I sold it. Why? Because there is no official upgrade or whatsoever since I got it on May, and most of all, the scribe pen is useless and have very little function to it on evernote. I paid freaking $80 for the pen! $80! And all it can do is take down notes! I could have bought any other tablet for that kind of use. But what I really bought it for was for sketching and hoped that it would function with Fresco app... but HTC won't do a damn thing about their $80 pen. So long Flyer!
so, we care because?
and which one did you buy?
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I sold it. Why? Because there is no official upgrade or whatsoever since I got it on May, and most of all, the scribe pen is useless and have very little function to it on evernote. I paid freaking $80 for the pen! $80! And all it can do is take down notes! I could have bought any other tablet for that kind of use. But what I really bought it for was for sketching and hoped that it would function with Fresco app... but HTC won't do a damn thing about their $80 pen. So long Flyer!
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If you have any bad feedback about the flyer post it on HTC facebook page o twitter, i love the scribe pen and his integration with evernote but seriously as someone said here "if you are going to buy something, buy it for what it is and not for what it will be".
All you have written in the first post says to me that the flyer wasn't for you (and it is one of the best tablets that i have used) and the fault was your bad choice of shopping a product that will fits yours needs and not the tablet itself.
Amen to 13lizzard. This is all generically a "PC" world because of the "personal" part of computing. For me, the Flyer is the best set of price, feature, size, and quality out there, and obviously it is not for SC23 - great, I get it - but above all, BUY YOUR TOYS FOR WHAT THEY CAN DO, NOT WHAT THEY MIGHT BECOME. That's kind of like marrying a gal not for who she is but how you think you are going to change her...
I don't know how you couldn't make use of pen, but I now use Flyer instead of carrying a lot of notebooks with me while working with customers at field. You can make a full report with photo, notes, and even sound record. Even with HC update, pen is much more useful. Maybe you should go for iPad2
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All of you are right. The Flyer isn't for me.
So long!
Bye
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All of you are right. The Flyer isn't for me.
So long!
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I got rid of mine too. F it. Why keep a 500 dollar device with no support. Second people can post whatever they want, the difference is you guys kept the Flyer then complain. He got rid of his problem and moved on. I went and got the Samsung 7.0 Plus, and couldn't be happier.
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I got rid of mine too. F it. Why keep a 500 dollar device with no support. Second people can post whatever they want, the difference is you guys kept the Flyer then complain. He got rid of his problem and moved on. I went and got the Samsung 7.0 Plus, and couldn't be happier.
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Well I paid 300.00 Enjoy your Samsung, their support is no better than HTC's. Go talk to the original Galaxy tab 7 owners who are still sitting on Froyo, a device they still sell for $300.00. Threads like this serve absolutely no purpose. Be sure to shut the door on your way out.
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Well I paid 300.00 Enjoy your Samsung, their support is no better than HTC's. Go talk to the original Galaxy tab 7 owners who are still sitting on Froyo, a device they still sell for $300.00. Threads like this serve absolutely no purpose. Be sure to shut the door on your way out.
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I'm good couldn't be happier. They have already rooted the tab and removing bloatware. I'm happy to pay 100 more with a camera flash, dual core 1.2 processor, plus lighter and thinner. Oh an IR Blaster too.
Oh and some people paid 500 actually got jipped.
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I'm good couldn't be happier. They have already rooted the tab and removing bloatware. I'm happy to pay 100 more with a camera flash, dual core 1.2 processor, plus lighter and thinner. Oh an IR Blaster too.
Oh and some people paid 500 actually got jipped.
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Good luck. I've been burned by Samsung too many times, my wounds are still fresh.
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Good luck. I've been burned by Samsung too many times, my wounds are still fresh.
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Its basically a crap shoot with any of these manufactures. Except Asus Acer since they dont produce many phones. They all pretty much suck for updates. However the xoom has been doing well. I chose this because the flyer was too much drama, no root, no way to go back from HC, and no support.
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Its basically a crap shoot with any of these manufactures. Except Asus Acer since they dont produce many phones. They all pretty much suck for updates. However the xoom has been doing well. I chose this because the flyer was too much drama, no root, no way to go back from HC, and no support.
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Well, you can root and now there's a way to get back to Honeycomb. Good luck nevertheless.
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I got rid of all my electronics and went back to something that is fully supported by multiple vendors.... pencil and paper. Does the job and no waiting for updates. I am a little miffed that sharpener 3.4 isn't on the market yet though !!
DigitalMD said:
I got rid of all my electronics and went back to something that is fully supported by multiple vendors.... pencil and paper. Does the job and no waiting for updates. I am a little miffed that sharpener 3.4 isn't on the market yet though !!
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That one brought the morning belly laugh I needed today! In fact, my No.2 lead input device even comes with ability to erase text when you use the top of the device...
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I got rid of all my electronics and went back to something that is fully supported by multiple vendors.... pencil and paper. Does the job and no waiting for updates. I am a little miffed that sharpener 3.4 isn't on the market yet though !!
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I can't decide whether you are being sarcastic or honest.
I switched to pencil and paper for a bit. The UI is bare, but its as natural of an interface as you can get. An added bonus is the low cost of hardware upgrades.
i have even found the customer support rubbish for when pencil hardware failed multi times and needed to be rebooted with sharpener. i think it has boot looped and now run out of battery
Meh. The reason I won't touch any android manufacturer other then HTC is:
1) HTC Sense
2) Build Quality
I have always known that HTC uses inferior CPU/GPU; However, the build quality + software MORE then makes up for it.
I work for HTC and have been using the Flyer with Honeycomb test ROMs for a couple months. I absolutely love it. Flyer + Honeycomb is brilliant.
Flyer fans, keep the faith! You will be rewarded soon.
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The Best Buy website still shows the Flyer @ $299, but both online and all the stores I checked are out.
Any thoughts/news on whether this is due to strong sales or end-of-life? I enjoy mine so much my mom decided to get one, but now we can't find one.
Jeff
http://reaganwireless.com/htc-evo-view-tablet.php
32g, same price
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I realize that ROM development for the view and flyer is different. However, are they both equally rootable? Do they both receive the same regular updates from HTC, including the most recent 2.3.4?
Will they both receive the same HC update in the [indefinite] future?
I'm just wondering if there is a risk to buying the View over the flyer
I just got mine from Techforless. Delivered earlier than expected; it was refurbished, but looks brand new; and works like a charm. Meanwhile, Ijust finished following globatron's awesome guide to installing Honeycomb with no problems at all.
mcoup10off should get you 10% off for another day, i think (found the code online).
No prob rooting and the last update came quicker than the flyer, hc, still waiting.
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Two days ago, I checked Best Buy online all every store in my area had them in stock. Yesterday, none did. My guess is that there will be some kind of sale.
Playbooks were recently sold for $200, I bet the same will happen with Flyers.
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Playbooks were recently sold for $200, I bet the same will happen with Flyers.
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I think you have to buy a HP PC to go with the $200 playbook.
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I think you have to buy a HP PC to go with the $200 playbook.
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You are thinking about the HP touchpad. The playbook can be bought right now for $200 out the door.
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You are thinking about the HP touchpad. The playbook can be bought right now for $200 out the door.
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You are right. $200 is such a good price. And it's better than Kindle Fire.
Right. I own a Playbook too and the Flyer is a much better tablet at the moment but the Playbook has some advantages too and MIGHT get better over time.
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Right. I own a Playbook too and the Flyer is a much better tablet at the moment but the Playbook has some advantages too and MIGHT get better over time.
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Has RIM released the update to allow you to run Android completely on it? That was the reason I didn't get it in the first place (other than it being a crackberry).
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Playbook is nice spec but I would not buy it if you desire updates. If you are happy as is, go for it
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I considered the playbook but no kindle or nook apps is a no go for me.
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Has RIM released the update to allow you to run Android completely on it? That was the reason I didn't get it in the first place (other than it being a crackberry).
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I considered the playbook but no kindle or nook apps is a no go for me.
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There is an open beta that lets you install Android Apps.
There are limitiations. Anything that was developed using the Android SDK won't work. Probably about 50% of Android Apps work. Kindle works. At this point, I would not buy a Playbook thinking that you can run the Android Apps that you want to though. Many won't work.
RIM's appworld is actually starting to fill out with some decent apps. EA games like Madden. Gameloft games.
The Kindle HTML5 Web App also works.
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Playbook is nice spec but I would not buy it if you desire updates. If you are happy as is, go for it
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There have been plently of updates but none of them have expanded the feature set much. There is a big update scheduled for February that will bring a lot of new features. If this goes off as planned, the Playbook will be pretty competitive with Android and iOS.
I paid full price and feel screwed but if you can get one for $200, I think its worth the risk. the Playbook OS is really fast and fun to use. Hopefully one day you can do alot with it.
It is a limited platform with few users and a device who's future is uncertain. not to mention rim is struggling mightily
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It is a limited platform with few users and a device who's future is uncertain. not to mention rim is struggling mightily
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All true! My point is that for $200 it might be worth seeing how it plays out.
I bought a playbook for $199 and I do have to say that the multi-tasking and internet browser is unmatched in regards to other tablets. Part of the reason is that it was designed from the ground up with tablets in mind. Unfortunately, it is missing features such as android apps, email, and a kindle app. I put it back in the box for now and will continue to use my flyer for now. I will play with it again in February to see if the promised update makes this tablet more usable for me (I don't have a BB phone so I can't use the link feature).
Back in post 2 or 3 there was a link for a 32g EVO said:
32g, same price
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So I was looking at this, can you use this via wifi? Is it the same as the Flyer just with larger SD storage? I just notice is says 4g, don't those usually need a data plan of some sort to run? Where as the Flyer has the wifi and the 3g model and the best buy one was just a wifi so it didn't need a service contract. I just don't want to buy this and then have to have a plan for it rather than just wifi.
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So I was looking at this, can you use this via wifi? Is it the same as the Flyer just with larger SD storage? I just notice is says 4g, don't those usually need a data plan of some sort to run? Where as the Flyer has the wifi and the 3g model and the best buy one was just a wifi so it didn't need a service contract. I just don't want to buy this and then have to have a plan for it rather than just wifi.
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You dont "need" a data plan you could just run it wifi. The Flyer and View are not exactly the same though. The roms and ruu's are specific, in that regard the flyer gets a bit more love. I also wouldn't be shocked to see the Flyer get the official update to HC before the View does. No carrier testing involved.
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You dont "need" a data plan you could just run it wifi. The Flyer and View are not exactly the same though. The roms and ruu's are specific, in that regard the flyer gets a bit more love. I also wouldn't be shocked to see the Flyer get the official update to HC before the View does. No carrier testing involved.
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Thanks for the info lrs421. So I think I'll pass on that then... I called Best Buy because I ordered one yesterday and it said it was in stock online. then today looked at my order and it said backordered. When I called they said It was BO for up to 30 days but should be no longer than that. Not sure what to do, wait it out and hope i get one, or go to that tech for less and get an "open Item" one.... decisions...
Don't flame me... I actually have a valid point (to me anyway) for asking this.
The reason I am asking is because I'm pretty sure I am going to be getting one so I am curious as to which developers from the 3D will be getting one. I think the developers we have here are some of the best around and it would be awesome if some of the devs around here are getting it. I would hope that the dev community on the first quad core tablet would be awesome but ya never know.
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Don't flame me... I actually have a valid point (to me anyway) for asking this.
The reason I am asking is because I'm pretty sure I am going to be getting one so I am curious as to which developers from the 3D will be getting one. I think the developers we have here are some of the best around and it would be awesome if some of the devs around here are getting it. I would hope that the dev community on the first quad core tablet would be awesome but ya never know.
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Well I got the og transformer! Update to ics hopefully on the 12 of this month!
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Same here I to have a tranformer I hope to ics
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<--- refuses to spend more than $300 on any tablet. Better off with a laptop beyond that price point.
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<--- refuses to spend more than $300 on any tablet. Better off with a laptop beyond that price point.
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Not really
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Not really
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this... tablets are the ****.. i got a touchpad...
i heard many bad things about the Prime... check over in the forum... bunch of hardware/software problems i would love to buy one but it took me 5 different evo 3d's before i found one that i could live with and it has a dead pixel
i cant wait till development starts pushing out ICS roms in the touchpad forum rather than Gingerbread.... but then again... its only 3 people that i know of doing any development for the touchpad
No. I bought into the hype of the original Transformer, and returned it right at my 14-day mark. The TouchPad suits me just fine. For the price I paid, it's an unbeatable deal.
I was going to get a Prime until I heard about all the problems. In the meantime I have a piece of crap Streak 7 to tide me over. I decided my next tablet is going to have true stylus support (like the Note/Flyer types, only 7-10" with at least a dual-core processor). That is partly because I do write out notes every day in my line of work. Probably 7" would be best so I could hold it in one hand while writing with the other...but I digress...
I have the prime and I can say it is easily the best tablet on the market
I already have mine with no issues at all. Viperboy already has a root/unroot tool available, but ICS is coming on the 12th anyways. The tablet has great battery life and is unbelievably smooth in just about everything it does.
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I already have mine with no issues at all. Viperboy already has a root/unroot tool available, but ICS is coming on the 12th anyways. The tablet has great battery life and is unbelievably smooth in just about everything it does.
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A buddy of mine has one also. I have played with it and the thing is badass! I think the only way I wont get a Prime is if HTC or someone comes out with a S4 tablet in the same price range. The qualcomm chip is freaking amazing!
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this... tablets are the ****.. i got a touchpad...
i heard many bad things about the Prime... check over in the forum... bunch of hardware/software problems i would love to buy one but it took me 5 different evo 3d's before i found one that i could live with and it has a dead pixel
i cant wait till development starts pushing out ICS roms in the touchpad forum rather than Gingerbread.... but then again... its only 3 people that i know of doing any development for the touchpad
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I have an acer iconia a500 tablet. I do like it, don't get me wrong. But It's not worth more than the $300 we bought it for. It's just a gadget, plain and simple. If your going to drop $500, $600 you might as well get a laptop, but that of course is just my opinion.
I've got my Prime coming on Monday. Can't wait!
i'll be getting one as soon as i can. finally get to upgrade from my ipad (so laggy, so, so, laggy)
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i'll be getting one as soon as i can. finally get to upgrade from my ipad (so laggy, so, so, laggy)
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One would think from talking with iFans that this is not even possible.
I bought an iPad2 just beforeXmas and it sucks volume has problems I'm looking to take it back and shop for a prime
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I bought an iPad 2 for the parents and have been messing around with it. iOS bores the crap out of me.
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I bought an iPad 2 for the parents and have been messing around with it. iOS bores the crap out of me.
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Exactly, I describe iOS as a glorified app drawer.
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One would think from talking with iFans that this is not even possible.
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it's definitely possible. the ipad just can't do much. i bought it to use as a laptop at school. guess what i dont use it for
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I just simply refuse to side with the company that made the instinct. No way will Samsung ever get a penny from me.
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I just simply refuse to side with the company that made the instinct. No way will Samsung ever get a penny from me.
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haha, i'm still a little sore about that damn instinct as well. I couldn't wait to get rid of that pos and swore never a samsung again. But, then the nexus s came to sprint and I thought it would be different because it was a reference device, but the radios were complete garbage. That is pretty much why I pulled the trigger on the evo and snubbed the sIII. It does look nice and I'm sure most of them wont catch fire, but I just couldn't buy another samsung.
**** happens. Although, I prefer HTC myself as well -- my experiences have been mostly good with Samsung devices. I had The NS4G, E4GT and still have the GT 10.1 (SOURCE PLS, SO WE CAN HAVE WORKING CAMERAS ON ICS!).
My experience with HTC devices goes back to WINMO (def not all good).
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**** happens. Although, I prefer HTC myself as well -- my experiences have been mostly good with Samsung devices. I had The NS4G, E4GT and still have the GT 10.1 (SOURCE PLS, SO WE CAN HAVE WORKING CAMERAS ON ICS!).
My experience with HTC devices goes back to WINMO (def not all good).
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def. not good,but still no damn Instinct
I had a Moment, I think that's enough to make anyone never want a POS Samsung again.
That's what you get for mixing electronic parts and Shi**y plastic.
I had the s30 ..damn resistive screen ..at least the navigation worked ok for the time
I would defiantly never buy from this company again
http://m.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/02/man-killed-by-c/
I love my shiny 4g iPhone!
Samsung usually has been good on the hardware its software that's always been their weak point. I want to know what kind of charger this person was using more than anything.
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Samsung usually has been good on the hardware its software that's always been their weak point. I want to know what kind of charger this person was using more than anything.
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While it's fun to hate on Samsung because we own an HTC device, truth is, chances are he was using a defective charger from China that he bought for $.01 + $3 shipping.
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I had a Moment, I think that's enough to make anyone never want a POS Samsung again.
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The 1st phone I ever saw "brick" doing an official update.
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Samsung usually has been good on the hardware its software that's always been their weak point. I want to know what kind of charger this person was using more than anything.
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What does a hardware do on its own with a weak software...Reminds me on Windows ME anyone?
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While it's fun to hate on Samsung because we own an HTC device, truth is, chances are he was using a defective charger from China that he bought for $.01 + $3 shipping.
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i was starting about my charger but it was $3 and .01 to ship it so i think I'll be fine.. And about phones, i started with the ppc6700(crappy) went to the mogul (slightly less crappy) touch pro (absolute ****) got the free upgrade to the tp2 and traded it immediately for the moment..then epic then ns4g. I will never get another Samsung. no support, smaller dev community (less real world support). HTC has always had the best devs, who else would have invented xda-developers!
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i was starting about my charger but it was $3 and .01 to ship it so i think I'll be fine.. And about phones, i started with the ppc6700(crappy) went to the mogul (slightly less crappy) touch pro (absolute ****) got the free upgrade to the tp2 and traded it immediately for the moment..then epic then ns4g. I will never get another Samsung. no support, smaller dev community (less real world support). HTC has always had the best devs, who else would have invented xda-developers!
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I support you..being burnt by Sapplesung right now
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**** happens. Although, I prefer HTC myself as well -- my experiences have been mostly good with Samsung devices. I had The NS4G, E4GT and still have the GT 10.1 (SOURCE PLS, SO WE CAN HAVE WORKING CAMERAS ON ICS!).
My experience with HTC devices goes back to WINMO (def not all good).
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So with you man lol, screw Samsung and they're updating process.
Anyways, the two phones practically go toe to toe in performance, Touchwiz is ugly, the camera is better, and the aesthetics are better for the LTEVO
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I just simply refuse to side with the company that made the instinct. No way will Samsung ever get a penny from me.
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We reactivated mine for my 6 year old sister for emergencies only. I tried playing with it...had to like stab the screen to get it to work at all. Dumbphone is smartphone clothing.
All the Samsucky fan boys have already up in arms w Endgaget because of the review and now this ! Oh boy some people must have bursted into flames at home.
After owning a Samsung Epix for about 3 months, and subsequently smashing it with a sledge hammer out of rage, I will NEVER buy another Samsuck device again.
The OG Epic ruined it for me. First and last samsung device unless they pull out a miracle piece of hardware that HTC doesn't. Same with LG, I'll never buy their garbage again after my wife went through 6 Optimus S's until we finally gave up, I bought the LTE and gave her my Photon.
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Probably on Launch Day.
Nope. The screen will KILL battery life like butter.
Via my Google Galaxy S3 running sweet sweet Jelly Bean
Depends on the off contract price... expecting it to be around 7-8 hundred so probably not.
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Is this thread really necessary?
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Is this thread really necessary?
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I agree we already have the same phone in 2 other threads. Although I sound a bit like a hippocrit since I made a thread on the Japanese version when they had the dlx thread out.
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Nope. The rezound is my last HTC device. They make decent quality stuff, but they refuse to support it. (see tablets) After buying two tabs and getting the shaft, I have made a vow to not buy another HTC product. Not to mention the hoops they make us jump through just to root and rom our phones. They might aswell be dead to me.
/rant off
Delete it then fine by me. I only saw the butterfly thread and was just trying to provide some information.
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Nope. The rezound is my last HTC device. They make decent quality stuff, but they refuse to support it. (see tablets) After buying two tabs and getting the shaft, I have made a vow to not buy another HTC product. Not to mention the hoops they make us jump through just to root and rom our phones. They might aswell be dead to me.
/rant off
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Ok go get a samsung or moto and have fun with all the locked bootloaders
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Ok go get a samsung or moto and have fun with all the locked bootloaders
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Samsungs is easily bypassable. Which is where I plan on going. And it's not like "htc's unlockable" BL does all that much good. If it did we wouldn't need to s-off.
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Samsungs is easily bypassable. Which is where I plan on going. And it's not like "htc's unlockable" BL does all that much good. If it did we wouldn't need to s-off.
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true about samsung. moto i think has garbage hardware... can i ask what trouble you had with the htc tablets? sounds like a pretty bad experience for you to leave the company
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true about samsung. moto i think has garbage hardware... can i ask what trouble you had with the htc tablets? sounds like a pretty bad experience for you to leave the company
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Well, it started with the many replacements of the tbolt, then HTC's hard stance against updating their tablets kinda pushed me over the edge, then they updated the flyer/view to broken software and they wont even fix it. Now the Rezound is having touchscreen issues. So I'm just tired of dealing with the problems and the lack of OEM support after purchase. I appreciate the Dev community for the zound, but sammy seems to be stronger in that dept. So I think I am going to give them a shot. I won't touch Moto with a ten foot pole. It may be a bad move, but I'm willing to take that risk after all the issues I have had recently with HTC. So for me, from here on out, it's going to be Nexus, or Samsung.
Samsung is worse.
I love my Rez and I still think of it as probably one of the, if not the most undervalued android phone released to date, but I don't see myself going for yet another carrier exclusive device after this. Of course, reviews might be so great for the DNA that I could change my mind but so far I am not that impressed.
Having said that however, the lack of a LTE capable Nexus 4 kinda limits the options for those looking to upgrade atm and I really cant see myself with a Galaxy S device. Wish Sony would be given a chance at penetrating the US market, they seem to strike a fair balance between corporate dev support, hardware and software quality.
I'll be getting this. The hardware and build quality will be top notch, it can be unlocked through HTCs dev website and be able to load cm. It was between this and the note but son, I am dissapoint at it having the older gen exynos and 720p screen on a 5.5 inch screen.
no, my next phone will be honor 2 or note 2
battery is important factor to me now
i dont think i will ever came back to htc
even im sense-boy
Nah, samsung isn't worse.
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Its looking like ill most likely be getting it. I'm thinking ill be getting the DNA and one other new gen phone probably a GSM phone since I have two contracts, one with ATT and one with Verizon.
But I will be more careful than usual with this purchase. I'm currently so broke I can't afford the down payment on a grilled cheese sandwich. But this phone is a priority, and I owe it to the BAMF community. So I've been saving my pennies and will be selling some stuff to raise some funds.
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I cam say that I'll be getting one as well, I'm always into the latest HTC has to offer..
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blestsol said:
Nah, samsung isn't worse.
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samsungs radios and signal are 10x worse.
in my house, my gs3 gets about 6kbps download on 3g.
my rezound, when its not pulling 4g in my house (which the nexus and GS3 CAN'T), pulls atleast half a meg to a meg per second. doing anything on the gs3 on 3g is terrible, and ridiculously slow. fb app won't even load. rezound loads it no problem. hell, i even tethered 3 tablets to my rezound last night and while we were all browsing at the same time, ti was STILl faster than my gs3
i don't think i'd buy antoher samsung phone ever again, and i really want the DNA...dunno if i wanna fork out 600 bones for it tohugh
Anyone read the article on the Verge about HTC? I personally a little concerned for the company, but I'm sure things can get better! I love my HTC One.
Yes really disturbing news and it seems Android=Samsung getting reality sadly. :banghead:
ronii1123 said:
Anyone read the article on the Verge about HTC? I personally a little concerned for the company, but I'm sure things can get better! I love my HTC One.
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Yeah it is sad to see, but Samsung is a monster when it comes to marketing budgets they had a slim chance to compete. I hope they pull through and continue pushing samsung and other Android devices to their limits. I have high hopes for this company
I also worry that articles like this will only hurt... people who are on the fence will read that and go with Samsung...
Personally I think they are going in the right direction getting rid of dead weight and poor performers.
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I don't see the company going down. I believe they will do fine in the long run, they're just having a bit of a rough spot.
The HTC One is selling well. From here on out they should be fine.
If not Samsung will probably buy them out and HTC can design the phone while Samsung focuses on the guts.
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At least they aren't fully invested in Windows phone (to ruin them even more) like some other great phone company we all know
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I'm betting it's their crappy CEO. He needs to go, now.
Android The Greek said:
Personally I think they are going in the right direction getting rid of dead weight and poor performers.
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One of the people that left were on a 2 month leave.
I'd buy a Nokia android phone today.
gunnyman said:
I'd buy a Nokia android phone today.
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Let's not get ahead of ourselves, I'd get the lumia 925 or 928 if it had android, 920 is too much of a brick.
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gunnyman said:
I'd buy a Nokia android phone today.
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Agreed. I've always had good experiences with call and signal quality with Nokia, from the 6820 and other TDMA phones back in the late 90s and early 00s to the Symbian-based stuff from a while back. If they put some quality Android-based phones together and offered them with a decent custom interface (like Sense) and unlocked, I think they'd make a pretty strong showing.
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Agreed. I've always had good experiences with call and signal quality with Nokia, from the 6820 and other TDMA phones back in the late 90s and early 00s to the Symbian-based stuff from a while back. If they put some quality Android-based phones together and offered them with a decent custom interface (like Sense) and unlocked, I think they'd make a pretty strong showing.
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Ha, I have its big brother the Nokia 6800. That's not a typo, I still have it right here on my desk
I couldn't help but thinking that I have this power to kill phone manufacturers.
My first cell phone back in the mid 90s was the Siemens S3+ and then briefly the S4 (I bet not a lot of people here even know that Siemens used to make cell phones).
After that, I had a couple of Ericsson phones, the GH 337 and the GF 788 (you know how that story ends, they were swallowed by Sony, and then dumped).
Right after that, I became a huge Nokia + Symbian fanboy, the 6800, 6620, N80, E51, E63, E75 (and look at what happened to Nokia and Symbian).
Then three years ago I bought a Dell Streak (the first android phone with 5" screen that nobody really knows about. the following year, Dell stopped making phones).
Finally last week I got myself an HTC One. Look out HTC!!
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The HTC One is selling well. From here on out they should be fine.
If not Samsung will probably buy them out and HTC can design the phone while Samsung focuses on the guts.
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I mostly agree with your statement, but I believe it will take more than one flagship to get them turned around and charging towards the front. Maybe after 1 or 2 more flagship they will really be doing well. I just can't see one phone having enough time to turn an entire company around. Especially after they bombed out hard with the HTC First. That was a huge mistake for them to try and even sell that phone.
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What does this mean for us? If anything?
Nickel Dime Bay said:
What does this mean for us? If anything?
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It means that there will be a vanilla htc one or one like device and because of that the devs will (hopefully) be able to make aosp/aokp roms with very few to no bugs at all. Basically it's makes the job easier for the devs and the experience better for us.
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Ever since I switched to Android, all I had were Samsungs...this is my first HTC android device and Im loving it so far. So to read articles about HTC and the tough times they're having is saddening. Samsung is the Apple of androids...the galaxy line is well known which is both bad and good. I really hope the HTC One can and will save this company because we need beautiful phones in the variety of androids. I like having choices!
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SlimJ87D said:
The HTC One is selling well. From here on out they should be fine.
If not Samsung will probably buy them out and HTC can design the phone while Samsung focuses on the guts.
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Well lets hope that doesn't happen. We need both company and not just one.
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Idk about all of you but I see a heck of a lot of S4s on Craigslist and not too many HTC Ones. Craigslist has been a great indicator for me in the past. I got this one for a note 2 and am glad I got out of Samsung when it is where I believe is at the top before a fall.
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Idk about all of you but I see a heck of a lot of S4s on Craigslist and not too many HTC Ones. Craigslist has been a great indicator for me in the past. I got this one for a note 2 and am glad I got out of Samsung when it is where I believe is at the top before a fall.
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I was just noticing the same thing. And I believe you are right.
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