Blade vs Premium Devices

[Guest lordjubblydave]

I think the keyboard prob is more my downfall, i went from hard keyboard (g1) to massive screen (sgs) down to san fran, i have the same problem on my wifes legend.

I tried swype on the sgs, unfortunately i could not get the hang of it :) clever idea though

[Guest idroid84]

You can't compare these devices because the SF is aimed at the cheaper end of the Market. It does perform well but things like audio issues could have been solved. Cheap Chinese materials.

[Guest ZootHornRollo]

You can't compare these devices because the SF is aimed at the cheaper end of the Market. It does perform well but things like audio issues could have been solved. Cheap Chinese materials.

cheap, yes but i don't think the 'chinese' part is relevant, after all, most devices are built in China, Korea etc

Edited November 7, 2010 by ZootHornRollo

[Guest idroid84]

cheap, yes but i don't think the 'chinese' part is relevant, after all, most devices are built in China, Korea etc

What I ment is that the phones been built around cheapest parts and there is still issues they could have sorted.

[Guest curl66]

Next weekk i get hopfully 4 blades for me and my friends.

for myself i gotal ready a Galaxy 9000 as a warranty exchange for a nokia 5800 :rolleyes: from VF. very satisfied with that. the blade gets my privat phone. will see how they compare.

but i am sure the blade is a good deal. the pulse was not bad , got that before for testing, but its too powerless and with around 250 euro too expensive aswell.

so hope the display of the blade match somehow that of the SGS and 512 mb ram are enough for 2 years.

will post my experiances soon.

[Guest daniel_owen_uk]

Honestly, my friends nexus is considerably better than my san fran, it's noticably quicker in every are and the build quality seems much better.

That said, sim free, it's very close to being 5 times as expensive.

Is it 5x better? Not even close.

[Guest JolyonS]

Main uses would be internet and Geocaching (so i am very interested in GPS performance - especially the accuracy when on foot).

Out on the South Downs Way at the weekend I found the GPS to be excellent - only one point where it had me located inaccurately and that was by a matter of metres.

The compass was not perfect though and seemed to jump a bit - I wasn't all that fussed so I didn't work with it to see if e.g. standing still and holding the phone horizontasl to the ground helped.

Around London I find the SF GPS less accomplished than that of my Nokia E17 - in my house for example it often can't get a lock. It tracked a 4km walk from the office to the tube fine though so I don't have any complaint in active use so far.

The screen makes using Google or OS maps much more useful - it's big enough and just about visible in any conditions outdoors (although I;'d be lying if I said I had any really bright sunshine in Sussex in November . . .)

[Guest Borderland]

Main uses would be internet and Geocaching (so i am very interested in GPS performance - especially the accuracy when on foot).

Once upon a time some manufacturers used the SiRF III chipset, which is brilliant. The Qualcomm GPSr is a poor relation, but certainly no worse than iPhone, which I'm always amazed that some people rave about. Battery life is the other main problem, as the GPRs sucks it up.

I've tried GeoBeagle and c:geo, though I tend to stick with CacheMate and a proper GPSr. The official app is pretty disappointing, but they won't open their API to the public, so there's not much that can be done there.

Don't forget that you can also use http://wap.geocaching.com, though like most things Groundspeak, it sucks.

It's a brilliant device, but my Garmin does the GPSr work I have to confess that my old HTC WinMo still comes on hikes with me until Memory Map is ported to Android.

You would definitely want a spare battery or at least an extender.