Hello to all members,
I am totally new to this forum and I love it from the very first impression.
I am noob and I know nothing much about android, however I have started to read a lot on this forum. Thanks to all those nice helping guys around.
I am about to buy an android mobile, And, in my budged Sony Xperia X8 and LG Optimus One fits best. I am in great confusion about which phone i should buy.
What i think is X8 is definitely not going to get 2.2 update. But I liked it`s music quality. And in some review, i read that internet browsing his smoother on it than O1. Is that really true?
I want to use lot of internet and music. Please can someone help me out with this?
I done much googling on this, and finally created this thread.
So, in short i wanted to ask you guys to please help about following-
1)can I use those android mobiles as modem, i run windows XP
2)Is it better than symbian s60 ? I am using nokia n72 from past 4 years. Should I switch myself to android?
3)considering internet experiance, which mobile is better?
are there any good browsers available there for more better experiance?
4)according to your experiance, which one should i really buy?
I am waiting eagerly for your responses as I had lot of panic in deciding between these two mobiles. Also, if you know any mobile within same price range let me know.
1)can I use those android mobiles as modem, i run windows XP
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Wireless/USB Tethering, i guess. Most new Android phones come with this Though I'm not sure if this applies to Eclair (2.1)
2)Is it better than symbian s60 ? I am using nokia n72 from past 4 years. Should I switch myself to android?
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I would say yes. Android is much more open and customizable than Symbian. However, Symbian devices require much less CPU and RAM. And in case you ask me, I'd go for Android.
3)considering internet experiance, which mobile is better?
are there any good browsers available there for more better experiance?
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Both of them have a 320x480 resolution, so as screen readability is concerned, I think they're the same. Both don't have flash. There are many browsers are there designed for different kinds of goals. Skyfire, for instance, aims to be able to play those flash videos, even though the phone doesn't have flash player.
By the way, I think the X8 doesn't have multitouch, so no pinch zoom. Pinch zoom is important for me O1 scores here.
according to your experiance, which one should i really buy?
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O1, since we're going to get (hopefully) Gingerbread soon enough. + multitouch (though buggy), it's newer, bigger RAM and internal memory, etc.
It pretty much answers itself when you post the question in optimus one forum lol, personally I was also considering x8, but since I'm a techie, one look at the ram on x8 (I believe its 128mb) compared to 512mb on optimus one, it was a clear decision.
Thanks!
AzNxJoHnNy said:
It pretty much answers itself when you post the question in optimus one forum lol, personally I was also considering x8, but since I'm a techie, one look at the ram on x8 (I believe its 128mb) compared to 512mb on optimus one, it was a clear decision.
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Thanks so much for your reply AzNxJoHnNy. Yeah, As you said, I am almost about to buy O1. I think I will come to know more once I got my own hands on it.
Thank you so much!
kpbotbot said:
Wireless/USB Tethering, i guess. Most new Android phones come with this Though I'm not sure if this applies to Eclair (2.1)
I would say yes. Android is much more open and customizable than Symbian. However, Symbian devices require much less CPU and RAM. And in case you ask me, I'd go for Android.
Both of them have a 320x480 resolution, so as screen readability is concerned, I think they're the same. Both don't have flash. There are many browsers are there designed for different kinds of goals. Skyfire, for instance, aims to be able to play those flash videos, even though the phone doesn't have flash player.
By the way, I think the X8 doesn't have multitouch, so no pinch zoom. Pinch zoom is important for me O1 scores here.
O1, since we're going to get (hopefully) Gingerbread soon enough. + multitouch (though buggy), it's newer, bigger RAM and internal memory, etc.
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Hey kpbotbot, Thank you so much for your efforts and a VERY quick reply. I think I should go for O1 now. Are there any more mobiles you can suggest? just asking.
Nokia 1100
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mmost said:
Hey kpbotbot, Thank you so much for your efforts and a VERY quick reply. I think I should go for O1 now. Are there any more mobiles you can suggest? just asking.
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No problem. That's the power of being stuck at home lol. Anyway, here are other phones I considered in the same price range:
1. HTC Wildfire - didn't choose because of screen resolution (240x 320, too low).
2. Samsung Galaxy Spica - I thought there was no multitouch, is old (yeah, for me), no official Gingerbread (considering the fact that the decision was made last december 2010)
3. Galaxy 3/5 - Screen resolution, no Gingerbread.
4. Optimus Chic - I couldn't wait for the release. It was a good decision on choosing the O1 though, since there is no Chic subforum here in xda afaik.
5. Maybe I forgot some other phones. These were my best choices last December
Motorola defy is the next step forward from these phones. Google for it's specs.
The only + X8 has over O1 is headphone audio quality. O1 is pain for ears, even with good headphones.
Im getting ready to buy this phone, its the Virgin Mobile US model which to me looks to be exactly like the Optimus S from sprint. I was wondering what my ROM options were using this specific model, or if that even really mattered much. I want maximum performance for games and apps but aiming for decent battery life too, maybe something that scales and only overclocks when it needs it kinda thing (ive played with SetCPU and Milestone Overclock before on a moto Defy). Any help would be appreciated.
On a sidenote, does anyone know how Rocket Bunnies runs on this phone?
Helgaiden said:
Im getting ready to buy this phone, its the Virgin Mobile US model which to me looks to be exactly like the Optimus S from sprint. I was wondering what my ROM options were using this specific model, or if that even really mattered much. I want maximum performance for games and apps but aiming for decent battery life too, maybe something that scales and only overclocks when it needs it kinda thing (ive played with SetCPU and Milestone Overclock before on a moto Defy). Any help would be appreciated.
On a sidenote, does anyone know how Rocket Bunnies runs on this phone?
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Someone from android central tried cm7 for the optimus s and said it was working pretty good.
saw a phandroid post of a rom called Xionia-VM designed for the optimus V. Ill keep an eye out for that, do you guys have any experience with this?
Here's a subforum dedicated to optimus V, it may be possible to use the ROMs from Optimus S, since they're so similar, but it might be best to ask there first.
yeah from what i gather if i use Optimus S roms the home and menu buttons will be backwards and the accelerometer wont work. @[email protected]
There are 2 working ROM's so far on the Android Central Forum for Optimus V, I'm currently running Rodmius 1.1 myself. Works great. Haven't tried Xionia yet
i know the LG Ally is about 2 year olds, and the people over @ AndroidForums are starting to stop development and move on.
I was wondering if any developer who works with LG Phones or anything can make a ICS Port to the Ally. Please any developer
Thanks. Or even any other Similar Phone like the Optimus V, thinking have the same screen size, ArmV6 600 MHz Processor would work? Any Help Please! i seen couple roms on phones from same Brand and pretty similar Specs!
Thanks!!!!!!
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Hello guys....i not familiar with lg devices......i want to knw better bw both...best build quality....strong hardware.....and i heard that desire x got kernel 3.4 support....is lg got that kernel support also???
I really want true experince of u guys...
Lokesh001 said:
Hello guys....i not familiar with lg devices......i want to knw better bw both...best build quality....strong hardware.....and i heard that desire x got kernel 3.4 support....is lg got that kernel support also???
I really want true experince of u guys...
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Well for sure this LG has better hardware: more RAM, better screen, resolution, full HD recording. Kernel is 3.0.X and seriously I think it's not so important when you can get better hardware. One advantage of desire X is that it will probably hold longer on battery but stil LG L9 is fine for 1-2 days (depends on use). Now we have a lot of custom ROMs too (only P760&P765, less for diffrent version of L9). LG L9 is made really well too. If you are in place where you get other variants I would be think carefully if custom ROMs are important for you cause now there isn't much you can choose from and unlocking the bootloader is quite complicated in comparsion to P760&P765.
Now that LG has updated its low-end like LG Magna, Spirit, even Leon (which has lower specifications), etc.
Is it possible for developers to adapt some of these stock roms to this device?? for those who love the LG stock UI ):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13WokoK5Qt4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRa4idl5D9I
Acritura said:
Now that LG has updated its low-end like LG Magna, Spirit, even Leon (which has lower specifications), etc.
Is it possible for developers to adapt some of these stock roms to this device?? for those who love the LG stock UI ):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13WokoK5Qt4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRa4idl5D9I
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Dont know - looks possibble but you must know that devices must have the same CPU, the same quantity of RAM and good if will have the same resolution of screen. All of them are difference.
WYPIERDAALAAC said:
Dont know - looks possibble but you must know that devices must have the same CPU, the same quantity of RAM and good if will have the same resolution of screen. All of them are difference.
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Hi! I don't know much of that stuff but I saw that the LG Spirit has the same amount of RAM , same processor power but the models are different, and the resolution of the LG Spirit is HD compared to G2 mini. Any hope? ):
if g2 gets update, maybe we got to
Acritura said:
Hi! I don't know much of that stuff but I saw that the LG Spirit has the same amount of RAM , same processor power but the models are different, and the resolution of the LG Spirit is HD compared to G2 mini. Any hope? ):
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different models of cpu - that's what makes it not possible to port.
everything must be the same or similar - but model of cpu etc must be the same.
unfortunately
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if g2 gets update, maybe we got to
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I think so, though not so possible. Probably Lollipop is the latest - our phone getting old.
If you PORT it will be frightening system.