mrk Reviews Posted May 9, 2009 Author Reviews Share Posted May 9, 2009 how is the battery life? my friend has the G1 from tmobile and i would play around with it and the battery life was horrible. Do you have any specs on the battery life? or have u seen it go out fast? I'f I'm not browsing heavy stuff on it I leave it in 2G mode, turn off wifi and also GPS detection, these things do take away battery life a fair bit (to be expected!) when in use. I did however leave wifi on all night and fell asleep only to find it drained 7% from 100% in the morning so looks if it's left idle then the battery life hit is much lesser. I'm charging it right now to do a battery life test on normal usage so will report back in a few days to say how long that full charge lasted. I'm not sure if it supports WPA-Enterprise, I would assume it should be able to connect to any standard Wireless b/g network though and if it supports WPA2-AES then it should connect to Enterprise too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Tech Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Both the Dream (G1) and the Magic (G2) are coming on June 2nd :)http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/android...S_hbad_t2_s1-EN http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/05/07/r...irst-look-at-a/ You think Fido will have it aswell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Canuck Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 You think Fido will have it aswell? Possibly eventually, but no word on it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xp1ode Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 nice images, the phone looks great and i am one of those that is waiting on T-Mobile to get it so i can cop one. Also i will be checking back this thread to see how the battery life is, because the G1 batt's life sucked the big kaboodle so let's hope this is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRambo Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Ye, after posting the msg here i saw that rogers gonna bring it soon... Wonder if it will take another year to get the G2.And i wonder if Fido will be giving the G1 aswell?! Rogers bought them sometime ago...... They're both coming around the same time Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Tech Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 They're both coming around the same timeSource Problem is, i'm with Fido so it doesnt help me much :) Unless Fido will sell it aswell, after all Rogers and Fido are the same company today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhav Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 The wifi supports B/G networks and I use WPA2-AES on my wifi (DLink DIR-655 Wireless N) which works perfectly. It comes with a 2GB microSD card and supports bigger, internal memory is 512MB of which half is currently free.Thanks folks! The video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhp8SiY3LR8 (or will be once Youtube processes the HD version!) Great video. Very jealous! But I'm still not sure I would enjoy texting on a touchscreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Tech Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Great video.Very jealous! But I'm still not sure I would enjoy texting on a touchscreen It takes few days to get used to texting with a touchscreen but then it's great. I used the old iPhone (first version) before i changed to the BB Pearl and it was great texting with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroday Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 But I'm still not sure I would enjoy texting on a touchscreen I'm using Cupcake on a G1 and I'm finding the vk very handy and actually quite easy to type on (takes a bit getting used to). The auto suggest thing is also quite smart and can detect common typing errors, e.g. 'm' instead of 'n'. You cannot quickly switch between open apps and windows, a taskmanager would have been handy! Long press Home button ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk Reviews Posted May 9, 2009 Author Reviews Share Posted May 9, 2009 Long press home button shows most recently used apps, not currently running ones in the background! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterish Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 So this will be on T-Mobile in the US? Any news on when this will become available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Long press Home button ;) That only brings up a list of your most recently used applications, not necessarily all apps that are running Installed a modded copy of the Cupcake update (with root, Multi-Touch browser, and Apps to SD) and I can say that even without these features, Android is an absolutely awesome phone OS, which has some very neat features. The animations are slick, the OS is every bit as fast as looking as the iPhone OS. Cupcake brings Android into line with other smartphone OSes and the customisability is just incredible, once more devices start getting packaged with Android (which will be happening now the on screen keyboard makes smaller form factor devices possible) Android will emerge as a real competitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Man im not much for a full touch phone without a physical keypad but damn that thing is sexy, a damn nice phone. I could see it replacing my newly purchased G1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 That only brings up a list of your most recently used applications, not necessarily all apps that are runningInstalled a modded copy of the Cupcake update (with root, Multi-Touch browser, and Apps to SD) and I can say that even without these features, Android is an absolutely awesome phone OS, which has some very neat features. The animations are slick, the OS is every bit as fast as looking as the iPhone OS. Cupcake brings Android into line with other smartphone OSes and the customisability is just incredible, once more devices start getting packaged with Android (which will be happening now the on screen keyboard makes smaller form factor devices possible) Android will emerge as a real competitor. Is the phone faster than the iPhone though? I really hate waiting for things to load! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT 13 Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Great piece of hardware... Congratz on your buy :) It has the most beautiful UI of every phone/smartphone ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk Reviews Posted May 11, 2009 Author Reviews Share Posted May 11, 2009 No slowness issue son here :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Is the phone faster than the iPhone though? I really hate waiting for things to load! Yep, every bit as fast. Has a dual core Qualcomm CPU and 192MB of ram. Pretty slick piece of kit, being based on Linux they have been able to make Android pretty lean and packed full of features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudioDope Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Dont know!! im leaning towards a blackberry storm/bold still anyone wanna convince me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Can't talk for the HTC magic, but if you want to get a look at all the cool things people are doing with Android on the G1 just look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=448 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 When is it going to be available in the UK? Also, what would the prices be? I wouldn't mind paying this on Payasyougo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 You can get the HTC magic now, but I am not sure if its available for PAYG yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 It isn't, ebay has the devices listed as ~?400 unlocked. Would like some thoughts from people who have this phone and have experiences with an iPhone and recommend which one is better. I have a iPhone 3G you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk Reviews Posted May 12, 2009 Author Reviews Share Posted May 12, 2009 Workmate has an iPhone and the HTC is more futureproof IMO and slicker in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Workmate has an iPhone and the HTC is more futureproof IMO and slicker in general. Can I ask how the HTC is more "futureproof"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk Reviews Posted May 12, 2009 Author Reviews Share Posted May 12, 2009 Well you're not locked to anything specific, all UK HTC Magic phones are sim unlocked for example, all the cool apps are free for the moment, the OS is very fast and there is a huge developer community doing things with the first Android OS and now starting work on 1.5 for Magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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