yalla Apps (http://www.yallaapps.com/) if you are in a country that is not supported.

Re: Poll: Which smartphone platform do you own and use mainly?

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Post by jamespcole »

I use Android for my day to day use on a HTC Desire as my phone and on my Asus eeepad Tranformer but i also really like Meego and Maemo on my N900 and netbook too. WP7 and iOS look kind of interesting but iTunes and Zune are complete rubbish so i'll stick with phones i don't need additional software to use.
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