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Posted 29 July 2010 - 10:17 PM

View Postcerveza_fiesta, on 27 July 2010 - 11:25 AM, said:

View PostRaymond Luxury Yacht, on 23 July 2010 - 06:00 AM, said:

My problem with smartphones isn't with what they can do, they are very useful tools. My issue is what they do to the people who buy them. Everyone I know who has gotten a smartphone has become a less interesting person to be around. Car rides that used to be filled with conversation have become me driving people around who are checking their email. Back when I still smoked, standing outside for a smoke went from five minutes of talking and joking to five minutes of me watching someone check their facebook in silence. I understand there are compelling things on the internet, but having constant access is making people into boring zombies.


exactly. Fuck smartphones.

View PostFist Gamet, on 24 July 2010 - 04:12 PM, said:

Well, things are now a little clearer on the 3g 4g thingymijig, but I am stuffed if I know what phone to upgrade to. Must do more research.


Here are some examples of way better things to waste money on.

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

I wish you the best in your decision NOT to buy a smartphone and instead use the money on a flat of beer and one of the above examples.

Seriously...


Dude, a man after my own heart. Power tools are great. Seriously, I think I want that damned power drill. I got this pretty funky hammer drill but that thing kicks its ass. Best purchase of last year was an angle grinder, those bastard rusty nails and screws that some numpty had driven through the fence, fence post and wall in the once-awful mess that had been my garden gate didn't know what hit them. Sparky spark spark and a shower of molten metal...bet you don't have an app for that!
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 11:48 AM

@smartphones

Renewed hate after last night at the bar. 1/2 the people my table of about 20 buddies were on the damn things all night while the non-smartphone users had to talk around them. I swear its brainwashing...like all of a sudden a signal will go out over the 3G networks and they start trying to kill us.

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Yes.

Angle grinder is something I have yet to purchase, though its on the list.

The current list in terms of priority is

1- Safety guards + carbide blade for my tablesaw
2- Drill press (cheap or used one)
3- Random orbit sander
4- Angle Grinder.
5- Router

And that drill is indeed awesome and I *almost* bought it...but then DeWalt has a kit of a plain 18V screwdriver and a separate hammer drill that operates off the same 18V battery. This I'd argue is the better purchase since the all-in-one drills often have pussy plastic hammer clutches inside that break after brief use. Having them separate means you get a perfectly good, infinitely useful lightweight power drill and a separate power drill you don't care if you break for the odd occasion you need hammer capability.
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 11:56 AM

View Postcerveza_fiesta, on 30 July 2010 - 11:48 AM, said:

And that drill is indeed awesome and I *almost* bought it...but then DeWalt has a kit of a plain 18V screwdriver and a separate hammer drill that operates off the same 18V battery. This I'd argue is the better purchase since the all-in-one drills often have pussy plastic hammer clutches inside that break after brief use. Having them separate means you get a perfectly good, infinitely useful lightweight power drill and a separate power drill you don't care if you break for the odd occasion you need hammer capability.


Ryobi. My dad uses one of their drill's with hammer drill function for his work, and despite being an electrician he uses the drill on stuff a *lot*. Just yesterday, in fact, I had to drill like four holes in a concrete wall (appropriate tungsten-tip bit, ofc) with it. It is now....two? Two years old and still going strong. Wonderful drill. :)
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Posted 02 August 2010 - 10:34 AM

I have a Xperia X10 Mini Pro, and I effin love it! I have downloaded Kindle for Android and now get to read Return of the Crimson Guard, for example, on my phone! Fantastic!!

I also downloaded an app that lets me access and edit my google docs on my phone, which basically means I can write a whole damn book on my phone...which I intend to do!



In short: I love Android!
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Posted 02 August 2010 - 10:18 PM

From what I've seen of the Xperia X10i (the larger one) it was a bit laggy at times - something which I think is the greatest downfall of most smartphones...you notice that at all with the mini?
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Posted 03 August 2010 - 10:19 AM

View PostSilencer, on 02 August 2010 - 10:18 PM, said:

From what I've seen of the Xperia X10i (the larger one) it was a bit laggy at times - something which I think is the greatest downfall of most smartphones...you notice that at all with the mini?


No, not really:)
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Posted 03 August 2010 - 10:36 AM

:p

Will have to look into it then. Oh, wait, I don't have the disposable cash. :p
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Posted 24 November 2010 - 02:54 PM

Due an upgrade in dec, thinking of getting the x10.
From what I've read the lag problems have been helped with the upgrade to android 2.1
The other issue seems to be call volume, anyone know if this has been resolved?
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Posted 24 November 2010 - 03:06 PM

Due an phone upgrade now. If I want the HTC or an I Phone then it will cost me £100 + but if I wait until my contract runs out in Jan then I get it for free.

Orange are useless.

Still based upon this thread and what I myself have heard I will probably go for the HTC Megatron phone.
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Posted 24 November 2010 - 03:41 PM

View PostMacros, on 24 November 2010 - 02:54 PM, said:

Due an upgrade in dec, thinking of getting the x10.
From what I've read the lag problems have been helped with the upgrade to android 2.1
The other issue seems to be call volume, anyone know if this has been resolved?


I've just ordered a x10 mini yesterday. I'll let you know when I get it (but I think they OK'd that in some of the reviews I've read.
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Posted 24 November 2010 - 05:58 PM

I love my GalaxyS. Like Grim, Android is teh awesome.
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Posted 24 November 2010 - 10:18 PM

Tapper.

You have a Galaxy S?

I.

Hate.

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Posted 24 November 2010 - 10:37 PM

View PostSilencer, on 24 November 2010 - 10:18 PM, said:

Tapper.

You have a Galaxy S?

I.

Hate.

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Posted 24 November 2010 - 10:52 PM

what is this galaxy you speak of
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Posted 25 November 2010 - 06:47 AM

I would definitely take the galaxy S over the X10 - way better hardware and a much better update cycle. Plus SAMOLED screens are just sexy.

There is also the Desire HD, which I have heard is not bad, but personally I would go for the galaxy

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Posted 27 November 2010 - 11:54 AM

Loving my new iPhone. I'm no apple fanboy but this is a sweet phone. Haters gonna hate though.
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Posted 27 November 2010 - 07:12 PM

I have had the iphone for 18 months and when our contract is up will probably go with the Galaxy rather then up grading to the 4. Andriod just seems like a much better OP. A lot more stable and faster.
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Posted 29 November 2010 - 02:38 PM

called into the o2 shop on saturday for a few minutes for a wee nosey.
contracts due dec 7th, but I'll not be getting until dec 18th due to not being home.
now.
There was the HTC windows hd7 there switched on, and I did a bit of playing about with it, being able to open office files appeals greatly to me for work related e-mails.
I will go do a bit of googling for reviews at some stage today, I'm just curios if anyone has one and could tell em their thoughts on it.
It's down to an X10 or this hd7 windows phone now I think, although everyone does seem to rave about the android software
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Posted 29 November 2010 - 03:09 PM

View PostMacros, on 29 November 2010 - 02:38 PM, said:

called into the o2 shop on saturday for a few minutes for a wee nosey.
contracts due dec 7th, but I'll not be getting until dec 18th due to not being home.
now.
There was the HTC windows hd7 there switched on, and I did a bit of playing about with it, being able to open office files appeals greatly to me for work related e-mails.
I will go do a bit of googling for reviews at some stage today, I'm just curios if anyone has one and could tell em their thoughts on it.
It's down to an X10 or this hd7 windows phone now I think, although everyone does seem to rave about the android software


If you are going for Android, I would again recommend the Galaxy S over the X10 - better hardware, much better screen and a newer version of android. There are free programs on Android that let you open word and excel documents, although editing documents is usually reserved for paid apps.

I have not used a Windows Phone 7 phone, but it sounds like the user interface is love it or hate it. Personally I wouldnt be able to stand the fact that bits of the title are cut off in the menues that pan, but that is very much a personal thing. The other thing I have read is that the multitasking is a bit iffy (no easy way to switch between running programs), but I think that someone who has used the phone will have a better idea how much of a drawback that really is.
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Posted 29 November 2010 - 11:02 PM

I am still loving my Samsung Propel.
though not a smartphone per say, it's a handy piece of hardware. lets me dot he basics (check email, use Google maps and browse), and now that i've bought a memory card, it stores 40 h of music.

I can't help but feel that if I had a proper smartphone, I'd spend too much time playing with it.
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