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Neil · **Reply #30 on:** September 21, 2010, 11:07:31 PM

I found the keyboard on the Desire to be really bad....

.... until I actually calibrated it

Had a play with a SE X10 Mini Pro. Its a tiny little thing but the slide out keyboard on it is pretty good. I couldn't recommend it as a phone right now though, its still running 1.6 and many, many people are having wifi issues with it.

ryan1835 · **Reply #31 on:** September 21, 2010, 11:11:03 PM

Quote from: AHB on September 21, 2010, 07:45:14 PM

Quote from: Medic82 on September 20, 2010, 11:00:35 PM
Quote from: AHB on September 20, 2010, 10:19:05 PM
Why the keyboard Kenneth..? The touch function on my HTC Desire works perfect..

Yes Allan, with a keybord. I miss having real keys when texting and to be honest I have never grown accustom to a 100% touch interface.
Either way you're getting a great phone.. I can't imagine not having one now..

i wish i was having the same luck im beginning to get sick of mine too buggy

Neil · **Reply #32 on:** September 21, 2010, 11:14:30 PM

The only major issues I could see with the Desire (in the few days I got to play) was the screen outside was a 'mare and corruption of the SD card. Not much to do about the screen but not all units suffer from the latter issue.

Its probably one of the best supported Android handsets, so you should be able to find alternative software for any bits of the system that are bugging you Ryan.

ryan1835 · **Reply #33 on:** September 21, 2010, 11:48:33 PM

it s just shoddy i havent even had it long and the chargers on the blink

it dosent always hang up straight away the predictive text gets abduction from and :S

just lots of little niggles :/

Neil · **Reply #34 on:** September 21, 2010, 11:50:02 PM

Quote from: ryan1835 on September 21, 2010, 11:48:33 PM

it s just shoddy i havent even had it long and the chargers on the blink

it dosent always hang up straight away the predictive text gets abduction from and :S

just lots of little niggles :/

I've a nice stable Nokia 1100 I'll swap for it

ryan1835 · **Reply #35 on:** September 21, 2010, 11:58:33 PM

Quote from: Neil on September 21, 2010, 11:50:02 PM

Quote from: ryan1835 on September 21, 2010, 11:48:33 PM
it s just shoddy i havent even had it long and the chargers on the blink

it dosent always hang up straight away the predictive text gets abduction from and :S

just lots of little niggles :/

I've a nice stable Nokia 1100 I'll swap for it

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Give it a month lol

Its annoying i think the first htc desire i had worked better then my current one

ITtechguy · **Reply #36 on:** September 23, 2010, 10:17:53 PM

I use a blackberry 8900

Great for work etc internet browsing.
Have loads of apps on my ipod however

Have tried the Sony ericsson X10 and LOVE it

however I'm tied down for 12 months, otherwise I'd have an Iphone 4 lol

ryan1835 · **Reply #37 on:** September 23, 2010, 10:54:20 PM

nothing wrong with blackberrys i miss my old one in a way

ITtechguy · **Reply #38 on:** September 23, 2010, 10:59:26 PM

I love it

I use my ipod for all my entertainment love the browser on my BB and the few apps i have love the too

What BB did you have?

ryan1835 · **Reply #39 on:** September 23, 2010, 11:18:57 PM

only a pearl got a htc desire atm though

ITtechguy · **Reply #40 on:** September 23, 2010, 11:43:16 PM

A bloke i work with has a desire (at least i think it's a desire) he loves it!

ryan1835 · **Reply #41 on:** September 23, 2010, 11:47:37 PM

I dont

ryan1835 · **Reply #42 on:** October 03, 2010, 12:01:39 PM

Quote from: Neil on September 14, 2010, 11:01:07 PM

2.2 is in the wild gents

2.2 is installing on my phone right now

and the updated htc sense

ryan1835 · **Reply #43 on:** October 03, 2010, 12:11:07 PM

i like it i think theve made the keyboard more spacious which is good a couple new apps and im sure ill find out more as i play

okay okay i like this phone now

it has voice to text for messages now so i can be lazy and not have to type

Neil · **Reply #44 on:** October 03, 2010, 09:48:11 PM

I've still got that Nokia 1100 if you change your mind

ryan1835 · **Reply #45 on:** October 04, 2010, 10:23:13 PM

maybe an iphone could tempt me

Neil · **Reply #46 on:** October 04, 2010, 11:04:50 PM

Me too

Medic82 · **Reply #47 on:** October 04, 2010, 11:08:11 PM

Quote from: ryan1835 on October 04, 2010, 10:23:13 PM

maybe an iphone could tempt me

Yuck.....iphone.

Whoey · **Reply #48 on:** May 30, 2011, 11:08:37 AM

revived for this uber essential:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.digital_and_dreams.android.swiss_army_knife

in the meantime, been trying to root my Motorola Defy... I thought one method finally worked, but seems not as Titanium Backup will not work without root and it errors out... bleh... too many pages of too many methods for rooting... it shouldn't be THAT hard lol.

Whoey · **Reply #49 on:** May 30, 2011, 11:15:15 AM

also other free apps:

Best flashlight app I found so far, uses my camera flash (and has other flashlight options too)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.devuni.flashlight

Pinball... who doesn't love pinball?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.greencod.pinball.android

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #50 on:** May 30, 2011, 02:35:54 PM

Quote from: Whoey on May 30, 2011, 11:15:15 AM

also other free apps:

Best flashlight app I found so far, uses my camera flash (and has other flashlight options too)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.devuni.flashlight

Like my battery doesn't die fast enough already!

Def

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #51 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:46:54 PM

I'm a dork... I know it....

I just installed The Matrix live wallpaper on my phone.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jarodyv.livewallpaper.matrix&feature=search_result

Def

Whoey · **Reply #52 on:** June 01, 2011, 11:20:25 AM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on May 30, 2011, 02:35:54 PM

Quote from: Whoey on May 30, 2011, 11:15:15 AM
also other free apps:

Best flashlight app I found so far, uses my camera flash (and has other flashlight options too)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.devuni.flashlight

Like my battery doesn't die fast enough already!

Def

we need: http://power-skin.com/

but not available for our models of Motorola yet

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #53 on:** June 01, 2011, 01:44:46 PM

That looks awesome.... I could totally go for one of those and I'd even give up my nice Otterbox Defender for it.

Def

JerzeeDevil · **Reply #54 on:** July 02, 2011, 11:03:36 AM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on May 30, 2011, 03:46:54 PM

I'm a dork... I know it....

I just installed The Matrix live wallpaper on my phone.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jarodyv.livewallpaper.matrix&feature=search_result

Def

Funny, I run that on my Atrix. Red text all characters enabled....

Devil Red

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #55 on:** July 06, 2011, 08:06:22 PM

All characters, but I have it rotate through the colors.

Def

Whoey · **Reply #56 on:** October 07, 2011, 09:47:50 AM

Figure it's time to revive this thread seeing as there's some new Android users...

another "Swiss Army" tool:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.utooo.android.knife.free

useful electronics reference:
https://market.android.com/details?id=it.android.demi.elettronica

image effects from the makers of Autocad!:
https://market.android.com/details?id=pixlr.OMatic

Still my favorite flashlight app:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.devuni.flashlight

And these are all free off the official android market...

jzmtl · **Reply #57 on:** October 07, 2011, 12:58:27 PM

Some games I like:

NOVA 2

Hero of Sparta (you can find all the gameloft HD games free but I do not condone such action, so won't post where here)

Gun bros (this and contract killer are "freemium" games but still fun to play without paying)

Contract killer

Super stickman golf

tank hero

Wifi analyzer to tune your router setting.

If you are rooted try setcpu to under/overclock your chip and fine tune cpu governor, I underclock mine to save a bit of power, currently there's no app that really needs the latest gen cpu speed.

Quote from: Whoey on October 07, 2011, 09:47:50 AM

Figure it's time to revive this thread seeing as there's some new Android users...

another "Swiss Army" tool:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.utooo.android.knife.free

I just tried that, lots of fancy stuff, most of them don't work, not even the compass. I still like the old one better.

The electrodroid is very nice though.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #58 on:** November 02, 2011, 02:03:08 AM

Anyone else using Tunee? Someone told me about it a few days ago and I had to get it:

http://tunee.net/

Def

Whoey · **Reply #59 on:** November 15, 2011, 10:27:59 AM

Since Motorola only saw fit to update my phone to 2.2 so far, the built in taskmanager on 2.2 is kinda lame (actually works fine but is SLOOOOOOOOW to load), and this one is on my Tablet (2.3) and works much better imho and has a cache cleaner too:

ES Task Manager
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.estrongs.android.taskmanager

and to go with it

ES File Explorer
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop

I don't use any sort of music search apps Grant, altho it does look interesting.

Considering giving Iris a go for some laughs and yes, Iris is Siri backwards

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dexetra.iris

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