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Google buys Motorola

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Reliance introduces 3G Tablet @ Rs.13000

But cleverly adds 3G Tarriff bulk plans. Obviously the device is locked and you cannot have cheap BSNL 3G Plans like 1GB for Rs.300.



Suppose if you say i will use only WiFi then its a decent buy. Samsung Galaxy Tab WiFi tablet with same 800 MHz CPU starts at Rs.22K!

This tablet will catch up the elite customers only but still there will be more customers than Samsung Galaxy tab.

[Nerd]

Sakala/others,

Plis to help. Expert comments on this phone plis - HTC Inspire. I am thinking of getting this. I am not updated at all in the last couple of years. I own a 3rd generation iPhone now.

[Bala (Karthik)]

Sakala/others,

Plis to help. Expert comments on this phone plis - HTC Inspire. I am thinking of getting this. I am not updated at all in the last couple of years. I own a 3rd generation iPhone now.

IPhone 4 vonaava?

As for Inspire, spec to spec, my vote would rather be for Samsung Galaxy SII perhaps, or maybe wait for IPhone 5 [processor, memory, storage, display resolution]
S II does feel very responsive (fastest processor around i guess) and the display is great. It's got questionable build quality though, its so light that the back casing literally feels like choppu plastic phone.

[SoftSword]

i own a HTC Desire its awesome except for the battery... maybe its a prob with mine... my friends who have it doesn hav any complaint...
otherwise its compact and solid... i dropped it twice(once in our thaar road in india) and its really solid in the literal sense...

[Nerd]

Thanks B(K) and SS. Heard good things about the S II. Both me and my wife are going to get new phones. One of them is going to be an iPhone (if 5 is expensive, will settle for 4). We have never owned an android phone. A little background on how the cellphone market works in the USA:

-When you sign up a 2 year contract with a service provider, they will give you phones themselves (some with huge discounts, some for free and sometimes they even give you extra cash + a phone)

-Once the 2 year contract ends, they give you upgrade options with these discounts so that you ll stay with them. And the discounts are greater for *new* subscribers.

-My 2 year contract is going to end and I can get this HTC Inspire for 100 bucks, which sells for $600 if I want to buy it without a contract. And this is the only decent android phone my provider (AT & T) offers. Samsung galaxy S II (named attain here) is not available yet. Probably I will wait.

-I can switch loyalties and go to a different provider. The only other provider that offers iPhones is verizon. They have a decent collection of android phones, but if I go to them, I will lose the discount my employer offers with AT & T on my bill each month.

-HTC Desire is offered by T-Mobile but they dont' offer iPhones.

Delikat posisson. But if the HTC Inspire is totally worthless, I would consider switching to Verizon. Or will wait till Samsung Galaxy S II is available for purchase here. August they said..

[Bala (Karthik)]

Nerd
Harry Potter same situation/sapter

I've been using IPhone 4 and wanted to get a new phone for my wife. Bought Galaxy S II for my wife 2 days back (initially i was leaning towards waiting for IPhone 5). Both are with 2 year contracts with the provider (the handsets are "free" but costs will be covered in the rentals obviously)

GS is the fastest and most feature/spec rich phone in the market right now (though some may argue that there are cheaper phones which offer more value for money).

Maybe because i'm not used to Android, or maybe the IOS UI is really better, i'm more comfortable with IPhone UI.
Apps ellaam thaaru maara use pannuveengala? - > Android advantage nu solraanga (I use very few and OK to pay for them, so Apps store is good enough)
IPhone flash support illa, so sila pala yeeteep paakka mudiyaadhu (tried installing an App which was supposed to play flash but didnt work)
Though the display is large in GS II, nothing beats the crisp display in the IPhone
Battery life sucks in IPhone (especially with office Exchange mail configured), not sure if GS II is any better

Inspire vaangittu nimmadhiya regret illaama thoonguveenga-na i guess that will offer more value for money. BTW, HTC Sensation and Inspire ore model-a illa vevveraya? A friend bought Sensation recently and i think the processor is dual core....
Varikkudharai set-u na IPhone 5 ku wait pannunga (you can still go for GS II then if required)

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Nerd, as u are ok with a 4.3 inch phone( which many avoid, as its not pokettable easily ) i would suggest HTC Sensation. highest spec, there just is no phone beating its tech specs and its slightly higher spec thatn Samsung Galaxy 2. Check if you are getting this phone in contract, for good rate!

I don't know if you are interested in used phone but this site has genuine ones - http://swappa.com/

Key diff btw Inspire and Sensation are, Inspire has 1 GHz single core and standard resolution 480x800 whereas Sensation has 1.2GHz dual core CPU and 560x980 which is retina display similar to iPhone 4.

There are other goodies in Sensation, like, noise cancellation, (it has 5 mics, guy on other end will hear u clearly even if u r in crowded place), Bluetooth 3.0, Secondary front facing camera etc.

Full review here - http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/27/h...sation-review/

If u wanna get into more nitty gritty tech specs, here is an extensive comparison of Inspire and Sensation - http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdacomp...=2727&id2=2845

But if u dont get Sensation in contract, then Inspire is not a bad option.

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Bala, most of ur post is right some corrections, u guessed right Sensation and Ispire are different. Main diff is dualcore and retina display in Sensation. Sensation has same retina display (560x980) like iPhone 4. iPhone 3 has lesser resolution.

When it comes to apps, surely iOS has slight upper hand. Most of the great Android apps are in iOS appstore but reverse is not true. But gradually Android is becoming equal, though not exceeding Apple Appstore anyways. There are some iPad apps which are claimed as favorite for Cats and Dogs!

[Nerd]

Maybe because i'm not used to Android, or maybe the IOS UI is really better, i'm more comfortable with IPhone UI.

I felt the same too. I was fiddling with a friend's Samsung Galaxy I (guess thats the name) and I found it real hard to navigate. May be because I have been using iPhone(s) for the past 4 years or so..

Apps ellaam thaaru maara use pannuveengala? -

Not really. Apart from games (which I rarely play) I only have about a handful of useful(?) apps. As sakala said I thing apple store >> android store. And in the USA iPhones are hugely popular, androids not so much, at the moment.

Nerd, as u are ok with a 4.3 inch phone( which many avoid, as its not pokettable easily ) i

idhai naan note pannavE illai. I would not have bought it before checking the phone out in stores anyway. Sensation T-Mobile-la dhaan irukku who don't offer iPhones. Thanks for the links, very insightful.

Btw, another (silly) question. Does Android phones allow you to set your own mp3s as ringtones? iPhones don't. There are hacks around it I guess (used to do that with my first gen iPhone) but don't have the patience these days