Android Phone owners thread

[Brutuz]

Can the G1 last about 6-7 hours without a charge while texting fairly often and listening to MP3's?

[Jodiuh]

I accidentally ordered a G1 the other night.

So I saw a posting on Techbargains about a "click through to see price" and was curious as to how much less than $100 it could be. The instructions in the posting gave a step and then said, "This will show your final tally price." Well, it didn't show me a final tally, it placed the order for $100.

I wrote them a nasty email since they had a massive banner below the ad I figured they knew what they were doing. Oh well.

Also, I think I found the real G2! It's called the Motorola Sholes, will be on Verizon, have wifi, ship w/ Eclair, offer a WVGA screen, 5MP shooter, and come w/ better hardware than a PSP for gaming. Apparently just as the G1 was the google experience phone for Android 1.0, this will be the GE phone for Android 2.0 in all it's multi touch loving glory.

http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news...and-cpu-specs/

[Brutuz]

Oh god. Motorola.

[Jodiuh]

You ever use an original Razr V3C on Verizon? How bout an e815? I've yet to use a device that sounded anywhere near as good as them. Besides, who doesn't like rooting for the odd guy out? Remember Palm last year? Now look @ the Pre, completely changed everything. I find it hard to believe Google would give their blessing on something if it wasn't the new hotness. Just look @ the link I provided. The amount of win on the machine's insane!

That said, I'm secretly hoping Wirefly will send me that G1 anyway, hehe. How does it sound as a phone, phone though? I've only had 1 conversation on a G1 and the caller sounded like a freakin' robot. Is that T-Mobile or the phone?

[Brutuz]

I'm in Australia, no verizon.
But U had a V3 and currently have a V3xx, both started to fall apart easily.

[Jodiuh]

Huh? I have a V3C Razr that's metal. It's been tossed out a moving car, used as a hockey puck on asphalt more than once, chucked 30 ft into a wall, and otherwise abused beyond comprehension. Aside from a few dings and scratch marks, the device's in perfect condition and like I said, sounds MUCH better than the Verizon Storm or Tour. It's a rock solid device and hopefully this new Moto will be the same.

I've got a trip north coming up on Friday and wirefly might be able to have the G1 to me by then. That would be the perfect test for TMO's network. We'll see. Is there a list of must have apps so I can be ready? What about a general guide to this file system nonsense Freeroller's talking about? Also, does it come w/ a USB to 3.5mm headphone adapter or will I need to get one of those?

[Brutuz]

Yeah, THAT part of the design is good, but this is the second RAZR V3 style I've had that the keypad is starting to lift up in places and when a metal keypad does that, it's bad. (Scratched screen, etc)
That and the slight bumps (Like the bottom of a TRUE) on the Metal front of the phone catch dust like no other, plus the chargers are very weak.. (Both broke when babied, thank god PC charging works...)

[Nyne7lac]

I think this thread should become the "Android Phone Owners" thread....I have a Mytouch 3g and I'm enjoying the android goodness

[AIpha]

Originally Posted by Brutuz

Can the G1 last about 6-7 hours without a charge while texting fairly often and listening to MP3's?

Well depends on the listening MP3 part...I've had my phone last 12+ hours while texting heavily and talking lightly on it. OF course it depends on your settings...(3g/Backlight/apps that are running) It all depends...I always have 3g turned off(I don't have 3g in cinci) and backlight brightness is midway/lowest using a power control widget. Weather that updates every 3 hrs...so it depends lol.

[Brutuz]

I doubt I'll have weather as that can be checked for free on my carriers site (On the non-counted against your DLs page) and I'll have the backlight on lowest if its anything like the spotlight that is my V3xx, but I will have 3G, is that with the stock battery? Because if it lasts 12 hours on that, then I can just get a larger one off eBay if it doesn't I guess.